Celestial dances.NY Traditional Cambodian dance gets a contemporary twist when dancers and musicians from The Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (nŏm pĕn, pənŏm`) or Phnum Penh (pən  m`), city (1994 est. pop. , perform at The Joyce April 20-24. The evening opens with an ancient dance drama, The God of Thunder and the Goddess of Lightning, followed by Seasons of Migration, a contemporary work that uses traditional royal court technique. With intricate hand gestures and exquisite costumes that are sewn sewn v. A past participle of sew. sewn Verb a past participle of sew Adj. 1. onto the dancers nightly, this art form dates back over 1,000 years to the Angkorian Empire. Cambodian dance was nearly lost under the regime of the Khmer Rouge Khmer Rouge (kəmĕr` r  zh), name given to native Cambodian Communists. Khmer Rouge soldiers, aided by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops, began a large-scale insurgency against , but in the past 20 years this mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" form has reemerged. See www.joyce.org. |
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