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HRH Princess Norodom Buppha Devi

Her Royal Highness Princess Norodom Buppha Devi was born on January 8, 1943 as daughter to His Royal Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia, and her mother Néak Phat Kanhol. HRH Princess Buppha Devi began her studies at the age of six at the Sothearos Primary School and at…

HRH Princess Norodom Buppha Devi

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Kong Nay

Beloved for his witty, raspy voice through frequent performances broadcasted in TV and around the world, Kong Nay became blind because of smallpox at the age of four. Kong Nay became a CLA Master in 2003. He has now retired. He plays Chapei Dang Weng, a long neck 2-stringed guitar…

Kong Nay

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Sophiline Cheam Shapiro

Sophiline Cheam Shapiro is a choreographer, dancer, vocalist and educator whose dances have infused the venerable Cam­bodian classical form with new ideas and en­ergy. Her work has toured to notable venues on four continents, including Amsterdam’s Muziektheater, Berkeley’s Cal Performances, Cambodia’s Les Nuits d’Angkor, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Los Angeles’…

Sophiline Cheam Shapiro

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Dr. Sam-Ang Sam

Sam-Ang Sam received his B.A. & M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Music Composition and Ethnomusicology from Connecticut College and Wesleyan University respectively. Dr. Sam has taught at Cornish College of the Arts, the University of Washington, and the Royal University of Fine Arts (Cambodia). From 2001-2002, he was in residence…

Dr. Sam-Ang Sam

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Arn Chorn-Pond

Arn Chorn-Pond, founder of Cambodian Living Arts, is a Cambodian-American refugee and the subject of the critically acclaimed book, Never Fall Down (Harper Collins, 2012). Arn was featured in the Emmy-nominated documentary, The Flute Player. He is an internationally recognized human rights leader, speaker, and trainer. A former Director of…

Arn Chorn-Pond

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Him Sophy

HIM SOPHY’S many compositions include: String quartet for violins, viola and cello (1987); A Memory from Darkness: Trio for violin, cello and piano (1990); Decline of Angkor – for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello, harp and percussion (1992); Symphony for large symphony orchestra (1993); The Mondolkiri Landscape — for cello and…

Him Sophy

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Chinary UNG

Acclaimed composer Chinary Ung was born in Cambodia in 1942 and came to the United States in 1964. He had obtained a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1974 with distinction from Columbia University where Chou Wen-chung was his mentor. He has received many honors, including those from the Koussevitzky Foundation,…

Chinary UNG

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Rithy Panh

Rithy Panh was born in Cambodia in 1964. He is a filmmaker, author, and the main founder of the Bophana Center and the Cambodia Film Commission (CFC). He studied at the Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies in France and has directed many films, including Les gens de la rizière/The Rice…

Rithy Panh

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Anida Yoeu Ali

Anida Yoeu Ali is an artist whose works span performance, installation, video, poetry, public encounters, and political agitation. She is a first generation Muslim Khmer woman born in Cambodia and raised in Chicago. After residing for over three decades outside of Cambodia, Ali returned to work in Phnom Penh as…

Anida Yoeu Ali

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KHVAY SAMNANG

Born in 1982 in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia, Khvay Samnang lives and works in Phnom Penh. He holds a BA in Painting from the Royal University of Fine Art, Phnom Penh (2006). Khvay is a founding and active member of the first contemporary artist collective Stiev Selapak / Art Rebels…

KHVAY SAMNANG

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LEANG SECKON

Born in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, Leang Seckon lives and works between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. He holds a BA in Painting, Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh (2002). He is a dedicated advocate for environmental protection, employing the arts in an ongoing initiative The Rubbish Project, launched…

LEANG SECKON

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Lim Sokchanlina

Born in 1987 in Prey Veng province, Cambodia, Lim Sokchanlina lives and works in Phnom Penh. He holds a BA in Economics from Norton University, Phnom Penh (2010). He is a founding and active member of the first contemporary artist collective Stiev Selapak / Art Rebels (2007 – ), who…

Lim Sokchanlina

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Sopheap Pich

Born in 1971 in Battambang province, Cambodia, Sopheap Pich lives and works in Phnom Penh. He holds a BFA in Painting from the University of Massachusetts (1995) and an MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1999). Working primarily with rattan and bamboo, Pich’s early…

Sopheap Pich

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Pete Pin

Born in the Khao-I-Dang refugee camp on the border of Cambodia and Thailand, Pete Pin lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He holds a BA from the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated magna cum laude in Political Science with high departmental honors and was awarded the Outstanding…

