Choreographing neutrality: Dance in Cambodia’s Cold War diplomacy in Asia, 1953-1970

• Main Author: ESPENA Darlene Machell
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Cultural diplomacy; neutrality; Cold War; Norodom Sihanouk; Cambodian dance; Asian Studies; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies; Theatre and Performance Studies
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3926; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5184/viewcontent/ChoreographingDance_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This article examines the role of dance in Cambodia’s Cold War diplomacy in Asia from 1953 up until the establishment of the Khmer Republic in 1970. It explores how Sihanouk leveraged Cambodian dances to enact Cambodia’s neutral stance during the Cold War and forge cordial relations with other Asian...