How a top Thai choreographer is dancing to her own tune
In the What Matters To Me series, a Generation T honouree describes what they do, why they do it, and why it matters.
Dancer, creative director and choreographer Navinda Pachimsawat recently led a troupe to victory at the Asia Pacific Dance Competition. Now she is focusing on site-specific performances and establishing her own dance company in Thailand. Here, Pachimsawat introduces her work in her own words.
My perspective on dance really started to change after I went to university. I’d always done technical dances like jazz and ballet but at university in Australia I started to do more conceptual things. It made me realise that dance can be used to change people’s perspective and make their lives better. That’s when I understood dance as an art form rather than a technical thing, and began to appreciate its power to convey messages to the audience.