epic arts cambodia

In Cambodia, Epic Arts provides a range of professional dance, drama, music and art programs to people of all abilities and disabilities in order to promote empowerment, integration and acceptance. This is vital is a country where an estimated 1 in 10 people have some form of disability.

Epic Arts in Cambodia has experienced exciting changes throughout the past year. We have opened and moved into our brand new Epic Arts Centre, started a Vocational Training Program, and developed fantastic new relationships in the local area through our Community Outreach Program. As well as all of this, the Epic Arts Cafe continues to thrive as both a business and a meeting point for Kampot’s deaf community, and Epic is also incredibly proud to be hosting SPOTLIGHT - An Asian Network of Inclusive Arts. Most recently, Epic has started ‘The Peace Class’, offering creative and educational workshops to children and young people with intellectual disabilities.

At the heart of all of this work remains Epic’s commitment to promoting inclusive working environments, and we now have an integrated team of 29 staff, 6 volunteers and 11 students, incorporating office staff in Kampot and Phnom Penh, performers, facilitators and cafe staff.

To find out more about each area of our work, click on the links above.

"Dance means extending yourself to others – giving examples of good practice in life. Lifting and supporting are equally valuable. Mutual support is necessary. It becomes hard to maintain prejudice when you are involved in the intimate, physical, emotional process of problem solving with another human being." Royston Maldoom
"In art there is no disability"
Le Vu Long, Choreographer - Together Higher, Vietnam
photo : Vinh Dao