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Prumsodun Ok
- Long Beach, CA
- United States
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Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala: Celebrating 10 Years of Khmer Arts at Long Beach Museum of Art (2300 E. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90803)
October 13, 2012 from 11am to 1pm
Khmer Arts cordially invites you to our 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, presented in partnership with the Long Beach Museum of Art. The event will feature a rare performance of Ream Eyso and Moni Mekhala in Khmer dance ritual, boasting a cast of bejeweled dancers from the Khmer Arts Ensemble (Cambodia) and the Khmer Arts Academy (Long Beach) performing in the round.ABOUT REAM EYSO & MONI MEKHALAOne of the most sacred works of the Khmer classical dance canon, Ream Eyso & Moni Mekhala…See More
Prumsodun Ok posted a videoOf Land and Sky at REDCAT NOW Festival 2012
Prumsodun Ok's multimedia performance draws on Cambodian pop music and traditional dance to retell and recast a classical drama. Following the narrative of a mythological Buddhist tale in which an earth-bound deity falls in love with a mortal, Of…
Prumsodun Ok posted a videoTEDxSoCal - Khmer Arts Academy - Robam Chun Por (Blessing Dance)
Khmer Arts is a public benefit organization dedicated to fostering the vitality of Cambodian arts and culture and to expanding the role arts and culture play...
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Of Land and Sky
Prumsodun Ok's multimedia performance draws on Cambodian pop music and traditional dance to retell and recast a classical drama. Following the narrative of a mythological Buddhist tale in which an earth-bound deity falls in love with a mortal, Of…
Prumsodun Ok posted a photo
Of Land and Sky
Prumsodun Ok's multimedia performance draws on Cambodian pop music and traditional dance to retell and recast a classical drama. Following the narrative of a mythological Buddhist tale in which an earth-bound deity falls in love with a mortal, Of…
Prumsodun Ok posted a videoPrumsodun Ok, artist at CalArts REDCAT N.O.W. Festival [Beyond the Blurb]
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- Prumsodun Ok (b. 1987) is guided by love. He works to positively transform our world through his practice as an artist, teacher, storyteller and idea generator. His interdisciplinary performances contemplate Rene Daumal’s expression of “the avant-garde in antiquity,” mining the tradition of Cambodian classical dance to explore the intersection of contemporary social issues with new possibilities for performance. Prum has presented his original works at venues such as REDCAT (NOW Festival 2012, Studio 2009 & 2010), Highways, KUNST-STOFF arts/fest, CounterPULSE and Pieter among others. His writings have been published by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), Salon.com, LA Stage Times, In Dance Magazine and featured by the California Dance Network. Among many honors, Prum is a TED Fellow, a Master Artist in ACTA's Apprenticeship Program, an Association of Performing Arts Presenters Artist Fellow, and was a mentee to Oguri through the Choreographers in Mentorship Exchange Grant. Currently, he is Associate Artistic Director of Khmer Arts and serves on the board of the Alliance for California Traditional Arts. Prum's projects in progress include an innovative book titled Ream Eyso and Moni Mekhala, a "musical" to be performed in Cambodian dance ritual, and the Sala Center for Art and Culture. To be based in central Long Beach—the poorest but most culturally dynamic area of the city—Sala will provide a platform for traditional performing artists to inspire young people, nurture healthy communities, and redefine the landscape of art and culture.
Last, and most certainly not least, Prum is forever thankful to the many teachers and mentors who have graced his life: dancers Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and Oguri; vanguard composer Charles Boone; filmmakers Ernie Gehr, Brook Hinton, Jeanne Liotta, and George Kuchar; opera director Peter Sellars; and scholars David Gere and Anurima Banerji.
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