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Paradisum by Recirquel explores the myth of rebirth following the silence of a destroyed world. Photo: Bálint Hirling/Teatro Mayor

Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor Presents 2026 Season, Germany Guest Nation

By The City Paper Staff - November 26, 2025

The Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo has unveiled its 2026 programme, outlining 116 productions and 178 performances across opera, dance, theatre, music, circus and family shows. The announcement reinforces the theatre’s role as one of Bogotá’s leading cultural institutions, bringing national and international artists to audiences across the capital. A highlight of the year […]

From “Barrio” to Stage: 25-Years of Bogotá’s iconic Salsa al Parque

By The City Paper Staff - October 4, 2024

Bogotá will once again be transformed into a vibrant barrio of salsa, a place where history, rhythm, and community converge in a celebration of sound and movement with the 25th anniversar edition of Salsa Al Parque.

Ancestral dance at the heart of Cali’s Loma de la Cruz

By Gaia Neiman - January 23, 2024

In the heart of Cali, a dance workshop led by Jaguar, a local Yanakuna tribesman, defies urban challenges, uniting diverse communities in a vibrant celebration of forgotten roots and ancestral traditions.

Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor’s promises artistic excellence in 2024

By The City Paper Staff - October 3, 2023

From Opera to circus, contemporary dance to Early Music, Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor has unveiled a 2024 season of creative excellence, artistic diversity and captivating performances.

“Giselle” opens Spain Year at Bogotá’s Teatro Mayor

By The City Paper Staff - January 23, 2023

Starting its second consecutive year as Guest Nation of Honor at Teatro Mayor, Spain officially launches its 2023 program on Thursday, 26 January, with the National Dance Company’s interpretation of “Giselle.”

Bogotá gets new National Arts Center Teatro Colón

By Richard Emblin - May 10, 2022

After two years of construction, Bogotá gets a new performing arts center with Centro Nacional de Artes Teatro Colón, and largest investment in cultural infrastructure by the Ministry of Culture.

Traditional dances of La Chorrera nominated for Intangible Patrimony of Colombia

By The City Paper Staff - November 29, 2021

The traditional dances of the indigenous peoples who inhabit La Chorrera, Amazonas, have been nominated as Intangible Patrimony of Colombia.

The curtain rises on the 5th Cali International Dance Biennial

By The City Paper Staff - November 8, 2021

After almost two years in which Colombian dancers were quarantined with the pandemic, Cali is set to host the fifth edition of its International Dance Biennial.

Les Grand Ballets Canadien returns to Bogotá with two epic works

By Richard Emblin - October 28, 2021

Founded 60 years ago as the first professional dance company in Quebec, Les Grand Ballets Canadien will perform at Teatro Mayor in Bogotá.

Nina Simone, Cartagena’s silent apartheid and Minneapolis GODDAM!

By Alvaro Restrepo - June 6, 2020

Álvaro Restrepo staged Negra/Anger with dancers from Colegio del Cuerpo in 2018. The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis draws parallels between racial injustice and the legacy of Nina Simone.

Body and dance in the era of coronavirus: A view from Colombia

By Alvaro Restrepo - April 20, 2020

Álvaro Restrepo, the renowned Colombian dancer and choreographer looks at the Japanese concept of “distancing” and how body-ography is transformational.

Teatro Mayor presents its 2020 program, Canada named Guest Nation of Honor

By Richard Emblin - November 20, 2019

Canada has been named Guest Nation of Teatro Mayor’s 2020 program, and theatre that embraces global talent.

Dance beyond imagination: When I’m Not Around by Barcelona’s La Cerda

By Emma Jones - November 14, 2019

The Barcelona dance company La Cerda gave a performance of When I’m Not Around and one of many highlights of the XII Danza en la Ciudad festival.

Bogotá’s Danza en la Ciudad takes to stage and street with 70 performances

By The City Paper Staff - November 8, 2019

Bogota? is a city on the move as the high voltage dance festival Danza en la Ciudad takes to stage and street for 13 days. Canada’s Compagnie Chouinard in the international program.

Scottish Dance Theatre delivers its double bill Ritualia/TuTuMucky at Teatro Mayor

By The City Paper Staff - June 21, 2019

The Dundee-based Scottish Dance Theatre is making its Colombia debut with a double bill inspired in classical ballet and contemporary musical genres.

National Dance Company of Spain brings Carmen to the Colón stage.

By Richard Emblin - April 23, 2019

To mark the end of Foco Cultural España-Colombia year, the National Ballet Company of Spain is putting on their landmark production of Bizet’s Carmen at the Colón theatre.