“He who usurps a title will never keep his word”.

(Chinese proverb)

How are moral standards created in History? What model do they serve? And with what aim?

Initially a painter, before moving on to installations and documentaries in 1989, Wang Jianwei took up theatre with Ping Feng, created at the KunstenFESTIVALdesArts in 2000, to tackle the burning issues that he felt could not be addressed anywhere other than the stage. Ceremony draws on the story of Ts’ao Ts’ao, the prime minister who appropriated the imperial throne under the Han dynasty. Over the centuries, three different pieces of writing have related this episode. In the light of today, Ceremony explores the historical fabric of a truth given to be irrefutable, drummed out over a thousand years…

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Meet the artists after the performance on 18/05.