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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: bringing ancient traditions alive in a new light. Artist Prumsodun Ok is taking a form of dance that dates back to performances solely for royalty in Cambodia. His Khmer dance company is transforming that classical style by using an all-male and openly gay group to showcase the art to the public. He now gives his Brief But Spectacular take on this unique tradition. It's also part of our Canvas series.

PRUMSODUN OK, Dancer: So, when you look at Khmer classical dance, there are a lot of curves in our art form. So we actually train our hands. We bend them back like this. And we have four primary hand gestures that we use. This is represents a tree. That tree is going to grow and then it'll have leaves. After it has leaves, it's going to have flowers. And after it has flowers, it's going to have fruit. That fruit is going to drop, and a new tree will grow. And so in those four gestures are the cycle of life. We use those four same gestures to illustrate sadness, love, anger, pain, joy, pride. The art form was nearly destroyed in the 1970s, when the Khmer Rouge took over. In a period of less than four years, 90 percent of Khmer dance artists lost their lives, during a time in which an entire third of Cambodia's population perished through disease, overwork, starvation, and execution. My teacher's teachers were instrumental in reviving the art form from the ashes of war and genocide. When I think about, what is my role to this tradition that was nearly lost, I have a responsibility to offer my fullest self, my realities as a gay man, someone born and raised in the diaspora, in and of and between many different worlds. I didn't go to Cambodia with the intention of starting Cambodia's first gay dance company. I had plans to move to Mexico City. Then I got a fellowship to work with all young male gay dancers.

And when I got to Cambodia, my friends, who are the leading dance artists in Cambodia, they would say, Prum, can you stay here? You know, the country needs you. The art form needs you. And I would say, no, because everywhere I looked around me, I saw so much sadness. After a month-and-a-half of training these young men, I sat down and I watched them. And I said, oh, my God, they look like a real company. And, oh, my God, Cambodia's first gay dance company just formed in my living room. To call the company, like, a gay dance company is a very brave and very forward thing. Before I auditioned the dancers, I told them: I need brave people. You are going to go on stage and you are going to represent a community that doesn't have a voice oftentimes. My name is Prumsodun Ok, and this is my Brief But Spectacular take on honoring your traditions.

JUDY WOODRUFF: And you can find additional Brief But Spectacular episodes on our Web site, PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief.

重点解析

1.with the intention of 打算

Giovanni plied him with questions with the intention of prolonging his stay.
乔瓦尼一个劲儿地问他问题，想要拖住他XVCmhMZxtd_yB~%MOJ-)。

2.instrumental in 有帮助

In his first years as chairman he was instrumental in raising the company's wider profile
他任董事长的最初几年为提升公司的知名度起到了积极的推动作用yB=bWAJ~_Vu。

3.bring alive 变得生动

If the soap opera had some younger characters, that would bring it alive.
如果肥皂剧中有年轻些的角色，就会给它带来生气zV,(UobaMW=EM4c。

4.date back to 回溯

The community's links with Syria date back to biblical times.
这个团体与叙利亚的关系可以追溯到《圣经》时代Fxe;eO9_osczje|oE3。

5.go on stage 上台

I always get the jitters before I go on stage.
我登台之前总是感到紧张+wHyPU_9f&*。

参考译文

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朱迪·伍德拉夫：其他期节目，可在我们官网PBS.org/NewsHour/Brief上观看UktzwDf+l=vtYNO。

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