❝ Maria is the only UK based professional who combines a profound and researched understanding of period etiquette with a thorough background as a movement director. She works on etiquette and movement behaviour, looking at all levels of society: from peasant to monarch ❞
❝[our advisor was]... Maria Clarke. It’s really important on a period movie for the actors to understand how people related to each other. We wanted to show the young people pushing boundaries❞.
-Autumn de Wilde, Director on Emma.
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❝To ensure the film was as authentic to the era as possible, the producers hired etiquette advisor Maria Clarke to ensure that every element was correct for the period❞.
-Nicole Lampert
Mail Online
Released 2022
Chevalier
Period Etiquette Advisor and Movement Coach Director: Steven Williams Worked with creatives and cast including, Kelvin Harris Jr Fox Searchlight/Element Pictures. |
Persuasion
Period Etiquette Advisor Director: Carrie Cracknell Netflix |
Released 2020
Emma
Period Etiquette Advisor and Movement Coach Director: Autumn de Wilde Worked with creatives and all the cast including, Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Nighy, Miranda Hart, Johnny Flynn and Josh O’Connor. Jane Austen Working Title / Released 2020 |
Rebecca
Period Etiquette Advisor and Movement Coach Director: Ben Wheatley Worked with creatives and cast including: Kristen Scott Thomas, Lily James, Keeley Hawes, Armie Hammer. Daphne du Maurier Working Title & Netflix / Released 2020 |
Recent Credits
The White Princess - 2017
Choreographer and Etiquette Advisor Director: Jamie Payne With: Jody Comer, Joanne Whalley TV series Starz USA | 8 episodes |
Alice Through the Looking Glass - 2016
Period Etiquette Advisor Director: James Bobin Disney Films |
Great Fire - 2014
Etiquette Advisor assisting Paul Harris Director: Jon Jones Ecosse Films, for ITV |
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MARIA CLARKEEtiquette Advisor, Movement Coach and Choreographer
A skilled and experienced teacher in Historical Etiquette and Movement for film, Television and Theatre.
Maria has worked internationally on major feature films, TV series and with UK theatre companies. Specialist Historic periods: Medival, Tudor, Restoration, Regency, Victorian, Edwardian, Early 20th Century |
