เนียงศรีจันทราอะตึษฐาน (สงวนลิขสิทธิ์มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฎสุรินทร์) Once we analyzed and understood the message, it was clear whom the dance movements and songs belonged to!!!!! No need for long research as we are very knowledgeable and experienced with music and dance. Congratulations on your new vision for this performance.
It feels like mixing Chinese and Indian cultures Dance like India, move like China Costume like India Hair style like china The music is very much like China
Indian and Chinese dances are exactly what ancient Khmer dance would have been influenced by. Khmer culture was heavily influenced by India and there was also longe establish trade with diplomatic relations with China. So influences from both India and China shouldn't be dismissed as impossible. Ironically the Surin and Buriram versions maybe closer to the original Khmer Apsara dance than the Cambodian Royal Ballet's version. This is because the Cambodian Royal Court began to adopt Ayutthaya traditions owing to many Cambodian Kings living at and being educated at the Thai Royal Court. So the Cambodian Royal Ballet version formulated in the 1960s brought a lot of influence from Thai dances originally taught by Thais and performed at the Cambodian Royal Court. Whereas the Surin and Buriram versions are formulated by ethnic Khmer in Thai terrory that were formerly Khmer terrory.
