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, Gillian Rhodes; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Venue: Recorded 14 August 2009 The French Institute, Phnom Penh, 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.
Content: Questions are not included in this interview.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (DVCam) (16 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.

Abstract

Former dancer and choreographer Pen Sokhuon speaks about her background and how she began dancing, her studies and teachers. She describes performing at the Royal Palace, and the contributions of the Queen in creating and supervising ballets. She speaks about her experiences under the Khmer Rouge. She talks about recreating old ballets; and changes in the attitude and behavior of younger dancers.

Languages

Central Khmer
English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19972571
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ac407df0-352a-0131-b8b7-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Pen Sokhuon: Khmer dance project, 2009-08-14" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2009. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac407df0-352a-0131-b8b7-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2009). Interview with Pen Sokhuon: Khmer dance project, 2009-08-14 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac407df0-352a-0131-b8b7-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Pen Sokhuon: Khmer dance project, 2009-08-14" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ac407df0-352a-0131-b8b7-3c075448cc4b

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