17/01/2024
UNESCO INTERNATIONAL DANCE WEEKEND
Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st January 2024
Goethe Institute Auditorium, Bangkok
This FREE event is promoted and publicised by UNESCO International Dance Council. PLEASE COMPLETE THE GOOGLE FORM to select what sessions you can attend.
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Saturday 20th January
9am - 12noon class
European Historical Dances linking to Thailand
17th Century:
Envoys in England: Purcell & Playford - Music & Dance
19th Century:
European ambassadors in Bangkok: Thai Quadrilles (performed for Prince Nicholas of Russia, and ambassador from Germany).
New music reconstructed by Mickey Wongsatapornpat.
1pm - 5pm
Dance Drama Workshop:
Nora narrative : storytelling through movement
Laban creative dance drama
Movement Choir for All
7pm NORA show
Khun Atipoo & Nora live music ensemble
Film, dance display, presentation by professors from Chulalongkorn Dramatic Arts department, Q&A forum.
Sunday 21st January
9am welcome
Class 9am - 12noon:
Dance Practice for the Ball: European Historical Dances linking to Thailand
1pm -2pm lunch break
2pm - 5pm Afternoon Ball
Young Artist Music Programme, pre-College, Mahidol University
Musical Director: Mickey Wongsatapornpat
Song Interludes
Purcell Theatre Songs from Jak Cholvijarn (counter-tenor) &
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Tae Miyata (soprano) in full Japanese kimono dress.
Historical period music from Thailand Medieval Village musicians.
Dance Master: Darren Lee Royston
5pm end booking
We suggest ending the booking on Sunday 21st at 5pm as there is a free orchestral concert in Lumpini Park beginning at 5.30pm which people could go attend.
The Thai-European theme for the event:
In 1604 the Dutch came with the boats up to Ayuttaya. The King allowed the Dutch East India Company to have a trading post factory at the river, where now there is the museum, Baan Hollanda (Dutch House). Connections to Europe developed throughout the 17th century with Spain and Portugal, with envoys travelling through England to France. Visits to and from Siam continued, and in the 19th century, events with European visitors included gatherings where social dancing would unite many nationalities, including Foreign Office Ball in 1890 in honour of Russian Crown Prince (Nicholas II) and in 1899 for German Prince. Research into these specially composed Quadrille dances to Siamese music will be part of the “Bohemian Ball”part of the social dancinvg, acknowledging the centenary of Puccini’s death in 1924, the composer of operas such as La Boheme, Madama Butterfly & Turandot, linking to Siam with the Italian designer Galileo Chini. Dance and music from these operas will be included throughout the weekend.
