Prumsodun Ok remembers first being drawn to Khmer classical dance as a young boy. “Even when I was a 4-year-old child, there was something about the dance that grabbed me,” he told NBC Out ...

In 2015, artist Prumsodun Ok formed Cambodia’s first all-male and gay-identified Khmer dance company -- in his living room. Part of his mission was to support the revival of an art form all but ...

So too, a renascent Khmer dance has received modest sponsorship from international aid organisations and NGOs. The art has been embraced both within Cambodian and internationally, with the Royal ...

A male Khmer classical dancer gets ready for a rehearsal in Phnom Penh. He is one of the eight members of Prumsodun Ok & Natyarasa, a local company regarded as one of the most revolutionary dance ...

Classical dance is a tradition that dates back more than 1,000 years in Cambodia. For years, dancers performed only in temples and for royalty.

Moving back to Cambodia in 2015, he founded Cambodia’s first Khmer-classical gay dance company Natyarasa, which now consists of 10 professional dancers. While the merger may seem contradictory at ...

'Pol Pot Dancing,' about the Cambodian dictator's effort to wipe out Khmer classical dance, ... (1919-1994) is remembered as one of the greatest artists of Cambodia’s ritualistic dance tradition.

In 1989, ten years after the fall of the genocidal regime of the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979, under the leadership of Pol Pot), Cambodians still found themselves engulfed in violence. Hundreds of thousands ...

This post was updated April 29 at 11:27 p.m. United Khmer Students’ 27th annual culture night merged dance, music and theater for a night of remembrance and Khmer resilience. Tuesday, April 29, 2025 ...

As part of the Proleung Khmer series MRT will include post-show discussions following select performances. Sunday, April 27, at 3:30 p.m. | Guest Facilitator Bora Chiemruom, Executive Director of ...