Circus Troupe Connects Cambodians Abroad, US tou

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Khmer Times/Nou Sotheavy

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – In their first tour to the United States, a small troupe of Cambodia’s Phare Circus will be performing “Khmer Metal” from Sunday until October 30. The tour was largely set in motion by the Phare Ponleu Selpak, Ringling Circus, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Khmer Entertainment of America, and a small group Cambodian Americans.

The Ringling Spark

Mao Sophaline saw the Phare Cambodian Circus when she visited Siem Reap from California 2 years ago. She was introduced to the group by one of their biggest supporters – her fellow Cambodian American friend and a hotelier in Siem Reap, Peter Phoeng. Amazed by her first experience of watching the circus performers in “Chills” in 2014, she returned to Siem Reap this year and saw the acclaimed show, ‘Sokha’. The moving performances and story invoking her own Cambodian American experiences of the Khmer Rouge convinced her that the artists needed to have an opportunity to perform in the United States.

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