Katabasis is the second installment in an on-going series of performances that explores the use of long-form storytelling in the live arts. Loosely based on the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, Katabasis tells the story of a decent into the underworld to retrieve a lost love.
Set in a distant post-apocalyptic future, Katabasis examines the process of myth formation, and how the vestiges of history are passed down, retold, and become something new. Using a combination of natural materials and technological detritus, Katabasis is an imagining of a possible future that mirrors a half-forgotten past.
Written, directed, costume, puppet and prop design by Dorothy Melander-Dayton
Set and lighting design by Marco Turcich
Preformed by Mette Sterre, Cristina Espejo Vindel and Peter Provis