Cambodia’s First Gay Dance Company

cambodian gay dance company

For more than 1,000 years, Khmer dancers Cambodia have been seen as livg bridg between heaven and earth. In this graceful dance-talk hybrid, artist Pmsodun Ok -- founr of Cambodia's first all-male and gay-intified dance pany -- tails the rich history of Khmer classil dance and s current revival, playg the ancient and agels role of artist as msenger.

Contents:

WHY PMSODUN OK FOUND CAMBODIA'S FIRST GAY DANCE COMPANY HIS LIVG ROOM

Pmsodon Ok is a choreographer and founr of Cambodia's first gay dance pany. * cambodian gay dance company *

Perhaps no one has done so well recent memory as Pmsodun Ok, the founr of Pmsodun Ok & NATYARASA, Cambodia’s first gay dance pany. I didn’t tend to form Cambodia’s first gay dance pany. Inspired by a tantric ceremony rerd the 13th century, which the Khmer kg would sexually une wh a naga every night to ensure prospery, Beloved was meant to st a history of rual lovemakg to the dancg bodi of gay men.

They started to look like a real pany—Cambodia’s first gay dance pany jt formed my livg room!

WHY PMSODUN OK FOUND CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE COMPANY HIS LIVG ROOM

Cambodia's First Gay Dance Company * cambodian gay dance company *

People are often surprised to hear that I feel safer as a gay man Cambodia than I do the Uned Stat.

I have heard of parents takg their children to monks to purify the gay away.

DANCE, PRAY, LOVE: BEG GAY CAMBODIA (VIO)

How Cambodia's 1st all-male, gay dance pany is prervg tradn * cambodian gay dance company *

I have also seen untls livg ritur of gay people, often effemate and c, televisn programs. I have seen gay marriag portrayed mic vios and via strangers’ posts on Facebook.

CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE COMPANY

Gold jewellery glisteng, six male dancers om Cambodia's first gay "Apsara" troupe swirl unison on a dimly l stage, their productn a radil * cambodian gay dance company *

Sendly, there is the AIDS epimic that took the liv of so many gay men, and the ongog global attempt to erase LGBTQ people om history and ntemporary society. By trag young gay men the art of Khmer classil dance, by rtagg tradnal works and creatg those that reflect my own experience, I am offerg new bodi, new ias and new ways of beg valued to the tradn.

HOW GAY MALE DANCERS ARE PRERVG A CAMBODIAN TRADN

PHNOM PENH: Gold jewellery glisteng, six male dancers om Cambodia's first gay "Apsara" troupe swirl unison on a dimly l stage, their productn a radil shake-up of a ballet form peformed by women for more than a thoand years. * cambodian gay dance company *

My hope is to turn the short choreographi to dance films which set gay bodi and a agile herage to public spac.

Comg out and forward as Cambodia’s first gay dance pany sends a msage that fi many social ntradictns.

As we don’t play to stereotyp or adopt mastream gay culture (which is often jt an explosive Amerin nsumerism), for some people we are not “gay” enough.

CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE PANY

How Cambodia's 1st all-male, gay dance pany is prervg tradn * cambodian gay dance company *

And then there are others who say labelg ourselv as “gay” is limg, while others have said that our work is bigger than “gay, ” that is universal.

There have been many who have said somethg like, “I don’t like gay people but I appreciate them for takg re of our culture. ” When I’m out at gay bars young Khmers will sometim thank me for jt speakg to them.

MEET CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE TROUPE

Perhaps no one has done so well recent memory as Pmsodun Ok, the founr of Pmsodun Ok & NATYARASA, Cambodia’s first gay dance pany. Pmsodon Ok is a choreographer and founr of Cambodia’s first gay dance pany. In 2015, choreographer Ok Pmsodun formed an all male, gay-intified Khmer dance pany his livg room.

CAMBODIA'S FIRST GAY DANCE TROUPE UPENDS CENTURI OF TRADN

Gay love had never been picted Khmer dance before Pmsodun Ok did all that for a project back 2008.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* CAMBODIAN GAY DANCE COMPANY

Meet Cambodia's first gay dance troupe | .

TOP