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Interview with Than Sovath : Khmer dance project

Title
Interview with Than Sovath : Khmer dance project, 2009-01-16.
Publication
Khmer Dance Project, videotape copyright ©2012.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Than Sovath
  • Nut, Suppya
  • Prum Mesa
  • Sea Vissal
  • Koh Rathany
  • Rhodes, Gillian
  • Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā.
Found In
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Description
1 streaming video file (36 min) : sound, color
Summary
Singer Than Sovath speaks about how she began studying dance, and then switched to singing. She sings excerpts of songs and speaks about joining the choir of the Royal Ballet; her teachers; and her experience as a forced laborer under the Khmer Rouge. She discusses her return to singing after the fall of the Khmer Rouge; performing for foreign visitors; her financial difficulties; her various jobs, including helping students to select music for ballets. She speaks about why young people don't want to sing classical songs, and about the vocal requirements of classical songs.
Alternative Title
Khmer Dance Project moving image.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • 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 1314
OCLC
861228807
Title
Interview with Than Sovath : Khmer dance project, 2009-01-16.
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
Than Sovath, 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 16 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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NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Than Sovath, interviewee.
Than Sovath, 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 1314
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