Nath Keo performs with some of the participants from his Saturday workshop during a performance at the Gibraltar Room Saturday evening. Keo, a Cambodian bellydancer based out of Victoria, was in the lakecity teaching workshops on Saturday and Sunday. (Photo: Alison Shepherd)Bellydancer enjoys teaching workshops
April 01, 2008
By Alison Shepherd
Williams Lake Tribune (British Columbia, USA)
If the whistling and applause from the crowd Saturday night and the smiles from participants Sunday after the workshop are any indication, bellydancer Nath Keo made quite the impression on the lakecity.
Keo spent the weekend teaching workshops and performing Saturday night before a crowd of more than 60 people at the Gibraltar Room.
Some of Keo’s original choreography was performed Saturday night.
“It’s so flattering to return to a town and see your choreography performed,” he says.
Keo was last teaching and performing here more than four years ago and he says he is happy to be back.
“I love coming to smaller towns because it feels like half work and half visit,” he says.
Keo spends most weekends traveling around the world teaching and performing and he says when he wants a weekend to himself, he has to schedule it well in advance.
“I’m booked through to fall 2009,” he says.
Keo will be performing in Seattle this weekend, then he is the featured performer at the International Bellydance Conference of Canada held in Toronto a week later.
He will also spend three months touring, teaching and, performing in Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Keo spends approximately half of his weekends teaching and performing and says if people put in time to put on an event to further dancers’ skills, he is always happy to be a part of it.
When he is not teaching, performing or traveling, Keo works at a senior’s residence in Victoria and he laughs that the seniors keep him sane.
“Where I come from [Cambodia] we keep our family so it’s part of my culture to be with seniors. They’re great and I really enjoy working with them,” Keo says.
In addition to his work with the seniors, his teaching and performing, Keo is also a writer, having recently completed his first novel, and a musician.
He has produced an album and one of the songs he danced to Saturday night was written and performed by him.
Local bellydance instructor Faith Andre says the weekend workshops went well.
“It’s always fun, informative and interesting when Nath comes to town. I think the women in the workshops learned a lot and I’m looking forward to having him return again,” she says.
Keo says he would like to return to the lakecity and will be talking to Andre about his next visit.
“She was saying something about a weekend retreat. I’m always open to new ways to teach so this could be a lot of fun,” he says.
Keo spent the weekend teaching workshops and performing Saturday night before a crowd of more than 60 people at the Gibraltar Room.
Some of Keo’s original choreography was performed Saturday night.
“It’s so flattering to return to a town and see your choreography performed,” he says.
Keo was last teaching and performing here more than four years ago and he says he is happy to be back.
“I love coming to smaller towns because it feels like half work and half visit,” he says.
Keo spends most weekends traveling around the world teaching and performing and he says when he wants a weekend to himself, he has to schedule it well in advance.
“I’m booked through to fall 2009,” he says.
Keo will be performing in Seattle this weekend, then he is the featured performer at the International Bellydance Conference of Canada held in Toronto a week later.
He will also spend three months touring, teaching and, performing in Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong.
Keo spends approximately half of his weekends teaching and performing and says if people put in time to put on an event to further dancers’ skills, he is always happy to be a part of it.
When he is not teaching, performing or traveling, Keo works at a senior’s residence in Victoria and he laughs that the seniors keep him sane.
“Where I come from [Cambodia] we keep our family so it’s part of my culture to be with seniors. They’re great and I really enjoy working with them,” Keo says.
In addition to his work with the seniors, his teaching and performing, Keo is also a writer, having recently completed his first novel, and a musician.
He has produced an album and one of the songs he danced to Saturday night was written and performed by him.
Local bellydance instructor Faith Andre says the weekend workshops went well.
“It’s always fun, informative and interesting when Nath comes to town. I think the women in the workshops learned a lot and I’m looking forward to having him return again,” she says.
Keo says he would like to return to the lakecity and will be talking to Andre about his next visit.
“She was saying something about a weekend retreat. I’m always open to new ways to teach so this could be a lot of fun,” he says.
11 comments:
OMG, Ah Khme-Canada gay belly dancer!
Stay outta here you pervert!
Oop! Ki not just for you, CPP! remember Khagnarith brother?
Cambodian heredity is not only talent in stone carving, music creativity, slow Apsara dancing, but here he is well-known for his belly dancing which originates in Middle East and it is danced solely by women.
He is truly boy, but he can dance in this way is rarely and admirable!
I wish him all successes!
KY
Bravo!!!!Keo,congratulate!!!
Khmer can do everything!!!Only the rgime muss chang to be the real democracy!!Not Youn Hun Xen 's democracy like now!!
I should have known better. When Khmer people lived in the west for too long, their either come down with delusional syndrome or turn gay.
PM Hun Sen had lost one of his daughter just like that, in the west.
it's called talent. if you have talent, you can make easy money in the capitalist world. that includes voice, dances, etc... go for it if one has a unique talent. god bless.
12:18 and 2:32,
Can you respect people? I don't know how old you are, but you should judge people the way they look... At least he has achieved something in the name of Khmer. Do your fact finding before you run your mouth and if you don't have the fact - just shut up!!!
Gay is better than traitor, sold the religion to Ah Youn Vietnamese communis!
Do mair Ah tmil PHD!
Yeah!
I agree with 8:22. If he is gay why he was ordained to be a monk. He got talent and has gut.
12:18
"Ah Khmer"
what you want to say. In case you don't like to be a Khmer, but please respect other Million Khmers.
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