By: Arthur Nguyen dao The exploration of Battambang started with one of the nine founders, it ends with another founder. Meet Khuon Det, founder of the circus school. Like the other founders, Det grew up in refugee camp Site 2. The camp was mostly composed of...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao Some students get to study abroad and get a highly meaningful and valuable experience for themselves and Phare Ponleu Selpak. Meet Hiek Vila, who comes back after two years in France. Vila started to learn in Phare Ponleu Selpak in 2003. In 2018,...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao He is one of the first students of Phare and ended up being one of the the awareness theatre teachers. Meet Chhit Chanphireak, aka Hou. Hou first came to Phare at the age of 12 in 1994. At the time, there were only three buildings including the...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao Some Phare graduates cumulate the artistic education with another one and embrace different careers. Meet Pring Sopheara, Performing Arts School administrator. Sopheara started to learn in Phare Ponleu Selpak in 2003 at the age of 15. Before he...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao The new generation of circus artists in Battambang? It is him. Meet Aork Siew Long, 21 and eager to express himself both with arts and words. Siew Long started late for a circus artist. He has been learning for only five years now and he can...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao It all started with 9 kids coming back to Cambodia after a childhood in a refugee camp. Meet Tor Vutha, one of the founders of Phare Ponleu Selpak. “Site 2 camp [largest refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border] closed in 1993 and everyone had...
