Forms and Concepts Used in the Creation of a Dance: She Tells through the Creative Process Based on the Post-Modern Dance Concept

Abstract

         The objectives of this research were: 1) to find forms used in the creation of a dance: she tells… based on the post-modern dance concept and 2) to find the concept received after the creation of the dance: she tells…. The data were collected in the form of the qualitative research and by studying the documents, interviewing the research participants, searching information from media and information technology, observing, arranging seminars, and using self-experience. Then, they were analyzed and synthesized to create the dance performance that was selected to show at the international shows for three times. 

            The research findings were found as follows.

            The forms of the creation of the dance consisted of 7 components: designing role-playing, selecting actors/actresses, designing choreographies, designing costumes, designing sounds, designing performance stages, and designing lights. After creating the dance, 5 concepts of the creation were found. The 5 concepts consisted of the female rights and freedom, the post-modern dance, semiology concepts, art concepts and theories, and the creation of the shows that were arts for arts. The evaluation was conducted by sending the dance to the international dance festivals, so the dance was selected to show in the festivals. Showing the dance in the international dance festivals was the public relation in the form of the post-modern dance in Thailand, and this shows distributed the knowledge that was beneficial to someone interested in studying the creation of the post-modern dance in the future.