Difficult dance: Cambodian tradition under threat

Khmer classical dance, performed to traditional music, is renowned for its graceful hand gestures and stunning costumes, and has a 1,000-year history. But after barely surviving Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, it is now under threat from a changing media and entertainment landscape, limited funding and economic challenges. Enrolment in the Secondary School of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh is falling, and many entrants do not complete the gruelling nine-year curriculum. The art...