Thai ethnic dancing class

Event Dept.

Thai ethnic dancing class

Time: July 10 (Sat.) 13.30 ~ 15.30
Place: Meeting room No.1 on 2F, Central public hall
Instructor: Ms. Somsee Mochida (she is from Thailand and now lives in Noda)
Attendance: Eight people (4 citizens, one observer and 3 staff) 　

Thai ethnic dancing class, one of the annual events, was held as mentioned above.
Ms. Somsee Mochida talked about Thai classical dance and Thai ethnic dance showing lots of photographs and pictures.
The rhythm, the choreography and the costume of Thai dance vary from area to area what we call northern, central, north-eastern or southern part of Thailand.
Listening to each area’s dance music, attendants got explanations about differences between the areas.

First of all, let’s practice the characteristic movements of hands and fingers

This shows a practice scene of northern mountainous area’s dance.
The dancer uses hand-made props which represent a twig.

Thai dance has a wide variety of motions of arms, legs, waist and fingers.
There are many ways to use props. It was fun to practice dancing.

After finishing the practice, attendants introduced themselves and
asked Ms. Somsee Mochida various questions about Thai.

She gave explanations about culture and life in Thailand, including her experiences in her childhood and the local life.
It was a very useful and pleasant lesson to learn Thai culture and to experience Thai ethnic dance.