Daniella Preap

CONTEMPORARY KHMER DANCE

The workshop teaches basic elements and forms of traditional Khmer dance and embeds them in a contemporary dance context. Khmer dance has served as a prayer to the gods and ancestors and as a ritual to ensure the prosperity of the country since the 9th century. There are few societies where dance is so highly respected as a rite of self-preservation. Thanks to the reliefs on the walls of Angkor Wat and the bearers of the dance tradition who have passed on their knowledge for centuries, we can touch the past and bring the forms used more than a thousand years ago back to life in the field of contemporary dance.

for professional dancers | in english

registration at: tanzplan2@kampnagel.de

Daniella Preap

is a Ukrainian-Cambodian dancer and choreographer. In Kiev she studied standard dances, folk dances and contemporary dance. Between 2017-2021 she resided in Cambodia where she learned traditional Khmer folk dances and was part of the SilverBell dance company in Phnom Penh. Between March and December 2022 she was in residence at K3.