User:Trey McIntyre Project
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Trey McIntyre A professionally-trained dancer, Trey McIntyre is one of the most sought-after choreographers working today. Born in Wichita, Kansas on November 12, 1969, McIntyre studied at North Carolina School of the Arts and later with Houston Ballet Academy. In 1989 McIntyre was named Choreographic Apprentice to Houston Ballet; a position created specially for him by Artistic Director Ben Stevenson. McIntyre has since created a canon of over 70 works for companies domestically and abroad, including Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet and Ballet de Santiago (Chile). He has served as Resident Choreographer for Oregon Ballet Theatre, Ballet Memphis, and The Washington Ballet. From 1995 until 2007, he was Choreographic Associate for Houston Ballet. McIntyre has received numerous prestigious grants and awards, including two choreographic fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and a Choo-San Goh Award for Choreography. In 2003, he was named one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.”
Trey McIntyre Project: Company History Three short years ago, Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) burst onto the national dance scene with its debut performances at The Vail International Dance Festival. Trey McIntyre Project’s “fresh and forward-thinking choreography” (Washington Post) was an immediate sensation with both critics and audiences alike. Led by celebrated choreographer Trey McIntyre, whose work has been commissioned by American Ballet Theatre, Stuttgart Ballet, and many other top ballet companies around the world, Trey McIntyre Project also boasts an ensemble of top professional dancers, who have danced with companies such as The Washington Ballet, Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Ballet Memphis and Oregon Ballet Theatre. Since its inaugural season, the Company has gone on to perform at some of the most prestigious venues in the country, including Jacob’s Pillow, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and the Aspen Dance Festival, premiering works created during annual summer residencies at White Oak Plantation. Guided by the choreographer’s unparalleled ear for musical structures, Trey McIntyre Project’s repertoire spans classical music (The Blue Boy to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1), rock (A Day in the Life, set to music by The Beatles and High Lonesome to music by Beck), jazz (Sacred Ellington, a collaboration with opera legend Jessye Norman and Blue Until June to music by Etta James), and historic bluegrass music selections (Go Out). Trey McIntyre Project was initially formed as a summer touring company. Because of the overwhelmingly positive critical reception of the Company’s work since its founding in 2004 and the success of its operational model, Trey McIntyre Project incorporated as a non-profit entity in order to be able to support a full-time, international touring company. Trey McIntyre Project will debut in its new form in a 30-city tour across the United States and abroad during the 2008-09 season. McIntyre’s ambitious new multi-media ballet, The Sun Road, about the effects of global warming, commissioned jointly by the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts and Glacier National Park for its Face of America program, will premiere in the summer of 2009 as part of the Company’s tour across America. Mission Statement The mission of Trey McIntyre Project is to advance the art of contemporary ballet in innovative and ground-breaking ways by nurturing, supporting and producing the work of choreographer Trey McIntyre.
Vision Statement To use the inherent beauty of ballet vocabulary to create dances that authentically and clearly convey the emotion and grace of life’s journey, while meaningfully engaging audiences in the experience of art.
Trey McIntyre: Choreographic Positions
At twenty years old, Trey McIntyre was appointed Choreographic Associate with the Houston Ballet. McIntyre has created over 70 works for companies around the world including American Ballet Theatre, Houston Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, New York City Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
Trey McIntyre Project, -Artistic Director 2004-present Ballet Memphis, 2003-2007 - Resident Choreographer, 2003-2007 Washington Ballet, 2005-2007 - Resident Choreographer, 2005-2007 Houston Ballet, 1989-2007 - Choreographic Associate, 1995-2007 - Choreographic Apprentice, 1989-1995 Oregon Ballet Theatre, 1998-1999 - Resident Choreographer, 1998-1999
WORKS CREATED BY TREY MCINTYRE
1990 Skeleton Clock for Houston Ballet Morgen for Houston Ballet Academy Rose Allegro for Jewish Community Center/Houston Ballet
1991 Square One for Houston Ballet Academy
1992 Untitled for Houston Ballet Academy Wave for Corpus Cristi Ballet Blessed Sky for Beaumont Civic Ballet
1993 Curupira for Houston Ballet MANTIS for Pacific Northwest Ballet
1994 Steel and Rain for New York City Ballet, Diamond Project II Touched for Houston Ballet
1995 Eggs Alone for Houston Dance Initiative Broken/Pieces for Carlisle Project group residency Poulenc Variations for Ballet Pacifica Mourning 1 and 2 for Houston Ballet Academy
1996 Second Before the Ground for Houston Ballet
1997 Like a Samba for Oregon Ballet Theatre
1998 White Noise for Oregon Ballet Theatre Speak for Oregon Ballet Theatre
1999 Aliss in Wonderland for Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Nashville Ballet and Oregon Ballet Theatre Dance, 5 Steps for Ballet Florida Cantilena for Pennsylvania Ballet Happy Ending for Oregon Ballet Theatre Memphis for Ballet Memphis
2000 Blue Until June for Washington Ballet Split for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago The Difference Between Naked and Nude for Stuttgart Ballet Bound for Houston Ballet
2001 High Lonesome for Ballet Memphis
2002 Peter Pan for Houston Ballet Natural Flirt for Philadanco
2003 The Reassuring Effects of Form and Poetry for Washington Ballet Grace for Ballet Memphis Full Grown Man for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago The Shadow for Houston Ballet
2004 Pretty Good Year for American Ballet Theatre Chasing Squirrel for Cincinnati Ballet loveCRAZY for Aspen/Santa Fe Ballet The Naughty Boy for Ballet Memphis The Illuminations for Sacramento Ballet Memory of a Free Festival for Washington Ballet Sha-Sha for Washington Ballet
2005 A Midsummer Night's Dream for State Ballet of (Republic of) Georgia Rite of Spring "The Engagement" for Washington Ballet I Am a Man for Ballet Memphis Go Out pas de deux for Trey McIntyre Project
2006 Just for Oregon Ballet Theatre A Day in the Life for Washington Ballet The Barramundi for Ballet Memphis Go Out for Trey McIntyre Project
2007 Pluck for Ballet Florida Wild Sweet Love for Sacramento Ballet Queen of the Goths for Washington Ballet In Dreams for Ballet Memphis Pork Songs for Ballet Memphis The Blue Boy for Trey McIntyre Project Hymn for Trey McIntyre Project
2008 Leatherwing Bat for Trey McIntyre Project New Work for Trey McIntyre Project (commissioned by NOBA) Old Aunt Boyd for Harvard Dance Company
2009 The Sun Road for Trey McIntyre Project (commissioned by Wolf Trap) New Work for Trey McIntyre Project (commissioned by White Bird)
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THEATER: 1992-1998 Choreography for Alley Theatre, Express Theatre and Houston Grand Opera
