The creative Thai traditional dance performance of King Naresuan's Declaration of Independence

Abstract

The research on a creative Thai traditional dance performance of King Naresuan's Declaration of Independence. The objective is to study the history of King Naresuan the Great to design a performance of Thai dance, creating a set of King Naresuan's Declaration of Independence, in order to integrate teaching and learning in single dance and duo dance courses, bachelor of education program, department of Thai Dramatic Arts Studies. The methods of conducting research by studying and collecting document data, relevant research includes the study of solo dance styles in various performance sets.
The results showed that a creative performance of Thai dance King Naresuan declares independence. The idea came from the belief in the brave Thai King and having a heart of patriotism. It is a solo dance performance. It is a dance showing off the skill of the performer along with their faith by using 3 principles of designing poses and dancing styles, namely 1. Using the imagination 2. Using the principle of dance in combination with natural gestures 3. Using the principle of stylistic dance (or body language in dance) and the master dance that is a standard dance streak in the form of a dance according to the lyrics and melody to convey the meaning of the song. The dance moves show the uniqueness of the characters to be consistent and beautiful in the style of Thai dance. Conveying the dance process in the solo and couple dance course for 3rd year undergraduate students in the field of Thai Dramatic Arts Department of Dramatic Music Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi. Students are able to practice the dance movements, styles, and emotions of the characters beautifully in a traditional Thai dance style and goes well with the lyrics and melody.