Intercultural Performance: The Balinese-American Model

Intercultural performance, as witnessed by the recent BharuchaSchechner debate in ATJ, is a controversial subject (Bharucha 1984a, 1984b; Schechner 1984). The critics call out colonialism, exploitation, desecration! The interculturalists respond with cross-cultural borrowing, cross-cutting codes, vigorous and fertile hybrids! Certainly, interculturalism is as old as one tribe meeting another. But something different is happening in our jet-age world. Today people are having the opportunity to learn deeply-by conscious choice-from the traditions of other cultures.