The creation of Bang Sai Kai Mon’s folks creative dancing artwork: Luapoai Kwan Mon Skai

Abstract

The study of the creation of Bang Sai Kai Mon’s folks creative dancing artwork: Luapoai Kwan Mon Skai was purposed to make a creative dancing artwork that reflected the identity of Mon Community at Wat Pradittharam (Mon Bang Sai Kai), Hiranruchi, Thon Buri, Bangkok. The research methodology was the combination of qualitative and quantitative research studies. The qualitative method was about the data collections from documents and field studies; and the creation of the creative dancing artwork. The quantitative method employed in the study was about the evaluation of the work performance by the experts who watched the show before distributing to public. The population for data collection was from the purposive sampling, selecting from the local philosophers, music and creative dancing experts, and community historical experts.

The results of the study reveal that the creation of Bang Sai Kai Mon’s folks creative dancing artwork: Luapoai Kwan Mon Skai included 8 elements of performance which were listed as following. 1) the performance plots were divided into 3 phases: migration, traditions and cultural arts, enjoyment. 2) The music was designed with Mon language. There were 4 phrases newly written which were produced with Mon Musica ficta based on Thai Music Theory. 3) The performers were 6 females and 3 males who were professional and experienced in Thai dancing art and creative dancing art. 4) The costume design was according to the Mon people’s dressing which combined between the original and the re-designed ones. 5) The performance props design included using the female performer’s breast clothe as the story telling props. 6) The design of creative dancing gestures were based on Mon dancing gestures which were in regard to Thai creative dancing (Mon-language Dancing), Thai creative dancing, and everyday movements. 7) the design of performance settings or the use of the stage has been created in several patterns, including layer the rows to illustrate, line formation to perform readiness and clarity of the gestures, line-grouping between the male and female performers to illustrate the differences, the main character going to the front line to emphasise its importance, and the creation of arch at the end of the performance. Finally, 8) lights designs were about using glimmer growing to become off-white. The evaluation of the creative artwork by the 5 experts who watched before public distribution was found in the “Highest” level, with the meaning value of 4.67, 93.45 percentage, and standard deviation of 0.31.