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Interview with Soth Somaly

Title
Interview with Soth Somaly, 2009-09-08.
Publication
Khmer Dance Project, videotape copyright ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Soth Somaly
  • Nut, Suppya
  • Prum Mesa
  • Sea Vissal
  • Koh Rathany
  • Rhodes, Gillian
  • Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā.
Found In
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Description
1 streaming video file (12 min) : sound, color
Summary
Soth Somaly relates a story about how her mother taught her dance as a child, and her mother's use of mocking and belittling language. She speaks about the difference between harsher teaching methods used in the past and more encouraging methods now used; she describes her own teaching methods and her efforts to adapt to students' characters and not use hurtful words. She speaks about how teachers selected students in the past and how she selects students. She describes how costumes should be adapted to different body types.
Alternative Title
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online.
Credits (note)
  • Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Gillian Rhodes; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Funding (note)
  • Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Source (note)
  • A production of the Khmer Dance Project, initiated by the Center for Khmer Studies in partnership with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library, with a grant from the Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation.
Language (note)
  • Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1270
OCLC
857599653
Title
Interview with Soth Somaly, 2009-09-08.
Copyright Date
Khmer Dance Project, videotape copyright ©2012.
Country of Producing Entity
Cambodia.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Performer
Soth Somaly, interviewee ; Suppya Nut, interviewer.
Credits
Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Gillian Rhodes; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Event
Recorded 8 September 2009 Kien Svay in Kândal province, Cambodia.
System Details
Streaming video.
Original Version
Original format: DVCam cassettes.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online.
Funding
Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
Language
Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Soth Somaly, interviewee.
Nut, Suppya, interviewer.
Prum Mesa, videographer.
Sea Vissal, sound engineer.
Koh Rathany, editor of moving image work.
Nut, Suppya, editor of moving image work.
Nut, Suppya, translator.
Rhodes, Gillian, translator.
Nut, Suppya, director.
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā.
Added Title
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Found In:
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1270
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