PAKHAMON MUCH HEMACHANDRA
independent dance artist/
contemporary dancer/
performer/ teacher/
mover/ THINKER/
human-being/
INMOST
My first ever SOLO (created in 2015)
INMOST explores the conflict in the internal monologue and how it resonates within the body. From scattered thoughts scattered thoughts and feelings that cannot be vocalised, INMOST delves inwards to uncover the deep emotional states through movement and its effect in physical form.
*PERFORMANCES: Premiered in M1 Open Stage 2015 (M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival) in Singapore, MASDANZA 2016 in Gran Canaria, Spain (Maspalomas & Tenerife), World Dance Alliance 2016 in South Korea, East Meets West 2016 (SSRU Theatre & Patravadi Theatre) in Thailand, Fanglao Blackbox 2016 at Fanglao Dance Company in Vientiane, Laos.
Lighting design: Veeky Tan
Music by Alva Noto & Loscil, Snippets of songs from Sung Min Ho, GD&T.O.P., Jay Park, Supreme Team, Jay-Z&Kanye West
Choreographed, Performed & Music Edited by Pakhamon (MUCH) Hemachandra
Photo credit: Pataraporn Hemachandra
LOVE THYSELF
(LOVE ตายself)
*Premiered in August 2017 at New Dance For Asia Festival 2017 in South Korea
*Performed at Daegu International Dance Festival 2017 in South Korea (September'17)
*Got selected by the Festival Director to perform in Fukuoka Dance Fringe Festival 2018 in Japan
A solo performance focusing on the idea of “oneself”. The work aims to portray my personal belief that all things have an “identity”, meaning it is okay to be uniquely different in your own skin. “We are an existence of what we believe in.”
Words: vulnerability, memories, vagueness, struggles, movements, thinking, relationships, nature, regret, accept, balance, realization, transformation, love, evolve.
*Photo & graphics credit: Pataraporn Hemachandra
LOVE THYSELF
(LOVE ตายself)
*Premiered in August 2017 at New Dance For Asia Festival 2017 in South Korea
*Performed at Daegu International Dance Festival 2017 in South Korea (September'17)
*Got selected by the Festival Director to perform in Fukuoka Dance Fringe Festival 2018 in Japan
A solo performance focusing on the idea of “oneself”. The work aims to portray my personal belief that all things have an “identity”, meaning it is okay to be uniquely different in your own skin. “We are an existence of what we believe in.”
Words: vulnerability, memories, vagueness, struggles, movements, thinking, relationships, nature, regret, accept, balance, realization, transformation, love, evolve.
*Photo & graphics credit: Pataraporn Hemachandra
ILL MONOS
ill monosis a collaborative creation between Pakhamon Hemachandra and Arnau Pérez. The work explores the symbiosis and the types of symbiotic relationships between the three inhabitants within an enclosed space gesturing to chaos and instability, where there is also interest in simplicity lying within a universe of seriousness as well as questioning the sense of belonging in their habitats.
*6 weeks residency (International Choreographers Residency Program at American Dance Festival 2019, USA)
Choreographers: Pakhamon Hemachandra (Thailand) & Arnau Pérez (Spain)
Dancers/Performers: Arnau Pérez, Becky Nam, Pakhamon Hemachandra
*Photo credit: Ben McKeown
THE ROOM
Sun Dance Theatre invited Pakhamon Much Hemachandra to choreograph a duet dance piece called The Room, a part choreographed and part improvised dance work. Within the dance making process we incorporated improvisation as one of the tools for the work: exploring, interacting and creating movements with various stimuli that comes from inside and outside of our bodies.
The Room, a contemporary dance performance exploring on the idea of relationship. Everyone has a relationship with their environment; this does not mean only the relationships with other human beings but with the things around us including different objects, surroundings, movements, decisions, conversations, ideas, our own minds, the body, and where we are at certain points in time.
*Performance date: 22-26 January 2015 at Sun Dance Theatre (Bangkok, Thailand)
**Photo credit: Pataraporn Hemachandra
HERN
(เหิน)
Work in progress
Research and Collaboration project with Wanasak Padungsestakit
(Thai traditional dance artist and contemporary dance artist working together)
Inspired by "Gingala Bird Dance", a traditional folk dance performance from Northern part of Thailand, deriving from the traditional dance depicting mythical half-human-half-bird in Buddhism belief.
*Choreography & Performance: Wanasak Padunsestakit & Pakhamon Hemachandra
Thai traditional poet/singer (ซอ): Jumpa Sanphrom
Live thai instrumental artists: Wuttinun Paiboon & Rachen Chaichana
Performance: Dance showcase 2017 at SSRU Theatre, 28 April 2017