AS I write, artists and performers are creating Australia's cultural future in studios, on stages, in communities and concert halls across Asia. From five leading writers on a 2000km rail journey between centres of literature in India, to a polyglot interactive performance in Taipei, to the Sydney Symphony's six-city tour of China: on the road, in residence and working in professional exchanges, Australia's artists are some of the nation's most compelling emissaries. Yaron Lifschitz, artistic director of Brisbane's physical theatre Circa, says: "This is the most dynamic region in the world today. It isn't for the faint of heart, which makes it perfect for a circus."...
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