Feeling Normal 体感正常 Documentary Theatre
2024/01/03-04, Dunjun Theatre, Shanghai Theatre Academy 端均剧场，上海戏剧学院 Director: Wenting Yang
Dramaturg: Siming Lu
When do you feel “normal”?
Social standards around the body are often unspoken, yet deeply internalized. Feeling comfortable in one’s own body can itself become a question.
Feeling Normal was developed through a research-based performance-making process focused on the bodily experiences of young Chinese adults in their twenties, particularly women. As the dramaturg, I interviewed more than 20 people from different social and professional backgrounds, including fitness coaches, members of the queer community, and young women who had experienced military-style training. Alongside the interviews, we held public workshops, creating a space for participants to share and examine their own experiences of bodily norms.
Drawing on these encounters, the performance explores how bodies endure, adapt to, and resist the structures of everyday life.
