A dance legend and a celebrated composer collaborate to explore the powerful connections between and across forms, languages, and histories.
In the Same Tongue is a new, breathtaking work combining movement, sound, and language from the legendary Emmy-nominated dancer/choreographer, Dianne McIntyre. In the span of 80-minutes, McIntyre unites a brilliant company of dancers and musicians to reveal how dance and music “speak” to each other.
Reviving the spirit of McIntyre’s internationally celebrated dance company Sounds in Motion, In the Same Tongue explores artistic legacies, like 1920s Harlem salons and the Black Arts Movement of the 60’s & 70’s, by bringing dynamic dancers, writers, and musicians together to manifest connections on stage in the most unexpected ways.
With original music by celebrated composer Diedre Murray, and working with the poetry of Obie-winning playwright Ntozake Shange, In the Same Tongue shows audiences how language—in all its many forms—can create worlds of beauty, alienation, harmony, tension, or peace. The hallmarks of McIntyre’s stunning body of work, spanning decades and innumerable stage productions, as well as creating the choreography for PBS television features Langston Hughes: The Dream Keeper and the feature film based on Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved, are all on glorious display in this captivating, new dance celebration.
Info
Venue
Emerson Paramount Center, Robert J. Orchard Stage
559 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111
Dates
Sep 26, 2024 - Sep 29, 2024
Tickets
Access
Audio Described Show
Sat, Sep 28 8:00 pm
Open Captioned Show
Fri, Sep 27 8:00 pm
ASL Interpreted Show
Sun, Sep 29 2:00 pm
Tickets
Artists
Dianne McIntyre
Dianne McIntyre (she/her) dancer, choreographer, director, teacher has a career spanning five decades with choreography for dance, theatre, television, film and opera. A 2022 Dance Magazine Award Honoree, a 2023 Martha Hill Dance Fund Lifetime Achievement Awardee, 2020 United States Artists Doris Duke Fellow, 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 live music and poetic text. She has choreographed scores of concert dances, four Broadway shows, two operas, 35 regional theatre productions, a London West End musical, three feature films, three television productions, stage movement for recording artists, and created five original full-length dance dramas. Her company of dancers and musicians, Sounds in Motion, toured extensively and her Harlem studio was a central hub of creative activity. World renowned dance companies have performed her work such as Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Philadanco!, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, GroundWorks DanceTheater , Dancing Wheels, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, as well as forty plus university ensembles and major dance festivals have commissioned her choreography and teaching residencies.
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“Meshes music, dance, poetry, personal life story & Black revolution in wonderfully rich ways.”
— Wendy Perron, Editor, Dance Magazine
“In modern dance, the names of its persevering practitioners are like cherished objects. Dianne McIntyre is one such [artist].”
— Time Out NY
“Dianne McIntyre is the queen of dance collaborations and improvisations”
— Sheila Regan (STAR TRIBUNE)
“With a career spanning five decades, Dianne McIntyre is one of the most important artists in the American dance scene.”
— Veta Goler (WALKER REVIEW)
“…as a seasoned (and always discovering) dance-maker, my vision is to bring to the public what many have not experienced – the merging of dance and music in my own style”
— Dianne McIntyre
September 11, 2024
Cultural Context of In the Same Tongue
The second show of ArtsEmerson's 24/25 Season, In the Same Tongue, is a new work from globally celebrated dance legend Dianne McIntyre that explores artistic legacies, working to reveal to audiences...
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Fall Accessibility Performances at ArtsEmerson
We have announced our fall accessibility performances for this season, including for Fight Night, In the Same Tongue and On the Eve of Abolition. Our accessibility performance include Audio Described...
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