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
- WHY PMSODUN OK FOUND CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE COMPANY HIS LIVG ROOM
- DANCE, PRAY, LOVE: BEG GAY CAMBODIA (VIO)
- CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE COMPANY
- HOW GAY MALE DANCERS ARE PRERVG A CAMBODIAN TRADN
- CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE PANY
- MEET CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE TROUPE
- CAMBODIA'S FIRST GAY DANCE TROUPE UPENDS CENTURI OF TRADN
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 *
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WHY PMSODUN OK FOUND CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE COMPANY HIS LIVG ROOM
Cambodia's First Gay Dance Company * cambodian gay dance company *
They started to look like a real pany—Cambodia’s first gay dance pany jt formed my livg room! 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. 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. 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.
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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 *
” When I’m out at gay bars young Khmers will sometim thank me for jt speakg to them. Perhaps no one has done so well recent memory as Pmsodun Ok, the founr of Pmsodun Ok & NATYARASA, Cambodia’s first gay dance pany.
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 *
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. Gay love had never been picted Khmer dance before Pmsodun Ok did all that for a project back 2008.
Jo Cambodia’s first gay dance pany as we give new life to our rich herage, and elevate the qualy of life and exprsn for the untry’s LGBTQ people.
CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE PANY
How Cambodia's 1st all-male, gay dance pany is prervg tradn * cambodian gay dance company *
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MEET CAMBODIA’S FIRST GAY DANCE TROUPE
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CAMBODIA'S FIRST GAY DANCE TROUPE UPENDS CENTURI OF TRADN
He is part of Pmsodum Ok & Natyarasa, an all-male Apsara pany tryg to alter perceptns of the gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny Cambodia — which is still plagued by prejudice. “My goal is to create a more dignified and realistic image of what means to be LGBTQ and do a way where we don’t bee pigeonholed, ” said Pmsodun, who is also gay.
He moved to Phnom Penh 2015 to work on a dance project explorg the role of sexualy Apsara, but stayed on once he saw young gay Cambodians’ need for “a role mol”. Photo: Nobuyi AraiPmsodun Ok & NATYARASA is Cambodia's first gay dance pany.
there are fally gay angels, and they dance betifully. 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. He is part of Pmsodum Ok & Natyarasa, an all-male Apsara pany tryg to alter perceptns of the gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny Cambodia -- which is still plagued by prejudice.