ABSTRACT
This chapter shows how dance is passed on from one place to another and from one person to the rest. Dances changed according to different beliefs and when people relocated from one place to another. From the fifth to the nineteenth centuries, dance was very popular amongst the royal families and dignitaries. Apart from the royal palace and family compounds, pagodas were also places where dance could be taught. It is evident that the schools have worked successfully to produce a new generation of dancers as ‘cultural preservers’. The teachers were locally educated people; however, for classical dance, the masters continued to be supported by the royal palace. Millions of well-educated people were killed including dancers; many also died of disease and starvation. In accordance with the mission of preservation, while keeping pace with current educational expectations and standards, the Faculty of Choreographic Arts was reopened in 1999.
