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Cambodian dance.
- Title
- Cambodian dance. Performance in the Bassac Theater [videorecording]
- Publication
- c1992.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Performance of songs and Cambodian folk dancing, presented in honor of the foreign minister of the Lao Democratic People's Republic. Each piece is introduced in Khmer and English. The choreography, based on folk sources, has been adapted for theatrical presentation. The dances are accompanied by an off-camera mohori ensemble.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Toni Shapiro.
- Series Statement
- Cambodian dance.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Note
- Title from information provided by donor.
- Archiving project carried out at the East-West Center, Program on Education and Training, Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Performer (note)
- Danced by members of the dance troupe of the National Department of Arts and teachers of the School of Dance, University of Fine Arts.
- Singers not identified.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped at the Bassac Theater, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in February 1992, by Dr. Toni Shapiro.
- Contents
- Phok phal (Good crops dance) (ca. 8 min.) / danced by members of the National Department of Arts.
- Two songs (ca. 8 min.): Bopha Vientiane, composed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and Yen sabay, a Lao song.
- Beh Cravainh (Cardamom picking dance) (ca. 10 min.) / danced by members of the National Department of Arts.
- Neesat (Fishing dance) (ca. 10 min.) / danced by teachers from the School of Dance, University of Fine Arts.
- Kuah angree (Pestle dance ; announced on tape as Bamboo pole dance) (a. 7 min.) / danced by members of the National Department of Arts.
- Two songs (ca. 8 min.): Prey prasit, composed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and Ah Phansaa, a Lao song.
- Ken (Mouth organ dance) (ca. 7 min.) / danced by members of the National Department of Arts.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2340
- OCLC
- NYPY96-F179
- Title
- Cambodian dance. Performance in the Bassac Theater [videorecording]
- Imprint
- c1992.
- Country of Producing Entity
- Cambodia.
- Series
- Cambodian dance.
- Performer
- Danced by members of the dance troupe of the National Department of Arts and teachers of the School of Dance, University of Fine Arts.Singers not identified.
- Event
- Videotaped at the Bassac Theater, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in February 1992, by Dr. Toni Shapiro.
- Local Subject
- Harvest dances.Fishermen's dances.Stick dances.
- Added Author
- Shapiro, Toni.Norodom Sihanouk, Prince, 1922-University of Fine Arts (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) School of Dance.East-West Center.DHCA.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-2340