Women's Roles in Thai Classical Dance

Abstract

Abstract

In the conservation, passing on, and value adding of Thai classical dancing process, both the royal style, and contemporary choreography, all have been created by both male and female artists.  The study reveals that in the inheriting, female artists had been significant key chain which threaded together both knowledge method and Thai classical performing art skills. Nevertheless, from social context in the past, the roles of women, given them were; actresses, performing artists, choreographers, teachers, directors, performing troupe leader, to company owners, were merely mentioned.  This article, thus, aims to identify the relationship of this connecting network, which although may be presented through various styles of present day performing pieces of modern artists, still reflect the Thai classical performing arts as the y once were in the past.

Keywords: Women's Roles, Thai Classical Dance, Relations