The legal dispute between Anderson Carvalho Dance & Choreography (ACDC) and the Dutch company Wij Zijn DOX centers on institutional funding, intellectual property rights, and co-production claims surrounding Carvalho's life work.

 

The Core Conflict

 

The disagreement is broken down into three major points of contention: 

 

• Unauthorized Funding Applications: ACDC alleges that Wij Zijn DOX submitted formal financial and grant funding requests utilizing the name of Carvalho's signature initiative, ACDC Dance Intersect, without his formal knowledge or prior consent.

 

• Disputed Co-Producer Claims: Wij Zijn DOX has publically claimed an artistic and institutional co-production role over Carvalho's work. ACDC strongly disputes this, stating that ACDC Dance Intersectis Carvalho's independent "life project" and was never co-produced or co-owned by DOX or any other external company.

 

• Institutional Ownership vs. Artist Autonomy: Carvalho contends that DOX has tried to dilute his authorship or "rewrite" his story to secure public funding incentives, effectively stripping away his autonomy as an emerging creator.

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ACDC asserts the relationship and funding claims are under formal review.

 

 

CONTEXT NOTE: ACDC and ACDC Dance Intersect are Anderson Carvalho’s life project, with Carvalho identified as the creator and founder. DOX’s claim that Anderson Carvalho is artistically produced by them as a DOX talent is not true.

 

 

ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION: ACDC Dance Intersect was never co-produced with another institution or company.

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Further updates to follow as the case develops.

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