Acrobalia

What Acrobalia does

Acrobalia (legal name: Asociación Deportiva y Cultural Acrobalia) is a non-profit sports and cultural association based in Jaén, Spain, specializing in acrobatic gymnastics, aerial arts, and performing arts. Founded in 2003 by director Antonio Cobos and formally registered as an association in 2011, the organization operates a sports school serving 500+ enrolled students aged 4-45, divided into a Children's School (ages 4-15, Groups A/B/C) and an Adult School (ages 15+), with offerings spanning aerial fabrics/silks, straps, tumbling, eurotramp, floor acrobatics, dance, rope skipping, and functional training. The training is delivered from a dedicated 1,200 m² purpose-built facility in Jaén, opened in September 2018, featuring 5+ meters of ceiling height for aerial disciplines.

The organization's core business model is subscription-based monthly tuition fees charged per family, tiered from €45/month for a single member up to €30 per person/month for families with four or more enrolled members, supplemented by a mandatory €20/year accident insurance fee per student. Secondary revenue streams include one-time summer intensive courses (Intensivos de Verano) and monographic workshops, plus transactional revenue from ticket sales for theatrical productions. Acrobalia has produced multiple original musical acrobatic productions ("ALMA" in 2021, "La Fábrica" in 2021, and "Armonía" in December 2024) featuring 40+ performers and drawing audiences of 2,500+ per show at the Nuevo Teatro Infanta Leonor venue.

Beyond the core school, Acrobalia distributes its services through direct enrollment at its facility, e-commerce ticket sales via its website shopping cart, and outreach visits to local primary, secondary, and vocational schools. The go-to-market is community-led, with customer acquisition driven by word-of-mouth within Jaén, school partnerships (notably Colegio Maristas de Jaén and Universidad de Jaén), public performances as showcases, and social media/YouTube content. The organization has also engaged in cultural-sector partnerships, including the ayudARTE initiative supporting pandemic-affected artists in 2021, and operates a municipal sports school for the Ayuntamiento de Jaén under a public-private arrangement since 2012.

Name

Acrobalia

Legal name

Asociación Deportiva y Cultural Acrobalia

Website

https://acrobalia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Acrobalia is a non-profit sports and cultural association in Jaén, Spain, operating a sports school in acrobatic gymnastics, aerial arts, and dance for 500+ students aged 4-45, plus producing original musical acrobatic theater shows. Revenue comes from tiered monthly family tuition fees, insurance, summer intensives, and theater ticket sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acrobatic Gymnastics & Performing Arts

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Fine Arts Schools (611610), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Dance Companies (711120)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Dance Education (Ballet, Contemporary, Hip-Hop, Cultural Dance) (EDAMAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Theater & Drama Education (Acting, Improvisation, Musical Theater) (EDAMAAAG)

Keywords

• Acrobatic gymnastics training
• Aerial arts instruction
• Musical theater production
• Performing arts education
• Youth sports programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Jaén

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Monthly School Tuition Fees: Recurring monthly fees charged per family component, tiered by number of enrolled siblings/family members. Collected monthly during the academic year; May and June fees are combined into a single May payment.
2. Annual Accident Insurance: Mandatory annual accident insurance fee of €20 per student per calendar year, providing immediate healthcare coverage for accidents occurring at the Acrobalia facility.
3. Event and Theater Ticket Sales: Revenue from the sale of tickets to theatrical productions (musical acrobatic shows) held at external venues such as the Nuevo Teatro Infanta Leonor and Caseta Municipal Jaén Arena. Tickets are sold via the website through a shopping cart.
4. Summer Intensive Courses: Revenue from summer intensive programs (Intensivos de Verano) and monographic courses offered during school holidays, targeted at persons aged 8+ and adults at initiation and advanced levels.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Acrobalia operates a multi-discipline school offering acrobatic gymnastics, aerial arts (telas and straps), dance, and functional training for children and adults, alongside original musical theater productions, a documentary, and short-format intensives and school-center visits. Classes are delivered at a 1,200 m² facility in Jaén equipped with rigging, trampolines, and performance infrastructure. Productions and audiovisual outputs are sold via the company's website.

