THE PERFORMANCE’S CONCEPT OF THE CREATION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMBINED WITH THEATRICAL PROJECTION DESIGN: MY TANK

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The purpose of this article is to present the concept that show up after the choreograph process in the dissertation of doctoral degree research of Doctor of Fine and Applied Arts Program, Major of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Chulalongkorn University, with the topic of “THE CREATION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMBINED WITH THEATRICAL PROJECTION DESIGN: MY TANK”, that aims to create performing arts and investigate the design approaches of performing arts. The performance is based on the concept of territoriality and inspired by the Siamese fighting fish. The data were collected from research documents, interviews with experts, media information, field surveys, observation of performing arts and the researcher’s experiences.

The results of the research shows that The concept of the creation of performing arts prioritizes 7 aspects: 1) consideration of the creation based on the concept of the Siamese fighting fish and Territoriality; 2) contemporary dance combined with theatrical projection design; 3) the postmodern concept of simplicity; 4) art composition; 5) site specific performances; 6) moving the audience and 7) art creation for art. The creation of this performance is deemed to be a good example for linking different knowledge from the creative process. In the future, it can become the starting idea for creating further dance performances in site-specific spaces and can be beneficial to those who are interested in the knowledge of theatre design for dance.