Dance legend Modern dance choreographer Dianne McIntyre directs UI students rehearsing for next week’s November Playhouse Dance concert series to be presented at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13-15 in the Colwell Playhouse at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. McIntyre, who has taught key figures in the dance world, is known for her collaborations with jazz greats and for her choreography for stage and screen. Included in her body of work is choreography for Oprah Winfrey’s film adaptation of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.” McIntyre is in residence at the dance department as part of “Conversations in Black on Brown,” a program organized by dance professor Cynthia Oliver to coincide with the yearlong Brown v. Board of Education Jubilee Commemoration. In addition to working with UI students and performing in next week’s concert, McIntyre will give a free master class in contemporary dance at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club in Champaign.
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