THE CREATION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE THROUGH POACHANGKAPIT CHANT

Abstract

    Poachangkapit chant is commonly used when sick or to chant for people who get sick, which important to the present in this epidemic situation of COVID-19. The objective is to find pattern in the creation of contemporary dance through the chanting of Poachangkapit through qualitative research and creative research focus a group of 13 specialists was assigned by using research tools such as interview forms and evaluation forms with the conformity index of 1 and 0.93, the data were collected by in-depth individual interviews. Presentation of a series of performances to visualize works together with observation and the interview data uses content analysis and descriptive statistics were analyzed for percentage of satisfaction. The results showed that the creation of dance in all 8 elements has 3 issues related to the story: body, mind, and illness, performer has kinetic qualities in the field of dance, choreography uses improvisation and contact-improvisation techniques, sound brings the chants of Poachangkapit with translations for the performance, use a mirror as a prop, no condition in location, using natural light If natural light is insufficient, can add a lamp that provides bright white to promote movement, and costume use white and red outfit. The evaluation results found that concept, props design, and space design at the highest level, so this work clearly reflect the principles in the chants, able to communicate meaning through the props, and have the freedom to use the space in the performance.