BLOODLINES INTERWOVEN DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE - NATIONAL SAWDUST - JULY 1 -

BLOODLINES INTERWOVEN DOCUMENTARY PREMIERE - NATIONAL SAWDUST - JULY 1 -

ABOUT

Bloodlines Interwoven is a collaborative commissioning and performance project that brings together groups of artists from diverse cultural backgrounds to share their family histories, compose music that engages with these collective histories, and premiere the resulting new works for the public. Created by artistic director Kaoru Watanabe with generous support from the Mellon Foundation and the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Bloodlines Interwoven employs a novel and intensive storytelling and music-making process to explore and celebrate our different lived experiences and reveal, in the end, the beauty of their intrinsic interconnectedness.

Bloodlines began in 2024, and its first iteration included 17 artists and culminated in a residency and festival at Katsban. Learn more about Bloodlines Interwoven 2024 here.

Bloodlines Interwoven is produced by THE OFFICE performing arts + film.

Instagram: @BloodlinesInterwoven

Fay Victor’s chicken pilau begins with burnt sugar. A dish shaped by movement - Persia, India, the Caribbean - layered into one pot. We couldn’t have enough of it! Check out the recipe at the link in our bio.
Fay Victor’s pumpkin coconut soup wraps around you before you realize it. Check out Fay’s story behind the dish and her recipe in the link in our bio.
Bloodlines Kitchen began with our family histories. During our residency at Loghaven, each artist brought a story and a recipe - something tied to memory, to family, to a place that still lives in the body. What started as meals between rehearsals s
After over a year creating music with this group, Bloodlines Interwoven culminated in a first-ever Big Ears residency at Loghaven, an incredible artist residency in Knoxville, TN. We spent a week in this idyllic place rehearsing and worksho
Bloodlines Interwoven at Big Ears Festival. Across each performance, the work continued to shift and take shape in real time. The artists moved through sound, rhythm, and movement with a sense of openness, responding to one another and to each space

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2025-26

 Kaoru
Watanabe

yuniya edi
kwon


GAMIN

Shahzad
Ismaily

Mafer
Bandola

Cyro
Baptista

Kweku
Sumbry

SUNNY
JAIN

SéAMUS
EGAN

FAY
VICTOR

Marika
Hughes

2024

 Kaoru
Watanabe

maeve
gilchrist


alicia hall moran

amir
elsaffar

layale chaker

adam o’farrill

mino cinélu

rajna
swaminathan

nasheet
waits

matthew garrison

jen shyu

jeffrey ziegler

susie ibarra

du yun

martha
redbone

PERFORMANCES

July 1, 2026

Bloodlines Documentary Premiere

National Sawdust

with live music and food from Bloodlines Kitchen

Featuring Fay Victor, Jen Shyu, Kaoru Watanabe, Layale Chaker, Marika Hughes, Nasheet Waits

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