Korzo Zaal
CaDance Festival: Deep Time
| Choreography, concept, direction | Astrid Boons |
| Duration | 60 min |
| Part of | CaDance Festival |
"'I strongly believe in the need to think about the direction in which we are moving as a society. As we move further and further into the digital age, we are entering a zone where we are 'upgrading' humans in order to survive. Technology, which seemingly simplifies our lives, seems to make our bodies less and less important. In my work, I want to connect with ourselves by experiencing the body - not only individually, but also together."
— Astrid Boons
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- Philosophical
- Self-reflection
- Slowing
- Detailed
- Bodily awareness
Is our ability to adapt finite?
Choreographer Astrid Boons impresses with her sculptural approach to dance, which gets deep under the skin. Driven by existential questions, she weaves philosophical and emotional layers into a physical language of her own. In her new triptych, of which Deep Time is the second part, Boons 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 and can (co-)-exist.
Whereas the first chapter KHÔRA philosophizes about a new post-human world, Deep Time explores 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.
Boons raises an intriguing question: is our ability to adapt finite? And what does this ability to transform and mutate mean for our humanity? Deep Time is a physical journey that invites us to reflect on the evolution of humanity.
Credits
Choreography, concept, direction: Astrid Boons
In collaboration with and danced by: Karolina Szymura, Spencer Dickhaus en Reiko Ohta
Composition: Miguelángel Clerc Parada
Dramaturgy: Eva Martinez
Light design: Fudetani Ryoya, Lisette van der Linden with Astrid Boons
Costume design: Bregje Van Balen
Costume implementation: Hermien Hollander
Researchers: Prof. Doc. Henk Hoekstra, Tamara de Groot MPhil, Bernadette of Heel MSc
Production: Khôra / Astrid Boons in coproduction with Korzo and SHIFFT ( in the context of iCoDaCo, co-founded door de Europese Unie).
Supported by: Impulstanz (in het kader van Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found, co-founded by the European Union), c o r s o, DansBrabant
Made possible by: Gemeente Den Haag, Fonds 21, the Cultuurfonds (thanks to Pruijt, Prins Beeld and Dansfonds), NORMA fonds, Gravin van Bylandt Stichting, Fonds Podiumkunsten (in context of Fast Forward program)
Composer and researcher Miguelángel Clerc is a fixture in the work of Astrid Boons. In the seven pieces they have created together, they have developed a unique working method in which they do not see dance and music as separate elements, but as components that together create the world they want to take the audience into. Miguelángel approaches sound as a landscape in which the dancers' bodies are situated and which resonates in their bodies. At the same time, the bodies in turn influence that musical landscape. They apply the post-disciplinary method that Astrid and he developed together in Deep Time.
Miguelángel himself writes about Deep Time: "For Deep Time, the starting points are a set of digital instruments and feedback setups developed during the creation of Khôra. Drawing from notions, theories, and ideas about the origins of music, Deep Time will explore how vocalisations, body movements, and communal activities can lead to musicality and musical manifestations. How can music emerge in Deep Time's world? What is music in this parallel universe? Is there music in Deep Time, the acoustic promise of becoming music? Exploring these notions and questions will be central to developing the musical material. The digital instruments will process the live acoustic input of the dancers and the space, generating adaptive and transforming rhythmical patterns and musical textures."
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About Astrid Boons
Astrid is fascinated by exploring movement and the deeper layers of body and mind. With each creation, she asks herself, her dancers and her audience to take their time and experience how the intelligence of the body unfolds. As a result, her performances reach beyond a superficial narrative and return to the pure body. It gives her movement language both a sculptural and organic quality that makes the work tangible and intense.
About the KHÔRA-trilogy
The KHÔRA-trilogy explores being human in a digital age. The trilogy encompasses three dance pieces, workshops, roundtable discussions and collaborations with scientists of the University Leiden, Radboud University and the Erasmus University. The first piece in this series is KHÔRA (2023). The second chapter Deep Time will premiere during CaDance Festival 2025 and will tour the Netherlands in 2025 and 2026.
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