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Brief History of the Independent Theatre in Buenos Aires

Some historians place his birth in 1930 of the hand of Leonidas Barletta and the founding of the Teatro Del Pueblo. Followed including Teatro IFT (1932), Cortina (1937), The Mask, Free Theatre, Shed (1939), Fray Mocho (1951), the Independent Theatre (1952). That legendary independent theater was active as an alternative to both formal scene, especially the commercial scene. Much of the population, opposition to government policies found in the halls of the independent theaters channels of participation and expression.
This movement is rapidly developing to the '60s in which various problems came to appear in theaters within hatching ago: professionalization of the actors, the rise of TV, the theater's development officer with the inauguration of the Teatro San Martín in 1960. All of this is compounded by the slow but steady dismantling of the movement's main strength: the relationship between the existence of a group of people and a certain space. This relationship was a sense of belonging to the activity begins to be posed differently: circumstantial groups working in rooms that work temporarily.
mid-70s with the advent of the brutal dictatorship movement seems to retreat due to constant threats, however, the activity moves almost clandestinely in theater studies located in neighborhoods away from downtown.
The need to remove the visibility of the activity caused many artists began working in studios created in older homes, in places without signs denouncing the activity, etc.. The insecurity is so great that it breaks with conventions and the criticism, the central location of the chambers, fixed stage, seats still ... we lived in a state of alert and mobilization, they could not fix a particular space ... Anywhere you can do theater.
In those dark years arises from the Independent Theatre was a cycle in the history of those years as the largest cultural response against dictatorship, "Open Theater, where actors, directors, set designers, playwrights, costume designers, lighting technicians and musicians accompanied by a large public response, join in a tough challenge to the dictatorial regime.
Today, more than 180 rooms form the independent theater circuit in the City of Buenos Aires. As diverse buildings, originally intended for other destinations: from the typical sausage house, storage shed, small shops to factories and industries were transformed to house the efforts of independent artists.
A room or group of independent artists is composed always foundational project priority in the artistic and more or less emphasis on ideological, social or ethical. The objectives then are not aimed at the commercial but the survival of the space or group, production and distribution of entertainment in all its forms, the social distribution of cultural property, not personal income of its members. Each room or group defines a language, an aesthetic and a production model that distinguishes him in the big picture and it strengthens the diversity that characterizes the movement.
independent theaters are small spaces, mostly for no more than 100 spectators, almost none survive from their box office revenues This requires a constant search for alternative sources and, especially, the contribution of its own members.

The independent theaters and their diversity, fundamental feature in recent years have witnessed an almost explosive development becoming the provider of the highest number of shows, from dance and theater works, musical concerts, exhibitions, art cinema, etc., employing nearly 80% of "cultural agents" of the country.
these spaces and also constituted the main focus for the training of actors, directors, playwrights, set designers, costumers, technicians, musicians, artists, photographers, dancers today not only nourish the commercial and official channels but also film and television.
For all this, and considering that in the 180 rooms are offered over 300 performances a week, the independent theater movement is a unique phenomenon in the world so that the City of Buenos Aires will be declared by UNESCO "Capital Theatre English speaking "it is necessary to protect and stimulate thinking about the permanence of these spaces that are an invaluable heritage arduous and painstakingly accumulated to over a century.