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"in november 1998 kreeg ze de order of the sacred treasure, gold rays with rosette, van de japanse overheid.
==honors, retirement and legacy==for her work as an arts presenter, and for associated activities such as production of video tapes, records, and scholarly monographs on various asian art forms, gordon received numerous awards, among them the american dance guild award (1978), two dance on camera festival awards (1984, 1985), an obie award for the introduction of samul nori to the united states (1985); a bessie award (1990) which cited her "for beating an ever-widening path between the cultures of east and west and for understanding the essential creative dialectic between tradition and experimentation and the fundamental partnership of artists involved in both"; the 2005 ryoko akamatsu award, the avon grand award to women’s award (1997), and the john d. rockefeller award from the asian cultural council (1997) which gave "recognition of your extraordinary contributions in introducing american scholars, artists, and general audiences to the performing arts of asia and in increasing the american understanding and appreciation of asian dance, theater, and music traditions.
