04/09/2013 – 04/14/2013
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
April 9-10 at 7:30pm
April 11-13 at 8:00pm
April 14 at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
A BEND IN THE RIVER
Three of Cambodia’s most internationally renowned performing and visual artists join forces and add to their culture’s rich storytelling tradition with A Bend in the River, a new dance work that reflects on the choices we make in the heat of passion. Conceived and choreographed by Sophiline Cheam Shapiro for 15 dancers and a narrator, A Bend in the River is a contemporary telling of a Cambodian village tale of love, heartbreak, vengeance, consequence, and redemption. The work will be set to an original musical score by Him Sophy, performed live by 8 instrumentalists and singers, and feature puppets by visual artist Sopheap Pich.
KHMER ARTS ENSEMBLE
Khmer Arts Ensemble is Cambodia’s celebrated 29 member dance and music troupe based at the Khmer Arts Theater in Takhmao, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, an important regional resource and international center for dance training, exploration, creation and performance.
Website: http://seasonofcambodia.org/event/a-bend-in-the-river/