RAISE YOUR VOICES

Through visual art, music, and dance, PORTRAITS represents the vibrant spectrum of sexual, gender, racial, ethnic, and cultural identities in a nine-movement oratorio scheduled to premiere June 2024.

After it’s all said and done

When complete, each movement will feature one of the nine PORTRAITS artworks and come to life through music and motion by GMCW and 17th Street Dance, respectively. Each piece will highlight an aspect of the human experience, inspired by the PORTRAITS artwork of the composer’s choosing, with lyrics supporting the artist’s original intent. The music and artwork will be combined with a choreographer to create the final piece. Nine artists. Nine composers. Nine choreographers. One GMCW.

 

Premiere performance
June 16, 2024 at the Kennedy Center
Tickets on sale soon – for more information on the performance click HERE. Scroll down to learn more about the art, music, and dance.

The
Art

VIRGINIA
JACQUELINE HOYSTED
SHARD
CÉLINE GAUCHEY
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE
GREGORY WILKINS
MAN WITH TATTOO, HAVANA
JAMES KIMAK
NIGHT HUNGER
JOAN COX
STEELED
JUDITH PECK
SEE ME
LINDA LOWERY
SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN AND DO NOT SPEAK OF IT
TERRANCE GREGORASCHUK
STRANGE FRUIT
NICOLE WANDERA

The
Music

WHEN I RISE UP
ETHAN SOLEDAD
I AM (ONLY MINE)
COLE REYES
IT WAS NOT FATE
JOSHUA FISHBEIN
Paz
ISMAEL HUERTA
For Us
RICHARD CLAWSON
STEELED
MATTHEW FELBEIN
DO YOU SEE ME
ROYDEN TSE
SLEEP WITH ONE EYE OPEN
RAYMOND MUELLER
STRANGE FRUIT
PAUL LEAVITT

THE
DANCE

The nine choreographers will be announced soon.

If you have further questions, please email portraits@gmcw.org.