In 1989, ten years after the fall of the genocidal regime of the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979, under the leadership of Pol Pot), Cambodians still found themselves engulfed in violence. Hundreds of thousands ...
From left: Khana Desen, Victoria Ung, Channa Sath, Rancia Phin and Sophorl Ngin as the white swans in the third act of "A Khmer Swan Lake." (Courtesy James Higgins) On a blustery spring evening, ...
It is startling to consider the violence and cruelty of Pol Pot’s Killing Fields in relation to the tranquility and harmony of classical Cambodian dance. In moving from the temple to the court, the ...