Fiona Templeton
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Fiona Templeton is an experimental director, playwright
, poet
and performer. Born in Scotland in 1951, she co-founded London's Theatre of Mistakes
in the 70s
and lived for many years in the East Village
of Manhattan
. Her performance work includes the pioneering urban theatrical journey, You-The City. In 2002 she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Grants to Artists Award.
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and performer. Born in Scotland in 1951, she co-founded London's Theatre of Mistakes
The Theatre of Mistakes
The Theatre of Mistakes 1970s-1980s, London was a performance art company. The work was minimalist, structuralist, and conceptual. Articles on the work include in Roselee Goldberg's * , Gregory Battcock's The Art of Performance....
in the 70s
1970s
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and lived for many years in the East Village
East Village, Manhattan
The East Village is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, lying east of Greenwich Village, south of Gramercy and Stuyvesant Town, and north of the Lower East Side...
of Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
. Her performance work includes the pioneering urban theatrical journey, You-The City. In 2002 she was awarded a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Foundation for Contemporary Arts , originally known as Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, is a nonprofit based foundation in New York City founded by artists Jasper Johns , John Cage, Elaine de Kooning and others in 1963. FCA offers financial support and recognition to contemporary...
Grants to Artists Award.