Prumsodun Ok: The magic of Khmer classical dance
Prumsodun Ok: A magia da dança clássica khmer
TED Fellow Prumsodun Ok heals, empowers and advocates using the ancient art of Khmer classical dance. Full bio
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for an agricultural society.
para uma sociedade agrícola.
tanto homens como mulheres
between heaven and earth.
entre o céu e a terra.
of the people up to the gods,
as orações do povo até aos deuses
was delivered back through them
era-lhes transmitida através deles
create a serpentine impression,
uma impressão de serpente.
the introduction of major religions,
antes da introdução das grandes religiões,
practiced animism.
praticavam o animismo.
in this belief system
importantes nesta crença
curvilinear movement,
fluido e curvilíneo,
in your dancing body then
no nosso corpo dançante
of rivers cutting across the earth:
a atravessar a terra:
is a transformation of nature,
é uma transformação da Natureza,
and of our own internal universe.
como do nosso universo interior.
hand gestures that we use.
with which dancers express themselves.
com que os dançarinos se exprimem.
through the dance as well.
através da dança.
transformed and put together
transformadas e combinadas
ilimitadas na arte.
longa linhagem de mágicos,
Sophiline Cheam Shapiro,
in the royal palace,
estrelas no palácio real,
originally took life.
a esta forma de arte.
almost completely destroyed.
foi totalmente destruída um dia.
that you could afford health care.
podem pagar cuidados de saúde.
indicated your elite education.
indica uma educação de elite.
you didn't have to work beneath the sun.
que não trabalham à torreira do sol.
entre 1975 e 1979,
of rigid inequality.
and comforts of the world
e confortos do mundo
suffered from backbreaking labor
sofria com um trabalho esmagador
to see that this is true.
para saber que isto é verdade.
as knhom preah robam,
como "khnhom preah robam"
to end slavery in Cambodia,
acabar com a escravatura no Camboja,
everyone into slaves to do it.
toda a gente para o conseguir.
that they sought to end.
a que queriam pôr fim.
em campos de trabalho forçado.
against their own parents.
contra os próprios pais.
and being killed,
matavam-se pessoas,
of Cambodia's population was lost
um terço da população do Camboja
of Khmer dance artists.
artistas de dança khmer.
for the tradition and future were lost.
para a tradição e para o futuro.
das minhas professoras,
desta forma de arte
has been revived to new heights.
alcançou novas alturas.
in a vulnerable environment.
num ambiente vulnerável.
still haunt Khmer people today.
ainda assombram hoje o povo khmer.
genética de síndroma pós-'stress'
uma pobreza cíclica
and language barriers.
e barreiras linguísticas.
to grow anywhere and everywhere
em qualquer lugar, por toda a parte,
through time and place.
através do tempo e do lugar.
our culture and country,
a nossa cultura e o nosso país.
in which to move forward into the future.
para avançarmos para o futuro.
don't know the dancer's names,
nem sabemos os nomes dos dançarinos,
honestly and openly from "khnhom."
honesta e abertamente "khnhom".
da minha professora
by many as female,
consideram feminina.
gay dance company.
de dança "gay" do Camboja.
of the beauty, dreams and power
da beleza, dos sonhos e do poder
of past, present and future,
do presente e do futuro,
that ancient and ageless role
esse papel antigo e eterno
para que a nossa força,
uma mensagem de coragem.
for anyone's permission to bloom.
a ninguém para florir.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Prumsodun Ok - Interdisciplinary artistTED Fellow Prumsodun Ok heals, empowers and advocates using the ancient art of Khmer classical dance.
Why you should listen
Prumsodun Ok groundbreaking performances have been described as "radical beauty" by the Bangkok Post and have been staged throughout Cambodia, Thailand, Mexico, Greece and the United States. Ok's 2013 book Moni Mekhala and Ream Eyso was reviewed in the Asian Theatre Journal as “a sampeah kru ritual of a sort: an offering to teachers living and deceased and to Moni Mekhala [the Goddess of the Ocean] herself.”
Ok has brought a diverse group of artists, activists and scholars together for Children of Refugees, a program of talks and performances raising awareness for the Syrian refugee crisis. Among many honors, Ok is a TED Senior Fellow and was named by Tea Uglow, creative director of Google Creative Lab in Sydney, an LGBT+ Creative Leader of Tomorrow for The Dots's and WeTransfer's Championing Diversity Initiative. Ok is based in Phnom Penh where he founded Prumsodun Ok & NATYARASA, Cambodia’s first gay dance company.
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