While the legacy of dance was transmitted orally and bodily, what the classical Cambodian Court Dancers perform today is often a modern reinvention. A case in point is the Apsara dance (Robam Apsara) ...

Possessing the power to capture imaginations and emotions, and thus to “transport” people to other times and places, dance is sensually and socially impassioned. It is an integral component of ...

Cambodian artist Choury Laorhours performs the Apsara dance at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Jan 5, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The ...

Glittering in her stunning golden costume, Cambodian dancer Choury Laorhours braved the bitterly cold weather to stage the Apsara dance, one of the traditional dances of the Royal Ballet of ...

Hundreds of hours of videotape that I took three decades ago have recently been digitized, and placed in a public archive so that Cambodian dancers and, indeed, anyone interested in the footage, can ...

The Cambodian Cultural Dance Troupe was founded in 1998 to help and provide support for community based activities with the sole goal of helping the Cambodian community foster the their culture ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Folk artists performed lion and dragon dances in Cambodia on Tuesday to celebrate the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, which will fall on Wednesday.

That Cambodia’s music and dance endure today is a testament to the will of the 10 percent who lived to pass on the ancient forms. And in that survival, Toronto interdisciplinary artist Peter ...