Signing MOU with Chulalongkorn University

The Culture of Classical Ballet Costume

by Mario Ferrari

Friends of the Arts foundation, Sonata Dancewear, Thailand and Mario Ferrari Couture, Italy invite you to a talk and demonstration on "The culture of classical ballet costume" by leading costume designer Mario Ferrari.

There will be a ballet masterclass prior the talk.

On Sunday 7th July 2024 at 16.30-18.00h @4th fl.Studio

Racquet Club Sukhumvit 49/9

A Dancer’s Journey

Friends of the Arts foundation invites you to “A Dancer ‘s Journey” the performance  will depict the life of a dancer. The long road of training, the joy, the passion, the emotion of a dancer. Starting from young age to professional. The audiences will enjoy and appreciate the beautifully unusual choreography from Olivier Vinkler / May Yimsai/ Karenina Fanega and 4th year students from Dance Department Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts , Chulalongkorn university. Visual effect from 4th year students from Faculty of Industrial Education and Technology, King Mongkut's University. The performance will be on Tuesday 5 December at 17.00h 4th fl Studio Bangkok Art and Culture Centre

Additional there will be a workshop before the performance  to celebrate Father’s day so we organize a family activity that parent  and their child can enjoy together in SHADOW PLAY and story telling co-organize by Association for developing Human Potentials and Giftedness.

Program 

15.00h Shadow play and story telling

17.00 h A Dancer's Journey performance

Date: Tuesday 5th December 

Venue: Studio 4th fl BACC

Fun Flamenco! with Fernando López

We at Friends of the Arts Foundation warmly invite you to join FUN FLAMENCO! An exclusive fund-raising dinner with Spanish dance and music.

On Saturday, 11 November 2023 from 6.30 pm
Venue: Pacific City Club

Dress code: Red and/or Black or smart casual 

Here is the the link for registration:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdO5pSxADG7S9gY0WIAvW6cUhSQw7OkH-5xLLZG8pAIFz8ppA/viewform

Note: pls disregard the date of registration in the poster      

รอคอยกันมา 3 ปี Farallonites มาถึงกรุงเทพฯผู้ชมสายคอมเทม ห้ามพลาด!

มูลนิธิ เพื่อนศิลปะขอเชิญชม การแสดงเต้น contemporary โดยคณะ Dana Lawton  dances จะซานฟรานซิสโก สหรัฐอเมริกา ในชุดการแสดง ชื่อ Farallonites การแสดงชุดนี้ ผู้กำกับ การแสดง จะได้บ่งบอกถึง ธรรมชาติและความต้องการของ มนุษย์ ไม่ว่าจะเป็น ชนชาติใด ในท่วงท่า และอารมณ์ ของนักแสดงที่จะ พาผู้ชมไปถึงความรู้สึกในมิติของแต่ละบุคคล  ผู้กำกับการแสดง ได้นำเรื่องราว ของ ครอบครัวที่อยู่ในประภาคาร บนเกาะ Farallonใน ช่วง ศตวรรษที่ 18  และ ความสนใจ ของคณะนี้คือนักเต้น12 คนของคณะ Dana Lawton  dances มี อายุตั้งแต่21 จนถึง 63ปี ดังนั้นผู้กำกับท่าเต้นได้ใช้ ความเป็นเอกลักษณ์ ของความแตกต่างของอายุนักเต้นสะท้อนถึง การแสดงที่ออกมาอย่าง สวยงาม และน่าตื่นเต้นอย่าง ลงตัว

การแสดงชุด Farallonites   จะจัดขึ้น 2 รอบ ณ. สตูดิโอชั้น 4 หอศิลปวัฒนธรรมแห่งกรุงเทพมหานคร (BACC) ดังนี้

วัน เสาร์ ที่ 22 ตุลาคม เวลา 19.00 น

วันอาทิตย์ ที่ 23 ตุลาคมเวลา 14.30 น

( การแสดงรอบนี้จะเหมาะกับครอบครัว นักเรียนนิสิตนักศึกษาโดยจะมีการเสวนาก่อนการแสดง)

กำกับท่า เต้นจะได้เปิดโอกาสให้ นักเรียนเต้นนิสิตนักศึกษาเข้าร่วม workshop การเต้น contemporary ใน

วัน อาทิตย์ที่ 23 ตุลาคมเวลา 16.30 น

วันอังคาร ที่ 25 ตุลาคมเวลา 17.30 น

และที่พิเศษสุด วันพุธที่ 26 ตุลาคมเวลา 17.30 น  workshop เหมาะสำหรับผู้ใหญ่และบุคคลทั่วไป ที่สนใจการเต้น

ที่ไม่มีประสบการณ์มาก่อน

Lighthouse as Muse and Metaphor in The Farallonites from Dana Lawton Dances Comes to Bangkok!

