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Through Which The Law Of Colombian Theater Is Issued And Other Provisions

Original Language Title: Por medio de la cual se expide la ley de teatro colombiano y se dictan otras disposiciones

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LAW 1170 OF 2007

(December 7)

Official Journal No. 46.835 of 7 December 2007

CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC

By means of which the Colombian theater law is issued and other provisions are dictated.

Vigency Notes Summary

COLOMBIA CONGRESS

DECRETA:

TITLE I.

OF THEATRICAL ACTIVITY.

ARTICLE 1o. OBJECT OF THE LAW. The theatrical and scenic activity, for its contribution to the strengthening of the national culture, will be the object of the promotion and support of the Colombian State.

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ARTICLE 2o. THEATRICAL ACTIVITY. For the purposes of this law it shall be considered as theatrical or stage activity to any representation of a dramatic or comical fact, manifested artistically through various creative and interpretative genres according to the following guidelines:

a) That it constitutes a public spectacle and is carried out by theatre workers in direct, real, present time and not through their images;

b) That it reflects any of the existing theatrical modalities or that they are created such as tragedy, comedy, sainete, musical, children, living room, street, puppets, puppets, body expression, dance, improvisation, pantomime, oral narration, Dramatic, child, monologues, theatre and other readings that are either creative and dynamic experimental character or are likely to be adapted in the country's scenic future;

c) That according to an artistic or scenic work involving the real and direct participation of one or more actors sharing a common space with their viewers. The dramatic, critical, research, documentary and teaching creations described in the above points are also part of the demonstrations and theatrical activity.

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ARTICLE 3o. SUBJECTS OF THE LAW. It shall be considered as subjects of this law who perform within any of the following roles:

(a) Those who have a direct relationship with the public, depending on a theatrical or stage event in the present time;

(b) Those who are directly related to the performance, production, technical and artistic logistics of the theatrical event, but not with the public or with or without direct relation to it;

(c) Those indirectly linked to the theatrical event are technical producers, researchers, instructors, critics or theatre or performing arts teachers.

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ARTICLE 4. ATTENTION AND PREFERENTIAL SUPPORT. They will have express and preferential support and attention for the development of their activities, the theatrical rooms of the Program of the Concerted Rooms of the Ministry of Culture, which do not exceed the seven hundred (700) localities or armchairs and having the logistical and technical infrastructure necessary for the presentation of theatrical or performing activities, as well as stable or eventual conformation groups acting in such rooms or which they present before the competent authority has specific continuous programming.

For them, policies and regimes of permanent concertation will be maintained in concert halls in order to promote and favor the development of the stable and independent theatrical activity in all its forms, manifestations, will have a support permanent for proper operation.

PARAGRAFO 1o. Support budget, infrastructure and equipment (lights, sound, etc.), according to the program of the Concerted Rooms of the Ministry of Culture, which has been developing since 1990, the operation, the technical and locative modernization to the concerted theatrical rooms.

PARAGRAFO 2o. Support of the territorial entities to the Concerted Rooms that are in the program of the Concerted Rooms of the Ministry of Culture that will be able to count with the co-financing of the Municipalities, Departments and Special Districts.

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ARTICLE 5o. NETWORKING. To strengthen, enact and promote the theatrical or performing activities in their different modalities described in the literal b) of article 2or the respective Networks will be created. integrate and facilitate your work by area or stage mode.

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ARTICLE 6o. NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL. The Ministry of Culture will promote and promote every two (2) years the National Theatre Festival, which will be performed by performing modalities, in the municipalities, districts and departments according to the networks. existing scenic modalities-example room theatre, street theatre, puppets, pantomime, oral narration, Theatre Dance, Children's Theatre, etc., to end in a great National Festival of all modes or scenic areas in a single city of the country.

PARAGRAFO. The most outstanding works of the National Theatre Festival, will be promoted on national and international tours and other career festivals, in recognition of their group work and their theatrical activity. outstanding.

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ARTICLE 7o. PREMIERES OF WORKS. To support and update the theatrical activity, the theatrical groups covered by this law will have to premiere and stage new assemblies or minimum works every two years (2) years, in order to promote the scenic theatrical production national and be the subject of the support, incentives or subsidies provided by this law.