Pete Pin

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Amy Lee Sanford

Born in 1972 in Phnom Penh, Amy Lee Sanford is a Cambodian-American artist based in Phnom Penh. She holds a BA in Visual Art from Brown University (1995), and took individual courses in ceramics at The Rhode Island School of Design, University of Massachusetts/Dartmouth and Harvard University. Sanford works in…

Amy Lee Sanford

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Svay Sareth

Born in 1972 in Battambang, Cambodia, Svay Sareth lives and works in Siem Reap. A member of the small and historic group of children who studied art in the Site 2 refugee camps with Véronique Decrop, Svay went on to co-found Phare Phonlue Selepak, an art school in Battambang where…

Svay Sareth

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Than Sok

Born in 1984 in Takeo province, Cambodia, Than Sok lives and works in Phnom Penh. Than studied traditional and contemporary art at Reyum Art School (2002 -2007) and is currently pursuing a degree in architecture at Norton University, Phnom Penh (2010 – ). Than was a resident artist at Tokyo…

Than Sok

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Tith Kanitha

Born in 1987 in Phnom Penh, Tith Kanitha lives and works in Phnom Penh. She holds a BA in Interior Design from the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh (2008). She is a member of the young filmmaker’s collective Kon Khmer Koun Khmer and serves as a research assistant…

Tith Kanitha

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Vandy Rattana

Vandy Rattana (B. 1980, Phnom Penh) lives and works between Phnom Penh, Paris, and Taipei. He is the founder of Stiev Selapak / Art Rebels (2007 -), who established Sa Sa Art Gallery (2009 – 2010) and SA SA BASSAC (2011 – ) the first dedicated exhibition spaces for contemporary…

Vandy Rattana

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Vuth Lyno

Vuth Lyno (b. 1982, Phnom Penh) is an artist and curator. He holds a BA in Information Technology (2007) and MA in Social Science (2009), RMIT University, Melbourne. In 2013 he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship, MFA in Art History in the United States. Vuth is a founding and active…

Vuth Lyno

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Yim Maline

Born 1982 in Battambang, Cambodia, Maline lives and works in Siem Reap. Yim studied art at Phare Ponleu Selapak in Battambang (1995-2003), and holds a BFA/Diplôme National Arts Plastique (DNAP, Art Option) from École Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Caen la mer, France (2010). Yim’s artistic practice activates memories specific to her…

Yim Maline

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Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever is a six-member band from Los Angeles who combine Cambodian pop music and lyrics with psychedelic rock. The band was formed in 2001 by Ethan Holtzman and his brother Zac after Ethan was inspired by a trip to Cambodia. As Ethan and Zac were searching for a vocalist…

Dengue Fever

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Emmanuele Phuon

Emmanuele Phuon (Choreographer) is French-Cambodian and lives in Brussels, Belgium. She started her training with the Royal Ballet of Cambodia at age 5. In 1975, she moved to Bangkok with her mother where she lived until age 16. At that time, she decided to become a dancer and left for…

Emmanuele Phuon

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Poeun Srey Pov

Since 2004, Poeun Srey Pov has been studying Smot, a traditional form of chanting poetry and funeral songs with CLA. Today, she embodies a new generation of performers who study traditional art forms that often intimidate younger generations. She plays a major role in raising awareness about this art form…

Poeun Srey Pov

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Amrita Performing Arts

Amrita Performing Arts is an International NGO based in Phnom Penh, with US nonprofit status.  Amrita is committed to the creation of cutting edge Cambodian contemporary dance and theater, responding to the creative drive of a young generation of artists who have taken on the task of ushering Cambodia’s ancient…

Amrita Performing Arts

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Khmer Arts Ensemble

Khmer Arts Ensemble is Cambodia’s celebrated 25-member independent dance and music troupe based at the breathtaking Khmer Arts Theater in Takhmao, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, an important regional resource and interna­tional center for dance training, exploration, creation, exchange and performance. The Ensemble specializes in developing and performing the…

Khmer Arts Ensemble

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Royal Ballet of Cambodia

As a potent living legacy of Cambodia’s rich and centuries-old history, and with its ties to the present day Kingdom of Cambodia’s Ministry of Fine Arts and the Royal University of Fine Arts, the Cambodian Royal Ballet performing today can perhaps best be described as the country’s national dance troupe.…

Royal Ballet of Cambodia

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Wat Bo Shadow Puppets

Shadow Puppetry is likely to have developed in Cambodia during the pre-Angkor period. Evidence is provided by a stone inscription (K.155), VI-VII century at Kuk Roka, Kompong Thom which describes woman puppeteers using figurines in a ceremony invoking Sarasvati, Goddess of Learning and the Arts. The Reamker (the Cambodian version…

Wat Bo Shadow Puppets

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Peter Chin

Peter Chin is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist born in Kingston Jamaica and based in Toronto. He is active as a musician/composer, dancer/choreographer, performance artist, designer and director. Peter was NOW Magazine’s Best of Toronto dancer / choreographer / designer in 2008. He won the 2006 Murriel Sherrin Award for International…

Peter Chin

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Proeung Chhieng

HE Proeung Chhieng trained as a dancer during the 1960s. He is now Vice Rector and Dean of the Faculty of Choreographic Arts at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh.

