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View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap ... Traditional Cambodian Dance Show - Pailin Peacock Dance. Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2016.
Cambodia's premier performing art form is Khmer classical dance, or Robam Preah Reach Trop, a highly stylized dance form originating from the royal courts.Originally performed and maintained by attendants of the royal palaces, Khmer classical dance was introduced to the general public in the mid-20th century and became widely celebrated as iconic of Cambodian culture, often performed during ...
The word robam in the Khmer language is referred to traditional dance. One of the earliest records of dance (Khmer: robam/ rabam) in Cambodia is from the 7th century, where performances were used as a funeral rite for kings. During the Angkor period, dance was ritually performed at temples.
During the Angkor period, dance was ritually performed at temples. [citation needed] The repertoire of the female dance that was famously known in the West as Royal Ballet of Cambodia is composed of about 60 dance (pure dance pieces) and among them Robam Sovann Maccha, extracted from Reamker is an episode of great popularity among Cambodian ...
Cambodia’s centuries-old tradition of masked dance was nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge regime, but a handful of artists managed to keep it alive and are now working to pass it along to a new ...
" "Apsara" from Indian Mythology to Khmer Sculpture and Khmer Classical Dance" (PDF). Royal Academy of Cambodia. Cravath, Paul (1986). "The Ritual Origins of the Classical Dance Drama of Cambodia". Asian Theatre Journal. 3 (2): 179– 203 – via JSTOR. Kol, Sarou (2018). "One Corner of Intangible Culture Heritage of Cambodia" (PDF). Royal ...
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[2] [3] As a performing art, it is formally referred to as the Royal Ballet of Cambodia (le Ballet royal du Cambodge in French) by UNESCO, Cravath, Brandon, and others in the academic field, [1] [4] [5] although this term may also refer to the National Dance Company of Cambodia. The term Khmer classical dance is also used alongside "Royal ...