By: Arthur Nguyen dao Phare the Cambodian Circus was created with the idea that art therapy could help children recover from the trauma of war and displacement. The story of Phare starts in refugee camp 2 at the Thai border. There, a French doctor was practicing art...
By: Arthur Nguyen dao You saw the performers of Phare in Siem Reap or in Battambang, you plan on coming to Cambodia and have a socially responsible nightlife in the near future, so you know about Phare and you have heard its many names. Phare Ponleu Selpak, Phare the...
At Phare the Cambodian Circus, our Social Mission is 3-fold. Our goal is to provide gainful employment for our artists, generate revenue for our arts school in Battambang, and seek to spread the beauty of Cambodian arts with the world. Today we wanted to share a...
Everyone knows that performers in Phare productions have put in years of training at the Phare Ponleu Selpak circus school in Battambang. Some performers have graduated and have continued to train at the school when they are not performing. In addition, their seasoned...
For our second day training at the circus school, though we had our share of soreness from day 1, we felt confident we would be able to really sink our teeth into the training. Why? Because partner acrobatics is our relative specialty – and we were focusing on...
By: Brian Meyer We tend to have creative types working in all departments at Phare. Its not unusual to hear that our graphic designer is quite the painter, or that our operations manager is a dancer, another who does theatre. Since I’ve been working with Phare in the...
