Publications
Auguste Rodin and the Cambodian Dancers, 1906
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Le sculpteur Rodin et les danseuses cambodgiennes [Artist Rodin and the Cambodian Dancers]
by Georges Bois
The first journalistic account of the famous encounter between French sculptor Auguste Rodin and the Cambodian royal dancers.
- Publication
- L'Illustration, journal universel n. 3309, 28 July 1906: 64-65.
- Published
- 1906
- Author
- Georges Bois
- Pages
- 2
- Language
- French
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Tags: dance, dancers, Cambodian dancers, sculpture
About the Author
Georges Bois
Georges [or George] Bois (1852−1910) was a French lawyer, journalist and poet who involved himself in the promotion of the Cambodian classical dance in France.
A close friend of symbolist writer J.K. Huysmans and sculptor August Rodin, he was fascinated with occultism and wrote prohibited poetry, in particular Les damnees [Damned Souls] (Paris, E. Dentu, 1890).
After seeing the Cambodian royal dancers in Marseille and Paris in 1906, he attempted to set up further performances.