Description
Khmer Arts is a nonprofit organization focusing on classical Cambodian dance based in Long Beach, California and Takhmao,
Cambodia. This collection consists of 93 videorecordings of Khmer Arts Ensemble rehearsals and performances on digital video
(DV) tape and DVD.
Background
Khmer Arts is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2002 by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and John Shapiro that is based
in Long Beach, California, and in Takhmao, Cambodia. In Cambodia, Khmer Arts is recognized as one of the most important centers
for advanced training in dance and the creation and presentation of new work in the classical form. Khmer Arts is the producer
of the internationally acclaimed Khmer Arts Ensemble, conducts media projects, and in 2008 launched a research and archiving
program.