'Traditional Thai Dance'

[Boycie]

[jacky54]

Much as I love some Thai dance styles this sort of sentimental twaddle makes me want to puke. Pity there is not the same support for more regional styles, but hey this is Thai classical, about as relevant to most Thais as Morris dancing is in the UK, not very

[cooked]

Yeah well, remarks like that make me puke also. It is true that dance in the UK has devolved to bobbing up and down to no particular order or interaction. I led and taught a European dance group for many years and although our standard didn't reach the level shown in this clip, the pure joy of interacting with other dancers while remaining in a strict pattern of steps and movements was very addictive.

I know that this kind of Thai classical dance doesn't involve much interaction / reaction but neither do most Asiatic dances as far as I know. The general Isaan village dance is very similar to the stuff shown above and can be quite flirtatious. There have been threads containing links to local traditional dance ( http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XsqRD7Y3lH3et0Ra70BtQ ) which were more or less completely ignored by ThaiVisa members.

Lastly, like the old lady towards the end, I occasionally look at fotos and videos of our group in its heyday and I can hardly believe all the stuff we did and places that we visited.

[jacky54]

Local traditional is more relevant than classical, very few people including Thais are interested in classical, it's stiff, boring and a pain to watch for more than five minutes. Classical has no comparison to village dance, that's full of life, classical is robotic and dead and comes from the upper class, that's why it is sponsored, supported and chucked up in front of tourists as Thai culture.

Edited September 14, 2014 by jacky54

[cooked]

Ok. So we also get rid of ballet , opera and certain literature. If you want to bring everything down to the level of disco and comic books then what is left to aspire to?

[jacky54]

Culture of the working class in Thailand is different, they do not want or need this hi so dance or khon or classical court music, for them it has no relevance or interest. That does not mean they want pop, disco or hip hop.

[jacky54]

Yeah well, remarks like that make me puke also

Welcome to the forum, what particular dance style do you prefer in Thailand and why?