Creative Production and Management in the Performing Arts

Vânia Rodrigues is a practitioner-researcher with a renowned track-record as an independent arts manager, curator, and consultant. She holds a PhD in Artistic Studies – Theater and Performative Studies from the University of Coimbra (2022) and a Master's degree in Cultural Policies and Cultural Management from the City University of London (2009). Currently, she is Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra, and Principal Researcher at CEIS20 – Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Coimbra, where she co-leads the R&D project “Modes Production – Performing Arts in Transition”, and is a Principal Investigator of FCT-funded project GREENARTS, dedicated to analysing the ways in which the performing arts perceive and act upon the growing demands of social and environmental sustainability.

1. Production and Arts Management: Emergence and Professionalism 2. Artists, Producers, and Managers: Anatomy of a Relationship 3. Modes and Models of Work in the Performing Arts 4. A Pivotal Point for Cultural Management