Alberto Ligaluppi

Alberto Ligaluppi

Director general of the municipal Buenos Aires Theater Complex
The state of contemporary performing arts in Argentina is not well known outside of the country. After the collapse of Argentina’s military dictatorship in 1983, there was a gradual revival in the arts scene. As the country has overcome its economic crisis, there is now a boom in popularity of theater. National support for the arts is also being actively pursued, as evidenced by the 2011 launch of a consolidated arts market in Buenos Aires named MICA in an initiative by Argentina’s Ministry of Culture, which invited foreign buyers to see works in the five genre of music, film, design, publication and performing arts are strong evidence of the increasing national support for the arts.