Fomento à dança no Estado de São Paulo: análise dos projetos aprovados no ProAC - edital de produção de espetáculo inédito e temporada de dança no período 2016 - 2020.

Abstract

This documental, descriptive, and explanatory research aimed to analyze the characteristics of the projects contemplated in the Cultural Action Program (ProAC) - a call for projects for original dance shows in São Paulo State, in the period of 2016 to 2020. To this end, a request was made for the approved projects, with the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo, via the Access to Information Law (Federal Law No. 12,527 of 2011), obtaining the content of 38 projects approved in the period. Based on the Mixed Method Approach, with the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data in a single study (CRESWELL, 2007), the research raises real indicators related to the production of original dance shows with public support in the State of São Paulo, configuring a mapping of the production promoted and criticisms to this selection process. The analysis was systematized based on categories, such as: cast formation, cities of the season, counterpart, audience estimation, letters of consent and evaluation commission. ProAC public calls for projects, in this modality and period, have played a significant role in the distribution of incentives, but it falls short of the existing demand in the State, not only geographically, but also in terms of diversity of formations and plurality of dance styles. In addition, this cultural policy, whose focus should be the creation of unprecedented dance shows, has fostered high competition among artists who, in their desire for approval, promise a wide circulation of the work and, due to the excess of counterparts, are proponents of a versatile and precarious work dynamic. Some researchers were fundamental to the subject under study, such as: Antônio Albino Canelas Rubim, Inty Any Queiroz, Leda Maria Muhana Martinez Iannitelli, Lia Calabre, Liliana Segnini and Lúcia Helena Alfredi de Matos, among others.