Trey McIntyre

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Trey McIntyre
Choreographer Trey McIntyre
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Website http://treymcintyre.com

Trey McIntyre is an American dancer and choreographer. McIntyre was born in Wichita, Kansas[1] and has a body of work that includes around 100 original dance pieces.[2] He founded and acts as president of Trey McIntyre Project, a dance company based in Boise, Idaho,[3] where he lives in the historic Northend.[4]

Career

McIntyre trained at North Carolina School of the Arts and Houston Ballet Academy. In 1989, McIntyre was appointed Choreographic Apprentice to Houston Ballet, a position created especially for him,[5] and in 1995 he became the company’s Choreographic Associate.[6] McIntyre has worked for twenty-four years as a freelance choreographer, producing close to one hundred pieces during the span of his career so far.[7]

In 2005, McIntyre founded his dance company, Trey McIntyre Project, which first appeared at the Vail International Dance Festival. The company was initially a summer touring company, but its national and international success led McIntyre to establish the company year-round as of 2008, based in Boise, Idaho.[8][9] TMP has been featured in The New York Times, Dance Magazine, and on PBS NewsHour, and has earned coast-to-coast acclaim from the likes of Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe,[10] People Magazine,[11] and more. In 2013, Trey McIntyre Project expanded its artistic vision and announced a crowdsourced documentary film entitled Ma Maison. The project was announced on Kickstarter on August 7, 2013, and in November, 2013, McIntyre went to New Orleans to begin filming.[12]

On January 16, 2014, it was announced that McIntyre would move the Trey McIntyre Project towards new artistic ventures, reducing his efforts in dance. The company revealed a press release explaining that McIntyre, after contributing heavily to the dance world, is interested in exploring other art forms, specifically film and the visual arts. He will continue to create pieces on a freelance basis but the dance aspect of Trey McIntyre Project is downsizing as he makes room for other artistic projects.[13]

McIntyre is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Choo San Goh Award for Choreography[8] and a Lifetime Achievement Award from The National Society of Arts and Letters,[14] as well as two grants for choreography from the National Endowment for the Arts.[15] His works have been performed by companies such as Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet, The Washington Ballet, and Oregon Ballet Theatre.[16]

Selected Choreography Works[17]

  • Mercury Half-Life (2013)
  • Pass, Away (2013)
  • Robust American Love (2013)
  • The Unkindness of Ravens (2012)
  • Ladies and Gentle Men (2012)
  • Bad Winter (2012)
  • Ways of Seeing (2012)
  • The Sweeter End (2011)
  • Gravity Heroes (2011)
  • Arrantza (2010)
  • Oh, Inverted World (2010)
  • Amado Mio (2010)
  • Ten Pin Episodes (2010)
  • This Awareness Moves Me Forward (2010)
  • (serious) (2009)
  • The Sun Road (2009)
  • Shape (2009)
  • The More I See You (2009)
  • Grass (2009)
  • Ma Maison (2008)
  • Leatherwing Bat (2008)
  • Surrender (2008)
  • Violent Femmes (2008)
  • Old Aunt Boyd (2008)
  • Wild Sweet Love (2007)
  • Queen of the Goths (2007)
  • In Dreams (2007)
  • A Day in the Life (2007)
  • The Blue Boy (2007)
  • Pork Songs (2007)
  • Pluck (2007)
  • Hymn (2007)
  • Go Out (2006)
  • Just (2006)
  • The Barramundi (2006)
  • Sacred Ellington (2006)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (2005)
  • Cherish (2005)
  • Rite of Spring (The Engagement) (2005)
  • I Am a Man (2005)
  • Pretty Good Year (2004)
  • Chasing Squirrel (2004)
  • loveCRAZY (2004)
  • The Naughty Boy! (2004)
  • The Illuminations (2004)
  • Sha-Sha (2004)
  • Memory of a Free Festival (2004)
  • The Illuminations (2004)
  • The Reassuring Effects (of Form and Poetry) (2003)
  • Grace (2003)
  • Full Grown Man (2003)
  • The Shadow (2003)
  • Peter Pan (2002)
  • Natural Flirt (2002)
  • High Lonesome (2001)
  • Spirits (2001)
  • Plush (2001)
  • Bound (2000)
  • The Difference Between Naked and Nude (2000)
  • Split (2000)
  • Blue Until June (2000)
  • Aliss in Wonderland (1999)
  • Dance, 5 Steps (1999)
  • Cantilena (1999)
  • Happy Ending (1999)
  • Memphis (1999)
  • Speak (1998)
  • White Noise (1998)
  • Like a Samba (1997)
  • Second Before the Ground (1996)
  • Touched (1994)
  • Steel and Rain (1994)
  • Curupira (1994)
  • MANTIS (1993)
  • Skeleton Clock (1990)

References

  1. ↑ "Trey McIntyre". Trey McIntyre Project. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
  2. ↑ http://www.treymcintyre.com/repertory/. Retrieved 17 December 2013.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ http://www.treymcintyre.com/founders/. Retrieved 17 December 2013.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ Farmer, Jim (1 April 2010). "Gay couple creates breathtaking ballet with Trey McIntyre Project". GA Voice (Atlanta, United States). Retrieved 23 August 2012. 
  5. ↑ http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/raising-the-barre/Content?oid=937900.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ Reiter, Susan (September 21, 2008). "The Trey McIntyre Project begins inaugural tour". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
  7. ↑ Atkns, Amy. "Raising the Barre". Boise Weekly. Retrieved 17 December 2013. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "About us". Trey McIntyre Project. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
  9. ↑ La Rocco, Claudia (August 13, 2010). "Dancers Adopt a City and Vice Versa". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
  10. ↑ http://www.treymcintyre.com/press/.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ http://www.whitebird.org/blog/2009/02/trey-mcintyre-people-magazine.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ↑ http://instagram.com/tmp_films.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  13. ↑ Oland, Dana. "Trey McIntyre Project to Disband as Full-Time Dance Company". Idaho Statesman. 
  14. ↑ http://www.lensic.org/news/detail/127/20.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "NEA 1995 Annual Report". NEA. Retrieved 27 February 2013. 
  16. ↑ "Resumé". Trey McIntyre Project. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
  17. ↑ http://treymcintyre.com/repertory/

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