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Interviews with Sin Sama Deuk Chho, 2008-03-30, 2008-07-15

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Title
Interviews with Sin Sama Deuk Chho, 2008-03-30, 2008-07-15
Additional title: Khmer Dance Project moving image
Names
Prum Mésa (Videographer)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Director)
Sin Sama Deuk Chho (Performer)
Bru-nut, Hélène Suppya (Interviewer)
Majjhamanḍal Khmersiksā (Associated name)
Ratany, Koh (Editor of a moving image work)
Collection

Khmer Dance Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 2008
Table of Contents
30 March 2008 interview with Sin Sama Deuk Chho (55 min.) -- 15 July 2008 interview with Sin Sama Deuk Chho (22 min.)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1276
Topics
Dance -- Cambodia
Dance -- Study and teaching
Dancers
Sin Sama Deuk Chho -- Interviews
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Funding: Khmer Dance Project funded by Anne H. Bass Foundation.
Date: Copyright date: 2012
Biographical/historical: Funded by a grant from the Anne Hendricks Bass Foundation, the KDP began in 2008 when the Center for Khmer Studies partnered with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division to interview and film the three generations of artists - including dancers, musicians and singers, as well as embroiderers and dressers - who kept dance alive during and in the wake of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Venue: Recorded 30 March 2008, 15 July 2008 Sin Sama Deuk Chho's house, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Acquisition: Khmer Dance Project is a program created by Anne H. Bass in conjunction with the Center for Khmer Studies and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Language: Khmer, with English titles, credits, and subtitles.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (DVCam) (77 min.) : sound, color ; 1/4 in.
Description
In March interview, Sin Sama Deuk Chho speaks about her family background and early life; the long-houses where singers and dancers lived after they were made to leave the Royal Palace; how her mother taught her dance, and teaching methods of her youth. She discusses how new dances were created; dance manuscripts; methods of singing, famous singers, the types of voices suited to different roles, how dancers become singers, and how singers are now responsible for dressing dancers, whereas in the past the jobs were separate. She recalls serving the Queen at the Royal Palace. She talks about what dances she teaches. She sings songs. She discusses the gestures of the monkey role, and the dance her mother created in which Hanuman seduces the mermaid, from the Reamkar story, and then speaks about "Ngos" roles. In July interview, Sin Sama Deuk Chho speaks about songs and singing, with demonstrations. She discusses various melodies; the difference between Mahori songs and Pinpeat songs; the types of voices suited to different roles; the make-up of singing groups; the process of preparing for a ballet; how she learned to sing, and her teachers; the difficulty of singing in the ballet style.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
Central Khmer
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19944679
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9bcdbef0-0821-0131-bc4f-3c075448cc4b
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Sin Sama Deuk Chho, 2008-03-30, 2008-07-15" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2008. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8c663f0-0380-0131-3d5d-3c075448cc4b

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Sin Sama Deuk Chho, 2008-03-30, 2008-07-15" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8c663f0-0380-0131-3d5d-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2008). Interviews with Sin Sama Deuk Chho, 2008-03-30, 2008-07-15 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8c663f0-0380-0131-3d5d-3c075448cc4b

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Interviews with Sin Sama Deuk Chho, 2008-03-30, 2008-07-15