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Go with the flow for better health
Life, Published on 30/09/2021
» More than ever, society plays a role in mental health. The accumulation of stress through work, family and the outside world tightens up muscles in our body as well emotions within our spirit while the daily intake of negative, intense news and information overcomes our traditional methods and channels for releasing stress, and accumulates to become an unbalancing force.
Artistic freedom is free at BACC
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/07/2020
» Bangkok Art and Culture Centre is currently sponsoring free space to support artists affected by the Covid-19 crisis as part of its BACC Art Space Sharing project. Check out some of the activities that will be taking place at BACC in the upcoming weeks:
Touch, move, interact, open up
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 20/07/2017
» Even when they're about violence, Dujdao Vadhanapakorn's shows always feel inviting. Perhaps it's because of her therapy background (Dujdao is Thailand's first dance movement psychotherapist) that she likes to create the kind of space -- physical and emotional -- that invites you to touch, move, interact or open up.
All that the eyes cannot see
Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 14/07/2017
» Would you rather be blissfully blind or painfully aware?
Dancing your problems away
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 25/08/2016
» As self-help and self improvement gains traction in Thailand, we're seeing the rise of self development workshops and seminars led by revered teachers and instructors. Most so far follow the standard programme of pointing out the clients faults and behavioural flaws and teaching them a laundry list of actions in order to be successful.
Keeping secrets
Muse, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 01/08/2015
» It was many years ago, during one of Dujdao Vadhanapakorn’s dance rehearsals, when the image of an old staircase suddenly flashed into her head. It happened more than once, sometimes while driving home after rehearsals, that other shocking, painful memories she thought were long-buried and forgotten came surging up.
Keep it hush-hush
Guru, Published on 31/07/2015
» Dujdao Vadhanapakorn, Thailand's sole dance movement psychotherapist, along with dancers Vidura Amranand, Navinda Pachimsawat Vadtanakovint and Amornsri Pattanasitdanggul, will perform Secret Keeper, at BACC, from Aug 5 until Aug 23. The performance centres on secrets, trust, judgemental behaviour and feelings of safety. Guru speaks with Dujdao about the show.
B-Floor returns with some Sense and (In) Sensitivity
Life, Published on 25/06/2013
» When was the last time you sat down to talk about or simply embrace emotions like sorrow, anger or sadness? In mid-July, leading local contemporary theatre company B-Floor will be staging a "minimalist, interactive and experiential" piece called (In) Sensitivity, the latest work from dance-movement psychotherapist and artist Dujdao Vadhanapakorn Boonyai.
Therapy as art, and vice versa
Life, Amitha Amranand, Published on 25/01/2012
» Growing up in this country, I often heard people say that Thais don't go to psychiatrists to sort out their problems; they go to fortune-tellers. Later, while I was living in the West, I saw many individuals running to counsellors and therapists to untangle the knots and smooth out the bumps in their lives.