A single dancer before a great moon on a misted stage

Khmer classical dance · Phnom Penh

Serei
Van Kosaun

Classical dancer. Teacher at the Royal University of Fine Arts. Lessons in person and online.

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“I dance to understand what the practice asks of the body. I can do the same movement again and again and still enjoy how different it feels each time.”

Serei Van Kosaun in Apsara costume at dusk

Her story

Since the age of nine

I began training at nine. No single teacher made me — many did, and the way each of them refined a movement has become part of how I teach.

Today I perform, research and teach classical dance at the Royal University of Fine Arts. In 2025, after completing the international Choreomundus master’s programme, I returned home to continue that work.

RoleNeang
TeachingRUFA
FilmThe Perfect Motion
StudyChoreomundus
Read Kosaun’s story
Serei Van Kosaun on a rain-soaked stage, flanked by two kneeling dancers

Photo: Joty Mousar · Institut Français du Cambodge

Repertoire

Where the work has travelled

2016A Century of Dance — the 100-year form of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia
2017Royal Ballet of Cambodia — Hong Kong debut
2018Metamorphosis, principal role · Rain of Light Festival, Abu Dhabi
2019Opening ceremony, 35th ASEAN Summit — Bangkok
2021Best of ASEAN Performing Arts — ASEAN Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai

A Love Story, Not a Fairy Tale

The Queen Mother's Library · Documentation Center of Cambodia

Sentimental Dance

Metamorphosis Europe tour · Musée Rodin, Paris · May 2018

Reamker

International Ramayana Festival, Maharashtra

Sentimental Dance, in nature

Kirirom National Park

When ASEAN Blossoms

Opening ceremony, 35th ASEAN Summit · Bangkok · 3 November 2019

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Lessons in Phnom Penh, and wherever you are

Children from the age of nine, adults at every level, and visiting dancers. In Khmer and in English.

Serei Van Kosaun in costume before Independence Monument, Phnom Penh

In person

Phnom Penh

Private lessons, small groups of two to five, and workshops. A weekly class, and private lessons by appointment. The place, times and fees are arranged when you write.

Phnom Penh lesson details
Serei Van Kosaun in classical costume before a crimson curtain

Online

Wherever you are

Live, one to one, on Zoom — for Cambodians abroad, and for anyone drawn to the form. Lessons can be moved with 24 hours' notice. Times and fees are arranged when you write.

Online lesson details
What to wear

A training shirt, a kben, and a belt. I will tell you where to find them.

How often

Two hours a week is the rhythm the form asks for.

A first piece

After about two months, most students can perform one — some sooner, some later.

Contact

Write to me

Tell me a little about yourself and what you would like to learn. I reply within a few days.

Email [email protected]