Concert Dance
Available for Touring
In the Same Tongue
Presented 2023-2024: Walker Art Center, ASU Gammage, Duke Arts, Apollo Theater and ArtsEmerson
2024
In Tune
American Dance Festival Footprints Program
ADF Student Ensemble
Recorded music: Mary Lou Williams, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln
July, 2024 in Durham, NC
2023
In the Same Tongue
Dianne McIntyre Group
Music composition for live quartet – Diedre Murray
Poetry – Ntozake Shange
World premiere – Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
October, 2023
2019
If Not, When?
Dianne McIntyre Group
Music live piano and vocals Amina Claudine Myers
Dancers: Careitha Davis, Matia Johnson, Dianne McIntyre,
Arts for Art Vision Festival
June 2019 at Roulette, Brooklyn, NYC
2018
Tribute to Cecil Taylor
Dianne McIntyre, Dance
Rod Williams, Piano
Roulette and Art for Arts, Brooklyn, NYC
December 18, 2018
2017
Speaking in the Same Tongue (Work in Process)
McIntyre Ensemble
Music Rod Williams, Gerald Brazel, Vincent Henry live
Developed in residencies at Baryshnikov Arts Center, NY and Dance Place, DC
Informal presentation Dance Place, Washington, DC
Dancing Memories
Verb Ballets
Music various recording artists
Text by elders from Cleveland and Cuba
Premiere Eliza Bryant Adult Day Care, Cleveland, OH
2016
Journey to Memory Falls
Spelman College Dance/Theatre Ensemble
Music Spelman College faculty and guest artists
Live Text by the Ensemble
Premiere Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
When We Come to It
St. Louis Dance Ensemble
Poem: Maya Angelou – Music: Lester Bowie
Dance St. Louis/Touhill Performing Arts Ctr. St. Louis, MO
Change
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Music traditional spirituals – Spelman College Glee Club
Premiere Columbia, SC
New York premiere, NY City Center
2015
we carry our homes with us which enables us to fly
McIntyre solo Commissioned by New York Live Arts – Bill T. Jones/Dianne McIntyre in alternate solos Music by Marcos Balter performed by yMusic live Premiere New York Live Arts, NYC
A Forgotten Moon-Song
Philadanco
Music William Catanzaro
Premiere Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
2014
She Who Carries the Sky
Solo for Roxane D’Orleans Juste of Limon Dance Company
Music R. Carlos Nakai and nature
Premiere April 2014 Joyce Theater, NYC
Time is Time
McIntyre Ensemble
Commissioned by New York Live Arts for James Baldwin Festival
Music live piano Onaje Allan Gumbs
Premiere April 2014 NYLA, NYC
2013
The Voice of the Blues
Ohio State University dance students
Music – Traditional
Premiere November 2013 Capitol Theatre, Columbus, OH
2012
Life’s Force 2012
McIntyre 40th Anniversary Company of Sounds in Motion
Music Ahmed Abdullah and Ensemble
American Dance Guild Festival
September, 2012 Alvin Ailey Citicorps Theater, NYC
A Son is Given
Co-choreographer and consultant
Music Myron Davis – Producer New Community Bible Fellowship
Premiere December, 2012 Hanna Theatre – Cleveland, OH
why I had to dance
McIntyre ensemble
Ntozake Shange Choreopoem
Premiere Oberlin College and PlayhouseSquare – February 2012
Unexpected Journeys
Oberlin theatre students
Writers – the students; director Caroline Jackson Smith
Premiere Oberlin College and PlayhouseSquare – February 2012
2011
The Nina Simone Project
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Music – Nina Simone
Premiere – Spring 2011, Dallas, TX
Dancing on a Dream
Dancing Wheels
Music various artists plus Gloria Gaynor (live)
Premiere – Spring 2011, Cleveland, OH
The Summit
University of Michigan student dancers and musicians
Live music – Bo Diddley, Eric Dolphy, Dizzy Gillespie
Premiere February 2011, Ann Arbor, MI
Up the Road a-Piece
Eleone Dance Theatre
Premiere May 2011, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Just Yesterday
GroundWorks Dance Theatre
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – February 2010 Breen Theatre, Cleveland OH
The Best Location
Collaborators: Johnny Coleman, installation artist and Bernard Matambo, writer August, 2010 at The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
2009
If you don’t know…
McIntyre solo for Fly: Five First Ladies of Dance
651 Arts Brooklyn,
Premiere May 30, 2009
Music – George Caldwell. Olu Dara, Gamble & Huff
Sweet Radio Radicals
Dancing Wheels
Music – Various female artists of 20th century
Premiere May 2009
Three Inner Thoughts
Music – Natalie Gilbert, recorded
Poetry – Ntozake Shange
Cleveland State University student
All You Ever Wanted
Music – The Black Keys, recorded
Akron Firestone High School students
2008
Boundless Journey
Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Music – Traditional Spirituals
Club!
