Day 74
Where: Java Café, Downstairs
Why dance?: This was a preview of a performance that will be taking place next week, by the Sophiline Arts Ensemble. Sophiline Cheam Shapiro is a fascinating woman and very thoughtful choreographer. She survived the Khmer Rouge and has created her own performing troupe, choreographing contemporary classical Khmer dance -- it looks only classical to outsiders, but she works in very contemporary themes, ideas, and stories. In this performance, "A Bend In the River" (performed as part of the Season of Cambodia festival in NYC in April 2013), she brought together a team to create puppets, an incredible set design, costumes, and reinterpreted an old Khmer story. I haven't seen the full piece, so I'll be looking forward to it!!!
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