Perspectivas históricas del rol de la dirección teatral en el teatro argentino y contemporáneo. Tránsitos desde el teatro moderno europeo hasta el teatro independiente en Córdoba, Argentina

This paper makes a historiographical study of the direction role. Our perspective values territorial contagion, and cultural processes of mediation and transmission of knowledge, scenic practices, actions on the social world, modes of group organization, and theatre traditions. Our approach starts on the origin of the direction role in Europe – with the beginning of mise en scène as an autonomous art –, at the end of 19th century, and concludes on Buenos Aires coasts. There, in 1930, the modern theatre tradition was adopted and transformed, giving rise to the Independent Theatre movement. Afterwards, we analyze the historical studies of Córdoba, the “ciudad de fronteras” (“multi-border city”), encompassing from 19th century to the pre-dictatorship period. Our contribution builds bridges among the recent past – before the civic and military coup d'état –, the post-dictatorship past – corresponding to the Democratic Opening, and the 21st contemporary theatre.