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The Royal Ballet of Angkor: Dance and Cosmology in the Khmer Empire
Long before Angkor Wat was a temple, it was a stage. This episode explores the sacred dance tradition of the Khmer Empire—the apsara and devata carvings that cover the walls of Angkor, and the living dance lineage that survives today in Cambodia's royal ballet. Lucas and Luna unpack the connection between celestial nymphs, Hindu cosmology, and the political power of performance. They discuss how Jayavarman VII used dance as a form of devotion and propaganda at Ta Prohm and the Bayon, the role of female dancers in temple economies (with thousands of dancers attached to a single temple)…
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