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Interview with Nginn Karet Ravynn, So Chan Nu, Keo Saroeum

Title
Interview with Nginn Karet Ravynn, So Chan Nu, Keo Saroeum, 2009-07-17.
Publication
Khmer Dance Project, videotape copyright ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Nginn Karet Ravynn
  • So Chan Nu
  • Keo Saroeum
  • Nut, Suppya
  • Prum Mesa
  • Sea Vissal
  • Koh Rathany
  • Foelster, Jacqueline
  • Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā.
Found In
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Description
1 streaming video file (74 min) : sound, color
Uniform Title
  • Cardamom harvest (Choreographic work)
  • Trott dance (Choreographic work)
  • Coconut dance (Choreographic work)
  • Fishing dance (Choreographic work)
  • Scarf dance (Choreographic work)
Alternative Title
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Subject
  • Nginn Karet Ravynn > Interviews
  • So Chan Nu > Interviews
  • Keo Saroeum > Interviews
  • Nginn Karet Foundation for Cambodia
  • Dance > Study and teaching
  • Dancers
  • Ballet > Cambodia
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed performances.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Interviews are interspersed with footage of students rehearsing, eating, school grounds.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online.
Credits (note)
  • Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Jacqueline Foelster; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Funding (note)
  • Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Source (note)
  • Khmer and English, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
  • A production of the Khmer Dance Project, initiated by the Center for Khmer Studies in partnership with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library, with a grant from the Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation.
Contents
  • Students perform "Cardamom Harvest" dance (7 min.)
  • Nginn Karet speaks (in English) about the creation of the foundation, why the location was chosen, what programs are included. How to address poverty in Cambodia, how to address damage from the Khmer Rouge period, loss of knowledge. The importance of culture in strengthening people, the benefits of dance and how classical ballet represents the "Khmer soul." Creation of the dance school and dance troupe. Program through which bicycles were donated to enable students to commute to the school. How dance discipline encourages hygiene and other good behavior. (27 min.)
  • Teacher So Chan Nu speaks about how she began dancing, where she has taught, what dances she knows, her experience at the Foundation. (8 min.)
  • Students perform "Trott dance," "Coconut dance," "Fishing dance," and "Scarf dance" (23 min.)
  • Teacher Keo Saroeum talks about how he started dancing, how he selected students for the school and began teaching them. What gestures and pieces he teaches. How the school operates. (13 min.)
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1263
OCLC
857597471
Title
Interview with Nginn Karet Ravynn, So Chan Nu, Keo Saroeum, 2009-07-17.
Copyright Date
Khmer Dance Project, videotape copyright ©2012.
Country of Producing Entity
Cambodia.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Nginn Karet Ravynn, So Chan Nu, Keo Saroeum, interviewees ; Suppya Nut, interviewer.
Credits
Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Jacqueline Foelster; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Event
Recorded 17 July 2009 School of HRH Norodom Buppha Devi, Nginn Karet Foundation at Banteay Srei, Angkor, Cambodia.
System Details
Streaming video.
Original Version
Original format: DVCam cassettes.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online.
Funding
Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
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Added Author
Nginn Karet Ravynn, interviewee.
So Chan Nu, interviewee.
Keo Saroeum, interviewee.
Nut, Suppya, interviewer.
Prum Mesa, videographer.
Sea Vissal, sound engineer.
Koh Rathany, editor of moving image work.
Nut, Suppya, editor of moving image work.
Nut, Suppya, translator.
Foelster, Jacqueline, translator.
Nut, Suppya, director.
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā.
Added Title
Cardamom harvest (Choreographic work)
Trott dance (Choreographic work)
Coconut dance (Choreographic work)
Fishing dance (Choreographic work)
Scarf dance (Choreographic work)
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Found In:
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1263
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