Interesting story in the Phnom Penh Post:

"The dancers glide across the stage, backs arched, elbows curved, fingers trembling, a vision of elegance and grace. They are performing a version of robam kbach boran, the national dance that’s seen as one of Cambodia’s most important symbols of national identity.

But the dance performed last weekend at Phnom Penh’s Department of Performing Arts is different from other traditional Khmer dance performances for one key reason: the dancers are men executing a dance traditionally dominated by women....."

"....the dancers emerge. For the next half hour, the audience is treated to a gender-bending masterpiece filled with stunningly beautiful male dancers who embody femininity in a groundbreaking way...."


Full story here:

http://http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/all-male-all-gay-dance-troupe-stages-its-cambodian-debut

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