On June 13, the event “Scenic Transitions: Musical Practices and Moving Spectacles between the 19th and 20th Centuries” was held, organized by Daniel Domingo and Jan Koplow. The activity took place in the Ercilla Room of the National Library and included the participation of Natalia Bieletto (principal investigator at CMUS) and José Manuel Izquierdo. The result was a space for reflection on the intersections between music, the stage, and cultural circulation from a historical perspective in the three case studies presented by the scholars.

The event is part of the research project “Acrobats, Minstrels, and Animals: The Presence, Reception, and Impact of American Variety Shows in Chile During the Second Half of the 19th Century” by Daniel Domingo, the CMUS executive coordinator, who, along with Jan Koplow, was awarded the 2024 National Fund for the Promotion and Development of the Performing Arts.

Natalia Bieletto gave the presentation “Variety Shows in the Tents of Mexico City, 1890-1930” and discussed the variety shows in traveling tents, which were one of the most important music-theatrical scenes in Mexico City at the beginning of the 20th century.