Proeung Chhieng

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Chankethya Chey

Chey Chankethya began training in Cambodian classical dance in the female role at the age of six. Kethya has worked under some of the world’s leading contemporary choreographers at World Dance Alliance choreographic labs in Brisbane, Hong Kong and New Delhi and has been a featured dancer in works by…

Chankethya Chey

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Chumvan Sodhachivy (Belle)

Chumvan Sodhachivy (Belle) began training in Cambodian classical dance in 1994 focusing mainly on the male role of the all female classical court form but is also proficient in Cambodian folk dance and shadow puppetry. Eager to develop her contemporary creative skills, Belle was accepted into Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center…

Chumvan Sodhachivy (Belle)

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Chy Ratana (Leak)

Chy Ratana (Leak) graduated from the Secondary School of Fine Arts with a Baccalaureate in 2000, specializing in the monkey role of the Lakhaon Kaol (Cambodian male masked dance) form and in 2012 was awarded a BA degree in choreographic arts at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh.…

Chy Ratana (Leak)

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Rady Nget

Nget Rady began his dance training in 1999 at the Secondary School of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh Cambodia; specializing in the monkey role of Lakhaon Kaol, the Cambodian classical masked dance form. As a classical dancer, Rady has toured to Europe and throughout Asia and as a contemporary dancer…

Rady Nget

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Sopheap Phon

Phon Sopheap studied Lakhaon Kaol (Cambodian male masked dance) and completed his training in 2000 and has toured internationally as a classical dancer. With a strong interest in contemporary dance, Sopheap joined numerous regional dance workshops including the Young Choreographer’s Workshop in Surabaya in July 2006 as an Asian Cultural…

Sopheap Phon

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Bin Sophors

Bin Sophors has been performing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2010. He is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Royal University of Fine Arts and teaches music history at Chea Sim Chrouy Changvar High School.

Bin Sophors

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Chao Socheata

Chao Socheata has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in The Lives of Giants, Munkul Lokey, Pamina Devi, Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala, Seasons of Migration, Spiral XII, Stained and Untitled, a dance co-choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and Amanda Miller. She…

Chao Socheata

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Charya Burt

Charya Burt is a teacher, dancer and choreographer based in Northern California. After immigrating to California in 1993, she has performed throughout the United States, including at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and 12 times as a featured performer at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Her original choreography…

Charya Burt

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Cheam Chantopheas

Cheam Chantopheas has been performing internationally with the Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2007. Before joining the Ensemble, he was a pop singer.

Cheam Chantopheas

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Kem Rithy

Kem Rithy has been performing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2010. He is a graduate and current faculty member of Phnom Penh’s Royal University of Fine Arts.

Kem Rithy

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Keo Kuntearom

Keo Kuntearom has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2008 and has performed leading roles in Seasons of Migration and The Lives of Giants. She recently starred in the experimental short film Neang Neak, choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and directed by Masahiro Sugano. She is a graduate…

Keo Kuntearom

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Khut Sothavy

Khut Sothavy has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Pamina Devi and Stained. While a resident artist at the Khmer Arts Academy in Long Beach, California, she choreographed a site-specific work that was featured in that city’s A Lot Series. She…

Khut Sothavy

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Kong Oukma

Kong Oukma has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2009. She studied classical dance at Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous notable artists.

Kong Oukma

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Lim Chanboramy

Lim Chanboramy has been dancing internationally with the Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006. She is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous notable artists.

Lim Chanboramy

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Long Chantheary

Long Chantheary has been dancing internationally with the Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006. She is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous notable artists.

Long Chantheary

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Meas Kimhan

Meas Kimhan is a folk dancer and musician with the Department of Performing Arts and is a graduate of the School of Fine Arts. In 2011, he spent a year teaching at the Angkor Dance Troupe in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Meas Kimhan

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Mot Pharan

Mot Pharan has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Munkul Lokey, Pamina Devi, Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala, Seasons of Migration, Spiral XII and Stained. She is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops…

Mot Pharan

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Nil Sinoeun

Nil Sinoeun learned to play roneat ek (xylophone) with his father, Nul Nil, who was a professor of music at Phnom Penh’s School of Fine Arts. Since joining the Khmer Arts Ensemble in 2006, he has performed throughout Cambodia and in Europe and North America. He also teaches pin peat…

Nil Sinoeun

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Noun Kaza

Noun Kaza has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Seasons of Migration, Pamina Devi and Munkul Lokey. She is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous notable artists. She has worked as…

Noun Kaza

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Pum Molyta

Pum Molyta has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Pamina Devi, Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala, and Monkul Lokey. She is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous notable artists.

