Research Catalog

Title

The last performance: the Royal Lao Classical Dance Troupe [electronic resource]

Publication

1983.

Details

Additional Authors

• Kounlavong, Eckeo
• Milly, Bounlieng.
• Royal Lao Classical Dance Troupe.
• National Council for the Traditional Arts.
• Apsara Productions.

Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (51 min.) : sd., col.

Subjects

• Sword-dance
• Dance > Laos
• Television > The last performance: the Royal Lao Classical Dance Troupe
• Candle dances
• Animal dances

Note

• Recorded at Bullet Recording, Nashville, Tennessee, on June 25 and 26, 1983. Presented by the National Council for the Traditional Arts and Apsara Productions. Director: Jan B. Daniel. Produced by Apsara Productions.
• Choreography: Eckeo Kounlavong. Lighting: Napoleon Batts.
• Performed by the Royal Lao Classical Dance Troupe.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding (note)

• Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

CONTENTS. - Champa Lao (Flower dance), perf. by female ensemble. - Fon ling (Monkey dance), perf. by masked male soloist. - Kinnaly [mythical creature, half-bird, half-woman] dance, perf. by female ensemble. - Lao sieng thien (Candle dance), perf. by female ensemble. - Fon lai (Sword dance), perf. by male ensemble. - Lao houm phao (The United Lao dance), perf. by female ensemble. - Between the dances, Bounlieng Milly, the troupe's coordinator, and its choreographer Eckeo Kounlavong talk about the traditions and background of the troupe, and its experiences since the dissolution of the Laotian kingdom.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 7953

OCLC

NYPY896028618-F

Title

The last performance: the Royal Lao Classical Dance Troupe [electronic resource]

Imprint

1983.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-1595.

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Local Subject

Television. The last performance: the Royal Lao Classical Dance Troupe.

Animal dances.

Candle dances.

Added Author

Kounlavong, Eckeo, choreographer. Speaker

Milly, Bounlieng. Speaker

Royal Lao Classical Dance Troupe.

National Council for the Traditional Arts.

Apsara Productions.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 7953

*MGZIC 9-1595 (former)