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.