So You Think You Can Dance

Saw this lovely traditional dance show earlier in the week. I know, looks kitchy and touristy. True, it wasn't Alvin Ailey, but... The company was created by Arn Chorn-Pond, a survivor of the Khmer Rouge period, who escaped death by playing propaganda music for generals during mass executions. The genocide took the lives of 90 percent of Cambodia’s artists and wiped out centuries of artistic heritage. Now Chorn-Pond and other Cambodian Master Performers are building the tradition back, dance by dance and show by show. Pretty amazing. And there were more costume changes than a Cher concert, so I was definitely satisfied.