Iberoamerican Theater Festival of Bogotá was created in 1988 by Fanny Mikey and Ramiro Osorio, on the occasion of the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the founding of Bogotá.

Since the first edition, held under the motto "An act of faith in Colombia", the festival became a cultural adventure and had as one of its main objectives the integration of Latin American art to the world.

Today it is one of the festivals of performing arts world's largest by its convening power, its wealth of functions and diversity of genres: The world's largest companies have participated, as well as teachers who have renewed theatrical languages , the number of functions is unsurpassed by other festivals in just 17 days, working alongside street theater and living room, making it one of the most complete specimens of the performing arts scene in the XXI century.

One of the key commitments of the festival was the diversity, plurality and the representation of different genres and trends in the performing arts, promoting theater through understanding and tolerance among peoples. Since its inception on FITB has become the most significant cultural event in Colombia and one of the most important theater festivals in the world with the presence of theater groups from five continents.
The figures were strong and public response exceeded expectations more positive, with room occupancy of 90%. New spaces, new galleries, new proposals and new artists took the Festival. A Youth Theater, another exclusive for puppets, a cinema, a Wrestling Ring, the traffic lights (where 12 groups claimed the job of a street performer) and the World Storytellers meeting joined other schedules. Russia was the guest of honor and presented us with the puppets of "Nevsky Prospekt" Potudan Theater, "War and Peace" Pietr Fomenko and "The Three Sisters" by Declan Donnellan, and special events paid homage to the motto "

The Russian theater in the world. Teachers and creators. " And no one will forget the performances of the Circus The 7 fingers from Canada, "Villa Villa" De La Guarda, in Argentina, the National Ballet of Belgrade in "Who's singing over there?" "The leaves that resist the wind "by Koffi Koko of Benin," Ivanov "in the Katona József, Hungary;" Babel "Nicholas Stemann, Eva Mint of Spain, the Deutsches Theater in Germany, and the magnificent" Malaya "in the Netherlands.

Not to mention the 154 Colombian groups who made up the largest national sample and complete the entire history of the Festival, with works by room, street children, troupes, music groups, circuses and storytellers.

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