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Interview with Dong Marey : Khmer dance project

Title
Interview with Dong Marey : Khmer dance project, 2009-01-15.
Publication
Khmer Dance Project, videotape copyright ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Dong Marey
  • Nut, Suppya
  • Prum Mesa
  • Sea Vissal
  • Koh Rathany
  • Rhodes, Gillian
  • Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā.
Found In
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Description
1 streaming video file (42 min) : sound, color
Summary
Singer and teacher Dong Marey speaks about how she started studying music, initially singing modern songs; her arrival in Phnom Penh and recordings she made there; why she switched to singing classical songs. She discusses singing with military and police bands; her experiences under the Khmer Rouge and the death of her husband; how she returned to singing after the fall of the Khmer Rouge. She speaks about teaching; her view that singers are underpaid; why singing classical songs is difficult. Dong Marey sings excerpts from several songs and speaks about different types of songs. She discusses the loss of knowledge and lack of experienced singers in the present.
Alternative Title
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Music.
  • Video.
  • Filmed performances.
  • 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 1313
OCLC
861228592
Title
Interview with Dong Marey : Khmer dance project, 2009-01-15.
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
Dong Marey, interviewee, performer ; 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 15 January 2009 Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, 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.
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Added Author
Dong Marey, interviewee.
Dong Marey, performer.
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 1313
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