About Digital Collections
Browse
Search only public domain materials
Search Browse About
Search only public domain materials
Items Collections Divisions
Digital Collections Using Images Using Data
Items Interview with Proeung Chhieng

Error when loading video.

Interview with Proeung Chhieng: Khmer dance project, 2009-08-15

More Details Cite This Item

Library division & collection with this item:

LIBRARY DIVISION
Jerome Robbins Dance Division

  • Choregraphie
  • A long minuet as danced at Bath
  • Sketchbook
  • Sarah Bernhardt's farewell American tour
  • Scrapbook documenting the appearances of dancer Alice Eis and her partner Bert French
  • The dance score
  • Traité élémentaire, théorique et pratique de l'art de la danse
  • Sketchbook
  • Coreografie per ballabili d'opera
  • Caricature of Sergeĭ Dyagilev
  • La sténochorégraphie
  • Ehon Tsūhōshi
  • Le maître a danser
  • America
  • Costume designs for the ballet La Pastorella Svizzera
Previous Next

COLLECTION
Khmer Dance Project

This Item

Interview with Proeung Chhieng

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Interview with Proeung Chhieng: Khmer dance project, 2009-08-15
Additional title: Khmer Dance Project moving image
Names
Prum Mésa (Videographer)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Director)
Proeung Chhieng (Interviewee)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Interviewer)
Ratany, Koh (Editor of a moving image work)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Editor of a moving image work)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Translator)
Foelster, Jacqueline (Translator)
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā (Associated name)
Collection

Khmer Dance Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2009
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1305
Topics
Dance -- Cambodia
Ballet -- Cambodia
Chhieng, Proeung -- Interviews
Sākalvidyālǎy Bhūmind Vicitrsilpaḥ (Cambodia)
Ballet royal (Cambodia)
Unesco
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Funding: Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
Date: Copyright date: 2012
Biographical/historical: Funded by a grant from the Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation, the KDP began in 2008 when the Center for Khmer Studies partnered with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division to interview and film the three generations of artists - including dancers, musicians and singers, as well as embroiderers and dressers - who kept dance alive during and in the wake of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Creation/production credits: Recorded by Bophana Audiovisual Resources Center.; cameraman, Prum Mesa; sound engineer, Sea Vissal; editors, Koh Rathany, Suppya Nut; translators, Suppya Nut, Jacqueline Foelster; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Venue: Recorded 15 August 2009 Proeung Chhieng's home, Kien Svay, Cambodia.
Acquisition: 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: Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (DVCam) (56 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Description
Proeung Chhieng speaks about how he became head of the School of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, and the challenges of preserving classical dance, the make-up of the school and student body. He discusses efforts to bring together Cambodian and refugee artists, and the influence of foreign interest in Khmer arts. He speaks at length about a tour of the United States, including controversies with Khmer communities in the U.S. and the ultimate success of the trip. He discusses the growth of the School of Fine Arts, the urgent need to transmit cultural knowledge to younger generations, and efforts to preserve dance through a mentorship program and the filming of reconstructed ballets. He comments on the current state of culture in Cambodia, the affects of the UNESCO designation of the Royal Ballet as a Masterpiece of Intangible Heritage, and a government program to aid elderly masters. Finally, he discusses the success of performances given in Boston, and the challenges of continuing a tour after four leading dancers defected to the United States.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Central Khmer
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19972576
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ad9d10c0-352a-0131-6335-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library holds or manages the copyright(s) in this item. If you need information about reusing this item, please go to: http://nypl.org/permissions

Item timeline of events

  • 2009: Created
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Proeung Chhieng" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2009. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/53cc0780-3451-0131-246e-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Proeung Chhieng" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/53cc0780-3451-0131-246e-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2009). Interview with Proeung Chhieng Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/53cc0780-3451-0131-246e-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/53cc0780-3451-0131-246e-3c075448cc4b | title= (moving image) Interview with Proeung Chhieng, (2009)|author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 24, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Interview with Proeung Chhieng