The Seven Valleys - A performance commissioned by The Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles. July 16, 2022
Conception and script by Sholeh Wolpé, based on her translation of Attar’s “The Conference of the Birds”
Writer and performer: Sholeh Wolpé Choreographer and dancer: André Megerdichian Vocalists: Kirk Averitt (Base), Kons Hedari (Tenor), Molly Pease (Alto), Joslyn Sarshat (Soprano). Dancers: Tippy Dringman, Catalina Jackson-Urueña. Projection art: Nathalia Karagiannis Getty Villa Museum
Image by Barcelona-based Greek artist Nathalie Karagiannis
Vocalists: Kirk Averitt (Base), Kons Hedari (Tenor), Molly Pease (Alto), Joslyn Sarshat (Soprano). Dancers: Tippy Dringman, Catalina Jackson-Urueña.
Writer and performer: Sholeh Wolpé Choreographer and dancer: André Megerdichian Getty Villa Museum
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Writer and performer: Sholeh Wolpé Choreographer and dancer: André Megerdichian Getty Villa Museum
Cast:
Sholeh Wolpé : Writer and performer
André Megerdichian - Director/Choreographer
Fahad Siadat – Composer (not in the picture)
Catalina Jackson-Urueña – Dancer
Tippy Dringman – Dancer
Kirk Averitt – Bass
Kion Hedari – Tenor
Molly Pease – Alto
Joslyn Sarshad – Soprano
Projected Art – Nathalia Karagiannis (not in the picture)
Projection – Jesse Gilbert (not in the picture)
All photos courtesy of Farhang Foundation
Choreographer André Megerdichian as Hoopoe Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé in performance Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpe and Tippy Dringman Getty Villa Museum
Vocalists: Kirk Averitt (Base), Kons Hedari (Tenor), Molly Pease (Alto), Joslyn Sarshat (Soprano). Dancers: Tippy Dringman, Catalina Jackson-Urueña.
Writer and performer: Sholeh Wolpé Choreographer and dancer: André Megerdichian Getty Villa Museum
Writer and performer: Sholeh Wolpé Choreographer and dancer: André Megerdichian Vocalists: Kirk Averitt (Base), Kons Hedari (Tenor), Molly Pease (Alto), Joslyn Sarshat (Soprano). Dancers: Tippy Dringman, Catalina Jackson-Urueña. Projection art: Nathalia Karagiannis Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé and André Megerdichian Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé and her cast performing at Getty Villa Museum Projection art: Nathalia Karagiannis
vocalist Molly Pease Getty Villa Museum
André Megerdichian and Catalina Jackons Urueña Getty Villa Museum
Sold out audience waits for the show to begin Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé performing at Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé and her cast performing at Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé and her cast performing at Getty Villa Museum Projection art: Nathalia Karagiannis
Vocalists: Kirk Averitt (Base), Kons Hedari (Tenor), Molly Pease (Alto), Joslyn Sarshat (Soprano). Dancers: Tippy Dringman, Catalina Jackson-Urueña.
Writer and performer: Sholeh Wolpé Choreographer and dancer: André Megerdichian Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé, vocalists Joslyn Sarshad and Molly Pease Getty Villa Museum
Sholeh Wolpé as Attar Getty Villa Museum
Final bows Sholeh Wolpé and her cast at Getty Villa Museum
Final bows Writer and performer Sholeh Wolpé, Choreographer André Megerdichian and their cast at Getty Villa Museum
