THE CREATION OF THE BATTLE DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY IN THE KATAYANI DANCE DRAMA

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Abstract

The Creation article, titled “The Creation of The Battle Dance Choreography in the Katayani Dance Drama”, aimed to create a battle dance choreography used in the Katayani Dance Drama. The study was done using a literature review, collecting, observing and interviewing, analyzing data and proceeding with the creative process. The researcher also considered the arrangement of the different performance elements according to the traditional visual art principles and consulted Thai dance experts. Then, that information was used to create a battle dance choreography that consists of using weapons and kreun loy movements. According to the content in the story of Phra Umapang Prab Mahingsasoon, the story was divided into 3 acts, namely Act 1 - The Beast; Act 2 - The Avatar of the Goddess Uma; and Act 3 - Kill the Asura Ogre.

The results of the creation showed that the creation of the battle dance choreography and the kreun loy movements in this dance drama were performed in 2 acts, namely 1) Act 1 - the Battle between the God Indra and Mahingsasoon, where a kreun loy movement was designed for the God Indra to stand behind Mahingsasoon while the latter was kneeling on the ground; and 2) Act 3 - the Battle between the Goddess Katayani and Mahingsasoon where a kreun loy movement was designed for the Goddess Katayani to stand on top of Mahingsaura's left thigh while the latter was sitting with the knees on the floor. There were also battle dance choreographies before and after the kreun loy movements. This performance has a full display of battle dance choreographies including kreun loy movements.