June 1979. Baltimore. Of the American and foreign companies that appear in the New Theatre Festival's sixth incarnation, two groups those associated with Ping Chong (New York) and JoAnne Akalaitis (New York) stand out clearly. A third Studio Scarabee (Holland) which performed at the 1977 festival but was unable to attend the current one, presents its extraordinary work in Baltimore in January 1980. Considered separately and together, the three companies illuminate aspects of the performance style that has variously come to be known as Performance Art, Art Performance, and the Theatre of Images.