DIANNE MCINTYRE

Dianne McIntyre, celebrating 53 years as a dancemaker, is a 2022 Dance Magazine Award Honoree and 2023 Martha Hill Dance Awardee. Known for concert dance work with celebrated music artists, she also choreographs for theatre, film, television, and opera. She has created work for numerous companies including Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as well as her own companies - most notably, Sounds in Motion. The company/school was a vital institution in Harlem where artists met, collaborated, and were nurtured. McIntyre's film credits include Beloved from Toni Morrison's novel and Miss Evers' Boys (Emmy nomination). Her work has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and over 35 regional theatres. Other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Doris Duke Artist Award, a Dance/USA Honor Award, a Duke United States Artists Fellowship, National Black Theatre Teer Pioneer Award, ADF 2008 Balasaraswati/Joy Anne Dewey Beinecke Endowed Chair for Distinguished Teaching, two AUDELCOs, 3 Bessies/New York Dance and Performance Awards, and two Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degrees (from SUNY Purchase and Cleveland State University). Dianne McIntyre also develops dance-driven dramas from her interviews about real-life events, including I Could Stop on a Dime and Get Ten Cents Change (her father's stories) and Open the Door, Virginia! (1950s civil rights). McIntyre’s current work In the Same Tongue fuses dance, live music, poetry, and her history. Mentors include Elaine Gibbs Redmond, Gus Solomons jr, Louise Roberts, Rick Davis, Helen Alkire, and Vera Blaine. She received a BFA in Dance from The Ohio State University.