UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Chan Moly Sam and Sam-Ang Sam et al: Khmer Court Dance, 1992

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sam, Chan Moly, 1953-; Sam, Sam-Ang, 1950-
Title
UW Ethnomusicology Archives video recordings: Chan Moly Sam and Sam-Ang Sam et al: Khmer Court Dance
Dates
1992
Quantity
1 videotapes  :  1 vct (VHS, color, sp); Duration: 1:15:00
Collection Number
1992015
Summary
Published by the Khmer Studies Institute, Newington, CT.
Repository
University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
University of Washington
Ethnomusicology Archives
Box 353450
Seattle, WA
98195-3450
Telephone: 2065430974
ethnoarc@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Access is restricted.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Chan Moly Sam (1953-) from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a researcher, teacher, and performance artist. She studied at the Royal University of Fine Arts under Chheng Phon. Chan Moly and her husband, Sam-Ang Sam, fled to the United States in response to the Khmer Rouge of the 1970s. In 1986, Chan Moly and Sam-Ang formed the Apsara Ensemble, to help keep their heritage a living part of Cambodian life in the US. It remains the country's premier Cambodian performing-arts ensemble.

Sam-Ang Sam (1950-), from Pursat Province, Cambodia, is an ethnomusicologist, teacher, researcher, and performance artist. Sam-Ang earned a BA and an MA in composition and later a doctorate in ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. In addition to the Apsara Ensemble, he founded the Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble, which he has used as a platform to help revive Classical Khmer music and increase public interest in Cambodian performing arts throughout the world.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Performers: Dancers: Somaly Hay, Chan Moly Sam, Malene Sam, Sophiline Shapiro, Nareine Sokhon, sam-Oeun Tes; Musicians: Saroeun Chey, Khandarith Hay, Rithaony Hutajulu, Noeung Poeung, Chan Moly Sam, Malene Sam, Sam-Ang Sam, Sophiline Shapiro.

Contents: 1. Buong Suong; 2. Apsara; 3. Chhouy Chhay; 4. Muni Mekhala; 5. Tep Monorum.

Narration by Paul Cravath.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Cambodians--Asia--Southeast Asia
  • Ethnomusicology

Geographical Names

  • Southeast Asia--Asia--Southeast Asia

Form or Genre Terms

  • Video recordings