Feb 11-Part 2 – Dinner Theatre

For a treat and cultural experience we decided to go to the Apsara Dance and Dinner Theater I had seen mentioned a few times. We arrived early and noticed that the seating was on the floor – didn’t look very comfortable, but it turned out there was a hole under the long tables for our feet. No problem. While a standard Khmer Cambodian dinner was served (I called ahead for us) a traditional wood xylophone was played – interesting and maybe we were a little too close to it. 🙂

When most people had finished the traditional Khmer dance performances began. There was more than an hour of dance that conveyed stories of the past. The music was traditional as well and at first was atonal to my ears but by the end it was part and parcel of the dance and my ears had adjusted. The costumes and dance were excellent and we enjoyed it quite a lot.