Prumsodun Ok: The magic of Khmer classical dance
Prumsodun Ok: La magia della danza classica 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.
per una società agricola.
between heaven and earth.
tra il cielo e la terra.
of the people up to the gods,
le preghiere della gente agli dei,
was delivered back through them
veniva riportata tramite loro
create a serpentine impression,
l'impressione di una serpentina,
the introduction of major religions,
dell'introduzione delle grandi religioni,
practiced animism.
praticavano l'animismo.
in this belief system
in questo sistema di credenze
curvilinear movement,
fluido e curvilineo,
in your dancing body then
con il corpo tramite la danza
of rivers cutting across the earth:
di fiumi che attraversano la terra:
delle acque rigeneranti.
is a transformation of nature,
è una trasformazione della natura,
and of our own internal universe.
che del nostro universo interno.
hand gestures that we use.
delle mani.
vengono poi usati
with which dancers express themselves.
con cui noi ballerini ci esprimiamo.
through the dance as well.
anche attraverso la danza.
transformed and put together
trasformate e messe insieme
senza limiti nell'arte.
significa "magia."
a una lunga stirpe di maghi,
Sophiline Cheam Shapiro,
in the royal palace,
stelle del palazzo reale,
originally took life.
almost completely destroyed.
è stata completamente distrutta.
that you could afford health care.
che vi potete permettere cure mediche.
indicated your elite education.
la vostra educazione d'élite.
you didn't have to work beneath the sun.
sotto il sole.
della Cambogia tra il 1975 e il 1979,
per i nostri privilegi.
of rigid inequality.
di rigida ineguaglianza.
and comforts of the world
suffered from backbreaking labor
per il lavoro massacrante
to see that this is true.
significa anche "schiavo"
as knhom preah robam,
come knhom preah robam,
to end slavery in Cambodia,
di porre fine alla schiavitù in Cambogia,
everyone into slaves to do it.
trasformarono tutti in schiavi.
that they sought to end.
che cercavano di fermare.
against their own parents.
ai bambini contro i genitori.
and being killed,
of Cambodia's population was lost
della popolazione cambogiana
of Khmer dance artists.
il 90 per cento dei ballerini Khmer.
for the tradition and future were lost.
e il futuro andati persi.
della forma d'arte
della nostra discendenza
has been revived to new heights.
è rinata a nuovi livelli.
in a vulnerable environment.
esiste ancora in un ambiente vulnerabile.
still haunt Khmer people today.
perseguitano ancora gli Khmer.
del DPTS
la povertà ciclica
and language barriers.
e barriere linguistiche.
è la cosa più resiliente.
to grow anywhere and everywhere
di crescere ovunque
through time and place.
nel tempo e nello spazio.
dalla sofferenza.
our culture and country,
di rivitalizzare
in which to move forward into the future.
per procedere in futuro.
don't know the dancer's names,
non sappiamo il nome dei ballerini,
honestly and openly from "khnhom."
con onestà e apertamente da "khnhom."
del mio insegnante
by many as female,
come femminile,
gay dance company.
di danza cambogiana gay.
of the beauty, dreams and power
dei sogni e dei poteri
of past, present and future,
presente e futuro,
that ancient and ageless role
quel ruolo antico e senza tempo
che la nostra forza,
for anyone's permission to bloom.
il permesso di sbocciare.
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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