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Interview with Dong Marey: Khmer dance project, 2009-01-15

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Title
Interview with Dong Marey: Khmer dance project, 2009-01-15
Additional title: Khmer Dance Project moving image
Names
Prum Mésa (Videographer)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Director)
Dong Marey (Interviewee)
Dong Marey (Performer)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Interviewer)
Sea Vissal (Engineer)
Ratany, Koh (Editor of a moving image work)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Editor of a moving image work)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Translator)
Rhodes, Gillian (Translator)
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā (Associated name)
Collection

Khmer Dance Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2009
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1313
Topics
Dance -- Cambodia
Ballet -- Cambodia
Dance -- Study and teaching
Dancers
Dong Marey -- Interviews
Parti communiste du Kampuchea
Singing -- Cambodia
Music -- Instruction and study
Singers -- Cambodia
Genres
Interviews
Music
Filmed performances
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, Gillian Rhodes; director, Khmer Dance Project, Suppya Nut.
Venue: Recorded 15 January 2009 Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, 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) (42 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Description
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.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Central Khmer
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19972592
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b2118c20-352a-0131-a6ac-3c075448cc4b
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Dong Marey" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2009. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7a6c960-3451-0131-3a61-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Dong Marey" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7a6c960-3451-0131-3a61-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2009). Interview with Dong Marey Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b7a6c960-3451-0131-3a61-3c075448cc4b

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Interview with Dong Marey