I5 dancers · 12 minutes
Opening and Blessing
For inaugurations, launches and first days. Dancers carry golden cups of blossoms and scatter them toward your guests as a wish for prosperity.
Read the sheetA troupe of classical dancers and musicians · Phnom Penh
Cambodian classical dance, for the occasions that deserve to begin well.
We open buildings, welcome delegations, bless weddings and close gala evenings. Every programme is chosen, choreographed and rehearsed under Serei Van Kosaun, and danced by artists she has trained.
Directed by one teacher
Serei Van Kosaun chooses the dancers, sets the choreography and rehearses each programme before it leaves the studio.
Dancers and musicians
Young classical dancers trained under her, and colleagues from the profession. A live pin peat ensemble joins when the occasion calls for one.
Where the fee goes
To the artists who perform. Engagements are how a classical training becomes a living for the people who have given their youth to it.
Programmes
Each programme is set out on a single sheet: what is danced, by how many, for how long, and what the room must provide. Forward it to whoever is running your day.
II7 dancers · 30 minutes
An Evening of Classical Dance
For galas, dinners and conferences. Three dances in sequence, introduced in English and Khmer, with a pause for the room between each.
Ask about this programmeIII5 dancers · 15 minutes
Welcome
For delegations, diplomatic receptions and national days. A formal welcome, timed to your order of protocol.
Ask about this programmeIVBy commission
Made for the Occasion
A new piece choreographed for a building, an anniversary, a wedding or a guest of honour, in the classical vocabulary.
Ask about this programmeVWeekly or seasonal
A Season
A standing evening at one hotel, ship or venue, with a programme that changes through the season.
Ask about this programmeVI2 dancers · 45 minutes
Lecture and Workshop
Gesture, costume and training explained and demonstrated, then tried by your guests. For teams, schools and visiting groups.
Ask about this programmeOccasions
Inaugurations and launches
A new building, a new office, a first day of trading.
Galas and conferences
An opening act, an interval, or the close of the evening.
State and diplomatic functions
National days, delegations and formal receptions.
Weddings and family ceremonies
A blessing for the couple and both families.
Hotels and seasons
A regular evening for guests through the high season.
Schools, teams and visitors
Lectures and workshops, in Khmer or English.
How an occasion is arranged
Send a brief
The day, the place, who will be in the room and what the occasion marks.
Receive a programme and a fee
A sheet proposing what will be danced, by whom, and what it costs.
Rehearsal
The programme is cast and rehearsed. We confirm the floor, the music and the changing room with your venue.
The day
The troupe arrives early, dresses on site and performs to your running order.
When she dances herself
Serei Van Kosaun performs on occasions of state, by arrangement. For every other occasion she sends dancers she has trained and will stand behind.
About Serei Van KosaunWhat we will not perform
Some dances belong to ceremony and are not offered for commercial settings. We will tell you which dances suit your occasion, and which do not.
The repertoire