Music live – JJ Kaufman, Greg Ketchum, Khalid Saleem
College at Brockport SUNY students
2007
Pieces of Pieces
Music Olu Dara
Premiere – Schomburg Center – New York, NY
Front Porch Lies
Oberlin College students
2006
Lyric Fire
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
Poems – Paul Laurence Dunbar
2005
Daughter of a Buffalo Soldier
Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre
2003
Black and White on Brown
University of Illinois students
2001
Spiral Dance
Music – Walker Jones
Premiere – South Fallsburg, NY
1999
Invincible Flower
Music – Lester Bowie (1998-99)
Premiere – Jacobs Pillow, Walker Arts Center
1998
Song
Music – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Premiere – Carnegie Hall, New York City
1997
A Brand New People on the Planet
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – New York City – Aaron Davis Hall
1996
Too Much In Love
For Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company
Music – Denver live ensemble
1994
Susanna Jones
Music – Olu Dara
Text – Langston Hughes
Premiere – 29 July, Opening Ceremony, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
Wade in the Water
Music – Sweet Honey in the Rock
Premiere – 29 July, Opening Ceremony, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
1993
Red Dance
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – May, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN
Selected Gems
Text and vocal sound score – dancers
Accompaniment – Susan Chess
Premiere – March, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Set Me As A Seal Upon Thine Heart
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – October, Dance Theater Workshop, New York City
Why I Sing the Blues
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – October, Dance Theater Workshop, New York City
1992
Love Poems to God
Music and poetry – Hannibal Lokumbe
Premiere – 8 June, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City
1991
Blues On Top O’ Blues
Work Holler Blues
The Lullaby Blues
Bettie’s New Blue Dress Blues
From Time to Time Blues
Blues On Top O’ Blues
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – June, Center Stage Theater, Atlanta, GA
How Long Brethren?
Original choreography by Helen Tamiris (1937)
Re-created by McIntyre for Federal Theater Festival
Music – Amina Claudine Myers
Premiere – May, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
1989
From Natchez to New York
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – Fall, Winter Garden, World Financial Center, New York City
Jump Over the Moon
Ecstasy
Blue Haze
Summer Dances
Wildflower on a Precipice
Music – Don Pullen
Premiere – Fall, Winter Garden, World Financial Center, New York City
Poem in White Light
Accompaniment – Nature sounds
Premiere – Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1988
Boogie in Bop Time
Music – Mary Lou Williams
Premiere – December, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
Circle of Soul
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – 8 July, Central Park, New York City
The Coming of Eagles
Vocal accompaniment – Gwendolyn Nelson-Fleming and Avery Brooks
Premiere – Harlem Urban Development Council
In Living Color
Music – Olu Dara and Traditional
Premiere – October, War Memorial Building, Trenton, NJ
Kingsmen
Music – Duke Ellington
Premiere – 5 May, Sounds In Motion Studio, Harlem, NY
Running, Running
Music – Lawrence D. (Butch) Morris
Premiere – 5 May, Sounds In Motion Studio, Harlem, NY
1987
Ancient to the Future
Music – Art Ensemble of Chicago
Premiere – July, Paris
Gratitude
Music – Don Pullen
Premiere – New York City Hospital Authority
1986
Sigh of the Rock
Music – 1950s rock and roll
Premiere – 10 January, Joyce Theater, New York City
Their Eyes Were Watching God (A Dance Adventure in Southern Blues)
Music – Olu Dara and Lawrence D. (Butch) Morris
Premiere – 25 June, j.a.m., New York City
1985
Fragment
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – Philadelphia, PA
The Queen’s Suite
Music – Duke Ellington
Premiere – May, Aaron Davis Hall, City College, New York City
1984
Mississippi Talks, Ohio Walks
Music – Olu Dara
Premiere – August, Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, New York City
Take-Off From a Forced Landing
Music – Lawrence D. (Butch) Morris and Nat King Cole
Premiere – 19 June, Joyce Theater, New York City
1983
Eubie Blake Suite
Valse Marion
You’re Lucky to Me
Eubie Dubie
Music – Eubie Blake
Premiere – February, Symphony Space, New York City
We Are Americans Too
Music – Eubie Blake
Premiere – February, Symphony Space, New York City
Blue Thoughts
Music – Eubie Blake
Premiere – February, Symphony Space, New York City
Children of the Air
Music – Cecil Taylor
Premiere – March, London
Fat’s Boogie
Music – Fats Domino
Premiere – Dancemobile production, New York City
