http://www.travelandshortbreaks.com Apsara dancing is the traditional Khmer dance. This show was in Siem Reap Cambodia. This video explains the dances, the hand movements and the instruments of the orchestra in an Apsara dancing show.
No visit to Cambodia is complete without attending at least one traditional Khmer dance performance, often referred to as 'Apsara Dancing Traditional' after one of the most popular Classical dance pieces. Traditional Khmer dance is better described as a 'dance-drama' in that the dances are not merely dances but are also meant to convey a story or message.
There are four main modern genres of traditional Khmer dance:
1) Classical Dance, also known as Court or Palatine Dance
2) Shadow theater
3) All-male masked dance-drama.
4) Folk Dance that is ceremonial and theatrical.
Apsara Dancing Traditional
As evidenced in part by the innumerable apsaras or celestial dancers that adorn the walls of Angkorian and pre-Angkorian temples, dance has been part of Khmer culture for well more than a millennium, though there have been breaks in the tradition over the centuries, making it impossible to precisely trace the source of the tradition.
Much of traditional dance (especially Classical) is inspired by Angkorian-era art and themes, but the tradition has not been passed unbroken from the age of Angkor. Most traditional dances seen today were developed in the 18th through 20th centuries, beginning in earnest with a mid-19th century revival championed by King Ang Duong (reigned 1841-1869). Subsequent Kings and other Khmer Royals also strongly supported the arts and dance, most particularly Queen Sisowath Kossamak Nearireach (retired King Norodom Sihanouk's mother) in the mid-20th century, who not only fostered a resurgence in the study and development of Khmer traditional dance, but also helped move it out of the Palace and popularize it.
Queen Sisowath Kossamak trained her grand daughter Princess Bopha Devi in the art of traditional dance from early childhood, who went on to become the face of Khmer traditional dance in the 1950s and 60s both in Cambodia and around the world. Many traditional dances that are seen in performances today were developed and refined between the 1940s and 1960s under the guidance and patronage of Queen Sisowath Kossamak at the Conservatory of Performing Arts and the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh. Almost all of the Theatrical Folk dances that are presented in modern performances were developed during this period. Like so much of Cambodian art and culture, traditional dance was almost lost under the brutal repression of the Khmer Rouge regime of the late 1970s, only to be revived and reconstructed in the 1980s and 90s due, in large part, to the extraordinary efforts of Princess Bopha Devi. Apsara Dancing Traditional is a pleasure to watch.
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