Befreiende Geschichten: Tanz als Auseinandersetzung mit der Tradition

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Der traditionelle Khmer-Tanz ist allein den Frauen vorbehalten. Diese Tanzgruppe besteht jedoch ausschließlich aus homosexuellen Männern und bringt diese marginalisierten Menschen zusammen, um die Tradition zu modernisieren.

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00:00I don't have a model before me in Cambodian history.

00:07I told myself, okay, well, I don't have a model. I will be that model.

00:13And I will mark a clear moment in time and space of gay artists in Cambodia and in Cambodian culture and tradition.

00:30I am a dancer and choreographer, born and raised in the United States.

00:34And six years ago, I moved to Cambodia and founded Promsodh and Alk in Natya Rasa.

00:39And we are Cambodia's first gay dance company.

00:46My name is Promsodh Alk.

00:48I am a dancer and choreographer, born and raised in the United States.

00:52And six years ago, I moved to Cambodia and founded Promsodh and Alk in Natya Rasa.

00:58I was always searching for a way to connect to my parents, to connect to my community, to connect to Cambodia.

01:06And certainly Khmer classical dance was the art form, was the tradition that gave me that opportunity and that bridge.

01:20I got a fellowship to come and make a project here in Cambodia.

01:24It was this kind of epiphany.

01:27If I wanted to serve this tradition, if I wanted to serve LGBTQ people and humanity, I had to do it from here.

01:43Some people have said, you know, men should not be dancing classical dance.

01:47And I, for so many years, pushed dance away because, you know, people were calling me gay and calling me faggot.

01:55And so to protect myself, I really pushed that side of myself away.

02:04Like all over the world, you know, Cambodia is not a perfect place.

02:10There's a lot going on.

02:12There's a lot to be done in order for the LGBTQ community to be accepted and supported here.

02:30I hope that we can become like a lighthouse in the dark for LGBTQ people and for all of us.

02:39For LGBTQ people and for artists all over the world.

02:43You know, to become a beacon of hope, a beacon of courage and strength for the world.

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