A mix of Cambodian and expat women concentrate on the tips of their fingers, taking in the day’s lesson at a new Apsara dance class now being held in the centre of Phnom Penh. {jathumbnail} Though it ...

Gold jewellery glistening, six male dancers from Cambodia’s first gay “Apsara” troupe swirl in unison on a dimly lit stage, their production a radical shake-up of a ballet form peformed by women for ...

A slender silhouette appears onstage. Black hair dotted with flowers tumbles down an arched back. Jewels glitter from the wrists of outstretched arms, the fingers gently curved back in a gesture that ...

Cambodian Princess Norodom Bopha Devi, a former culture minister who helped resurrect traditional Apsara dance from the ashes of the brutal Khmer Rouge rule in the 1970s, died on Monday at the age of ...

Rebirth of Apsara traces the journey of Khmer classical dance from its mythological origins through devastation under the Khmer Rouge to its revival and present-day vitality in Cambodia. -Supplied ...

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