It is true that Prince Ang Duong spent 27 years in Bangkok. He also spoke Thai more fluently than Khmer. When he returned to Cambodia he did take 2 Thai Dance troupes one male and one female. He eventually kept only the female troupe at court and the male dancers took their art into the villages....
A really great historical film with an unfortunate but correct period style narration. The most interesting part for me, at the very end, was seeing a very young Swannee, who became renound as the finest dancer of her generation. She is dancing the "Phra", or male role, on the right. She was feat...
Very important old footage. I love the fact that we have this wonderful documentation that shows how graceful the dance looked before the dancers started dancing in the squat- like position that they began using in the 1960's.
A very beautiful devotional dance! It is the first dance I've ever seen that actually resembles the carvings of the Apsaras at Angkor Wat, Bayon and Preah Khan. Unlike all the " Apsara" dances from both Thailand and Cambodia since the 1960's, this dance has the some of the flexibility of hindu da...
Thank you for uploading this beautiful and ancient dance. It is very seldom danced anymore. This record of it is very important for all who appreciate Thai Classical Dance.
It is true that Prince Ang Duong spent 27 years in Bangkok. He also spoke Thai more fluently than Khmer. When he returned to Cambodia he did take 2 Thai Dance troupes one male and one female. He eventually kept only the female troupe at court and the male dancers took their art into the villages....