International Seminar in Montevideo: a valuable initiative

A positive assessment was made by the organizers of the II International Seminar on Audience Development, which was held on August 22, 23 and 24 in the Delmira Agustini hall of the Solís Theater. The activity took place within the framework of the 160th anniversary of the legendary colosseum, and with the support of OLA, the National Auditorium of SODRE and the Institute of Performing Arts of Uruguay (INAE). Below we detail the various instances that occurred during the three days of the meeting:

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Conferences:
Jean Caune (France). “The role of the State in the formation of audiences and cultural mediation. The experience of France ”

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Javier Ibacache (Chile): “Today’s audiences: critics, infidels and participants”

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Gonzalo Vicci (Uruguay): “Public and performing arts. Possibilities of approach from the artistic education ”

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Flavio Desgranges (Brazil): “Cultural mediation: strategies to foster the relationship between the viewer and the theater scene”

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Fernando Peirone (Argentina): “Subject and culture in the 21st century. An analysis of the new habits of consumption, appropriation, elaboration and cultural production ”

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Closing conference: “The evolution of Audience Development in European models”, by José Luis Rivero Plasencia (Insular Director of Culture, Education and Artistic Units of Tenerife, Spain)
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Conversations:
– Cultural consumption and the role of programming in the development of audiences
– The development of audiences as a strategic commitment
– Cultural Mediation: strategies and approaches
– The role of artists in the development of audiences
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Participated:
Darío Lopérfido – Director Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
Angel Ancona – Coordinator of the Theater System of Mexico City
Alejandra Martí – Director of Institutional Development Municipal Theater of Santiago, Chile
Daniela Bouret Vespa – Director of the Solís Theater, Montevideo
Gonzalo Halty – General Director of the National Auditorium of SODRE Dr. Adela Reta, Montevideo
Susana Dominzain – UDELAR Observatory
Rosario Radakovitch – FIC UDELAR
Gabriel Maccio Pastorini – AJECID-Argentina
Flavio Desgranges (Brazil)
Margarita Mora Medina – Theater of Bogotá
Javier Ibacache (Chile)
Ricardo Ramón – CCE in Montevideo
Jean Caune (France)
Fernando Garriz – La Scala de San Telmo (Buenos Aires)
Ana Durán – Spectators Training Program, Buenos Aires
Sonia Jaroslavsky – Spectator Training Program, Buenos Aires
Gustavo Robaina – Audience Development, Teatro Solís
Alejandro Belloti – Chief Culture Supplement Diario Profile, Argentina
Andrea Fantoni – Sodre National Auditorium Dr. Adela Reta, Montevideo
Sodre Artistic Training Schools – Director Martín Inthamoussú
Vicente Ascone Music School – Gustavo Constenla
EMAD – Santiago Sanguinetti
EUM – Leonardo Croatto
IENBA – Sebastián Alonso