｜講者介紹｜
Thanapol Virulhakul (Dtam)
Thanapol Virulhakul is a Bangkok-based choreographer whose work explores how the body registers, resists, and reveals social and political forces. With a background in film and photography from Thammasat University, he approaches choreography not just as the composition of movement, but as a practice and strategy for questioning established structures, unsettling perceptions, and cultivating collective imagination. His performances often challenge conventional frameworks, creating shared spaces of tension, relation, and perceptual shift.
His work has been presented internationally at festivals such as Theaterformen (Germany), TPAM – Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama, Offene Welt Festival (Ludwigshafen), and SIFA – Singapore International Festival of Arts, GHOST:2561 and BIPAM. He has been an artist-in-residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris), and a fellow at the Theatertreffen International Forum (Berlin).
Early in his career, he was selected for the Korean-Asean Fellowship (2005) and the John F. Kennedy Center’s modern dance program (2010). Notable works include TRANSACTION (2013), Hipster The King (2014), Girl X (2015, with Suguru Yamamoto), Happy Hunting Ground (2016), The Retreat (2018–2020), and INTERMISSION (2023).
In 2024, he founded Backroom – Ritual Studio in Bangkok, a platform for embodied practices, performative rituals, and alternative choreographic inquiry.
Thanapol Virulhakul 是一位常駐曼谷的編舞家，其創作探問身體如何承載、抵抗並揭露社會與政治力量。擁有法政大學（Thammasat University）電影與攝影背景的他，將編舞視為不僅是動作的編排，更是一種實踐與策略——用以質疑既定結構、擾動既有感知，並培養集體的想像力。他的作品經常挑戰慣常的表演框架，創造出共享的張力場域、人際關係空間，以及感知轉換的經驗。
他的作品曾在國際多項藝術節亮相，包括：
- 德國 Theaterformen
- 橫濱 TPAM — Performing Arts Meeting
- 德國盧德維希港 Offene Welt Festival
- 新加坡藝術節 SIFA – Singapore International Festival of Arts
- GHOST:2561
- BIPAM（曼谷國際表演藝術會議）
他曾於巴黎 Cité Internationale des Arts 駐村，並獲選參加柏林 Theatertreffen 國際論壇。
在職涯早期，他入選 2005 年韓國–東協獎助計畫（Korean-ASEAN Fellowship）、以及 2010 年甘迺迪中心（John F. Kennedy Center）的現代舞計畫。其代表作品包括：
- TRANSACTION（2013）
- Hipster The King（2014）
- Girl X（2015，與山本卓呂 Suguru Yamamoto 合作）
- Happy Hunting Ground（2016）
- The Retreat（2018–2020）
- INTERMISSION（2023）
2024 年，他於曼谷創立 Backroom – Ritual Studio，作為一個專注於具身實踐、儀式性表演與替代性編舞研究的平台。
