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Inanna Queen of Heaven and Earth
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Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth
The Epic Of Inanna
My vision for the sacred theatrical production of the Epic of Inanna integrates music, dance, and mystical arts with technology. It focuses on our five senses and alchemical elements. The emotional impact is Operatic with the depth of Zen stillness. Circus elements evoke fantastical realms to awaken hidden potentials. It guides attention through the energy body and psyche with a focused subtley.
The stories from the historic clay tablets are sung. The foundational structure of the music is based on solfeggio frequencies. Binaural beats in an octaphonic arangement creates cymatic structures in the round, and musicians on ancient instruments improvise with the audiences response.
The Oriental style dance movements, toroidal whirling, aerial martial arts, five rhythms, and lighting coincide with and evoke the chakra system.
Act One:
- The Huluppu Tree
- Inanna and the God of Wisdom
- The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi
Act Two:
- Shukaletuda's Rape
- Gilgamesh, his Lover and The Bull of Heaven
Act Three: The Descent of Inanna
- From the Great Above to the Great Below
- The Dream of Dumuzi
- The Return
Act 1
In the first days, in the very first days,
In the first nights, in the very first nights,
In the first years, in the very first years...
Adapted from Kramer and Wolkstein
The Hulupu Tree
At the begining of creation, when heaven moves away from earth, we become acquainted with ancient Gods in particular, Enki, the God of Wisdom, Inanna, his grand-daughter, and Gilgamesh, her cousin.
Inanna and the God of Wisdom
Act 1
In which Inanna wins the attributes of civilization (Mes) in a drinking game with Enki, then battles six leagues of monsters to keep them for humanity, creating more Mes along the way.
The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi
In which the young woman is seduced into an an arranged marriage. After Dumuzi love bombs her, she bestows immense power on him to rule her city. He takes his advantages and then neglects her.
Act Two:
Act Two:
adapted from Zipan recording project and The Enheduanna Society
Shukaletuda's Rape
Shukaletuda Rapes Inanna
After Damuzi loses interest in her, both aim for satisfaction in others. Inanna travels the heavens and earth seeking justice. When she collapses in the deepest of sleep in a field, an incompetent farmer rapes her.
After Damuzi looses interest, Inanna travels the heavens and earth seeking satisfaction. She colapses in the deepest of sleep in a field and a stupid, incompetent man-child rapes her.
Gilgamesh, Enkidu and The Bull of Heaven
Gilgamesh, his Lover and The Bull of Heaven
Inanna seeks comfort from her friend and cousin, but the bully Gilgamesh and his lover insult her. She sends her brother in law to defend her honor, and they kill him.
Gilgamesh on a rampage, torments Uruk's city dwellers. Inanna attempts to rein in his destructive ways in the same way Enkidu, his partner, was tamed by a seductive priestess. After the rape, she also seeks comfort from her friend and cousin, but Gilgamesh and his lover insult her instead. On the threat of releasing the dead into the land of the living Inanna convinces her father God An to send his son-in-law, Gugulanna, the Bull of Heaven, to check Gilgamesh's raping and pillaging, and to defend her honor. The men kill Gugalanna instead and add further insult to her and her sister.
The Descent of Inanna
Act 3
From the Great Above To the Great Below
Before Abrahamic religions, herein we find the first resurrection myth. Inanna descends through the seven gates of the Underworld, to grieve with her sister, Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Underworld. With the help of her Sukkal and gender non-conforming beings, Inanna returns to the land of the living with a mission.
Also adapted from Kramer and Wolkstein, this is the core of chakra theme foreshadowed in Act 1, from which we derive our overture.
The Dream of Dumuzi
In which Dumuzi attempts to escape justice and Geshtinanna, his sister, interpretes Inanna's will, and his fate, through his dream.
The Return
The Epic concludes with Inanna integrating the traumatic events of her life, through her grief, so that she and Damuzi may negotiate a suitable arrangement: a myth which explains the seasons of growth and decay to the masses.
Animated clay reliefs depict the story of her acquisition of Mes (the attributes of civilization), through a drinking game and six epic battles. The animation is used for social media promotion of Inanna's Epic, and it is projected above the stage, in puppetry and in holograms. Aerial performers interact with them as they perform Inanna and Ninshubur's battles to retain the attributes of civilization on their journey back to Uruk in the celestial boat of heaven.