Strongly aesthetic new dance work from China focussing in on critical issues around beauty, image and identity in the post-globalized world, from one of China’s most promising younger generation of directors. 

The French philosopher and poet Jean Baudrillard wrote: “We live in an era of things. I mean we live to adapt their rhythm and ever-changing reality. In all the previous civilizations, what survived after generations was things—long-lasting tools or buildings; today, however, we and our bodies witness the generation, perfection and extinction of things. “Hommage”, which premiered in Shanghai in February 2023, seeks to re-interpret and re-examine the words of Baudrillard in the context of the increasing cultural integration of the post-globalized world and its consequences and impact upon human bodies. Theatre director and choreographer Yang Zhen creates a strongly aesthetic core language referencing Chinese bodies and Chinese fashion to focus in on both individual and collective landscapes and gender and appearance, using a multi-disciplinary approach in order to explore differing social contexts and concepts around beauty, with playful referencing of words and works from Oscar Wilde, Aldous Huxley and Yevgeny Zamyatin.  

This performance falls under the Me in the mirror/de spiegel en ik theme and you can get theme discounts. For more information, check out this page.