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Literary Awards Honor Lost History of Cambodian Dance Earth in Flower

In the midst of a Southeast Asian warzone, Paul Cravath conducted groundbreaking research on Cambodia’s sacred royal dancers. Thirty years later, the Kiriyama Prize and Nautilus Awards have recognized his newly released book: Earth in Flower- The Divine Mystery of the Cambodian Dance Drama. Literary Awards Honor Lost History of Cambodian Dance Earth in Flower

Lost Royal Cambodian Dance History Reappears in Earth in Flower

Three decades later, Cravath’s painstaking documentation of the choreography, musicology, costuming, stagecraft, theatre and origins of Cambodia’s ancient dance tradition is finally published. Lost Royal Cambodian Dance History Reappears in Earth in Flower