Deep Time by Astrid Boons
Deep Time by Astrid Boons has been nominated for the Swan Award for Most Impressive Dance Production of 2026.
Jury about Deep Time
“The dystopian world that choreographer Astrid Boons evokes in Deep Time is striking. Boons has a radical and uncompromising style. Her extreme movement vocabulary translates contemporary technological, climatic, and social developments into a physical language that takes your breath away.
Against a stripped-down set design and an unsettling, layered soundscape, bodies move in search of stability and connection. The impact of the futuristic body and the extreme environment results in unpredictable shifts in energy and alienating solo and partner work. Deep Time has an intriguing, distinctive atmosphere and demonstrates a visionary perspective.''
About Astrid Boons
Astrid Boons (1988) is a choreographer and performer, known in the European dance scene for her emotionally demanding works and her powerfully embodied states. From 2021 to 2025, Astrid served as artist-in-residence at Korzo Theater in the Netherlands. In 2025, her new work *Deep Time* premiered, the second part of the *Khôra* trilogy. In 2025, she also created *Crash: Reassembled* for Dance Theatre Heidelberg and *MICA* for Studio Contemporary Dance Zagreb. Other works include *Khôra* (2023), *Do you believe me yet?* (2022), *Arise* (2021), *Fields* (2019), *Decay* (2018), *Vestige* (2017), and *Rhizoma* (2016). In 2017, Astrid received the BNG Bank Dance Prize and the Piket Art Prize for her duet Rhizoma (2016). In 2021, she was nominated for the Innovation Award of the Dutch Dance Days. As a dancer, Astrid has worked with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Nederlands Dans Theater, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Dansgroep Amsterdam, and Dansgroep Krisztina De Châtel.
“The dystopian world evoked by this performance is striking. The creator has a radical and uncompromising style, in which the extreme movement sequences are gripping. The impact of the futuristic body and the extreme environment results in unpredictable shifts in energy and alienating solo and partner work. This work has an intriguing, distinctive spirit and demonstrates a visionary perspective.”