Thai Dance: Candle Dance
Tags: Thailand Candle Dance UWSP Chiang Mai Stevens Point Wisconsin College of Fine Arts Jeff Morin Joan Karlen Project
Length: 8:38
Description: The "Fawn Tian" or Candle Dance consists of four pairs of dancers carrying lighted candles in each hand. The choreographed stage position is usually four on the right and four on the left in an inverted wing formation with the traditional Thai orchestra at the wing-point behind. Dressed in full-length sarongs and jackets with matching shoulder cloth, the eight female dancers wear floral headpieces and hold the candles between thumb and forefinger. The movement is gentle and slow with short steps and stately swaying of the shoulders and upper torso. This dance is always held at night and the slow graceful movement of the dancers with the candle flames flickering gently in the sway is a hypnotic and mesmerizing spectacle.
Author: jquinnell
Source: YouTube
