Charya
Burt is a graduate and former dance faculty member of the University of
Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Her training began in 1982 under the
direction of the foremost d
ance masters of Cambodia. As a member of Cambodia's
royal dance troupe, she traveled to China and North Korea. An expert in
traditional male and female roles and folk dance, Charya has performed
throughout the United States, including the Kennedy Center in Washington
DC, the Jacob's Pillow Festival at U.C.L.A., the Asia Fest Monoa in Honolulu,
the opening of the new Getty Center in Los Angeles, and six times as a
featured dancer at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. For the 2000-1
season, Charya received the prestigious Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Individual Performance.
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A recipient of several California Arts Council grants, including
the Exemplary Arts Program and the Traditional Folk Arts Program,
Charya was also awarded the 2002 California DanceMaker Grant to
create "The Magic Peacocks," a dance piece based on a
traditional folk dance which fuses
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