This particular dance was created in the late 1950s by Queen Kossamak based on the story of the “Churning of Ocean of Milk” (see image) depicted on the bas reliefs of the 12th-century temple of Angkor ...

Glittering in her stunning golden costume, Cambodian dancer Choury Laorhours braved the bitterly cold weather to stage the Apsara dance ... of the famed Bayon Temple of Cambodia.

That Cambodia’s music and dance endure today is a testament to ... advanced society best known for erecting the vast temple city of Angkor Wat. “That was interesting to me—to start thinking ...