CAMBODIAN DANCERS DEFECT

At least six members of a touring group of dancers and musicians from Phnom Penh abandoned the troupe’s US tour Monday and appeared to be planning to seek US residency. “In Cambodia as a performer, you can hardly survive on that profession. There are no stages to perform on. There’s only one theater, and it’s been burned down. The government has no money to fix it up.” Washington Post 10/05/01