"Tone Ma Chatri" by the Office of Performing Arts, Fine Arts Department.

Abstract

This academic article is part of the "Tone Ma Chatri" dance series by the Office of Performing Arts. It is a study of in-depth data collection, interviews with civil servants from the Office of Music, along with information from the program of performances in plays. The story of Rod-Sen, episode: Phraya Phachi - Phra Ruesi Plaengsan.

The performance Rod-Sen portrays a narrative in which a horse assumes a central role as both the royal steed and the trusted companion of the protagonist, Rod-sen. Within the drama, a significant episode concerns Lady Santhi, also referred to as Lady Santhamara, a demoness who disguises herself and employs deceit to persuade Rotsen to deliver a message to the city of Kotchaburi. Rod-sen selects a horse distinguished by its exceptional beauty and unique characteristics to serve as his mount. In earlier stagings by the Fine Arts Department, this particular episode was traditionally supplemented with the inclusion of the Horse Dance

The results of this study of artificial dance found that “Tone Ma Chatri” is a joint integration of science in music which has a new script written for singing along with the dance moves in the show praising the beauty of the main actor’s character of Rod-Sen. The dance process design, there are dance moves from the big master dance, the Chatri dance, by assembling the design of dance moves and performance styles. Musically, there is the composition of the chorus and melody. Characteristics of the singing accent, indicating the identity and uniqueness of the songs sung for Chatri drama performances that had originally existed. The Office of Music, Fine Arts Department presented it for the first time in the 67th year music for the people project “Heman Suksri, Soontree Sangkeet ''at Sangkeet Sala, in the grounds of the National Museum, Bangkok.