Venue: Zellerbach Hall

Price: $20/$26/$32

Subscription Series: World Stage Series A, Family Fare Series

During the reign of the Khmer Rouge, more than 90% of Cambodia's artists were killed by the regime, leaving a mere handful of survivors to preserve their devastated nation's cultural legacy. In this West Coast premiere production, 40 dancers and musicians from the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh prove the power of artistic creativity to triumph over extreme brutality. Wearing traditional gilded, brocaded costumes and temple-spired headdresses, these talented artists perform a variety of classical court and popular folk dances showcasing the finest of Cambodian repertoire, a chronicle of the historical traditions, religious practices, and spiritual values of an entire people.

Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts.

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Education and Community Events:
Sightlines: 7-7:30 pm—Pre-performance talks with artistic director Proeung Chhieng, Dean of Choreographic Arts, Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, free to all event ticket holders

Family Fare Performance: Sun, Sep 9, 3pm — children 16 and under half price.

Film Screenings: Samsara, Sept 4, 7 pm; The Tenth Dancer, Sept 8, 11:00 am. Presented by UC Berkeley's Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor, Berkeley; free and open to the public.

Lecture/Demonstration: Sept 6th, 7 pm, Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley - "Passing Along the Tradition-Bali/Cambodia", an evening dance lecture/demonstration by Bali's Ni Ketut Arini Alit, artist-in-residence with the Bay Area's own Gamelan Sekar Jaya and Dance, The Spirit of Cambodia master teacher Neaq Kru Tha. Members of both groups will participate with Rachel Cooper, Associate Director of Performing Arts of New York's Asia Society serving as moderator; free and open to the public.

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Related Performances:
Gypsy Caravan 2: A Celebration of Roma Music & Dance
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World Stage Series
Family Fare Series

Artists links:
www.asiasource.org/cambodia