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Open Club: Astrid Boons
Deep Time

Astrid Boons - Deep Time - photo Jim De Bock
Astrid Boons - Deep Time - photo Jim De Bock

Choreographer Astrid Boons takes a sculptural approach to dance that gets under the skin. Driven by existential questions, she weaves philosophical and emotional layers into a physical language of her own. In her new triptych, Astrid explores what it means to be human in an increasingly digital age. She invites us to reconnect with our bodies and think about how we want to and can live (together).

Where the first chapter KHÔRA philosophises about a new post-human world, explores Deep Time the limits of our adaptability in this parallel universe. Through shapeshifting, three performers use natural elements from their new environment to survive. In these transformations, they redefine both their identities and the connections between them. Is our ability to adapt finite? And what does the ability to mutate mean for our humanity? Deep Time is a physical journey that invites us to reflect on the evolution of humanity.

Before the show premieres on 16 May, Astrid will share some of it during the Open Club on 9 May at DansBrabant. Deep Time. Afterwards, she is happy to engage in conversation with anyone who would like to share something with her.

Start: 5pm, you can let us know you are coming via this link

Deep Time is a co-production of SHIFFT and Korzo

  • Friday 9 May, 17:00 - 18:00

  • DansBrabant, Tilburg, Netherlands

Credits

Choreography, concept, direction

Astrid Boons
Dancers

Karolina Szymura, Spencer Dickhaus and Reiko Ohta
Composition

Miguelángel Clerc Parada
Dramaturgy

Eva Martinez
Lighting design

Fudetani Ryoya
Costume design

Bregje Van Balen
Researchers

Prof Doc. Henk Hoekstra, Tamara de Groot MPhil, Bernadette van Heel MSc
A production of

Khôra/Astrid Boons
In co-production with

in co-production with Korzo and SHIFFT (as part of iCoDaCo, co-founded by the European Union)
Mt support of

With the support of: Impulstanz (as part of Life Long Burning - Futures Lost and Found, co-founded by the European Union), c o r s o, DansBrabant
Made possible by

Municipality of The Hague, the Cultuurfonds (thanks in part to the Pruijt Prins Beeld en Dansfonds), FONDS 21, Fonds Podiumkunsten (as part of the Fast Forward programme)