Flashback
Music – Anthony Davis
Premiere – June, Small’s Paradise, New York City
Harlem Night Song
Music – Craig Harris
Premiere – 8 May, Museum of the City of New York
1982
Eye of the Crocodile
Music – Cecil Taylor
Premiere – 27 May, Judson Memorial Church, NewYork City
1981
Duo
Music – Charli Persip
Premiere – June, Symphony Space, New York City
Etude in Free
Sound – Dianne McIntyre
Premiere – March, Sullivan Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
It Has Not Always Been This Way
Music – Amina Claudine Myers
Poetry – Ntozake Shange
Premiere – June, Symphony Space, New York City
Just A Myth
Music – Various recorded
Premiere – By Karamu Dancers, Cleveland, OH
Sounds In Motion premiere – June, Symphony Space, New York City
Liquid Magic
Music – Ahmed Abdullah
Premiere – June, Symphony Space, New York City
No Wonder
Music – Recorded rhythm and blues
Text – Toni Morrison
Premiere – By Sounds In Motion students at Sounds In Motion Studio, Harlem, NY
1980
100% Cotton
Music and poetry – Oliver Lake
Premiere – 13 June, Symphony Space, New York City
I’ve Known Rivers
Music – Gary Bartz
Premiere – 13 June, Symphony Space, New York City
Suite Music
Music – Hamiet Bluiett
Premiere – 14 June, Symphony Space, New York City
Triptych
Prayer
Protest
Peace
Music – Max Roach
Premiere – 13 June, Symphony Space, New York City
1979
Last Days of the Down Home Boogies
Music – Memphis Jug Band and Washboard Rhythm Kings
Premiere – By Atlanta University Center Dancers, Read Hall, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Sounds In Motion premiere – 8 June, Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, New York City
Life’s Force
Music – Ahmed Abdullah
Premiere – Carver Center, San Antonio, TX
1977
Ancestral Voices
Music – Cecil Taylor
Premiere – February, by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco
Journey to Forever
Music – Ahmed Abdullah
Premiere – 29 May, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
Tangent Forces
Music – Doug Hammond
Premiere – 26 October, Entermedia Theatre, New York City
1976
Deep South Suite
Magnolias Just Dripping with Molasses
Hearsay
There Was Nobody Looking
Happy Go Lucky Local
Music – Duke Ellington
Premiere – May, by Alvin Ailey Repertory Company, Theatre of the Riverside Church, New York
Etude For Moving Sounds
Music – Babafumi Akunyun and Hank Johnson
Piano Peace
Moon Song
A Silent Tear
Music – Mary Lou Williams, Art Tatum, and McCoy Tyner
First performed (in-progress) 23 January, Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, New York
Going Home
Music – Paul Robeson
Premiere – 18 June, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York City
(from Tribute to Paul Robeson)
The Voyage
Music – Traditional slave songs
First performed (in-progress) 29 March, La Mama Annex, New York City
1975
Memories
With Hopes
With Despair
With Love
Music – Eubie Blake and Noble Sissle
Premiere – January, Henry Street Settlement Playhouse, New York City
Shadows
Music – Cecil Taylor
Premiere – 3 November, Majestic Theatre, New York City (from Tribute to Syvilla Fort)
Up North, 1881
Music – Louisiana State Prisoners, Rev. Gary Davis, Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, and Fred McDowell Premiere – 29 May, by New York High School of the Performing Arts, High School of Printing Auditorium, New York City
1974
Dead Center
Music – Hank Johnson
Premiere – New Lafayette Theater, New York City
Free Voices
Vocal Accompaniment – Gwendolyn Nelson
Premiere – Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors
Union (Union For the Streets)
Music – Steve Solder and Roe Rigby
Poetry – Margaret Walker, Langston Hughes
Premiere – New Lafayette Theater, New York City
1973
The Lost Sun
Music – Gene Casey
Premiere – 27 January, Clark Center, New York City
1972
For Four Voices
Music – Arthur Williams
Premiere – 27 March, Cubiculo Theatre, New York City
A Free Thing I
Premiere – 27 March, Cubiculo Theatre, New York City
A Free Thing II
Music – Joe Falcon, Aiye Niwaju, Stephen Reid, and Joe Rigby
Premiere – 18 June, Washington Square Methodist Church, New York City
Long Gones
Music – Memphis Jug Band, Bessie Smith, and Dixie Land Jug Blowers
Premiere – August, Long Island, New York
Poem: A Collage
Music – Frank Dawson, Aiye Niwaju, and Joe Rigby
Poetry – Ed Bullins, Langston Hughes, Norman Jordan, Mari Evans, James Emmanuel, Clarence Reed, Margaret Walker, and Fatish Verano
Premiere – 18 June, Washington Square Methodist Church, New York
Smoke and Clouds
Music – Traditional, Shirley and Lee, Huey Smith and The Jacks, and Will Crittendon
Premiere – 27 March, Cubiculo Theatre, New York City
For Four Voices
Music – Anthony Wiles, Arthur Williams,
Premiere – 27 March, Cubiculo Theatre, New York City
1971
Melting Song
McIntyre solo, Premiere – 6 June, Clark Center, New York City