He never tries to turn a ballet dancer into a tap dancer, a ballroom dancer into a khon dancer, a magician into a glass harpist. As a director and choreographer working with khon dancers, Jitti had up until now been more of a collage artist than a deep diver: he cut and pasted dance forms, disciplines and images together. In Melancholy Of Demon, Jitti hasn't broken some of his worst habits or parted with his signature elements. That was when we got to witness khon dancer Anucha execute a dance sequence while singing. The moment beautifully underlined how music, words and stories live inside a khon dancer's body.

Source: Bangkok Post April 01, 2021 01:18 UTC