Direction

Artistic and Educational

Inês Bogéa

Inês Bogéa is a multifaceted leader in dance and education, with extensive experience in managing, creating, and implementing high-impact cultural, social, and educational projects. Since 2008, as artistic director of the São Paulo Dance Company, created by the Government of the State of São Paulo she has directed more than 1,300 performances across 20 countries and received 8 awards, certifications and nominations in BR and abroad. She is also the artistic and educational director of the São Paulo Dance School, also founded by the Government of the State of São Paulo, known for its commitment to social inclusion, having trained over 1,300 students, 50% of whom come from socially vulnerable backgrounds. A regular contributor to publications such as Revista CONCERTO, she co-created the column “Dance in Dialogue”. In the academic field, she teaches at USP and FURB. She has spearheaded innovative initiatives such as the Dance for Educators course at Sesc-SP and the São Paulo International Dance Festival in partnership with Itaú Cultural. Recognized with Tarsila do Amaral Medal she has also been featured in Dance Europe’s Critic’s Choice and honored with the title of Chevalière de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.

Co-Artistic Direction

Milton Coatti

Teacher, rehearsal director, dancer, and choreographer, he began his training in 1997 with Nilson Rodrigues. Since 2014, he has worked as a teacher and rehearsal director at São Paulo Dance Company, where he became Rehearsal Team Manager in 2019 and assumed the role of Co-Artistic Director in 2025. As a dancer, he was part of the casts of Maurício de Oliveira e Siameses, J. Gar.cia, Cia. de Danças de Diadema, Balé da Cidade de São Paulo, and São Paulo Dance Company itself. He also worked as an independent artist and created the solo Alguém para chamar de meu bem (Someone to Call My Dear) for the project The Masculine in Dance at CCSP. He performed classical repertoire works and contemporary pieces by prominent Brazilian and international choreographers such as Henrique Rodovalho, Rodrigo Pederneiras, Luís Arrieta, Itzik Galili, Alessio Silvestrin, Nacho Duato, and Jiří Kylián. In 2018, he choreographed Mira, a virtual reality (VR 360-degree) piece for São Paulo Dance Company, as well as the romantic act of Schumann or The Poet’s Loves, a collaboration between Theatro São Pedro and SPCD. He also created the dance film Nuvens (Clouds) in 2021.

Financial Administrative

Pétrick Joseph Janofsky Canonico Pontes

He is a lawyer, postgraduate and Master in Law from PUC/SP (Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo). He is a graduate student in Management of Social Projects in Third Sector Organizations at PUC/SP. He has worked for more than 15 years in representing and advising qualified entities such as Social Organizations of Culture, Foundations and other Civil Society Organizations, covering strategic issues such as: immunities, exemptions and non-tax incidences, participation in public calls and selections, direct hiring, negotiation of administrative contracts, agreements, management contracts, analysis of the entities’ sources of income and the legal means available to enforce and protect them, sponsorships, rendering of accounts, copyright issues, contracts with suppliers of goods and services various, among others. He is also administrative and financial director of ABRAOSC (Brazilian Association of Social Organizations of Culture).