Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Effects that are in the festival


The Festival of greater Theater of the world could not conclude of another way. A hallucinating sample of light, fire, color, music and incredible games pyrotechnicses brought directly from France by Group F, not only illuminated the sky of the Park Simon Bolivar but they captivated to all the presents. An unforgettable goodbye! This musical spectacle and pyrotechnics del that was part 220 thousand people approximately, went a trip to the three states of the matter, three human adventures and three colors: The fire with its infernal worlds and their primitive state; the full wonderful world gold of pleasures and treasures, and the target like elementary light, lives and modern. Three musical soloists, a fire expert pyrotechnicses, eight actors who shone by the fire which they took in its backs and four asymmetric towers, integrated “A little more light”, the showy piece that Group F presented/displayed in the closing of the Latin American Festival. Group F is a team of creators reunited around a dream: to work the fire and the alive light until taking the pyrotechnics to the highest point of the art. A abierto, touching, vibrant art, an abstraction able to be at the level of the oldest disciplines. Created in 1990, Group F is specialized in the conception and accomplishment of spectacles monumental pyrotechnicses. It is distinguished to adapt the element fire to all type of events and places. The group conceives fireworks like a full integral spectacle of color, rate and dramatic in
tensity. For them, the fire is not only an artifice of the matter, but he is full of magic and with him unforgettable spectacles are created: it is “a wonderful motor of emotions”, affirm. Musicians, actors and engineers work united in an enthusiastic relation with the light, the flame and the energy in transformation. Between his greater works carried out are the interventions pyrotechnicses in the inauguration ceremonies and closing of the Olympic Games of Athens 2004, the inauguration of the Theater of Singapore, the Celebration Gaudí 2002 in Barcelona, the celebration of the arrival of the year 2000 in Paris and the closing of ExpoLisboa 98. Also they have created all the visual concept and the effects of the Nocturnal Celebrations of Versailles, the world-wide tours of Björk in 1998 and 2003, the special effects of the Asterix Park and the closing of the World-wide Glass of Soccer in Paris 1998. Specifically they have created four spectacles of theater and pyrotechnics: “Games of lights”, “A little more light”, “blue Planet” and “fire Birds”.

More info about the festival

Edition Year Date Attending countries Slogan Invited country of honor
I 1988 March 25 to April 3 21 A faith act
II 1990 6 to the 15 of April 27
The Languages of the theater of the world
III 1992 8 to the 19 of April 31 Encounter of two worlds
IV 1994 March 23 to the 3 of April 28 Bogota, Scene of the world
V 1996 March 23 to the 3 of April 32 Bogota, Scene of the world
VI 1998 March 27 to the 12 of April
Ten years of faith in Colombia
VII 2000 7 to the 23 of April
The Opening of the Century
VIII 2002 March 15 to the 31 30 The return to the world in eighty works Germany
IX 2004 March 26 to the 11 of April 33 A world to see Spain
X 2006 March 31 to the 16 of April 45 A world in scene Russia
XI 2008 March 7 to the 23 43 Bogota, City Theater of the World The United Kingdom

Fanny Mickey

She was born in Argentina in 1930 and died in Colombia in 2008.She was a very important actress in Colombia because she created the Iberoammerican Theather Festival. She started with the festival on 1988 and still now. It is consider one of the most important festival in the world!!!!!!. But now that she is dead, Colombia does not know what to do, but we expect that the festival continues after her dead.




we miss you FANNY.

The Latin American Festival of Theater Story


The Latin American Festival of Theater of Bogota was created in 1988 by Fanny Mikey and Ramiro Osorio, on the occasion of the celebration of the 450 years of the foundation of Bogota. From the first edition, that was realised under motto " An act of faith in Colombia" , the Festival had like the one of its primary targets artistic integration of the Latin American countries before the world. The festival turned 20 years of existence in 2008 in its version number 11, his first version was realised of March 25 to April 3 of 1988. In 2006 during 17 days 2,400 artists of companies coming from 45 different countries participated from the world of the 5 continents, they appeared around 700 functions and I take the motto of " The world in escena" to that they went around 2' 600,000 spectators, the honor guest was Russia. In 2008 they participated in the Festival of Theater, originating groupings of Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Slovenia, Spain, the United States, Finland, France, Greece, Guinea, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Uruguay and Venezuela. This year Channel 13 transmitted the several special and ceremony of closing. Also there was transmission by Colombia Signal.