Dianne McIntyre

Dianne McIntyre | photo by McKinley Wiley

Grant Recipient

Dianne McIntyre | photo by McKinley Wiley

Location

Cleveland, OH

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Artist Website

Project Title

In the Same Tongue

Fiscal Year Awarded

2021

Grant or Program

National Dance Project Production Grant

Grant Amount

$56,500

IN THE SAME TONGUE is a vibrant full-length movement, sound, and language based-work. Dance legend and choreographer Dianne McIntyre unites a vigorous company of dancers and musicians to explore how dance and music “speak” to each other. With original music by celebrated composer Diedre Murray, it reveals how language creates worlds of beauty, alienation, harmony, tension, or peace. Dynamic vignettes ignite the stage, including McIntyre’s autobiographical stories with “the music”—such as the musical influence of the Black Arts Movement—and feature the poetry of Obie-winning playwright Ntozake Shange.

This project has also received the following funding from NEFA:

Artist's Work

On a stage, a group of Black dancers pose in bright colors.

photo by Kameron Herndon, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

On a stage, with a curtain draped on the right, four Black dancers in bright dresses and big pants lean towards each other and throw their arms back.

photo by Kameron Herndon, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

On a stage, five Black dancers pose with their arms up, in front of a live band.

photo by Kameron Herndon, courtesy Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

A Black person looks to their left, on one knee. Behind them, three dancers, also in black, dance.

photo by Paula Lobo

In front of a live band on stage, a Black dancer (in a red top hat) leans back.

photo by Paula Lobo

On a stage, a Black woman leans on a Black man with her leg popped up.

photo by Paula Lobo

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Octopus Theatricals
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