The Creative Dance Style of Saket Pattern Cloth

Abstract

The purpose of the creative dance style of Saket pattern cloth is to study the history of Saket cloth in Roi Et Province, the concept of performance elements of the creative dance style of Saket pattern cloth and to create a performance by studying the history of the Saket cloth through interviews with experts in research area, Bang Wailum, Thung Khaluang district, Roi Et province and creating the dance through interviews with experts in dramatic arts and music. This is a qualitative research. The tools used for data collection are; 1) Structured interview form 2) Performance evaluation form 3) Satisfaction questionnaire form. Data collection was performed by researching documents and field research.  The researcher analyzes all the collected data and invented the performance by taken some ideas from a dance as follow: 1) Embellishments process from Ram Mae Bod Yai of Thai dance and Mae Bod Isaan dance 2) Creative dance that reflects the process of Saket silk weaving, the dance adapted from the way of life, and the dance that comes from 5 Saket pattern cloth including; Tha Lai Nak Noi, Tha Lai Kong kia, Tha Lai Mak Jaup, Tha Lai Khom Phao, and Tha Lai kom Jet. The performance format is divided into 4 acts: 1) The cloth and the way of life, it mentioning about the importance of Saket cloth to the way of Isaan’s life people. 2) Weaving process, starting from pull the silk thread, cotton carting, silk dyeing and silk weaving until it was formed on the cloth. 3) Saket pattern cloth, representing the 5 patterns of Saket colth appearing through creative imagination. 4) Delightful of Saket colth, reflecting the beauty of the cloth through the evidence on Saket pattern cloth.