Sophia Mage: ATMOSPHERE OF DECAY

Edging between subtle dominance and naked vulnerability three performers shape-shift through a choreography of intimacy, transformation, and repulsion. Sophia Mage pulls from mythology surrounding the goddesses Innana and Ereshkigal who were present 4.000 years ago in ancient Sumer. Innana and Ereshkigal represent each the ‘lower’ and ‘upper’ realms of the universe; they may also be considered the conscious and subconscious. The work is a choreographic reflection on the destructive-transformative forces these archetypes represent and the multitudes of contradicting attributes flourishing within a single being or entity.

Atmosphere of Decay ebbs and flows. It’s restless and grounded, it lusts for blood, and desires intimacy. It’s healing and thieving, jealous and benevolent, it’s warmth in the abyss. She swallows all of it, bones, fur, paws, tail, teeth…holds it within her fullness while she sleeps and dreams… 

Sophia Mage approaches the creation of her performances as an act of world-building, weaving movement, sound, light, and visual elements into a cohesive audiovisual experience. Her work seeks to dissolve the boundaries between artistic disciplines, creating immersive worlds in which each element contributes to a shared atmosphere, rhythm, and dramaturgy.

With its premiere in Dansekapellet Copenhagen in 2023, Atmosphere of Decay now enters a new round of performances with dates in Det Kongelige Teater Copenhagen, WUK performing arts Vienna and Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster.

Credits

Konzept und Choreograpie
Sophia Mage

Choreographie und Performance
Brittanie Brown, Charlie Petersen, Sophia Mage

Musik
John T. Gast

Licht Design and Fotografie
Thomas Zamolo

Kostüme
Mai Sakamoto

Dramaturgie
Quim Bigas

Kunstwerk PR
Ville Vidoe

Produktion
Christina Cibrowski, Dansehallerne

Distribution
Charlie Petersen, Sophia Mage

Trailer und Registration
Alexis Rodriguez Cancio

Künstlerische Beratung
Rachel Tess, Marie Kaae Schmidt

Stimmcoach
Mette Nadja Hansen

Koproduktion
Dansehallerne, HAUT, MARC, Akademiet, Dansstationen

Vielen Dank an
Sanna Blennow und Lara Ostan Vejrup

Gefördert durch
Statens Kunstfond, Knud Højgaards Fond, William Demant Fond

Atmosphere of Decay feierte am 17. November 2023 in der Dansekapellet Kopenhagen Premiere.

about

Sophia Mage (she/her)
is a dancer, choreographer and teacher based in Copenhagen. Sophia approaches performance with a mindset of world-building. She often works with a fictional sense of being and place in order to gently tilt the atmosphere towards the uncanny. Her process is influenced by the meeting of intuition, improvisation and coincidences from the mediums she works with. All this with an eye for an immediate and broad appeal so that the finished work appears inviting in itself with rich underlying intention.
https://sophiamage.com/

Within her work she closely collaborates with Vienna-based performer and producer Charlie Petersen - https://www.unboundbodies.com/. 
Their latest joint production The Warmth of Other Suns was produced between Dansehallerne Copenhagen, Pumpenhaus Münster and MARC Knislinge.