Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne

What Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne does

Collectif FAIR-E / Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne (CCNRB) is a French National Choreographic Centre (CCN) — one of 19 institutions designated by the Ministry of Culture — and a non-profit association (loi 1901) founded in 1978, headquartered in Rennes, Brittany. It operates two licensed venues in Rennes (Saint Melaine in the city centre and Le Garage in the Beauregard quarter) and curates a portfolio of contemporary and underground dance programming. Its artistic identity, defined by the FAIR-E collective, emphasizes 'danses de la marge' — hip-hop, social dances, and non-institutional dance forms — and includes productions such as UNDER/GROUND, Témoin, Abîmes, Limbo, and Earthbound. The organization also runs the Battle des écoles community event (510 children participating in 2026), artist residencies, and formation cycles including FAIR-E CERCLE and Danses Sociales 2.0.

The business model is a publicly subsidized hybrid: institutional grants from the Ministry of Culture (DRAC Bretagne), the City of Rennes, the Brittany Region, and the Department of Ille-et-Vilaine form the dominant revenue base, supplemented by ticket sales (via underground.bzh and the in-house billetterie), workshop fees, and educational programming. There is no proprietary technology platform; operations are supported by a WordPress-based website, online ticketing, and standard social media channels (Vimeo, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn) plus a monthly newsletter. Go-to-market is event-driven and community-led, reaching general audiences through ticketed performances and reaching schools, teachers, pedagogical counselors, cultural professionals, and medico-social staff through the PREAC Danse Bretagne training network (coordinated in partnership with DRAC Bretagne, the Rectorat de l'Académie de Rennes, Réseau Canopé/INSEAC, and the national CN D).

Governance is provided by co-directors Céline Gallet and Marion Poupinet. The CCN holds performance licences L1, L2, and L3 (PLATESV-R-2021 series) for both venues, satisfying French entertainment law requirements. Headcount is small (1-10 employees) and revenue is not publicly disclosed; the organization is actively operating with continuous programming, recent international touring to Summer Dance Forever Amsterdam, and ongoing recruitment (a CDD administrator position for maternity leave replacement, starting September 2025).

Name

Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne

Legal name

Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne (C.C.N.R.B.)

Website

https://ccnrb.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1978

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne is a French National Choreographic Centre operating two venues in Rennes, producing contemporary and underground dance works, coordinating the PREAC Danse Bretagne education network, and serving public audiences, schools, and choreographers through public funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts — Dance and Choreography

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Dance Performances (THAJAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dance Festivals & Dance Series (MPAGADAJ), Dance Competitions & Showcases (Non-Esports) (MPAGADAH)

Keywords

• Contemporary dance performances
• Choreographic productions
• Artist residencies dance
• Dance education programs
• Underground dance festivals

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes, Brittany

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 generated from ticket sales for performances, shows, and events. The organization operates a billetterie (ticket office) system for audience admission to performances.
2. Public Funding: Charity funded by Ministry of Culture (DRAC Bretagne), City of Rennes, Brittany Region, and Department of Ille-et-Vilaine. These are institutional public funding relationships that support operations.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Collectif FAIR-E operates the Centre chorégraphique national de Rennes et de Bretagne, producing and hosting contemporary dance performances, large-scale underground dance events, and artist residencies at two venues in Rennes. The organization also coordinates PREAC Danse Bretagne, delivering dance education and training programs to teachers, cultural professionals, and artists across Brittany, and runs community events such as the Battle des écoles competition for schoolchildren.

Product overview

Collectif FAIR-E / CCN de Rennes et de Bretagne is a National Choreographic Centre offering a unified portfolio of dance and performing arts services: live performances and choreographic productions, artist residencies for research and creation, educational programs through PREAC Danse Bretagne, and community events including the Battle des écoles competition and the UNDER/GROUND festival. The organization operates primarily as a performing arts center rather than a technology product company.

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Functional benefit

Brands

• PREAC Danse Bretagne: Pôles de Ressources pour l'Education Artiste et Culturelle - a network for artistic and cultural education in dance, coordinated by the CCNRB in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, the Academy of Rennes, and INSEAC/Réseau Canopé.

