{"id":3879,"date":"2013-11-14T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T18:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=3879"},"modified":"2013-11-14T14:05:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T19:05:24","slug":"history-of-dance-in-cambodia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/history-of-dance-in-cambodia\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Dance in Cambodia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BupphaDeviDance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3881\" alt=\"Buppha Devi \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BupphaDeviDance.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BupphaDeviDance.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/BupphaDeviDance-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Journey from 1965 Cambodia to present-day Lowell and experience the transformation of an art form, once almost lost. Our next Lowell Folklife Series takes place on November 19, 2013 at the Visitor Center at  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell National Historical Park<\/a>. We begin by screening a 1965 documentary portraying the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. At the time of filming, the ballet performed exclusively for the elite and was patronized by the queen of Cambodia.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3883\" alt=\"Photo of Reamker dance\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cambodian_dance_Reamker.png\" width=\"606\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cambodian_dance_Reamker.png 935w, https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cambodian_dance_Reamker-300x102.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scenes show royal dancers being trained, masks and costumes being made, rehearsals, and the indoctrination of novices into the service of dance. Among several pieces portrayed in the film is the  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apsara\" target=\"_blank\">Apsara Dance<\/a>, which features a special performance by Princess Bupphadevi.<\/p>\n<p>Following the screening November 19th, audience members will be treated to a live performance by members of  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angkordance.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angkor Dance Troupe<\/a>. This screening is the first in the &#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/planyourvisit\/event-details.htm?eventID=513662-232573\" target=\"_blank\">Evolution of Cambodian Dance Film Series<\/a>&#8221; presented by Angkor Dance Troupe.<\/p>\n<p>6:00 p.m. \u00a0 Welcome &amp; introduction<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">6:15 p.m. \u00a0 \u00a0Film Screening<\/span><\/p>\n<p>7:45 p.m. \u00a0 \u00a0Live dance performance<\/p>\n<p>Come join us. The event is free and open to the public. \u00a0For information about Teacher Professional Development Points, contact the Tsongas Industrial History Center: TIHC@uml.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journey from 1965 Cambodia to present-day Lowell and experience the transformation of an art form, once almost lost. Our next Lowell Folklife Series takes place on November 19, 2013 at the Visitor Center at Lowell National Historical Park. We begin by screening a 1965 documentary portraying the Royal Ballet of Cambodia. At the time of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/history-of-dance-in-cambodia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;History of Dance in Cambodia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[96,277,72],"tags":[672,423,671],"class_list":["post-3879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance","category-public-program","category-world-music","tag-angkor-dance-troupe","tag-lowell-folklife-series","tag-royal-ballet-of-cambodia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History of Dance in Cambodia - Keepers of Tradition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2013\/11\/history-of-dance-in-cambodia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History of Dance in Cambodia - Keepers of Tradition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Journey from 1965 Cambodia to present-day Lowell and experience the transformation of an art form, once almost lost. 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