Beyond the Apsara

Stephanie Burridge has lectured at LASALLE College of the Arts, and Singapore Management University, and is a dance critic, author and editor of numerous publications.Fred Frumberg is Director, Amrita Performing Arts, a non-profit organisation based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

• Foreword by Peter Sellars -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction/Stephanie Burridge -- 1. Royal Dances of Cambodia — Revival and Preservation/Her Royal Highness Princess Norodom Buppha Devi -- 2. ‘I am a Cambodian Classical Dancer’: A Personal Story/Hun Pen -- 3. Dance Education in Cambodia/Chey Chankethya -- 4. Don’t Even Think About Having Me/Toni Shapiro-Phim -- 5. Rodin and the Apsara/Thierry Bayle -- 6. Cambodians Dancing Beyond Borders: Three Contemporary Examples/Pornrat Damrhung -- 7. Transmission of the Invisible: Form and Essence/Peter Chin -- 8. Dancing Off Centre/Sophiline Cheam Shapiro -- 9. Platforms for Change: Cambodia and Contemporary Dance from the Asia-Pacifi c Region/Stephanie Burridge -- 10. Beyond Revival and Preservation: Contemporary Dance in Cambodia/Fred Frumberg -- Artist Interviews and Biographies -- Chhim Naline, Chumvan Sodhachivy (Belle), Hang Borin, Hem Linda, Khieu Sovannarith, Koy Sina, Menh Kossony, Mok Sokhom, Pen Sok Huon, Penh Chumnit, Phon Sopheap, Proeung Chhieng, Pumtheara Chenda, Sam Sathya, Sam Savin, Sang Phorsda, Sao Rithy, Sek Sophea, Seng Kalivann, Sin Sakada, Soeur Thavarak, Soth Somaly, Vuth, Yim Savann, Yon Davy, and Vuth -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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