Louise Garfield is a

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performance artist, choreographer, film and television producer and arts administrator. Her work as a producer includes the films ''

Zero Patience ''Zero Patience'' is a 1993 Canadian musical film written and directed by John Greyson. The film examines and refutes the urban legend of the alleged introduction of HIV to North America by a single individual, Gaëtan Dugas. Dugas, better know ...

'' in which she has a cameo role playing a virus, and '' The Hanging Garden'', for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Motion Picture. She began her career in the arts as a choreographer and as a member of the feminist performance art trio

The Clichettes The Clichettes were an all-women feminist performance art group formed in Toronto, Canada in 1977. Their practice is notable for injecting humour and theatricality into the sphere of performance art. The three performers initially worked using lip s ...

."Clichettes cook up crazy combinations". ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', November 13, 1985. She later served as executive director of Arts

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

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from 2004 to 2018.

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