The Preliminary Dance Practice of Khon Phra

Abstract

          The teaching method of Thai classical dance-drama; especially, khon, requires preliminary dance practices for the learner to have good skills and figure, which are useful for the performance. Hence, it should be started with the basic knowledge, which can be done through the preliminary dance practice to make the learner’s physical body ready for learning and practising dance skills. The preliminary dance practices include top khao (hitting the knees), thong sa-ew, ten sao, tip liam, dat mue-dat khaen, and kra-dok thao.