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Interview with Voan Savay and Voeun Amrit: Khmer dance project, 2009-08-22

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Interview with Voan Savay and Voeun Amrit

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Title
Interview with Voan Savay and Voeun Amrit: Khmer dance project, 2009-08-22
Additional title: Khmer Dance Project moving image
Names
Prum Mésa (Videographer)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Director)
Voan Savay (Interviewee)
Voeun Amrit (Interviewee)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Interviewer)
Sea Vissal (Engineer)
Ratany, Koh (Editor of a moving image work)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Editor of a moving image work)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Translator)
Rhodes, Gillian (Translator)
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā (Associated name)
Collection

Khmer Dance Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2009
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1310
Topics
Dance -- Cambodia
Ballet -- Cambodia
Dance -- Study and teaching
Voan Savay -- Interviews
Voeun Amrit -- Interviews
Parti communiste du Kampuchea
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Funding: Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
Date: Copyright date: 2012
Biographical/historical: Funded by a grant from the Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation, the KDP began in 2008 when the Center for Khmer Studies partnered with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division to interview and film the three generations of artists - including dancers, musicians and singers, as well as embroiderers and dressers - who kept dance alive during and in the wake of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Creation/production credits: Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Gillian Rhodes; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Venue: Recorded 22 August 2009 Chatomukh Theater, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Acquisition: 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.
Language: Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (DVCam) (27 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Description
Former dancer and teacher Voan Savay speaks about her background as a dancer at the Royal Palace, her studies and roles she danced. She discusses her experiences under the Khmer Rouge, and her attempts to conceal her identity; her foundation and management of a dance troupe for children in refugee camps, and her efforts to instill correct dance style in refugee troupes. She speaks about being repatriated to Cambodia, and the loss of her dance materials in a fire; her immigration to France, and the dance groups she has trained there. Voeun Amrit speaks about how he began dancing, his immigration to France and work as a dancer there. Voan Savay speaks about her grandmother's role in translating dance manuscripts from Thai into Khmer, and discusses the past relationship between Thailand and Cambodia.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Central Khmer
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19972584
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b0476ee0-352a-0131-5bc9-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Voan Savay and Voeun Amrit" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2009. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96f3f480-3451-0131-e736-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Voan Savay and Voeun Amrit" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96f3f480-3451-0131-e736-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2009). Interview with Voan Savay and Voeun Amrit Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/96f3f480-3451-0131-e736-3c075448cc4b

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Interview with Voan Savay and Voeun Amrit