Conflitos do Drama: a cena teatral carioca através de seus produtores

Abstract

This search is focused in some professionals who are called theater producers that work in Rio de Janeiro. They are involved in all stages of the spectacles concretization process, since the development of the idea, found-raising, hiring team, rent a rehearsal room and equipments, until rendering of accounts. During the past twenty years this job has been professionalized and got more visibility. Culture institutionalization, as the creation of municipal culture offices and the Culture Ministry, as public politics like incentive laws and awards are elements that shape theater producer s work. The globalization and the emergence of new understandings and uses of culture brought new agents for art and culture dynamic. The presence of corporations in cultural financing is becoming increasingly strong and appear as an important link to the study of cultural practices. From a case study was conducted a fieldwork in a theater producer company that uses various forms of financing as incentive laws and awards. The observation of everyday business and its members allow us to understand some of their practices and their relationship with other agents in this chain. This paper aims to contribute to the reflection on the current theater conditions and add the understanding of cultural practices today.