Cabaret
...from famous Thai, Chinese and Western tunes as well as familiar movie themes. Gaston, who designed the music, says he learned to direct shows by watching. ``I've learned techniques in staging from observing plays,'' says the music director. ``The dancers here have been trained to assemble things on stage themselves.'' ``We've brought in musical theatre to meet audiences' request for a dinner show,'' explains Supote Teerawatanachai, managing director of Tawandaeng. As an overture, diners will be charmed by a dazzling display of Thai classical and modern music called The Wondrous Welcome.There will be Thai classical outfits and a net of balloons to draw in large audiences. The stage show starts with a number of impressive dances, including Nang Maew Yua Sawart. This sensual segment generates excitement with hip shaking but tells the story without the dancers exposing too much skin. What Have You Promised? derives its title from a famous Chinese song. The act is a conventional plot about love and marriage. The set is well-decorated in vibrant reds and yellows with backdrops of the Hollywood hit movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Next comes a song from movie Mulan. Tawandaeng transforms the famous Chinese tale of a girl disguised as a male warrior into a ballet performance. Hong Fah, based on a Thai luk thung song, is performed in an interesting manner. Cables are attached to performers who fly above the dancers on-stage. Havana Gila displays Asian culture. Dancers throw themselves on stage with exotic Arabi...