Pum Molyta

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Phatt Sophat

Phatt Sophat has been performing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2008. He is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and National College of Pedagogy. In addition to his work with Khmer Arts Ensemble, he teaches music history at Chea Sim Chrouy Changvar High School.

Phatt Sophat

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Ros Chinda

Ros Chinda has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2009. In 2012, she premiered her first choreographic work, Preah Thong, as part of Phnom Penh’s Our City Festival. She studied classical dance at Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous notable artists.

Ros Chinda

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Ros Sokun

Ros Sokun learned to play drums in Phnom Penh’s royal palace during the 1960s ad 1970s. After the 1979 fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, he joined the Department of Performing Arts, with whom he toured extensively. He joined the Khmer Arts Ensemble in 2006 with whom he has performed…

Ros Sokun

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Sao Phirom

Sao Phirom has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Pamina Devi, Munkul Lokey, Spiral XII and The Lives of Giants. Trout Pol Chhney, which she co-choreographed, premiered in 2012. She studied classical dance at Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts…

Sao Phirom

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Sao Somaly

Sao Somaly has been a dancer with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Munkul Lokey and Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala. Trout Pol Chhney, which she co-choreographed, premiered in 2012. She studied classical dance at Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken…

Sao Somaly

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Sok Sokhan

Sok Sokhan has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Pamina Devi and Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala. Trout Pol Chhney, which she co-choreographed, premiered in 2012. She studied classical dance at Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts, where she was…

Sok Sokhan

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Som Saymalyrou

Som Saymalyrou has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2008 and has performed leading roles in Seasons of Migration and Munkul Lokey. She is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous internationally notable artists.

Som Saymalyrou

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Sot Sovanndy

Sot Sovanndy has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2006 and has performed leading roles in Pamina Devi, Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala, Spiral XII, The Lives of Giants and Stained. Trout Pol Chhney, which she co-choreographed, premiered in 2012. She studied classical dance at Phnom Penh’s Secondary…

Sot Sovanndy

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Soun Phally

Soun Phally has performing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2008. He is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Royal University of Fine Arts.

Soun Phally

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Um Sreyvan

Um Sreyvan has been dancing internationally with Khmer Arts Ensemble since 2007 and has performed a leading role in The Lives of Giants. She is a graduate of Phnom Penh’s Secondary School of Fine Arts and has taken workshops with numerous notable dance artists.

Um Sreyvan

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SAN Vannary, Costumer

San Vannary is designer/owner of Lotus Silk Boutique and has been involved with efforts to revitalize the traditional Cambodian silk industry through a mulberry tree-growing project. In addition to her work in handicrafts and fashion, she has envisaged, designed and implemented projects and trainings throughout rural parts of Cambodia regarding…

SAN Vannary, Costumer

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Chum Chanveasna

Bochan Huy

Bochan Huy

Bochan has dedicated her life to spearheading and continuing to sow the seeds of the Neo-Cambodian musical breakout movement. By collaborating with adept pianist and producer, Arlen Hart, Bochan effortlessly bridges the East West gap with an inimitable, soulful yet sweet indie-pop vibe. She authentically draws on her dual country…

Bochan Huy

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Alain Tang

Alain Tang graduated from the Ecole Superieure d’Art et d’Architecture in Paris in 1997. After doing military service in SIRPA, where he created the first internet site for the Ministry of Defence, Alain joined the agency Creapress as an Artistic director before moving to RSCG. Since 2003, Alain has been…

Alain Tang

Peap Tarr

Peap Tarr

Peap Tarr

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Lisa Mam

Lisa Mam

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Lim Theam

Born in Takeo in 1968, Lim Theam grew up in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge regime. He finally left for France in 1980. This was a second birth. From 1989 to 1994, Theam studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, (visual arts) and obtained an diploma in applied arts…

Lim Theam

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Khmer Silk Villages

Khmer Silk Villages works to promote silk sector in Cambodia. We have networking from producers and weavers to designers in the provinces of Northwest and South areas. We empowers producers with design, marketing and business skills to improve quality and quantity of the products along with providing access to market…

Khmer Silk Villages

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Sao Sopheak

Sao Sopheak

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Lida Chan

Lida Chan

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Kavich Neang

Kavich Neang

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Guillaume Suon

Guillaume Suon

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Lim Keo

Lim Keo