The Swva Pol (the Monkey Dance/Break Dance)

Presented by the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience (ethnicity.rutgers.edu), the Angkor Dance Troupe performs Swva Pol, an excerpt from a famous Cambodian legend called the Reamker (Ree-um-Kay), which is a long story that would take many days to tell. Many Cambodian classical dances come from this tale. In Cambodian legend, monkeys always fight evil; in fact they are army soldiers. In this dance, the soldiers are celebrating a big win. They are gathering food for a feast. The monkey dance is lively and acrobatic, always performed by young boys, who capture the spirit and quick mannerisms of monkeys.
Following the original dance, the Troupe features choreography with elements of modern dance. But, if you watch carefully, you will see the dancers remain, throughout, Swva Pol, the monkeys. By juxtaposing the two, you can see how the new emerges from the old, and how the two can exist dynamically side-by-side.

For more information about the Angkor Dance Troupe please visit:
http://angkordance.org/

Category:

Entertainment

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• Dance
• (Cambodian)
• Angkor
• Troupe
• Khmer
• dance

[BBoyShixx1]

we ddint see the last monkey goo~