Product overview

Acrobalia is a Cultural and Sports Association specializing in acrobatic gymnastics and performing arts, offering a comprehensive portfolio of programs and productions. The core offering consists of age-structured schools: Children's School (ages 4-15) and Adult School (15+), providing disciplines including aerial arts/tissues, floor acrobatics, tumbling, eurotramp, dance, and functional training. Complementing these educational programs, Acrobalia produces annual Musical Theater productions ("Armonía", "La Fábrica", "ALMA"), the documentary "Desde Dentro", and "Entre BAMBALINAS" behind-the-scenes content. Additional offerings include summer intensives, specialized monographic workshops, and school visit programs. The organization operates from a 1200m2 facility in Jaén and serves over 500 students aged 4-45.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Escuela Infantil (Children's School) Recurring acrobatic gymnastics and aerial arts classes for children, delivered at Acrobalia's Jaén facility as a weekly subscription-based program.
• Escuela Adultos (Adult School) Recurring acrobatic gymnastics, aerial arts, dance, and functional training classes for adults aged 15-45, delivered as a weekly subscription-based program at the Jaén facility.
• Aéreos - Telas y Straps (Aerial Arts) Specialized aerial arts instruction using aerial silks (telas) and straps, taught to both children and adults at Acrobalia's facility with dedicated rigging.
• Entrenamiento Funcional para Adultos (Functional Training for Adults) Functional training classes for adults, complementing Acrobalia's gymnastics and aerial curriculum with strength and conditioning work.
• Danza (Dance) Dance classes offered as part of Acrobalia's performing arts curriculum for children and adults.
• Visitas de Centros Escolares (School-Center Visits) On-site acrobatic gymnastics sessions delivered by Acrobalia at partner primary and secondary schools in the Jaén/Andalusia region.
• Intensivos de Verano (Summer Intensives) Short-format intensive acrobatic gymnastics and aerial arts programs offered during the summer season.
• Monográficos (Monographic Workshops) Short specialized workshops focused on specific disciplines within Acrobalia's curriculum, sold as standalone sessions.
• Teatro Musical "Armonía" Original musical theater production staged by Acrobalia, combining acrobatic gymnastics and aerial arts with live theater, with tickets sold to local audiences.
• Teatro Musical "La Fábrica" Original musical theater production staged by Acrobalia, fusing acrobatic gymnastics with theatrical performance, with tickets sold to local audiences.
• Teatro Musical "ALMA" Original musical theater production staged by Acrobalia, integrating acrobatic and aerial disciplines into a theatrical narrative, with tickets sold to local audiences.
• Entre "BAMBALINAS" Behind-the-scenes production by Acrobalia offering audiences a look at the preparation of its theatrical and acrobatic shows.
• Documental "Desde Dentro" Standalone documentary produced by Acrobalia, distributed via the company website as an audiovisual product.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500 students enrolled across ages 4-45, grown from 30 students in 2003
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ayudARTE Initiative Partners (Jaén)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Acrobalia participates in the 'ayudARTE, Iniciativa de ayuda al artista' initiative alongside 9 other cultural organizations in Jaén (Nueva Acrópolis, Baraka Project, Small Clowns, Comunidad Up Jaén, Asociación Teatral Hojas de Papel, In Vitro Teatro, Delirium Laboratorio de Artes Escénicas, Uniradio, La Fábrica del Arte). The initiative supports professional artists affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Acrobalia serves as a book sales and dissemination point for two donated books, with donations of €10 per book going to the cause.
• Colegio Maristas de JaénminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe organization's origin traces to 2003 when Director Antonio Cobos joined the teaching staff at Colegio Maristas de Jaén, introducing Acrobatic Gymnastics into the school's curriculum. The extracurricular classes started altruistically at this school, growing from 30 to 80 students within a year.
• Universidad de JaénminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWhen Jesús López Bedoya (Spain's leading Acrobatic Gymnastics figure of the 1980s-90s) visited the University of Jaén to teach an Acrosport course, it sparked broader interest in the discipline. A university group of Acrobatic Gymnastics was subsequently created, run by Director Antonio Cobos alongside the Maristas group.
• Ayuntamiento de Jaén / Patronato de DeportesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn September 2012, the Patronato de Deportes (municipal sports authority) proposed creating a municipal school of Acrobatic Gymnastics. Due to the municipal body's lack of economic resources for the necessary sports equipment, Acrobalia was appointed as the operator and investor in the indirectly managed school.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Stagecoach Performing Arts: UK-based performing arts school for ages 4-18 offering weekly classes in dance, drama, and singing with termly performance showcases, operating via franchise to ~50K students globally. Closely comparable to Acrobalia's children's school curriculum, family enrollment model, and end-of-term theatrical showcases.
• National Centre for Circus Arts: London-based circus school delivering aerial arts, acrobatics, and performance training for youth and adults with both recreational and professional tracks. Directly comparable to Acrobalia in mixing technical circus/aerial instruction with performance showcases.
• Carampa: Madrid-based circus arts school offering aerial, acrobatics, and contemporary circus training with a strong youth focus and community performances. The closest Spanish analogue to Acrobalia's mixed sport/performing-arts community model.
• Greentop Circus Centre: Sheffield-based circus center providing aerial, acrobatic, and dance training for all ages, including youth programs and adult classes. Similar community-based multi-discipline model and recreational-to-performance pathway to Acrobalia's.

Regional players

• École Nationale de Cirque: Montreal-based national circus school delivering professional and recreational training in aerial arts, acrobatics, and performance. Comparable training portfolio to Acrobalia but operates in a different geography with a credentialing orientation.
• Conservatorio Superior de Danza 'María de Ávila': Madrid-based public higher-education dance conservatory offering formal dance training and credentials. Comparable to Acrobalia in dance-discipline focus but serves a credentialed/academic market and a different geographic catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Pilobolus: US-based dance and acrobatic company producing theatrical performances that combine dance, acrobatics, and physical theater. Comparable to Acrobalia's productions in fusing acrobatic movement with stage storytelling, but at a much larger touring scale.
• Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group: Global theatrical entertainment company producing large-scale acrobatic shows that fuse aerial arts, dance, and live music for mass audiences. Operates in the same theatrical-acrobatic performance category as Acrobalia's musical productions but at vastly larger scale and touring reach.

Others

• British Gymnastics: UK national governing body for gymnastics including acrobatic disciplines. Ecosystem counterpart comparable to the Federación Española de Gimnasia rather than a direct competitor; relevant as a benchmark for how gymnastics disciplines are regulated and promoted nationally.
• Federación Española de Gimnasia: Spanish national gymnastics federation governing acrobatic gymnastics and related disciplines. Acrobalia operates within this federation's ecosystem and competes in federation events such as the Gimnastrada, making it the primary institutional counterpart rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/Acrobalia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acrobalia

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

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