Virginia Prak is a 30-year-old Cambodian American living in Hawaii whose spirit and identity truly reside in traditional Khmer dance. Originally from Lowell, Massachusetts, Virginia began learning to ...
The initiative, aimed at addressing the critical issue of consent in society, used Khmer classical dance to explore the ...
Performances would traditionally accompany royal ceremonies and observances such as coronations, marriages, funerals or Khmer holidays. This art form, which narrowly escaped annihilation in the 1970s, ...
In a March 31 directive, education minister Hang Chuon Naron called for all educational institutions to join in the ...
"The Living Ancestor," a performance by the Cambodian American Heritage Dancers, was presented through Lebun's efforts to an enthusiastic audience of 500 in the Center for the Arts. She raised more ...
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 ...
“I want Cambodian and foreign artists to see ... and its significance in the Apsara dancers’ traditional costumes. It raises thought-provoking questions about cultural identity and the ...