Body Story

Body Story

When was the last time your body felt happy? When did it feel the most tense? How many injuries has your body sustained? When do you push it to its limits?

The successful body. The authoritarian body. The sweaty body. The becoming body. The complete body. The eternal body. The digital body. The ancestral body. The hidden body.

What does your body remember?

In this debut solo work by dance artist Xin Ji, the story of his body unravels through moments where the emotional and physical collide. An incredible display of absolute control and breathtaking virtuosity, discover how a body carries memory, pain, emotion, and history without us always realising. Uncertainty, recklessness and euphoria slide into this intimate personal narrative — offering ways to consider our bodies as vehicles for resistance and alchemy.

Choreographer and Performer: Xin Ji

Sound Design: Alistair Deverick

Dramaturg: Nathan Joe

Costume Design: Steven Junil Park 박준일

Set Design: Talia Pua

AV Design: Qianye 林千葉 and Qianhe Lin 林千和

Lighting Design: Rowan Pierce

Production Manager: Emmanuel Reynaud

Operator: Jazmin Whittall

Producer: Rosabel Tan

Assistant Producer (debut season): Pennie Chang

Accessibility

*Please note that the elevator to the Franco Boni Theatre is out of service. Audiences will have to climb stairs to access the theatre.*

All performances of Body Story will offer Audio Description.

You can learn more about SummerWorks' Access Measures HERE.

Sensory Advisories: Live music with partial nudity, use of haze and bright lights.
Content Advisories: Available here. This link will open to a webpage that lists Content Advisories for ALL SummerWorks 2026 projects.

Duration: 50 Minutes

Venue: The Theatre Centre Franco Boni Theatre - 1115 Queen St W

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