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ARTICLE 8. The benefits of this law will be granted to theatrical assemblies that promote the values of Colombian culture and promote peace and coexistence within the universal scope, as well as those of Emerging from international cooperation or agreements where the Nation participates. Preferential attention will be given to the theatrical works of national authors and to the theatrical groups that mount them, put them in the "tables" or the scene.

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ARTICLE 9o. NATIONAL THEATER DAY. Celebrate March 27 on the day of the theater as it has been established worldwide for many years.

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ARTICLE 10. A DRAMATIC NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMATIC ART. For the development of theatre and performing arts, the so-called "National School of Dramatic Art" should be included as a state programme of the Ministry of Culture.

PARAGRAFO. Within the objectives of the "National School of Dramatic Art" program will be promoted Research, training and criticism related to Theatre and Performing Arts.

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ARTICLE 11. COMPETITION. The competent body shall regulate and effect the contributions to the assemblies, stimuli and maintenance on stage of the theatrical activities which are the subject of the promotion, operation and support established by this law. The same criterion will be adopted for the maintenance and development of the theatre halls of the National Concertation Programme.

PARAGRAFO. The State through the competent body or other institutions, will support the activities of all actors and theatre groups.

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ARTICLE 12. For compliance with the purposes of this law, the government may provide the budget to provide its resources.

TITLE II.

INCENTIVES AND PROMOTION OF THEATRICAL AND SCENIC ACTIVITY IN COLOMBIA.

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ARTICLE 13. PROMOTION AND EDUCATION. The Ministry of National Education will promote within the academic programs of the primary and middle school education the School Chair of Theatre and Performing Arts, oriented to the children and the young Take ownership of this activity, preserve national culture and adopt new visions of the world from the artistic formation and form as social and community leaders for the future of the theater and the Colombian performing arts.

In the same way the Ministry of Education will establish programs for presentations of plays in schools and colleges on a permanent basis.

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The public institutions whose object is the granting of educational credits, will develop special programs for the granting of scholarships at national and international level and credits to actors and actresses who have obtained the awards. defined in the previous literal, which will be extended to the children, spouse or companion (a) permanent of the beneficiaries of this law.

PARAGRAFO 1o. The Ministry of Education is granted the term of one (1) year to implement the chair defined in paragraph one of this article from the time of this law.

PARAGRAFO 2o. The Ministry of Education will promote, strengthen and promote in the public sector as in the private schools of theatrical training.

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ARTICLE 14. SOCIAL STIMULI. People belonging to the theater groups in their different modalities, who from the time of the present law, receive the recognition in national, international and world festivals, recognized by the Ministry of Culture, individually or by groups, shall be entitled to the following stimuli.

Life Insurance and Invalidity.

Social Security in Health.

Funeral aid (through solidarity-based economy companies).

These stimuli will be effective from the recognition obtained and during the term that is maintained as the holder of the same.

To access them, the holder must show labor income of less than three (3) legal minimum wages in force (s.m.l.v.) or family income of less than six (6) legal minimum wages in force (s.m.1.v.).

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ARTICLE 15. RECOGNITION OF THE WORK. As a recognition of his work, he has a permanent financial support for the theater festivals: Latin American Festival of Manizales Theatre, Ibero-American Festival of Theater of Bogotá, Artistic Festival National and International of Popular Culture Invasion Cultural to Bosa, International Festival of the Caribbean Theatre of Santa Marta, Culture Week in Tunja, among others, with more than fifteen (15) years of permanence and a recognized national impact international in its programming.

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ARTICLE 16. VALIDITY. This law governs from its sanction and publication.

The President of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

NANCY PATRICIA GUTIERREZ CASTANEDA.

The Secretary General of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

EMILIO RAMON OTERO DAJUD.

The President of the honorable House of Representatives,

OSCAR GROVE PALACIO.

The Secretary General of the honorable House of Representatives,

ANGELINO LIZANO RIVERA.

COLOMBIA-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

Publish and comply.

Dada en Bogotá, D. C., at 7 December 2007.

ALVARO URIBE VELEZ

The Minister of Social Protection,

DIEGO PALACIO BETANCOURT.

The Minister of National Education,

CECILIA MARIA VELEZ WHITE.

The Minister of Culture,

PAULA MARCELA MORENO ZAPATA.

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