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Choreographing Cambodia

Geopolitics, Nation & Identity in Contemporary Dance

  • Open Access
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Choreographing Cambodia

Geopolitics, Nation & Identity in Contemporary Dance

  • Open Access
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Choreographing Cambodia is an open-access interdisciplinary exploration of the connections between geopolitics, embodiment, and post-conflict cultural aesthetics, engaged with through a detailed and empirically grounded analysis of contemporary dance in Cambodia. Popular imaginations of Cambodia still primarily associate the country with the genocidal regime of the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979), as war-torn and violent. However, young people under 30 who did not live through the Khmer Rouge now make up over 65% of Cambodia's population and see their country as a modern, developed nation.

This book examines the role of contemporary dance in forging these new imaginaries of Cambodia, and the entwined legacies of both war and peace on the creative desires of this young generation. It attends to the contestations and contradictions that result, and examines how contemporary dance navigates these tensions to produce an expanded socio-political field. The imaginaries and worlds that are expressed and enacted through dance are thus shown to intervene in, and be shaped by, geopolitical forces. As such, the book examines how contemporary dance offers new insights into the entanglement of geopolitics, choreography and identity, whilst also representing the first sustained analysis of contemporary dance in Cambodia.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by UKRI.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Choreographing Cambodia

Chapter 1: Discussing Contemporary Dance in Cambodia

Chapter 2: Contemporary Dance Training, Livelihoods and Audiences in Cambodia

Chapter 3: The Dance of Everyday Life

Chapter 4: Queering Through Strength

Chapter 5: Disability and Choreopolitics

Chapter 6: Indigeneity and Relational Ontologies

Chapter 7: Securing the Nation

Conclusion: Choreographic In/stability

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 12 Nov 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 252
ISBN 9781350282155
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Amanda Rogers

Dr Amanda Rogers is an Associate Professor in Huma…

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