Dianne
McIntyre
Award Winning choreographer for dance, theatre, television and film

Photo Credit…Elias Williams for The New York Times
Dianne McIntyre

Credit…Elias Williams for The New York Times
Award Winning choreographer for dance, theatre, television and film
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In The Same Tongue
Presented 2023-2024: Walker Art Center, ASU Gammage, Duke Arts, Apollo Theater and ArtsEmerson
BIO
Dianne McIntyre
INTRODUCTION
Dianne McIntyre is regarded as an artistic pioneer, with an impressive career spanning four decades with choreography for dance, theatre, television and film. A 2019 Dance/USA Honor Awardee and 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award recipient, her individualistic movement style reflects her affinity for cultural histories, personal narratives and the boldness, nuances, discipline and freedom in music and poetic text. Since 1972, she has choreographed scores of concert dances, four Broadway shows, 30 regional theatre productions, a London West End musical, two feature films, three television productions, stage movement for recording artists and created five original full-length dance dramas. World renowned dance companies, such as Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, GroundWorks Dance Theater, Dancing Wheels, as well as forty plus university ensembles and major dance festivals have commissioned her choreography and teaching residencies.

RECENT CHOREOGRAPHY & AWARDS
- 2024 – “In Tune” – Premiere: American Dance Festival
Music recorded: Mary Lou Williams, Betty Carter, Abbey Lincoln - 2023 – “In the Same Tongue” Premiere: Walker Art Center
Music live – Diedre Murray - 2022 – “Intimate Apparel” – Lincoln Center Theater and HBO
Lynn Nottage, Story/Libretto and Ricky Ian Gordon, Music
Recent Awards:
- 2023 – Martha Hill Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2022 – Dance Magazine Award
- 2020 United States Artists Doris Duke Fellowship
- 2020 New England Foundation for the Arts/National Dance Project Grant
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2016 Doris Duke Award
Dianne McIntyre’s mentors include Elaine Gibbs Redmond, Gus Solomons jr, Louise Roberts, Rick Davis and the dance faculty of the Ohio State University.