The Silapathon-award winning choreographer Pichet Klunchun drew international fame for his show Pichet Klunchun and Myself, which is a collaborative work with French artist Jerome Bel created in 2004. Here, we speak to Pichet before this show will be performed for the last times as part of La Fete and the Fringe Festival, Hua Hin.

You retiring the show? Why not keep performing it?
Pichet Klunchun and Myself is a contemporary performance; when times change, the piece has to stop. We do not want to stop the show, but we know the time of this piece has come to the end.

We know you change your performances a lot from country to country. How will this one be different from earlier performances?
After the early years of the show, it was edited and changed. However, the show has not changed much over the past four years. It has been quite stable every time we have performed. In my opinion, it is the reaction from audiences was the change from place to place.

Can you tell us what your future plans are? Are you going to open a theater? How is Black and White Khon coming along?
I plan to open my Chang Theater this March. There will be around three pieces presented there this year. I also plan to bring Black and White back to Bangkok. However, we are still looking for the proper space and sponsor to support this show.

Your two last shows have been less political and more about dancing and personal emotion. What is your current mood?
Actually, Black and White is so political it’s scary. You have to look into it carefully. My mood now? I have a vision to create a new Thai outlook on arts, social issues and politics by using traditional performance. Vasachol Quadri

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