About the Research Lab:

During this research lab we will dive into my working method that I use during my creative processes. 

We will approach the body as a space of discovery, as a territory that has fragile borders, which expand into other physical spaces and realities. Through several improvisations we will empty the body from their meaning and acquired knowledge so that we can start to reencounter the world from a new sensory space.

We will work on sensorial experiments and guided improvisations which will lead you through processes of self-discovery. We will focus on your inner exploration, increasing the physical awareness and encourage you to expand the understanding of your body. During the lab, you will also have a chance to dive into the themes that are recurring in my work.

Astrid Boons

Astrid Boons (1988, Belgium), is a choreographer and performer based in The Netherlands. Since 2017 she is a resident choreographer at Korzo Theatre in The Hague.

Getting known in the European dance scene for her emotionally demanding pieces and her strongly embodied states, Astrid Boons’ creations offer a space to deeply experience the body as the site of boundaries and expansion between us and the world. She creates work with a distinctive female perspective foregrounding the subjective connectivity as a form of resistance, together with the continuous search for personal agency. 

Astrid received the BNG Bank Dance Award 2017 and Piket Art Award 2017 for her duet Rhizoma (2016). In 2020 she was named artist to watch by NRC newspaper. In 2021, she was nominated for the prestigious Prize of The Netherlands Dance Days for choreography.

Her work has been produced by Korzo Theatre, Nederlands Dans Theater, Dance Theater Heidelberg, GöteborgsOperans Danskompani, Conny Janssen Danst, Dans I Nord, among others.

As a dancer Astrid worked with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (2017-2018), Nederlands Dans Theater 1 (2017), GöteborgsOperans Danskompani(2013-2016), Nederlands Dans Theater 2 (2009-2013), Dansgroep Amsterdam(2009) and Dansgroep Krisztina De Châtel (2008).

When?

April 30

10:00-15:00

Where?

LeineRoebana Studios

Price:

€30,-

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Springplank

This Research lab is part of the Springplank program but open to all prof-level dancers. Participants of Springplank may join this masterclass for free. The program is open to last-year students and alumni (up to 3 years) from dance academies (HBO/MBO) in the city of Amsterdam. Want to join Springplank? Send us an email at springplank@hjs.amsterdam with your cv, diploma, and motivational letter and we’ll get in touch with you! More info: https://hjs.amsterdam/springplank/