In praise of intercultural performance. (Letters to the Editor).

Rising with the rest of the audience at New York's Japan Society in April 2002 to cheer Akira Kasai's inspired Pollen Revolution, I wondered at the stupidity and narrow-mindedness of Michael Kustow's ill-informed rejection of what he calls "theatrical internationalism" ("Cross-border Theatre in a Globalized World," May/June '02)--what the rest of the world knows as intercultural performance.

Butoh master Kasai's 90-minute solo drew upon kabuki, noh, rap, classical music (Japanese and Western), modern dance, buyo and--during his second encore--Elvis Presley. ...

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