Chumvan Sodhachivy
Belle is a founder of SilverBelle Dance Group of Performing Artists. She has choreographed and developed many of her own works throughout her career. Also, she is a Vice Dean at the Faculty of Choreography of the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh.
CHUMVAN Sodhachivy (aka Belle) started her training in Khmer Classical Dance at the age of 9. After spending a few years in order to master the basics of the ancestral art, Belle has been performing mostly male roles (Nearong), while nurturing her Khmer Cultural heritage by also performing Cambodian traditional folk dance and Shadow Puppetry.
It is only at age 16 that Belle discovered the Contemporary Dance form, and its wide range of possibilities. Eager to develop her contemporary creative skills, Belle was accepted into Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center 2006 International Summer Arts Program (Supported by Amrita Performing Arts). July 2014 marks a new milestone for Belle, as she was granted a scholarship to study in New Zealand for a Semester.
Since then, Belle has decided to become also a choreographer, and joined numerous contemporary dance workshops around the world, and has been a featured dancer in works led by Emmanuèle Phuon, Peter Chin, Arco Renz, Peter Sellars and others renowned choreographers. Belle has travelled extensively in Asia, Europe, Africa and USA in diverse productions and festivals including an opera project directed by Peter Sellars at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles.
· The Bangsokol – A Requiem for Cambodia Opera project, in which Belle has joined both as a Performer and Stage Director Assistant.
· See You Yesterday, Belle is a choreographer of contemporary performance, mixing circus, comedy, dance and many other forms of Art.
· Cambodian Magic Flute an opera from Mozart, Belle performed as a Dancer. The opera performed in France and Cambodia throughout 2016-2018.
· Beyond the Bridge – Hanuman Films Production a Short-film Directed by Kulikar Sotho, in 2016, in which Belle has a role. The movie also participated at the JIFF in Japan
· 2015-2016 The Terrace of the Leper King – a music opera directed by Amon Miyamoto, in which Belle and other 4 Cambodian dancers played. The opera was performed in Japan.
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