(1) Thai dance is especially famous for its flexible fingering. Dancers are good at expressing themselves with their fingers and arms when performing, such as crossing their hands on their chests to show their love, pinching their necks with their hands to show their anger, putting their left palms flat on their chests to show their inner joy, and pointing their index fingers to the ground to show their malice. Usually the three fingers are open when retracted, and the five fingers are elegant when released. In this regard, many people summed it up as "earning three dollars and spending five dollars." Dancers usually wear exaggerated jewelry on their fingers, such as long nails, to show their slender hands.
(2) The basic dance posture of Thai dance is: the lower body keeps squatting, the joints of the body and arms are bent to form a "three-bend" shape, and the feet are hooked, generally sticking to the middle and lower part of the calf for exercise. The main characteristics of the dance rhythm are that the legs move downwards in a semi-squat state, the rhythm bends and stretches up and down evenly, the body vibrates up and down, the arms and shoulders shake from time to time, imitating the movements of animals, the head does not move greatly, and the dance is dignified and elegant.
(3) Due to the great influence of Buddhism, the dance style of Thailand is similar to that of India, with a sense of sculpture and profound connotation. There is stillness in the dance, and there is movement in the stillness, especially the actress, whose movements are expressive and her eyes are vivid, full of religious flavor and "the beauty of Buddhism", which fully embodies the modest and tolerant personality characteristics of Thai people.
(4) Thailand has a tropical monsoon climate with high temperature all year round. When dancing, most of them are barefoot, the pace is slow, and the dance movements are light, simple, elegant and beautiful. Dance is a mixture of music, poetry, painting and other art forms, with rich and colorful contents.
(5) Thailand's colorful dance costumes and complicated accessories are directly related to Buddhism and the court. The costumes of the actors are all hand-embroidered with Thai silk and decorated with gold and silver thread. It often takes almost half a year to make a suit, and the price is relatively high. Dancers wear tower-shaped gold crowns, such as the embodiment of Thailand's iconic Buddhist building "stupa", which is as bright as jewels; Clothing embodies the religious and cultural heritage and the Buddhist color of Buddhism. During the performance, the dancers revealed a strong religious atmosphere and a magnificent palace atmosphere.
There are many kinds of dances in Thailand, including graceful classical dances, ethnic minority dances with different national characteristics, and dances with different styles in various regions. Colorful dances are dazzling. However, when appreciating Thai dance, many people stay on the surface of the dance, ignoring the history, nationality, culture and life behind the dance or the dance itself. In ancient times, Thai dance was influenced by Indian culture. It was not until the reign of Buddha Loetla Nabhalai that Thailand began to create its own traditional dance. In the later development process, Thai dance embodies the tolerant feelings of Buddhism, absorbs the essence of Indian, Cambodian, China and other countries' dance culture, and integrates the cultures and styles of various ethnic groups and regions in China, forming Thailand's unique dance artistic characteristics and styles.
The Art Development Institute of the Ministry of Culture of Thailand conducts workshop teaching in Guangxi Art Institute.