Fête de la danse Genève

Name

Fête de la danse Genève

Legal name

Reso – Tanznetwerk Schweiz

Website

https://fetedeladanse.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. National Festival Pass: A national pass at CHF 25 gives access to all courses and spectacles throughout Switzerland. This is the primary revenue mechanism for the festival, enabling cross-city participation.
2. Individual Event Tickets: Single event tickets at CHF 15 for indoor events and paid activities. Outdoor public events are generally free. Revenue from individual admissions supplements the pass system.
3. Sponsorship and Public Funding: The festival receives support from national and regional government bodies, cultural foundations including Pro Helvetia, Loterie Romande, and local city governments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fête de la Danse Genève is the Geneva regional edition of Switzerland's largest annual dance festival, operating as a multi-day event held each May with public performances, initiation dance courses, and professional showcases. The festival offers free outdoor events in public spaces alongside ticketed indoor performances at cultural venues, serving the general public, professional dance companies, dance schools, and cultural institutions across all skill levels and dance styles.

Product overview

Fête de la Danse is a national Swiss dance festival (not a technology product) offering a portfolio of event-based offerings centered around celebrating dance in all its forms. The core offering is the annual multi-day festival held in approximately 40 cities across Switzerland, featuring performances, dance courses, workshops, and participatory events. Key components include the Dance on Tour national touring program showcasing professional Swiss dance companies, the annual Call for Projects inviting mobile public space dance performances, and comprehensive press/media services. The festival is organized by Reso (Réseau Danse Suisse) in collaboration with regional coordinators across participating cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fête de la Danse Festival
• Dance on Tour
• Dance Courses and Workshops

Quantifiable outcome

• 115,000 participants (2026 edition - record)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Partnerships

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

• Reso - Tanznetwerk SchweizcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe national coordinator and founding organization behind the Fête de la Danse. Reso develops encouragement measures and organizes events to improve conditions for dance in Switzerland and make it more accessible to a broad public.
• AVDC - Association vaudoise de danse contemporainecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional coordinator for Lausanne edition, coordinating dance schools and cultural partners in the canton of Vaud.
• ADN Danse - NeuchâtelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional coordinator for La Chaux-de-Fonds and Neuchâtel editions, organizing dance programs in the Jura region.
• Ville de Morges - Office de la culturecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMorges city cultural office coordinating the local festival edition since 2016, marking its 5th edition in 2026.
• Ville de Vevey - Service culturelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVevey city cultural service founding the local festival in 2011, now managed by the association Fête de la Danse - Vevey et région.
• Association Fête de la Danse FribourgcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal committee organizing the Bulle and Fribourg editions, with comprehensive team handling production, communication, ticketing, and artist reception.
• Arsenic - Centre d'art scénique contemporaincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLausanne contemporary performing arts center hosting festival performances and providing venue infrastructure.
• Théâtre Sévelin 36coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLausanne dance theater hosting festival events and serving as ticketing partner.
• Pôle SudmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLausanne cultural center participating in festival programming.
• La Grange - UNILminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Lausanne cultural venue participating in festival.
• Plateforme 10majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLausanne cultural campus (Elysee, mudac, Musée de design) hosting festival events.
• La Croix-Rouge vaudoise / La Chaise rougeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing accessibility services for disabled attendees, with personalized accompaniment available.
• AVDCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVaud Association for Contemporary Dance coordinating Lausanne festival.
• trivol massminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPress agency handling French-speaking Switzerland media relations.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Internationally renowned German dance company and producing institution with its own performance season. Comparable as a high-prestige Swiss/German-speaking dance producer whose award-winning productions sometimes tour through festivals like Dance on Tour.

Others

• Edinburgh Festival Fringe: World's largest performing-arts festival, held annually in Edinburgh across many venues with ticketed and free components. Comparable in scale and multi-venue, free-plus-ticketed model, though broader than dance specifically.

Direct peers

• Dublin Dance Festival: Ireland's principal contemporary dance festival presenting national and international companies across multiple venues. Comparable as a ticketed dance festival with strong public programming and educational/outreach components.
• Tanz im August: Berlin-based international dance festival presenting contemporary dance companies and emerging choreographers. Comparable as a curated dance festival combining ticketed indoor performances with outreach, although smaller in geographic footprint than Fête de la Danse.
• La Biennale de la danse de Lyon: Major French dance biennial organized by Maison de la Danse, presenting professional companies, outreach events, and participatory programming across Lyon. Comparable as a major dance event combining professional touring with public-facing participation, though larger and more international in scope.
• Holland Dance: National dance festival and platform in the Netherlands programming contemporary, classical, and urban dance across multiple cities. Closely comparable to Fête de la Danse as a multi-city, genre-spanning national dance celebration with ticketed and free public components.
• American Dance Festival: Long-running U.S. national dance festival offering performances, courses, and residencies for professional and amateur dancers. Comparable as a multi-decade dance festival with strong programming depth, courses, and national touring elements.
• Tanzplattform Deutschland: Biennial platform showcasing outstanding German contemporary dance productions, organized by a national network. Comparable as a federally supported national dance showcase with touring elements, though biennial rather than annual.

Broad incumbents

• Sadler's Wells: London-based year-round dance venue and producer running its own festival programming plus international touring. Comparable as a curated dance presenter and festival-style programming, but operates as a permanent venue rather than an annual multi-city festival.
• Festival d'Avignon: Major French performing-arts festival presenting theater, dance, and other live performance across multiple venues. Comparable as a large-scale, publicly supported performing-arts festival, although broader than dance specifically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FetedelaDanseDasTanzfest
• Instagraminstagram.com/tanzfest_fetedeladanse
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/f%C3%AAte-de-la-danse-gen%C3%A8ve

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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