{"product_id":"lives-in-motion-9781032214283","title":"Lives in Motion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLives in Motion \u003c\/em\u003ecelebrates dance in Thailand, focusing on the diversity of Thailand's dance cultures and their place in today's world. Giving voice to eminent artists and scholars on the complex roles that Thailand is pursuing for artful movement at home and abroad, the book provides key perspectives on Thai dance traditions and practitioners. It explores the many forms and meanings in contemporary dance, changing local traditions in the country, the evolution of Thai dance on the global stage, and hybrid features of the Thai dance world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book examines how hybridity has been integral to dance cultures in Thailand and discusses how they have actively adapted and negotiated their knowledge in relation to modernity and globalization. Developing new models, standards and sites for dance, movement and theater, dance in Thai has been advancing in innovative ways, whether it is to include fresh forms of skilled bodily movement or to expand in new arenas like tourism and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures vii\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors x\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xiv\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Dancing in Thailand 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePORNRAT DAMRHUNG AND LOWELL SKAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Remembering Contemporary Thai Dance with an Eye to Its Futures 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSURAPONE VIRULRAK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Unseen Thailand: Exploring the Hidden Lives of Dance in Contemporary Thai Culture 31\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePORNRAT DAMRHUNG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Lakhon Phanthang: Thai Hybrid Dance Drama on the International Stage in the Early 20th Century 47\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePAKAMAS JIRAJARUPAT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Reimagining Classical Thai Dance for the 21st Century: The Evolution of Pichet Klunchun’s “No. 60” 65\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLOWELL SKAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 A Glocalized Tradition: Worldly Currents of Nora in Southern Thailand 81\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKANIT SRIPAORAYA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Made to Order: Corporeality and Community in the Contemporary Isan Dancing Body 97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTANATCHAPORN KITTIKONG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Preparing BFA Students for a Life in the World of Dance: Thai University Pedagogies 111\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSUPHANNEE BOONPENG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Lanna Dance Now: Our Moves with Contemporary Northern Thai Performance Cultures 125\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSARAN SUWANACHOTE, RONNARONG KHAMPHA, AND WAEWDOW SIRISOOK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 B-Floor’s Moves on the Contemporary Stage 141\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJARUNUN PHANTACHAT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 My Improbable, Extraordinary West-East Dance Life 156\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBENJAMIN TARDIF\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Dance Dreams Realized: My Journey from a Bangkok Dance School to New York’s Dance Theater World (and Back Again) 171\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNAPAT RODBOON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Artists’ Interviews 186\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLOWELL SKAR AND PORNRAT DAMRHUNG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Glossary of Terms Relevant to Dance in Thailand 225\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePORNRAT DAMRHUNG AND LOWELL SKAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex 237\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018905059671,"sku":"9781032214283","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032214283.jpg?v=1750778601","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/lives-in-motion-9781032214283","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}