One of the trends sweeping the hipster nation is normcore, the practice of dressing in purposefully bland garments to blend in with average people. This seeking of normalcy is choreographer Jennifer Wood’s latest preoccupation. Suchu Dance’s newest evening-length work, The Normal Corporation, explores what it means to be normal, how it looks, sounds and moves. Suchu regular Sarah Leung and Prudence Sun are set to perform, as are some new faces, including Somya Gupta, Anastasiya Kopteva, Lena Silva and Jessica Stewart. With the premiere of The Normal Corporation, Suchu Dance is also unveiling the inaugural edition of its print journal, PAJAMA. Wood and company have a penchant for satire, so it’s not surprising that the first edition will poke a little fun at the normcore aesthetic. Presented in catalog form, PAJAMA features dancers modeling normcore fashion that’s for sale.
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This article appears in Jun 19-25, 2014.