A choreographer whose more than 20 years of fresh and innovative work has been cheered by audiences and critics—Trey McIntyre—brings his Idaho-based company, Trey McIntyre Project (TMP) to Damrosch Park on August 3. TMP’s rare visit to The Big Apple features an evening of works in collaboration with Preservation Hall Jazz Band, celebrating The Big Easy, including Ma Maison from 2008 and ithe NY premiere of ts recently-created companion piece, The Sweeter End, co-commissioned by Lincoln Center with support from the Boise Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

Enjoy this making-of documentary about The Sweeter End, then come down to Damrosch Park to see the final product.

via lincolncenter:

    

"[New Orleanians] don’t view pleasure as some narcissistic indulgence…but like a spiritual release and [something] bound up with a sense of mortality."

Trey McIntyre, of the Trey McIntyre Project, speaking about the spirit of New Orleans to nola.com.

He’ll be exploring this through dance in Ma Maison and The Sweeter End, presented as a part of Lincoln Center Out of Doors on August 3.

 

(via lincolncenter)