Trey McIntyre
Trey McIntyre was born in Wichita, Kansas, and trained at North Carolina School Arts and Houston Ballet Academy. In 1989, he was appointed Choreographic Apprentice to Houston Ballet, a position created especially for him, and in 1995 he became the company’s Choreographic Associate. He has worked for more than 25 years as a freelance choreographer, producing more than 100 pieces during the span of his career so far.
McIntyre is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Choo San Goh Award for Choreographiy, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters,two personal grants for choreography from the National Endowment for the Arts, and is a United States Artists Fellow. His works have been performed by companies around the world including Stuttgart Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Oregon Ballet Theatre.
In 2005, McIntyre founded his dance company, Trey McIntyre Project (TMP), based in Boise, Idaho. The company was a tremendous critical success and was lauded for its innovative business model. In 2014, the company transitioned towards new artistic ventures, reducing greatly its efforts in dance, focusing currently on the feature-length documentary, « Gravity Hero ».
A renowned photographer, McIntyre’s photographs have been featured in the New York Time, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Sunset Magazine and he was commissioned by the U.S. First Service to create a series of photographs to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.
Source : Trey McIntyre ‘s website
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