Unwrapping Culture brings together two exceptional male dance artists: Canada’s own Alvin Erasga Tolentino, and Pichet Klunchun, an outstanding exponent of the Thai classical dance style of Khon, who is known internationally for contemporizing this ancien
Date/Time: Jul 12 2017, 8:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, KW Production Studio
Unwrapping Culture Co.ERASGA & Pichet Klunchun Dance Company
Unwrapping Culture brings together two exceptional male dance artists: Canada’s own Alvin Erasga Tolentino, and Pichet Klunchun, an outstanding exponent of the Thai classical dance style of Khon, who is known internationally for contemporizing this ancient form. Their first collaboration combines the technique, theatricality and storytelling elements of Khon to create a devastating critique of the corruption of authentic Thai culture by the forces of commercialization, in a passionate and bitingly funny duet which immerses the audience in the conflict between traditional and modern.
Conception, Performance and Choreographers: Alvin Erasga Tolentino and Pichet Klunchun
Unwrapping Culture is supported through The Dance Centre’s Artist-in-Residence program. A co-production with the MAI (Montreal Arts Interculturel), Alliance Française-Bangkok, Pichet Klunchun Dance Company and Co.ERASGA.
Presented by Co.ERASGA in association with the Dancing on the Edge Festival
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