Welcome
Overview
Schedule
Speakers
Keynote
Registrants
Travel & Lodging
Tourism
Pitch Sessions
Photo Gallery
Sponsors

Photos:
Scrapbook
Ken Fischer's View

Journal:
Margaret King Stanley's Experience

THURSDAY JUNE 3

8.00

Registration opens in hotel foyers

8:30

Buses to Teotihuacan Pyramids
Departure from Four Seasons and Sheraton Maria Isabel hotels
Delegates will need registration badges

9:15-12:00

Teotihuacan Pyramids

12:00

Buses to hotels

12:45

Lunch at hotels (own arrangements)

14:30

Buses to Anthropology Museum

15:00-18:00

Registration (continued)
Anthropology Museum
Lobby

15:00

New members and Hosts meet at Registration desk for orientation

15:00-15:45

Visit to the Anthropology Museum

15:45-16:00

Host welcomes delegates to ISPA Mexico 2004
Julio Solórzano-Foppa (Host)
Graham Sheffield, (Chair ISPA)
Jaime Torres Bodet Auditorium

16:00-16:45

Keynote Speech: Nicholas Shumway
Jaime Torres Bodet Auditorium
Head of the most important Center for Latin American Studies in the world at the U of T, and as an expert in Latin American Culture, Mr. Shumway will share his perspective about the future of the performing arts, culture and national identity in times of globalization.

16:45-18:00

Arts Markets and Communication
Jaime Torres Bodet Auditorium
Néstor García Canclini (Argentina), Gerardo Estrada (Mexico), Antonio Navalón (Spain)
Moderator: Germán Dehesa (Mexico)

18:00

Buses to hotels

18:30

Dinner at hotels (own arrangements)

19:30

Buses to Palace of Fine Arts (Dress smart-casual)

20:00-20:30

Welcome and Opening
Mtra. Sari Bermudez (Director to National Council for Culture and Arts)
Dr. Enrique Semo ( Mexico City Secretary of Culture)
Palace of Fine Arts

20:30-22:00

Opening Performance
National Dance Company “'Hoy no circula'
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor, Enrique Diemecke

22:00-22:30

Welcome cocktail
Sponsored by Auerbach, Pollock, Friedlander

22:30

Bus to hotels

FRIDAY, JUNE 4

8:45

Buses from hotels to National Center for the Arts (CENART)

10:00-11:30

Performing Arts Festivals in Mexico and Latin America.
National Center for the Arts (CENART)
Theatre of the Arts
José Areán (Mexico), Hilary Brown (Jamaica), Valerio Cesio (Brazil), Ramiro Osorio (Colombia)
Moderator: Robyn Archer (Australia)
Sponsored by Lucerne Festival

11:30-12:30

Coffee
Lobby /National Center for the Arts (CENART)
Guided visit to CENART
Sponsored by The Sage Gateshead: host of the June 2005 ISPA Congress

12:30-14:00

Performing Arts and Public Policies
National Center for the Arts (CENART)
Sari Bermúdez (Mexico), Enrique Semo (Mexico), Claudia Toni (Brazil)
Moderator: Colin Jackson (Canada)

12:30-14:00

Audition for opera singers (concurrent: optional)
Blas Galindo Auditórium

14:00-15:15

Lunch
Courtyard - Superior School of Music
Sponsored by Fisher Dachs Associates and Akustiks

15:15-16:45

Cultural Exchange and Collaboration
Blas Galindo Auditorium
Mario Espinosa (Mexico), Horacio Lecona (Mexico), Julieta González (Mexico), Pebbles Wadsworth (USA), Octavio Arbelaez (Colombia)
Moderator: Pebbles Wadsworth

16:45

Buses to hotels

19:15

Buses to Chapultepec Castle (Dress: Smart –-- not Dinner Jacket)

19:30-20:30

Cocktail
Chapultepec Castle
Sponsored by Kirkegaard Associates
Show: Ballet Folklórico de México of Amalia Hernández

20:30-23:00

Award Dinner at the Alcázar
Alcázar, Chapultepec Castle
Sponsored by the Woodruff Arts Center
ISPA acknowledges the accomplishments of Mexican artists Fernando de la Mora (tenor) and Alejandro Luna (scenographer). ISPA also acknowledges the Palace of Fine Arts and Fundación Centro Histórico because of its support to the Performing Arts.

23:00

Bus to hotels

SATURDAY, JUNE 5

9.00

Buses from hotels to Postal Palace

9:30-11:15

Visit to “'Mexico, Gateway to the Americas' Market
Postal Palace

11:15

Walk to City Theatre

11:30-12:50

Pitch Session
City Theatre
Nine international artists will present their projects seeking collaboration (theatre and co-productions)
Moderator: Robyn Archer

13:00-13:15

Welcome
Lic. Andrés Manuel López Obrador: Mayor of Mexico City
City Theatre

13:15-14:30

PRO-EX and Coffee
Lobby: City Theatre
Networking, business opportunities, meet the artists.

14:30

Walk to the Spanish Cultural Centre in Mexico City

14:45-16:15

Lunch
Spanish Cultural Centre: Terrace
Sponsored by Spanish Embassy in Mexico

16:15

Walk to Metropolitan Cathedral

16:30-17:30

Guided visit
Metropolitan Cathedral
Monumental Organ Concert

17:30

Buses to hotels

18:00

Dinner at hotels (own arrangements)

19:30

Buses to National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

20:00-20:30

Welcome Cocktail
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
University Cultural Centre
Sponsored by Jaffe Holden Acoustics

20:30-23:00

“'Gateway to the Americas' Showcases
University Cultural Centre

21.30-23:00

Buses to hotels every 15 min.

SUNDAY, JUNE 6

9:00

Buses to National Auditorium

9:15-10:00

Presentation and visit
National Auditorium

10:00-11:00

The Artist's Perspective
Lunario
Mario Lavista (Mexico), Tania Pérez Salas (Mexico)
Moderator: Graham Sheffield

11:00-11:30

Soapbox
Lunario
Delegates have 5 minute spots to speak out about issues of interest/concern.

11:30-12:00

Invitation to Gateshead
Lunario

12:00-12:30

Open Mike
Comments regarding ISPA, the Congress etc.
Moderator: Ken Fisher

12:30-13:00

Closing: Final Farewells and Thank you
Julio Solórzano-Foppa Host
Graham Sheffield ISPA Chair

13:00

Bus to hotels

17:30

Buses to National Center for the Arts (CENART) optional

18:00-21:00

Gateway to the Americas Showcases (optional)
National Center for the Arts (CENART)

21:30:22:00

Buses to Salon Mexico

22:00-02:00

Closing Party/Fiesta! - Dancing
Salon Mexico

12:00-02:00

Buses to hotel every 15 minutes