So far, however, the budget for cultural diplomacy remains small: $5.1 million this year, a fraction of the $431 million allotted to the State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. But it has been growing. In 2000, $1.5 million was allotted to cultural programs; for next year, the Bush administration has requested $7.4 million.
Contemporary dance has no roots in Cambodia; a generation of artists was wiped out with the 1.7 million people who died in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge years. Only after years of painstaking work to rescue and recover classical forms have some people started to turn their attention to innovation. American modern dance is nearly unheard-of.
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