The Creation of Dance Performance From the Historical Evidences of Sriphalo

Abstract

This article is part of research entitled “The Creation of Dance Performance from the Historical Evidence of Sriphalo”, aimed to create Thai dances from historical sources from the East of Thailand. The Qualitative research methods were conducted by in-depth interviews, field trips, and creative research methodology was formulated to examine new choreography of Thai Archaeology Dance (Rabam Borankadee). The study was revealed that Sriphalo was a small ancient seaport community. The culture-historical archaeology had been influenced by the Dhavaravadi era, Khom era, Sukhothai era until the late Ayutthaya era in order. The dancing character was inspired by female ritual dolls (Sia-Ka-Ban) which were found in Sukhothai era. The performance structure has 4 parts: the establishment of Sriphalo, the spreading of Buddhism, the belief in Hindu Gods, and the Glory of Trading city. The Choreography was employed by geography, historic site, antiques, buddha image, a graven image, and the authentic ethnical dance, therefore the 3 new dance positions were discovered in the dance piece consists of Jeeb Lavo, Jeeb U-Thong, and Pra Ganesha Shu Guang. The Costume design was inspired by Sukhothai art forms including the hair bun, chest strap fabric, green sarong (coloring by Sukhothai era porcelain), and bronze accessories (from Ayuthdhaya era). The music was composed by using traditional resources from The Rabam Borankadee and finding a strong potentiality of historical evidence that relates to dance.