Catch up on everything that’s happening at Phare Ponleu Selpak we work to change lives through the arts in Battambang, Cambodia.
Phare Ponleu Selpak’s Dance Studio Gets a Much-Needed Upgrade
How did it all start? The Performing Arts School introduced dance to the curriculum at the end of 2013. The lessons began with traditional Cambodian dance and built from there. Advanced classes introduced students to modern influences. The dance program aims at...
Meet Monisovanya Ry, Artist and Strategic Product Designer
Monisovanya Ry studied as an artist in our Visual and Applied Arts School, where she attended the graphic design vocational training. With no previous arts literacy, her first motives to integrate into our program were very pragmatic: it was free and close from home....
Meet Xavier Gobin – Manager of Phare Ponleu Selpak France
Before joining Phare Ponleu Selpak, Xavier Gobin had a successful career as a dancer, collaborating with great creators such as Maurice Béjart and Jiri Kylian. However, very quickly, Gobin felt the desire to give others the same chances he had, of experiencing the...
Keeping Our Children Safe – Further Development of Phare’s Child Protection Policy
Keeping children safe is everyone’s responsibility. To ensure that we stay on top of child protection, all Phare Ponleu Selpak staff received a one-day training in August to get a better understanding of our child protection policy. They became more familiar with its...
Catch up on Everything You Missed From the S’Art Urban Art Festival 2019!
The quiet streets of Battambang came to life with concerts, workshops, exhibitions, mural paintings and the Giant Puppet Parade between May 28 and June 1 for the first edition of the S'Art Urban Art Festival.The S’Art Urban Art Festival was a big step towards Phare's...
Roundup of Phare’s 25th Anniversary Summer Events
Every year at Phare Ponleu Selpak, July marks the opportunity to reward the hard work of our graduates, who have been studying for up to 4 years in the Visual and Applied Arts School. We are celebrating the graduates starting a new chapter of their lives and launching...
Phare’s Commitment to Non-Stop Child Protection and Support
Would you like to know what our Social Support department does on a monthly basis? Let us show you their activities of the last quarter in a few numbers.Child Protection Program: We have raised awareness through workshops on children’s rights, child protection, and...
Help Phare Ponleu Selpak Raise $75,000 for a Much-Needed New Music School
Let the music play!
Our music students need a new space to create, perform and collaborate! That is why we initiated the construction of a brand new building made of five classrooms and a central pavilion stage to perform and gather. All that made in a sustainable way by the famous architect Stuart Cochin, with two landscape garden corners, and covered by a bamboo canopy to protect our students from Cambodia’s burning sun and heavy rains.Learn more
Social Circus: The Arts Movement That’s Changing Lives around the World
For nearly 25 years, Phare Ponleu Selpak has been using the arts to transform the lives of children in Battambang, Cambodia. Originally, we helped refugee children cope with trauma through drawing and arts education. Over the years, we added more arts, including...
Sbek Thom: Bringing an Ancient Khmer Art Form Back to Life (Part 1)
The lights dim and the room falls silent. A soft light issues from behind a white screen as the drums begin to play. Suddenly, shapes appear dancing across the screen. A narrator’s voice emerges telling a tale of a monkey, Hanuman, trying to rescue his wife, Sita. If...
How Life Skills & Financial Literacy Classes Empower Phare Students
What do you imagine when you think about the sorts of classes circus artists take part in here at Phare Ponleu Selpak? Flips and trapezes? Sequins and tightropes? Not always. Recently, Phare performing arts students took part in financial literacy workshops thanks to...
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