Impressions of Dark: University Students’ Reflections Amidst the Cultural Season’s exploration of identity, in this two part interview series, we feature reflections from young people shaping the boundaries of tomorrow, today. In a country where 47 percent of the  population is under the age of 25 and another 41 percent was born after 1976, all eyes…

CHOUNG Veasna: An Interview with one of Phnom Penh’s Emerging Choreographers Amidst the Cultural Season’s exploration of identity, in this two part interview series, we feature reflections from young people shaping the boundaries of tomorrow, today. It was four days before the full performance of Dark when I met CHOUNG Veasna on a sunny afternoon…

DIVERSE MEETINGS: SAMPEAS KRU & THE CULTURAL SEASON Across the world, every culture has its own ways of paying respect to the past. Sampeas Kru, in Cambodia, is a blessing ceremony typically done at the beginning of a performance to honor the spirits of teachers passed who transmitted their knowledge to the next generations. This…