The Farallons, 26 miles off the coast of San Francisco in the mid-to-late 1800s as they went about their daily lives collecting water, climbing the steep hill (often while carrying heavy whale oil) surrounded only by water, waves, rain, wind, and birds as they sought purpose and worked to keep the lamp lit. With the themes of the work much more topical now in 2022, the performance will feature ambient sounds, an original score containing music reconstructed from popular late 1850's sheet music and an on-site gallery exhibit of both historic and interpretive artifacts, including photographs, poetry, news clippings, visual art and other ephemera.
 

This multi-disciplinary enterprise was originally inspired by a poem from Jennifer Kulbeck about children being teathered to boulders as they played hide and seek in the dense fog in order to not accidentally fall into the ocean. It will feature original musical scores, ambient sounds, spoken word, and other stagecraft to palpably transport the audience to a place and time much different from our own. A major part of the piece is about the dancers exploring the harsh physical conditions, repetitive labor, and isolation the families who lived on the Farallons and took care of the Lighthouse, endured. “Tasks such as collecting water and the arduous journey on a daily basis to climb the steep hill in order to get to the lighthouse will define the dance,” says Lawton. “Not to mention the labor involved with carrying heavy whale oil to keep the lamp itself lit, all while dealing with the elements, the water, the waves, birds and stars. Also the toll taken on their emotions by the isolation, the duty, and the boredom will come into play.”

Lawton describes herself as “obsessed” with the Farallons and the lives that those who chose to live there led – and who in a way have become a muse. “What drew them to such inhospitable place as the Farallons? I think it was about practicality,” she says. “It was a job and a chance to have stability when the Bay Area was going crazy with the gold rush. And perhaps some thought of it as a higher duty to serve others as a way of meeting a need, but in Victorian times things were not very romanticized so there’s a good chance that it may well have been a ‘just what people do’ situation, all of which I find to be very compelling tells about tenacity, resilience and human nature.”

After the delay of two years, the piece feels more personal to Lawton and the dancers than ever. When asked if the pandemic that has made conceptions of isolation very much more real to everyone had changed her ideas about life on the Farallons, she responded: "No, it has confirmed them. Especially of the importance of ritual in everyday tasks, the fragility of life and the utter importance of tenacity."
The length of the postponement was much longer than Lawton and her crew anticipated. "Some might use the word 'interminable,” says Lawton. "But we loved dancing outside, especially at the beach, recreating water and waves, two distinct sections originally choreographed in the studio. Working with the element of water informed the movement in new ways, as did dancing in strong winds and the rain."

 Ultimately The Farallonites is about the lighthouse and living in close quarters cut off from the rest of world on an otherworldly landscape surrounded by fog, water, diving birds and sharks.
  
Collaborators include set designer Jon Altemus whose research about the island has been key and poet Jennifer Kulbeck whose extensive research resulted in her poems becoming a primary creative source for the production.
 

Production Credits:
Choreography: Dana Lawton
Poetry: Jennifer Kulbeck
Lighting Design: Walter Holden
Composers: Thomas Edler and Jon Lawton
Visual Artist & Exhibit Designer: Jon Altemus 

Friends of the Arts foundation, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (Embassy of India, Bangkok) and SEAMEO SEPS presents, Yoga for Life workshop suitable for special needs family, teacher and children.

SEAMEO SEPS, Natural Science Bldg.

11th fl. (near BTS Ekkamai)

For more information

Tel: 085 100 3050

Sign Up Link Click Here

Friends of the Arts foundation, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (Embassy of India, Bangkok) and SEAMEO SEPS presents, Yoga for Life workshop suitable for special needs family, teacher and children.

SEAMEO SEPS, Natural Science Bldg.

11th fl. (near BTS Ekkamai)

For more information

Tel: 085 100 3050

Sign Up Link Click Here

Friends of the Arts foundation, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (Embassy of India, Bangkok) and SEAMEO SEPS presents, Yoga for Life workshop suitable for special needs family, teacher and children.

SEAMEO SEPS, Natural Science Bldg.

11th fl. (near BTS Ekkamai)

For more information

Tel: 085 100 3050

Sign Up Link Click Here

Friends of the Arts foundation, Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (Embassy of India, Bangkok) and SEAMEO SEPS presents, Yoga for Life workshop suitable for special needs family, teacher and children.

SEAMEO SEPS, Natural Science Bldg.

11th fl. (near BTS Ekkamai)

For more information

Tel: 085 100 3050

Sign Up Link Click Here

Beginner Contemporary Dance Workshop 2

50% off for Friends-of-the-Arts Members

Beginner Contemporary Dance Workshop 1

50% off for Friends-of-the-Arts Members

Movement for Life

Topic: มูลนิธิเพื่อนศิลปะ งานประชุมพบปะเครือข่าย

Time: Mar 17, 2022 10:00 AM Bangkok