ARTS EN SCЀNE

What ARTS EN SCЀNE does

Arts en Scène is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 2000 in Lyon by director Eric Zobel, operating as an agréé Éducation populaire performing arts training center. It delivers weekly workshops, weekend stages, and summer intensives across five disciplines — theater, contemporary dance, mime, clown, and voice — for adult amateurs, children and adolescents, vulnerable populations, and pre-professional performers. Its most structured offering is a three-year professional theater school (admission by audition, sub-brand ecole-theatre.net) which combines physical theater, clown, text work, and performance creation under pedagogues drawn from CNSAD, ENSATT, and Théâtre du Soleil.

The underlying "technology" is a 25-year pedagogy rooted in physical-theater traditions (Decroux, Lecoq, biomechanics) and delivered by a roster of approximately 30 professional artist-teachers, supported by a small core administrative team of around 9. The technical stack is intentionally light: a WordPress website, an online registration portal, a dedicated newsletter subdomain, and standard social channels (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube). No API, mobile app, or proprietary software product exists; competitive advantage derives from teaching content, talent, and accreditations rather than software.

Revenue mechanics combine an annual €20 membership fee, annual workshop subscriptions with tiered and solidarity pricing (15–25% reductions tied to CAF quotient), pay-as-you-go weekend and summer stages with multi-booking discounts, professional school tuition, AFDAS-conventioned professional stages delivered via partner Protéiformes, and pedagogical intervention services for external institutions. The model is supplemented by public subsidies from Ville de Lyon, Région Rhône-Alpes, and DRAC Rhône-Alpes under the Politique de la Ville framework. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and community-led: online pre-registration, newsletter and blog, forum des associations, open days, and student-organized performances serve as the primary acquisition channels, with no third-party resellers or digital distribution.

Name

ARTS EN SCЀNE

Legal name

Arts en Scène

Website

https://artsenscene.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arts en Scène is a Lyon-based French non-profit association founded in 2000 that delivers performing arts education (theater, dance, mime, clown, voice) to amateurs, youth, and pre-professional students through weekly workshops, intensive stages, and a three-year professional school, subsidized by local and regional public authorities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Education

NAICS

Fine Arts Schools (61161), Fine Arts Schools (611610)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Theatre Education, Training & Conservatories (MPAGABAN), Performing Arts (Acting, Improv, Theater) (EDAAAGAE)

Keywords

• Performing arts education
• Theatre training programs
• Contemporary dance classes
• Artistic workshop instruction
• Professional actor training

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

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. Membership Fees: Annual membership fee of 20 euros per year required for all participants in activities
2. Weekly Workshops and Courses: Annual fees for weekly workshops in theater, dance, clown, mime, and voice for amateur and professional audiences. Pricing varies between full rate and reduced rates for students, unemployed, and solidarity pricing based on CAF quotient.
3. Weekend and Summer Stages: Short intensive workshops ranging from single-day to week-long programs. Pricing follows a tiered system with discounted packages for multiple bookings.
4. Professional School Tuition: Three-year professional theater school with separate tuition structure and audition requirements
5. Professional Development Training: AFDAS-conventioned professional stages for employed professionals in the entertainment industry, with administrative support for funding requests

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Arts en Scène operates a performing arts training center in Lyon delivering weekly workshops, weekend and summer intensive stages, and a three-year professional theatre school across five disciplines (theatre, contemporary dance, clown, mime, voice/singing). Offerings serve amateurs, pre-professionals, children/adolescents, and working entertainment professionals, supplemented by AFDAS-conventioned professional training and pedagogical interventions for external organizations.

