In addition, here are a few items of interest:
- See our Video page for a taste of the troupe's performances.
- July 18, 2009: The dance troupe was featured in the New York Social Diary after performing in East Hampton at the LongHouse Reserve annual Summer Gala.
- March 29, 2009: Dance instructors Samnang Hor and Linda Sou were featured in an article in the Lowell Sun, entitled "Dance of Life."
- January 22, 2009: Members of the dance troupe conducted a workshop at the JMW School for the Performing & Visual Arts in Pawtucket, RI. A brief video clip is available on the Providence Journal website.
- August 27, 2008: The dance troupe was featured on Voice of America's Khmer program.
- August 16, 2008: The dance troupe took park in a historic event: collaborating with Massachusetts-based Nataraj Performing Arts of India; Washington, DC-based Somapa Thai Dance Company, and four Cambodian dance masters visiting from across the U.S., the dance troupe gave a stunning performance of excerpts from the Ramayana (Reamker). You can see a few pictures here.
- Tim Thou, the Troupe's founder and program director, received the Massachusetts
Cultural Council's Commonwealth Award for individual achievement in 2005. Read about Mr. Thou's award and view a 2½-minute video featuring
Mr. Thou discussing his inspiration here.
(To view the video, click the link on Mr. Thou's name.)
- Duey Kol, the Troupe's former manager, and Peter Veth, former student
and now assistant artistic director, were featured on the "Commonwealth
Journal" program of WUMB, 91.9 FM. They discussed preserving Cambodian
culture, and you can order a CD or audio tape here (program number 2006-03).
- Mr. Vyrik Eng, at one time the Associate Program Director of the Angkor
Dance Troupe, was featured on the "Morning Stories" program
of WGBH, 89.7 FM. He discussed how he discovered ways of dealing with
his father's absence, his mother's pain and the family's Cambodian past.
You can listen to his story, "Dancing with History," here.
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