BODY: making shifting relationships playable

What the public material records

In interviews published on 8 September 2022, writer-director Cao Jiansong describes moving from abstract characters to a specific relationship within each scene, while allowing that relationship to change across the play. Actor An Xirui recalls an additional story written by the director to clarify the characters. Wu Hao attributes to Liang Yin a suggestion that helped him approach the role through accessible experience rather than a distant middle-aged image. These accounts describe different working methods; they do not establish a single verified sequence of exercises. Cao also attributes some blocking changes to actors during rehearsal. The research interpretation is that textual understanding had to become playable relationships and actions. A shared publication date is not a shared interview date, and the announced 9 September performance does not establish its final outcome.