Klunchun started studying traditional Thai dance called khon at age sixteen with the renowned master Chaiyot Khummanee.
This type of dance developed in the seventeenth century as a hybrid of Hindu military rituals and Thai martial arts.
Khon focuses on the Ramakian epic, a version of the Ramayana story telling of Rama, an avatar of the Hindu God Vishnu, and his wife Sita who is abducted by the demon king Ravana.
[1] Klunchun studied this art form, eventually receiving a degree in Thai Classical Dance at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.
With this company he incorporated his newfound ideas of modern dance with the traditions of khon he had learned as a young man.