APPEX Fellows from Cambodia

Mao, Tip Moni
is a teacher and performer of Cambodian classical and traditional dances. She is dedicated to reinvigorating these art forms which were almost lost to Cambodian culture. Since 1991, she has performed and taught extensively at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh. She has toured in China, Indonesia, France, Japan, Singapore and Thailand as a member of the University's traditional and classical dance troupe. Recently, she has conducted research as a member of Kain Dance Research and Cambodian Dance Research in an effort to document, illustrate and describe various Cambodian classical and traditional dances.

Soeur, Sophea

is a performer and teacher of Cambodian classical dance, specializing in the character Hanuman. He is a teacher at the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh and has performed on tour in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and Laos. Committed to sustaining and strengthening the arts of Cambodia, he is also an active researcher. His work has included research and documentation of the Ken wind instrument and dance at the University of Vientiane in Laos and, most recently, he has focused on research and documentation of Cambodian classical dance with the Japan Foundation and the Royal University of Fine Arts.

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