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.
Venue: Recorded 25 December 2009 Department of Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Acquisition: Khmer Dance Project is a program created by Anne H. Bass in conjunction with the Center for Khmer Studies and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Language: Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (DVCam) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.

Abstract

Sim Muntha displays headdresses, masks and costumes made for various roles and ballets, and for the Marcel Camus film Bird of Paradise (1963). She discusses the workmanship of the items, when and by whom they were made, compares earlier and more recent styles.

Languages

Central Khmer
English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19944665
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9fb9b990-0821-0131-bc94-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Sim Muntha, 2009-12-25" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2009. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9fb9b990-0821-0131-bc94-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2009). Interview with Sim Muntha, 2009-12-25 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9fb9b990-0821-0131-bc94-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Sim Muntha, 2009-12-25" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9fb9b990-0821-0131-bc94-3c075448cc4b

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