Balleteatro

Name

Balleteatro

Legal name

balleteatro – escola profissional

Website

https://balleteatro.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Education

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Fine Arts Schools (61161), Dance Companies (71112)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900), Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Dance Theatre (Narrative/Experimental) (MPAGADAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Theatre Education, Training & Conservatories (MPAGABAN), Dance Education (Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Cultural Dance) (EDAMAAAH), Dance Performances (THAJAFAD), Dance Festivals & Dance Series (MPAGADAJ)

Keywords

• Performing arts education
• Vocational dance training
• Professional theatre school
• Arts festival curation
• Community arts programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Porto

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Educational Services: Professional vocational training programs in dance and theatre, regular educational courses, and summer workshops generating tuition and training revenue
2. Performance Revenue: Revenue from theatrical and dance performances, on-tour shows, and festival presentations
3. Public Funding: Co-financed by European and national funding programs including Erasmus+, DGArtes, and República Digital

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Balleteatro is a performing arts organization based at Coliseu Porto Ageas in Porto, Portugal, operating an EQAVET-certified vocational school (Escola Profissional) that delivers 3,200-hour professional courses in Dance and Theatre, alongside touring live performances, curated festivals (Family Film Project, Corpo+Cidade, Projeções), artist residencies, community engagement projects, and an educational service providing workshops and regular classes for children and adults.

Product overview

Balleteatro is a performing arts organization based in Porto, Portugal, operating a unified portfolio of interconnected programs. The core offerings include: Espectáculos (touring live performances), Festivais e Curadoria (festival curation including Family Film Project), the Escola Profissional (EQAVET-certified vocational school in Dance and Theatre with 3200-hour programs), Serviço Educativo (educational classes and summer workshops), Edições e Filmes (video dance, video art, film, music, and book publishing), Artistas (roster of resident and guest artists), Residências (artist residencies), Projetos com a Comunidade (community projects), and Mnemónica (archival/memory project). The professional school operates under EQAVET quality standards and participates in Erasmus+ mobility programs. All programs are connected through the organization's artistic identity centered at Coliseu Porto.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Escola Profissional: Professional school division offering vocational education in dance and theatre.
• Serviço Educativo
• Family Film Project

Products and services

• Escola Profissional (Professional School) EQAVET-certified vocational school offering 3,200-hour professional courses in Dance and Theatre, combining artistic interpretation, movement, voice, scientific, and socio-cultural training components. Includes Erasmus+ international mobility. Access requires 9th grade completion and an audition. Scholarships available for housing, food, and transport based on financial need.
• Serviço Educativo (Educational Service) Educational service providing regular classes and workshops for children, youth, and adults in dance and theatre arts. Includes summer workshops and introductory courses such as the Summer Workshops 2026 "Time of Sand" and Balleteatrinho programs.
• Espectáculos (Live Performances and Tours) Live performance productions presented by Balleteatro's resident and guest artists, including touring shows at regional and national venues and festivals. Includes current productions such as "Current Situation – Theatre" and "Front and Back – Dance".
• Festivais e Curadoria (Festivals and Curation) Curated festival programs including Family Film Project (family cinema festival), Corpo+Cidade (body and city festival), Projeções (projections festival), and Extemporânea (performances and installations), showcasing dance, theatre, and film arts to audiences.
• Residências (Artist Residencies) Artist residency programs hosting national and international artists for research, creation, and production of new works in performing arts.
• Edições e Filmes (Editions and Films) Publishing and film production arm producing video dance, video art, films, music recordings, and books. Available for purchase via the Balleteatro editions channel.
• Projetos com a Comunidade (Community Projects) Community engagement initiatives bringing performing arts programming to local populations through participatory projects and community-based artistic work.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90% of mobility participants expected to develop new technical and artistic skills
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• ESCUELA NAVARRA DE ARTES ESCÉNICAS Y AUDIOVISUALESmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Host school in Spain for Erasmus+ student and teacher mobility. Part of 'Praise of the Environment' project (2025-1-PT01-KA122-VET-000321735) enabling international exchange in performing arts.
• KUNSTHUMANIORA BRUSSELmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Host school in Belgium for Erasmus+ mobility program. Partner in international vocational education exchange for dance and theatre students and teachers.
• Coliseu Porto AgeascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBalleteatro serves as the resident artistic structure at Coliseu Porto Ageas, one of Portugal's most prestigious cultural venues. This partnership provides performance space, institutional credibility, and integration into Porto's cultural ecosystem.
• Cases - Cultura, Artes e ScienceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport organization for cultural projects providing additional institutional backing and network access.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cullberg Ballet: Sweden-based contemporary dance company with integrated training and residency programs; comparable to Balleteatro as a publicly-funded dance company with parallel professional training and touring operations in a similarly-sized European cultural market.
• Codarts Rotterdam: Rotterdam-based university of professional arts education offering dance, music, and circus training with international mobility programs; directly comparable to Balleteatro's Escola Profissional as a European vocational performing arts training institution of similar scale.
• ESTC - Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema: Polytechnic higher-education institution in Lisbon offering professional theatre and cinema training; directly comparable to Balleteatro's vocational theatre school as a Portuguese performing arts education provider, though at higher-education rather than vocational level.
• Escola Superior de Dança: Lisbon-based higher-education dance school within the Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa; directly comparable to Balleteatro's professional dance program as a Portuguese vocational dance training institution competing for the same student market.

Regional players

• Forum Dança: Lisbon-based contemporary dance production and promotion organization; comparable to Balleteatro as a Portuguese dance production entity, though focused on contemporary dance curation and festival production rather than integrated vocational training.
• Escola Profissional de Teatro de Coimbra: Portuguese regional vocational theatre school in Coimbra; comparable to Balleteatro's Escola Profissional as a peer EQAVET-aligned vocational theatre training institution operating in a similar Portuguese regional market.

Broad incumbents

• Companhia Nacional de Bailado: Portugal's national ballet company based in Lisbon; comparable to Balleteatro as a publicly-funded professional dance production and training entity, though operating at national scale and in the capital rather than Porto.
• Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: UK-based conservatoire offering vocational and degree-level dance and theatre training; comparable to Balleteatro as a quality-assured European performing arts school with integrated performance programming, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Tanztheater Wuppertal: German dance theatre company with associated training and residency programs; comparable to Balleteatro as a publicly-subsidized European dance theatre operation combining professional performance with education, though at much larger scale and longer touring reach.
• Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian: Major Portuguese cultural foundation funding and producing performing arts; comparable to Balleteatro as a publicly-supported Portuguese arts institution, though operating as a far larger grant-making foundation with broader programming across multiple disciplines.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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