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Thai Khon stresses realistic dance moves, especially the monkey, which focuses on beauty and fine monkey-like dancing postures. Khon training is begun at a very young age, so that the performer can become flexible enough to do back flips, especially by the Vanara (forest dwellers or monkey) character.
Khon is a traditional Thai dance focused on classical masks. This type of dance developed in the seventeenth century as a hybrid of Hindu military rituals and Thai martial arts. Khon focuses on the Ramakian epic, a version of the Ramayana story telling of Rama, an avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu, and his wife Sita who is abducted by the demon ...
Wai khru, or Wai kru, is a Thai concept that exists in almost all of Thai performance art - from traditional Thai music to classical Khon dance and fighting arts, such as Krabi Krabong and Muay Thai. The ritual consists of 2 parts: "Wai khru" and "Ram muay," made up of 4 different Thai words.
His son, Rama II, rewrote some parts of his father's version for khon drama. The work has had an important influence on Thai literature, art and drama (both the khon and nang dramas being derived from it). While the main story is similar to that of the Dasaratha Nataka, differences in some tales still prevail. Many other aspects were transposed ...
It is also used to accompany traditional Thai theatrical and dance forms including khon (Thai: โขน) (masked dance-drama), lakhon (classical dance), and shadow puppet theater. Piphat in the earlier time was called phinphat. [1] [2] [3] It is analogous to its Cambodian musical ensemble of pinpeat and Laotian ensemble of pinphat.
Today, it is best known for traditional performances, especially of the khon masked dance. The theatre was built from 1960 to 1965, beginning under the supervision of Luang Wichit Wathakan , the prolific author and playwright who contributed much to the development of Thai nationalist discourse during the mid-20th century.
Masked dancers about to perform a khon dance-drama based on the Phra Lak Phra Ram. Khon (ໂຂນ [[kʰǒːn]] ) is the most stylised of the Lao dance-dramas, with troupes of male and female dancers in elaborate costumes and masks performing very graceful movements demonstrating their great flexibility, and very common dance-drama form for the ...
VARIETY DANCE Epingmag hit group — — — TGT42 Sompot Tongyuak: Dance club / playing with fire: TGT43 Kantinan Kriratijareannan Sing a song — — — TGT44 Kongpob Kaewrueng: Sing a song/Play guitar: TGT45 Muttapha Lasan Single dance/comedy — — — TGT46 8 RIDAR MONKEY JUMP Dance Group / X-Treme — — — TGT47 Prewar Ungkanavin ...