Products and services

• Choreographic Performances and Productions Live choreographic productions created and presented by Collectif FAIR-E for general audiences, schools, and festival partners. Works are performed at the two Rennes venues and on tour, including at international festivals such as Summer Dance Forever Amsterdam.
• UNDER/GROUND Festival Large-scale event dedicated to new artistic forms from underground and marginalized dance styles, presented in Rennes and ticketed via underground.bzh.
• Battle des écoles Annual school dance competition gathering hundreds of schoolchildren for a large public battle event, held in 2026 at the Rennes ice rink with 510 participating children.
• Artist Residencies Studio and production residencies for professional choreographers developing new work, including research, creation, and public residency openings such as Maison Lou(p) by Oumrata Konan.
• PREAC Danse Bretagne Regional resource hub (Pôle de Ressources pour l'Éducation Artistique et Culturelle) dedicated to dance, coordinating training between the Ministry of Culture, the Academy of Rennes, and INSEAC/Réseau Canopé for education and cultural professionals.
• Formation Cycles (FAIR-E CERCLE, Un Usage du monde, Danses Sociales 2.0) Multi-cycle training program covering circular dance practices, collective creation methodologies, and social dance forms, intended for educators, cultural professionals, and artists.

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Ministry of Culture (DRAC Bretagne)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary public funder and institutional partner. The National Choreographic Centre receives ongoing funding from the Ministry of Culture's Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs in Brittany (DRAC Bretagne).
• City of RennescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor municipal funding partner supporting the CCN's operations and programming in Rennes metropolitan area.
• Brittany RegioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional authority providing ongoing funding support for the choreographic center's cultural activities across Brittany.
• Department of Ille-et-VilainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDepartmental authority providing funding support, particularly for departmental educational and cultural programming.
• PREAC Danse Bretagne Partners (Ministry of Culture - DRAC Bretagne, Rectorat de l'Académie de Rennes, Réseau Canopé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPREAC Danse Bretagne is coordinated by Collectif FAIR-E / CCN and brings together Ministry of Culture (DRAC Bretagne), Rectorat de l'Académie de Rennes, and Réseau Canopé for artistic and cultural education initiatives.
• CN D - Centre national de la dansecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPREAC Danse Bretagne is part of the national PREAC dance network animated by the CN D (Centre national de la danse), France's national dance center that coordinates educational resources nationally.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centre Chorégraphique National de Montpellier: A peer French CCN sharing the same institutional designation, public-funding model, and mandate to produce and present contemporary dance — directly comparable as a regional national choreographic center operating under identical Ministry of Culture framework.
• Centre Chorégraphique National de Lyon (Compagnie Maguy Marin): CCN of Lyon associated with Maguy Marin's company, sharing the same national designation, French public-funding structure, and mandate of choreographic creation, production, and public outreach as FAIR-E.
• La Briquetterie - CDCN du Val-de-Marne: Centre de développement chorégraphique national, a French national choreographic development center sharing FAIR-E's mission of choreographic creation, transmission, and audience engagement under a similar public-funded institutional framework.
• Centre Chorégraphique National de La Rochelle: Another of France's 19 Centres chorégraphiques nationaux, directed by Kader Attou and focused on hip-hop and street dance forms — directly comparable to FAIR-E's specialization in underground and marginalized dance styles, with the same national-designation funding structure.
• Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil: CCN historically led by Mourad Merzouki (Compagnie Käfig), a flagship French choreographic center with a hip-hop and street-dance focus that parallels FAIR-E's positioning around non-institutional dance forms within the same national CCN network.

Broad incumbents

• CN D - Centre national de la danse: France's national dance resource center based in Pantin; directly named as a partner on PREAC Danse Bretagne and animator of the national PREAC dance network. Operates as the umbrella coordinator for France's choreographic centers, including CCNRB.
• Holland Dance: Dutch national dance development organization promoting dance creation, education, and audience development — structurally comparable to FAIR-E's role in France as a publicly-supported national platform for dance and choreography.
• Maison de la Danse (Lyon): One of France's largest dedicated dance presenting venues, offering an overlapping programming and audience-development role to FAIR-E but at significantly greater scale and as an established touring venue rather than a creation-driven CCN.

Others

• Théâtre National de Bretagne (TNB): Rennes's neighboring national theater with overlapping presenting and audience-development functions in the same city; not a CCN but a relevant local cultural ecosystem partner with comparable public-funding model and Brittany footprint.

Regional players

• Summer Dance Forever (Amsterdam): Dutch hip-hop and street dance festival that has hosted FAIR-E productions (Abîmes, Limbo) on tour — a directly comparable international platform for underground and street dance forms, reflecting shared audience and artistic vocabulary.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/ccnrb
• Facebookfacebook.com/ccnrb.faire
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/collectif-fair-e-ccn-de-rennes-et-de-bretagne
• Instagraminstagram.com/ccnrb.faire
• TikToktiktok.com/@ccnrb.faire

Compliance7 records

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Profiles2 records

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