Films Photos Cambodian Dancers by Sir Gerald Kelly (1937)
In 1936, Irish painter Sir Gerald Kelly (1876-1972) visited Cambodia during a world tour with wife Lilian ("Jane"), and portrayed several dancers at the Dance Hall of Phnom Penh Royal Palace. If the…Books L'Indochine, Exposition nationale coloniale de Marseille, 1922 [1922 Marseille National-Colonial Exhibition: Indochina]
The 1922 Colonial Exhibition in Marseille, France, with Angkor Wat tower pinnacles, Khmer ancient sculptures and live dancers starring.Publications Auguste Rodin and the Cambodian Dancers, 1906
Modern art, ancient dance: when Rodin came under the spell of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.Photos Visions of Cambodian Dance selected by...Raymond Cogniat
Some wondrous black-and-white photographs of dancers in Cambodia, Laos, Annam and Tonkin (Vietnam), shot in the 1920s.Books Danses d'Indochine [Dances of Indochina]
An enlightening reflexion on Southeast Asian dances, and in particular on Cambodian court dance.Publications Saramani, princesse et danseuse | Saramani, A Princess and A Dancer
Way before Princess Buppha Devi's reinvention of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, a premonition of the "Apsara Princess" figure so central in Cambodia's modernity.Books Sanctuary. Steve McCurry: The Temples of Angkor
A vibrant, deep-felt photo essay on Angkorean temples and their spiritual significance, by a major photographer.Books Rodin a l'hotel de Biron et a Melun | Rodin at Hotel de Biron and in Melun
The last years of Auguste Rodin seen by a close friend and art critic, with the "illumination" brought by the Cambodian dancers to the ageing master in 1906.Books Visions d'Extreme-Orient, Coree, Chine, Indochine, Siam, Birmanie | Visions of the Far East, Korea, China, Indochina, Siam, Burma
From Korea to Cambodia and Lao, a quite perceptive travelogue from the 1920s.Books Apsara Dance | របាំអប្សរា
A technical and historical treatise on Khmer classical dance.Books Treatises on Dance | ตำรารำ (Tảrā rả)
The one and only Thai treatise on dance, a stunning collection of texts and illustrations dating back from 1790 onwards.Films Pushpanjali - Margam - Swagatham Krishna: Dance Workshop by Bala Devi Chandrashekar
Workshop in Bharatanatyam classical dance by a renowned professor and researcher of this South India art form.Publications Princess Buppha Devi, The First Royal Apsara
In 2010, Princess Norodom Buppha Devi agreed for the very first time to participate in a television series project about the Royal Ballet and her life.Books Champa
Volume I of the "Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East Series" dealt with the Kingdom of Champa, more "indianized" than Angkor.Films Dance at the Royal Palace, 1931
A rare extensive footage of rehearsal by Royal Ballet dancers and pupils at Chanchaya Pavilion, Royal Palace of Cambodia.Themes Dance
Publications Two Yoginis of Hevajra from Thailand
Two female dancers statuettes discovered in the 1950s and what they tell us about Khmer art and religion, Tantric Buddhism and the cult of Hevajra.Links Royal Cambodian Ballet at Royal Bridges
Page dedicated to the Royal Cambodian Ballet in modern timesFilms Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Fes Festival 2010
The Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Fes Festival of World Sacred Music (Morocco), 2010.Publications Le théâtre et la danse au Cambodge
An inspired, often poetical evocation of the ancestral Khmer dancePhotos The Royal Ballet of Cambodia, Traditions and Challenges
A report on the famed dance company after the passing of its director and muse, Princess Norodom Buppha Devi.Films Royal Ballet in Angkor 1910
Rare film capture of a Royal Ballet representation for King Sisowath on Angkor premisesFilms Royal Ballet of Cambodia in Hong Kong
Rehearsal and excerpts of the Cambodian Royal Ballet in Hong Kong in 2017Books Comment j'ai parcouru l'Indo-Chine: Birmanie, États shans, Siam, Tonkin, Laos
A European woman's view on Southeast Asia at the turn of the 20th centuryBooks Les danses sacrées au Cambodge / Sacred Dances in Cambodia
A short and luminous summary of the origins of sacred dances in Cambodia, from agrarian rituals to royal court choreographies.Books Danses Cambodgiennes (Cambodian Dance)
The first complete study on Khmer classical (royal) dance by a Cambodian researcher, Minister of the Royal Palace in the 1920s.Books ប្រភព និង ការវិវត្តន៍នៃគ្រឿងអលង្ការ ខ្មែរសម្រាប់ទេវតា និងមនុស្ស
Origins and Evolution of Khmer Jewelry for Angels and Human Beings