Centre Des Arts Du Récit En Isère

What Centre Des Arts Du Récit En Isère does

Centre Des Arts Du Récit En Isère is a French nonprofit cultural association (loi 1901) headquartered in Saint-Martin-d'Hères with primary operations installed at Théâtre Prémol in Grenoble since September 2025. The organization is a nationally designated 'Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national "Art et Création"' under the French Ministry of Culture, focused on the promotion, preservation, and professionalization of oral arts and storytelling (arts de la parole). It delivers five core activities: artist support (résidencies, the Appel à projets Traffic commissioning call), performance diffusion through the annual Festival des Arts du Récit (39th edition in 2026, with 50+ events across Isère venues) and the Saison des Arts du Récit, cultural outreach (action culturelle) targeting schools, early childhood, and underserved publics, professional and amateur training (Qualiopi-certified, including Imaginer le Réel, La Geste-Parole, and La musicalité de la parole), and documentation/research via the fonds conte archive.

The operating model combines three revenue streams: ticket sales for performances (€6-€14 per unit across categories including accessibility pricing and Pass Culture/PASS'Région acceptance), training program fees (€150-€1,820 depending on individual vs. professional tier), and public funding from national, regional, and local government cultural bodies that supports the Scène conventionnée designation. Distribution is via an in-house box office (Tuesday-Thursday 13h-18h), online ticketing through Mapado, and a venue-partner network spanning Musée dauphinois, Archives départementales de l'Isère, Médiathèque départementale, and multiple Isère municipalities. The Centre is governance-positioned within the RNCAP national storytelling network, the Fédération des Cercles Conteurs board (via Collectif Oralité Auvergne), and the VerdoYantes eco-responsible performing arts collective. Leadership is headed by Directrice Stéphène Jourdain, supported by a small team of five employees plus volunteer and adhérent engagement structures.

Name

Centre Des Arts Du Récit En Isère

Legal name

Centre des Arts du Récit

Website

https://artsdurecit.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Centre Des Arts Du Récit En Isère is a French national-interest storytelling arts center based at Théâtre Prémol in Grenoble, delivering festivals, performances, professional training, cultural outreach, and oral literature research for the Isère region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts (Oral Storytelling)

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Performing Arts Companies (7111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Fine Arts Schools (61161)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Community Theatre & Storytelling Festivals (MPAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts & Cultural Event Venues (Theaters, Museums) (THAHAAAG), Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations (BPAGAHAG), Spoken Word & Performance Poetry Workshops (EDAMAMAM)

Keywords

• Oral storytelling arts
• Storytelling festival
• Cultural event programming
• Narrative arts training
• Performing arts venue

Headquarters

HQ city

Grenoble

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Revenue from ticket sales for performances, festival events, and shows. The Centre operates a box office (open Tuesday-Thursday 13h-18h) and online ticketing through Mapado.
2. Training Programs: Professional and amateur training programs in oral arts, storytelling, and related skills generate revenue through course fees. Pricing varies between individual (particulier) and professional rates.
3. Public Funding and Subsidies: As a Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national, the Centre receives public funding from national, regional, and local government cultural bodies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Centre Des Arts Du Récit En Isère produces, hosts, and programs oral storytelling performances (arts du récit), organizes an annual storytelling festival, runs year-round seasonal programming at its Grenoble venue, delivers Qualiopi-certified professional training for storytellers and educators, supports artistic creation through residencies, and conducts cultural outreach and documentation of oral traditions.

Product overview

Centre Des Arts Du Récit En Isère is a nationally designated storytelling arts center (Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national "Art et Création") located at Théâtre Prémol in Grenoble. The organization operates as a multi-faceted cultural institution offering a comprehensive portfolio of oral arts programs: the annual Festival des Arts du Récit and the regular Saison des Arts du Récit (core programming), professional Formation programs (including Imaginer le Réel, La Geste-Parole, and La musicalité de la parole), artistic creation support through residencies and funding, cultural outreach action targeting diverse publics from early childhood to underserved communities, and documentation/research through the fonds conte archive. The Centre serves as both a performance venue and a resource center for the oral literature and storytelling arts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Festival des Arts du Récit (Storytelling Festival) An annual festival of oral storytelling and narrative arts performances hosted at the organization's Grenoble venue, open to the general public, families, and cultural audiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• The Festival des Arts du Récit 2026 ran from May 4-28 with over 50 events across multiple venues
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Les VerdoYantescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2023Collective of performing arts actors in the Greater Grenoble area committed to ecological transition. The Centre joined in June 2023. Members include La Belle Électrique, l'Espace 600, Le Pacifique, le TMG, le CIMN, Mixarts, l'Espace Paul Jargot, L'Ilyade, La Bobine, La Faïencerie, and UGA's culture department. The collective focuses on eco-responsible practices including reducing transport impact, energy efficiency, digital responsibility, and local sourcing.
• Réseau National du Conte et des Arts de la Parole (RNCAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational network of storytelling and oral arts structures created in 2007. Members include venues, festivals, associations, libraries, and territorial collectivities working to develop sustainable actions in their territories related to oral arts.
• Collectif Oralité Auvergne (COA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional collective for oral arts. The Centre coordinates a reflection and practice exchange group on Cercles Conteurs within COA and represents COA at the Fédération des Cercles Conteurs board.
• Médiathèque départementale de l'IsèreminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental media library partner for storytelling events and professional encounters during the festival.
• Musée dauphinoiscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMajor venue partner for festival events including projections, storytelling sessions, brunch events, and exhibitions.
• Archives départementales de l'IsèreminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorArchives partner for historical storytelling events and archive visit experiences during the festival.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Collectif Les Arts du Récit: French network collective of storytellers and oral arts producers, sharing professional mission and overlapping artist base with the Centre. Acts as both peer and upstream talent pipeline for storytelling programming.
• Bibliothèque nationale de France - Département de l'Audiovisuel: National oral literature archives and documentation resources partially overlap with the Centre's fonds conte (story archive). Adjacent institutional stakeholder in the preservation of oral storytelling heritage in France.

Broad incumbents

• Le Théâtre du Peuple: French Scène nationale focused on popular theater and live performance with comparable national designation and public funding model. Provides relevant benchmark for a regional venue-based performing arts institution with educational outreach.
• Scène conventionnée d'intérêt national "Art et Création" - benchmark peer set: Other French Scène conventionnée institutions share this designation framework (e.g., Théâtre de La Manufacture, CDN). Comparable governance, funding structure, and reporting requirements make them useful benchmark peers for institutional performance.
• Théâtre de la Ville - Paris: Major Paris performing arts institution with comparable national designation (Scène conventionnée), presenting theater, dance, and storytelling-adjacent programming. Useful for benchmarking large-scale French cultural institution operations.

Direct peers

• Festival International du Conte de Lausanne: Switzerland-based international storytelling festival operating a similar model of multi-day storytelling performances, workshops, and professional encounters. Comparable in cultural mission and festival programming logic to Festival des Arts du Récit.
• Maison du Conte de Montréal: Quebec storytelling center offering performances, training, and creation support for oral arts. Direct peer across the Francophone world operating an analogous multi-disciplinary storytelling arts mission.
• La Maison du Conte: Storytelling arts center based in Chevilly-Larue (Île-de-France), with a comparable national mission to develop oral arts and storytelling via festival, training, and creation support. Most direct French peer sharing the Centre's specialty in arts de la parole.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/artsdurecit
• Instagraminstagram.com/artsdurecit_theatrepremol
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/centre-des-arts-du-r%C3%A9cit-en-is%C3%A8re

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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