DEEp time
World premiere:
16/05/2025
Korzo Theater
The Netherlands
Where 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 their interconnections. Boons raises an intriguing question: is our capacity to adapt finite? And what does this ability to mutate mean for our humanity?
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“Deep Time is both a physical journey and a quiet philosophical reckoning—introspective, beautifully detailed, and profoundly human. ” – ArtsTalkMagazine
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“With Deep Time, Astrid Boons presents an impressive vision of fear (…) executed with utmost consistency and originality.” – de Volkskrant ★★★★
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“In Deep Time, Astrid Boons crafts a haunting, cerebral experience that lingers long after the final movement. (…) unsettling, intimate, and deeply thought-provoking.” – ArtsTalkMagazine
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Choreography, concept, direction: Astrid Boons 
Dancers: Karolina Szymura, Spencer Dickhaus en Reiko Ohta  Composition: Miguelángel Clerc Parada 
Dramaturgy: Eva Martinez 
Light design: Fudetani Ryoya, Lisette van der Linden, Astrid Boons
Costume design: Bregje Van Balen 
Researchers: Prof. Doc. Henk Hoekstra, Tamara de Groot MPhil, Bernadette of Heel MSc , Miguelángel Clerc Parada PhD
Duration: 1h
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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)
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