Traditional dance Thailand can be divided into three main categories.
Dance is a form of hip hop Thailand. Will be performed by dancers mime the action while it has been said / sung by singers in the background. Dancers wore elaborate costumes and masks to portray different characters. Pantomime characters include demons, monkeys and human beings in the sky dance requires agility and muscle exertion.
Most of the pantomime, with episodes from the Ramayana, the epic Ramayana in Thailand, India.
Khon Lakhon less formal and dancers did not wear a mask Lakhon dance (especially the upper torso and hands) is elegant, sensual and fluid portraying different emotions. Often with female dancers and performed as a group rather than as a representative of each character.
Lakhon convert a wide range of stories from the Ramayana, jatakas (Siddharta Gautama Buddha's previous life) and folk stories.
Thailand is a form of deer "Folk dance" along with folk songs of the province and often fall into five style classic.
Fawn Leb (nail dance from Chiang Mai).
Deer Ngiew (scarf dance from Chiang Rai).
Marn Gumm deer numbers (butterfly dance).
Deer Marn Mong Kol (Happy Dance).
Deer candle (candle dance)
Manora dance is unique to the South. It is a dance drama that presents the love story between Prince and Prasuthon Manora Kinnaree half bird, half woman. While the prince off to war against the king unscrupulous court advisors believe that the sacrifice made by fire Manora is the only way to prevent his imminent death.
