Sisaphanta Prum

Prum Sisaphantha ព្រំ សុីសាផាន្ធា (3 June 1956, Phnom Penh) is a language teacher and historian of Khmer classical dance who, after studying in Singapore and Russia, was a trainee and researcher with the Khmer Classical Ballet from 1973 – 1975 before being forced into agricultural labor in Battambang and into exile by the Khmer Rouge régime.

While living in Japan, she decisively contributed to the research on Khmer Apsara dance, also training several Japanese and Cambodian dancers to master the time-honored performing art form. She is currently teaching dance at RUPP, Phnom Penh.

Prum sisaphanta 2003 — Prum Sisaphanta in 2003.

Neak kru sisaphanta sok nalys 032023 — Neak Kru Sisaphanta with Royal Ballet dancer Sok Nalys, left, Serei Vankosaun and Noemmilya, right, March 2023 (photo by Noemmilya)

Main photo by Colin Grafton, 1974.