Jul 9th, 2010 07/09/10 | Scott's Corner

Home Entertainment - CCF Style

There were cheers when the knife wielding assailant fell beneath the blade of his intended victim, the Monkey King, and the silence of shock when the helpful, prosperous lady was revealed as a seedy trafficker, using synthetic sympathy to lure the daughter of her debt-ridden friend into the merciless world of girly bars and prostitution. There were shimmering colors and radiant faces as Cambodia's timeless dances were brought to life and its ancient music filled the hot evening air. This was entertainment CCF style, a Performance Night, when CCF1s' rooftop stage was the focus for an evening of dance and drama and music, with each facility sending performers and audience to entertain and be entertained, together. An ever attentive, always exuberant audience of students, staff and guests - the guest of honor being one of CCF's strongest Australian supporters, Justin Dowel - first saw CCF6 dancers perform the light and stately Peacock dance from the mountainous, forest areas of Kravangn district. The exotically clad older kids from CCF1 then took the stage for the Ken. Usually seen at New year celebrations in Stung Treng Province the dance was gentle and fun, young men serenading the local girls. Fun was not to be found in the next piece, a drama written and acted by the girls of CCF2. The tale of a young girl whose frantic efforts to help her indebted family almost brought her into the clutches of child traffickers fixed everyone in tense silence, broken only by the relieved applause when rescuers arrived. Into the now thoughtful atmosphere stepped the girls of CCF4, whose dance of elegance and grace soothed and relaxed one and all. The gentle atmosphere they created was briskly dispelled by the final act of the evening when the Monkey King and his loyal followers met the Giants in battle. CCF6's dancers, in their second performance of the night, brought this age-old Khmer story, Reamker, vividly to life. Thunderous drumming provided a fitting background to the whirling, swirling combat between monkeys and giants which ended only with the Monkey King's final, fatal, dramatic thrust. The audience went wild. It was a good night. 9.7.2010.Photo1 9.7.2010.Photo2 9.7.2010.Photo3
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