Photos-Souvenirs: Danses classiques, danses folkloriques et créations modernes de Norodom Sihamoni

The 12 page brochure (which can also be viewed in its print version at Angkor Database Library) is made of five photo collections:

I. DANSE CLASSIQUE KHMERE: APSARAS. INTERPRETATION: S.A.R. LA PRINCESSE NORODOM BUPPHA DEVI ET ARTISTES DU B. C. K. (BALLET CLASSIQUE KHMER). [Khmer classical dance: Apsaras. Performers: HRH Princess Norodom Buppha Devi and BCK [Classical Khmer Ballet, the name taken by the Royal Ballet of Cambodia during the exile period] artists.]

II. DANSE CLASSIQUE KHMERE: HANUMAN (ROI DES SINGES) ET SOVANN MECHHA (REINE DES POISSONS). INTERPRETATION: ARTISTES ​“INDRA DEVI”. [Khmer Classical Dance: Hanuman (King of Monkeys) and Sovann Mechha (Queen of Fishes). Performers: Artists from the ​‘Indra Devi’ dance company.]

III. DANSE CLASSIQUE KHMERE: LA DANSE DES BOUGIES. INTERPRETATION: S.A.R. LA PRINCESSE BUPPHA DEVI. [Khmer Classical Dance: The Candle Dance. Performers: HRH Princess Buppha Devi.]

IV. DANSE FOLKLORIQUE KHMERE: LA DANSE DES PARAPLUIES. INTERPRETATION: ARTISTES ​“INDRA DEVI”. [Khmer Folk Dance: The Umbrella Dance. Performers: Artists from the ​‘Indra Devi’ dance company.]

V. CREATIONS MODERNES DE S.A.R. LE PRINCE NORODOM SIHAMONI: 3 DANSES. INTERPRETEES PAR DES ARTISTES KHMERES ET FRANCAISES, SUR UNE MUSIQUE DE NORODOM SIHANOUK. [Contemporary Choreographies by HRH Prince Norodom Sihamoni: Three Dances performed by Khmer and French female dancers, on a musical score by Norodom Sihanouk.] (1)

On the last page, a group photography with King Sihanouk sitting in the front, Princess Buppha Devi, Prince Norodom Sihamoni (center) and artistic advisers.

(1) The idea of using music composed by Norodom Sihanouk in a dance performance was applied by Ravynn Coxen-Karet, founder of Sacred Dancers of Angkor, to the Evanescence performance in Banteay Srey, 2021.