Abstract:
The thesis aimed to discover the dancing art patterns which were created from the Thai Yais legend of the Kingkara bird, and to discover the concept gained after the operation of creating the dancing art performance. The thesis was a creative and qualitative research. The researching tools were examining documentary information, interviewing experts, information media, field data, observation of the dancing art creation, seminars, and the researchers personal experiences. The studied data were analyzed, synthesized, operated in the form of the dancing art performance creation, and summarized respectively.
The result has found that, in creating the dancing art performance by using the legend of the Kingkaras bird to communicate the Thai Yai ethnics belief and faith in Buddhism, the performing elements could be divided into 8 items as follows: 1) Performing script was recreated by integrating the Thai Yais legend of the Kingkara bird and the 5 incarnations of Buddhist in being born as the Kingkara bird, 2) The performers possessed various body moving skills according to their own abilities and area of expertise, 3) The performing style was presented through the method of acting training workshop, 4) The costumes displayed the characteristics of the 5 Kingkara birds regarding to the 5 precepts concept, 5) Music and soundtracks were created using the Northern local music improvised with the performing situations, together with the singing of Northern local songs narrating the legend of the Kingkara bird, 6) The performing property was concentrated on using the performers body movements in diverse patterns to communicate the key issues of the story, 7) The performing areas identified the meaning of each places in the performance namely the timeless place, the Himmapan forest, and the sky, and 8) The lighting was composed using the concept of visual art and semiology in creating sounds which were able to clearly communicate thoughts and situations of characters. In addition, in creating the dancing art performance, the significances were placed on 6 aspects; 1) The concept from the Thai Yais legend of the Kingkaras bird, 2) The concept regarding Thai Yais ethnicity and identity, 3) The concept of the foundation of thoughts, beliefs, art and culture,4 ) The concept of semiology, 5) The concept of the Method of Acting, and 6) The concept of visual art.