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Beate Sirota Gordon: Producing Performance at the Asia Society
- Asian Theatre Journal
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 2014
- pp. 1-16
- 10.1353/atj.2014.0009
- Article
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Beate Sirota Gordon (1923–2012) of the Asia Society became a major producer, promoting Japanese and Asian performance in New York and across the United States from the 1950s through the 1990s. Her work contributed to education about Asia in the United States, garnered support for Asian artists both in their home country and in global venues, contributed to intercultural explorations in avant garde circles, and was a contributor to cultural diplomacy through performance in the Cold War era.