Pichet Klunchun Dance Company
(PKDC) is one of Thailand’s leading contemporary dance companies, founded in 2010 by internationally acclaimed choreographer Pichet Klunchun. Grounded in Thai classical dance—particularly Khon—PKDC creates performance works that challenge conventional boundaries, reframe cultural narratives, and offer new vocabularies of movement for a rapidly shifting world. By integrating classical Thai forms with contemporary aesthetics and critical inquiry, PKDC has become a pioneering force in Southeast Asian performance.
Since Pichet’s early solo tours in 2004–2005, PKDC has created and toured numerous internationally acclaimed works, including Nijinsky Siam (2010), Black and White (2011), Tam kai (2013), Nay Nai (2014), Dancing with Death (2016), Bird (2018), No.60 (2020), Malibucha: Dance Offering (2023), and Cyber Subin (2024). These pieces have been featured at major festivals and venues across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Learn more about
our productions here.
No.60 (2020)
Movement as Knowledge System
A major turning point in the company’s evolution came in 2020 with the premiere of No.60 at the Performing
Arts Meeting in Yokohama (TPAM), Japan.
More than a performance, No.60 is a knowledge system — developed by deconstructing all 59 codified Thai
classical dance positions (Mae Bot Yai) into a diagrammatic structure, analyzed through the principles of
physics. The result is a six-part framework for dance training and creation — offering dancers a method to build
personalized movement vocabularies.
At its core, No.60 is about artistic freedom: a system that empowers the dancer, rather than constrains them.
Our Artistic Philosophy
At PKDC, our work is grounded in cultural knowledge and expressed through a distinctly contemporary language. Our performances do more than entertain — they interrogate the present, reflect on injustice, and offer new pathways forward.
We are committed to:
- Creating contemporary performance that embodies cultural knowledge and expresses a unique artistic identity.
- Creating performance works that reflect and reinterpret lived realities, revealing the unseen structures behind current
events and social conditions. - Catalyzing change through performance — to inspire dialogue, provoke action, and move toward equity and inclusivity.
- Innovating within cultural forms — generating new knowledge, new experiences, new data, and new artistic strategies to
question, reshape, and improve society. - Exploring possible futures — through performance that imagines what lies ahead, preparing audiences for the complexities
of tomorrow.
Pichet Klunchun
