During the Khmer Rouge holocaust of the 1970s, more than 90 percent of Cambodia’s artists perished or fled the country. Dance and its associated narrative dramas, rituals and beliefs became a way for ...

The Cambodian mask dance is hard to learn. Students need to be strong and healthy. The mask dance is performed for any celebrations and for foreign people when they visit Fine Art school in Cambodia.

LOWELL — After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, during which a whole slate of scheduled events was canceled, the Angkor Dance Troupe will soon return to the stage for two performances ...

An apprenticeship program that passes on skills like Cambodian dance is persevering despite funding threats and ICE agents.

PHNOM PENH, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Cambodia's Princess Norodom Bopha Devi, a former minister of culture who helped revive traditional Apsara dance after the 1970s Khmer Rouge "killing fields" regime ...

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Mea Lath is a professional Cambodian classical dancer and instructor currently residing in Long Beach, California. Mea began learning dance at the age of 12 under the tutelage of renowned Cambodian ...

After skimming along the southern shores and archipelagos of South and Southeast Asia, the Khmer Arts Salon Series returns to its roots in its latest installment. Saturday’s presentation will feature ...

Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom walks between her teenage students, painstakingly adjusting a bent-back finger here and the tilt of a head there, as she passes on a centuries-old art form.

Prumsodun Ok remembers first being drawn to Khmer classical dance as a young boy. “Even when I was a 4-year-old child, there was something about the dance that grabbed me,” he told NBC Out. Born in ...