Trey McIntyre

Trey McIntyre
Known for	Dance
Website	http://treymcintyre.com

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

Career

McIntyre was born in Wichita, Kansas,^[4] and trained at North Carolina School of the Arts and Houston Ballet Academy. In 1989, he 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] He has worked for 27 years as a freelance choreographer, producing over 100 pieces during the span of his career so far.^[5]

In 2005, McIntyre founded his dance company, Trey McIntyre Project (TMP), 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.^[7][8] 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 the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Boston Globe,^[9] People Magazine,^[10] and elsewhere. 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.^[11]

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^[12] 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,^[7] an Achievement Award from North Carolina School of the Arts,^[14] and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters,^[15] as well as two grants for choreography from the National Endowment for the Arts.^[16] His works have been performed by companies including Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Smuin Ballet, and Oregon Ballet Theatre.^[17]

Selected choreography works

• "Under Fire" (2015)
• "The Accidental" (2014)
• "The Vinegar Works: For Dances of Moral Instruction" (2014)
• "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

External links

• Trey McIntyre Project
• Archival footage of Trey McIntyre Project performing McIntyre's work "Wild Sweet Love" at Jacobs Pillow in 2010
• Archival footage of Trey McIntyre Project performing McIntyre's work "Ladies and Gentleman" at Jacob's Pillow in 2012
• "Making (serious)". Interview with Trey McIntyre and clips from the making of "(serious)".