This study discusses the relationship between the expectation of economic utility and artistic value in the production of dance performances, centering on the ‘Creative cradle program for dance support’ in Korea. Dance has difficulties in expecting productivity in proportion with its actual production cost and measuring its achievement. Although dance, as both a fine art and a performing art, relies on public funds, it is more often than not difficult to estimate precise outcome, which is its character and limitation.
Therefore, it is natural to get insufficient numbers and results in the annual quantitative evaluation required from an industrial perspective. Alternatives should include long-term assessment and management, the need for sustainable collateral support, and accentuation on artistic evaluation rather than quantitative one with separate recognition from industrial understanding and assessment. Rather than quantitatively evaluating dance performances and simply evaluating them with economic income, public value should be given priority. To this end, in terms of fine arts, long-term result is expected and recognition as non-exclude ability and non-rival goods is required.