The text (“Identity or subjugation”) is an excerpt from the chapter Ame?rica Latina originally published in Spanish in Patricia Cardona’s book Diario de una danza por la antropologi?a teatral en Ame?rica Latina (Mexico City, Quinta del Agua Ediciones, 2012, p. 66-71). It describes the transformative experience of the author during the ISTA session in Salento in 1987 as well as Odin Teatret’s impact on the theatre identity of Latin American independent groups.