Challenges and strategies for theatrical mobility in Mexico

Abstract

Mobility in theater presents economic, political and social challenges that constitute relevant factors for this activity to take place. In Mexico and Latin America there is a lack of extensive research that allows understanding this central cycle of the artistic field from different approaches. Although some international organizations have investigated mobility, they only describe existing institutional processes, which in some cases are not very viable.

In order to visualize the different categories that allow the theatrical agents to reflect on the challenges and problems to be faced, a series of exploratory interviews have been carried out to collect different voices, characterized by the fact that they are active representatives of the theater in the country, such as officials, creators and producers. Given their experience, they offer a broad vision of the main problems related to mobility, as well as the solutions they have had to face in practice and the dialogue generated with the institutions in charge of cultural financing.