The Creation of A Dance for The Deaf from Identities of Sot Suksa Debaratana School

Abstract

This research the creation of a dance for the deaf from Sot Suksa Debaratana School has purposes to study the identities of the school, and to create the dances by using the identities. The data, the sign language and the identities of the school were studied by the data were collected from documents, observations, interviews and information communications. It was found as follows. Firstly, the identities of the school were divided into the external identities that were tangible and the students’ identities. There were the outstanding characteristics in the terms of habits and sign language. Secondly there were seven components of the dances: 1) the concepts (Part 1 – the External Identities, Part 2 – the student Identities and Part 3–the Benefits); 2) Performer: the actors and the actresses with the Thai dancing skills and sign language; 3) the movements were designs by integrating the Thai dancing, the sign language, natural movements, the imitation; 4) the music were designed with the Thai music and Western music, natural sounds by focusing on the feelings of  the song in each part of the shows; 5) the costumes were designed with the external identities including the colors and flowers of the school as well as the color of the seawater; 6) the props were designed with flowers and the coconut shells made by the students; and 7) the stage were designed with symmetry and asymmetry with emphasis at center of stage.