Dance
DanceMotion USA (sm)
DanceMotion USA’s U.S.-Based Residency Culminating
Event
Trey McIntyre Project and Korea National Contemporary Dance
Company
My Show:
A collaboration between Trey McIntyre Project and Korea’s
first state-funded contemporary dance company, Korea National
Contemporary Dance Company, celebrating TMP’s homecoming from its
DanceMotion USA tour through the
Philippines, China, and South Korea.
My art is most inspired by:
People who endeavor to find the truth and who do so, bravely and
at personal risk. Comedians like Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. make
my brain pop.
Most American thing about my dance:
I come from the Great Plains and I think my work is deeply
informed by that sense of space and earth and distance. The people
I grew up around were earnest and plainspoken. I seek that same
kind of clarity and meaning in the dances I make.
Ballet in 2012 means:
Ballet for me is just the language I use. It's a process of making
sense of a flawed instrument.
Favorite non-dance motion in the USA:
Playing with my mustache.
DanceMotion USA is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, produced by BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) to showcase contemporary American dance abroad. Since 2010, seven American dance companies have toured to 26 countries to participate in workshops, outreach, education and exchange through dance. This year, a new component of the program brings a foreign company back for a residency and performances with one of the American touring companies.
with Trey McIntyre and Seung Yup Hong
Fri, Nov 16
Charmaine Warren moderates this artist talk, which takes place in the performance venue and is free for same-day ticket holders.
Korea National Contemporary Dance
Company Adult Master Class
Sat, Nov 17 at 2pm
The School at The Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Since it launched as a full-time, year-round company in 2008, Trey McIntyre Project has been a sensation among critics and audiences alike.
