Atmosphere of Decay is a rhythmic, choreographed dance work inspired by The Descent of Inanna, a 4,000-year-old Sumerian epic. Two sister goddesses, Inanna and Ereshkigal, meet in the underworld, representing the upper and lower realms, the conscious and the unconscious.
The performance follows Inanna's rise to power, the decay of her ego and her eventual submission, which holds the potential for new life. Three performers shift between subtle dominance and open vulnerability through a choreography of intimacy, transformation and repulsion. The result is restless, earthy and hungry, an ode to chaos in a time of collapse.
