While the legacy of dance was transmitted orally and bodily, what the classical Cambodian Court Dancers perform today is often a modern reinvention. A case in point is the Apsara dance (Robam Apsara) ...

Glittering in her stunning golden costume, Cambodian dancer Choury Laorhours braved the bitterly cold weather to stage the Apsara dance, one of the traditional dances of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia ...

Cambodian artist Choury Laorhours performs the Apsara dance at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, on Jan 5, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn ...

The art of Cambodian dance is a very hands-on art form that, as Mea stated, “requires a lot of molding.” Mea hopes that in the future Modern Apsara will have more instructors in order to overcome ...