Dance

Not a novel nor a purely journalistic work: the engaging take on Angkor and modern Cambodia around 1930 by a Chicago-based reporter and popular writer.

In English

What is the origin of the "Iron Palace", often called "Napoleon" or "Suez", erected in the precinct of the Royal Palace of Cambodia in the 1860s or 1870s?

In English & French

A poetic yet highly informative study on the Cambodian Royal Ballet dancers written when the author, still in his prime, was discovering the cultural intricacy.

In French

A booklet celebrating the inscription of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) List on 7 Nov. 2003.

In French

The Cambodian angle on the Nov. 1967 visit to Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, with rare photographs composing a friendly, bittersweet photo album.

One of the first literary works - and the most famous one - linking Cambodian tradition to modernity: conventional ពាក្យកាព្យ (pikhap) form, modern message.

In Khmer

A powerful meditation on royal power, artistic creation, ageing, death and the "beautiful statue of a young king sitting silently under the scorching sun."

In English, French & Japanese

The official Khmer translation of George Groslier's Cambodian Dancers, Ancient and Modern, 1913.

In Khmer

The first journalistic account of the famous encounter between French sculptor Auguste Rodin and the Cambodian royal dancers.

In French

A rare insight in the life and art of the Cambodian Royal Ballet dancers at the end of the 1920s, a critical period for the court dance form in the Kingdom.

In French

On the first anniversary of H.R.H. Princess Norodom Buppha Devi's passing, we return to the splendid 'The Apsaras of Angkor' (2003).

In English & Khmer

A remarkable approach of Angkor and pre-Angkorian structures by a Japanese architect and specialist of Hindu-Buddhist architecture

An essay showing the impact of Cambodian dance aesthetics on the study of choreography in 1920s France.

In English

An informed and perceptive study on 'dances of the Orient', notably Cambodian, by a Russian-American professional dancer who visited the region in the 1930s.

In English

The world of Asia reflected in 103 watercolor, pastel, charcoal or pencil drawings by a prolific woman artist and undefatigable traveler in the 1920s-1940s.

A rare "photo feature" of a family ceremony inside Phnom Penh Royal Palace in 1901.

From Korea to Cambodia, Burma and Laos, a quite perceptive travelogue from the 1920s.

In French

A valuable resource for Cambodian history researchers and the general public. https://www.library.dccam.org/

In English & Khmer

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…

A magnificent film reflecting a dance performance at the entrance of Angkor Wat.