Sonic Watermelons

ORIGINAL EPISODE TITLE: From Refugee Camp to Project to Watermelons: Sokeo Ros Visits Sonic Watermelons, January 12, 2016 *** ORIGINAL EPISODE DATE: January 12, 2016 *** NAME OF GUEST: Sokeo Ros, Creator, Choreographer, Star, “From Refugee Camp to Project." *** ORIGINAL EPISODE SUMMARY: Sokeo Ros (Creator, Choreographer, Star, “From Refugee Camp to Project." It's Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - which means it's time for Sonic Watermelons! Today, we'll have music and the mighty three (Jose, Deejay Kellan, Reza Rites), but we also have a special guest: Sokeo Ros. Sokeo is a Providence-based dancer, choreographer and educator who is also a member of Everett Theatre in Providence. But he's also got his own thang going on right now: "From Refugee Camp to Project." Below is an excerpt describing the project. The work tells Sokeo Ros’ story in the aftermath of the Khmer Rouge genocide. In America, he finds himself courted by gangs, trapped in a ghetto, surrounded by poverty and violence and the explo