Product overview

Arts en Scène is a performing arts training center founded in 2000 in Lyon, France, offering a comprehensive portfolio of courses and workshops in theatre, contemporary dance, clown, mime, and voice/singing. The organization provides multiple formats including weekly workshops, intensive weekend and summer stages, and a three-year professional theatre school accessible by audition. Programs serve all skill levels from children to adults, amateurs to professionals. The portfolio also includes pedagogical interventions for external organizations and annual public performance events. All offerings are delivered through a network of approximately 30 teaching artists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Theatre Courses and Workshops Weekly theatre workshops and intensive stage courses for adults, children, and adolescents covering acting techniques, text interpretation, improvisation, and theatrical performance across beginner to advanced levels.
• Professional Theatre School Three-year professional actor training program accessible by audition, providing comprehensive theatre education including stage work, body training, and voice, with annual productions and professional placement support.
• Contemporary Dance Weekly contemporary dance workshops and intensive stages for adults covering movement, body awareness, and dance techniques, including contact improvisation.
• Clown Workshops Weekly clown workshops and stages teaching theatrical clown techniques, emotional exploration, and performance, led by experienced instructors.
• Mime Courses Weekly mime workshops and stages covering corporal mime techniques, body expression, and the art of non-verbal theatrical performance.
• Voice and Singing Workshops Voice exploration and singing workshops covering vocal technique, interpretation, breath control, and collective choral work for adults.
• Professional Training (AFDAS) AFDAS-conventioned professional training sessions for performing arts professionals, organized in partnership with Protéiformes, including annual courses and funded workshops.
• Pedagogical Interventions Theatrical and artistic intervention services for schools, universities, hospitals, social organizations, and cultural institutions, promoting access to arts for diverse populations.
• Summer Stages Intensive 5-day summer workshops in July and August covering theatre, dance, clown, mime, and voice for adults of all levels.
• Events and Performances Annual performance events including the Tournée des Arts festival showcasing amateur group productions, professional school showcases (Exquises Esquisses, Traversée), and public spectacles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves approximately 350 persons annually across all programs
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• ProtéiformesminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Professional stages are now organized in partnership with Protéiformes, an organism for professional training. Visit proteiformes.com for more information on these AFDAS-conventioned professional development programs.
• DAR – Artistes pour l'UkraineminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 May 2023Charitable partnership with DAR (Artists for Ukraine), a Lyon-based association providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Arts en Scène students performed the play 'Nous Tremblons' to raise funds for humanitarian convoy deliveries to Kherson and other affected areas.
• La Cloche (Association)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Arts en Scène partners with La Cloche, an association supporting homeless people in the Guillotière neighborhood where the school is located. Third-year professional students facilitate monthly theater workshops with La Cloche members, providing pedagogical experience while promoting social inclusion through art. The partnership runs annually and has been renewed.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Théâtre National Populaire (TNP): Major national theater located in the Lyon metropolitan area (Villeurbanne) with associated training, school, and amateur programming. Comparable local presence but as a much larger public institution with a national-theater mandate.
• Théâtre du Soleil: Internationally renowned physical-theater company explicitly referenced in Arts en Scène's pedagogical lineage (Mario González teaches there). Comparable physical-theater DNA but operating as a producing company rather than a school.

Direct peers

• École Charles Dullin: Paris drama school offering multi-year actor training with audition-based admissions. Comparable professional-tier curriculum with similar pedagogical lineage in French theater training.
• Cours Florent: Major French performing-arts school with multi-city presence and pre-professional curricula in acting. Closest multi-site comparable peer competing for serious amateur and pre-pro students nationally.
• ENSATT (École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre): Lyon-based national conservatory offering multi-year professional theater training. Most geographically and structurally comparable peer — same city, same mission of training actors, but at national-conservatory scale.
• Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique (CNSAD): France's premier national drama conservatory in Paris offering a 3-year professional acting program. Comparable at the professional-school tier, training actors for the same labor market.
• Cours Simon: Paris-based private drama school offering multi-year acting curricula and stage workshops. Comparable fee-for-service private-school model competing for amateur and pre-pro students.
• École internationale de théâtre Jacques Lecoq: Paris-based international school for physical theater pedagogy rooted in Jacques Lecoq's methodology — directly comparable curriculum philosophy and audience of serious movement/theater students.
• École du TNS (Théâtre National de Strasbourg): National drama school attached to a major French national theater. Comparable professional-training offering and union-recognized credentialing structure for graduating actors.
• Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Lyon (CRR de Lyon): Municipal conservatory in Lyon offering theater and movement training across age groups. Directly competes for the same Lyon amateur and pre-professional student base with public-institution pricing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@artsenscene-ecoledetheatre4250
• Facebookfacebook.com/artsenscene.theatre.lyon
• Instagraminstagram.com/artsenscene
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arts-en-scene

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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