THE CREATION OF PERFORMANCE “THONG THAI YUAN”

Abstract

    The symbol representing the traditional culture, "Thong" of the Thai Yuan people in Saraburi province, can be established through the preservation of the local intellectual creative performance titled "Thong Thai Yuan" by integrating both qualitative and creative research. The researcher surveyed and studied documents, then conducted structured interviews with eight people from the criterion-based selection that had an IOC equal to 1.00. The information was gathered from the individual interviews, then analyzed before being applied to the design of dance elements. After that, the meanings via the dance elements were delivered. The defined targets were seven specific dance experts and two music experts. The qualitative evaluation was applied. The information gathering was presented the performance to the experts for evaluation, and analyzed the content using descriptive statistics: mean and S.D. The study found that the performance had seven elements, including: 1) design of the concept and performing model, 2) choreography, 3) design of deployment and performing space, 4) audition for performers, 5) creation of lyrics and performing music, 6) design of costumes, and 7) selection of performing equipment. The performance was divided into three parts: 1) the background and culture of Thai Yuan people in Saraburi; 2) the cultural value of Thong; and 3) the dance of Thai Yuan women together with Thong.