Grace under pressure
Education of student teachers in Secondary Fine Arts Education. Photo: AFP PNM PENH: Cambodian master classical dancer Penh Yom moves among her teenage students, carefully adjusting a bent toe here and a head tilt there, as she goes through a centuries-old art form. Classical Khmer dance, performed to traditional music, is known for its graceful gestures and elaborate costumes, and has a history spanning a millennium. But after barely surviving Cambodia’s genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s, the tradition now faces new threats. Due to the changing media and entertainment landscape, limited funding and financial pressures, enrollment at the
