Variation #49: Gein Wong
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In the construction of a country, it is not the practical workers but the idealists and planners that are difficult to find…powerful people have liberty.
~ Sun Yet-Sen, revolutionary who help throw down the last emperor of China
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Gein Wong is an interdisciplinary director, playwright, composer, poet and video artist. Her show Hiding Words (for you), delves into nushu, a secret language created in 400 A.D. when Chinese women were not allowed to read or write. It runs from September 13 – 23 at Harbourfront Centre’s Enwave Theatre, and tickets can be purchased here.
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