L'ARTCHIPEL Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe

What L'ARTCHIPEL Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe does

L'ARTCHIPEL Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe is a designated French national performing arts venue located in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. Operated as a non-profit association under French law (legal entity: Association L'Artchipel Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe, SIRET 408 372 035 00019, NAF/APE code 923B), it holds the "Scène Nationale" designation from the French Ministry of Culture, which confers official recognition and access to public funding. The venue serves the general public and cultural audience of Guadeloupe and the wider Caribbean region, presenting live theater, dance, and music performances featuring Caribbean and international artists, and supporting artistic creation through residencies and co-productions with companies from Martinique, mainland France, and the broader Caribbean.

The venue's core offerings include live performances (e.g., Gordon Henderson et Exile One, Misié Sadik, Toussaint Louverture le souffle de la liberté), annual festivals such as Festival Temps de Danse, and off-site "Hors les murs" programming at partner venues including Lycée Gerville Réache (Basse-Terre), Centre culturel de Beauport (Port-Louis), and Centre chorégraphique Lafabri'K (Les Abymes). Digital extensions include a YouTube channel (@lartchipel sng), Instagram (@lartchipel_guadeloupe), photo galleries, video archives, podcasts, and an email newsletter with downloadable seasonal brochures. Audience engagement is supported through cultural mediation programs ("Rencontres avec nos publics"), school partnerships, and community outreach.

L'Artchipel holds a live performance entrepreneur license (PLATESV-D-2019-000454). The organization's small staff (approximately 10 employees) operates under a public-funding model rather than disclosed commercial revenue; ticket pricing is not publicly disclosed, and tickets are sold at the venue box office and through partner systems. Gérard Poumaroux is named as Director of Publication. The entity has no private equity, venture capital, or individual ownership and is governed as a member association under French association law.

Name

L'ARTCHIPEL Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe

Legal name

Association L'Artchipel Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe

Website

https://lartchipel.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

L'Artchipel Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe is a French public-funded performing arts venue in Basse-Terre presenting theater, dance, and music for Guadeloupe audiences and supporting Caribbean artistic residencies, festivals, and community cultural mediation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Venue

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Theater & Performing Arts Venue Operations (Playhouses, Opera Houses) (MPAGALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Performing Arts Organizations (Theater, Dance, Opera, Music) (BPAGAHAB), Theatre Services & Design (Scenic/Costume/Props/Stage Management) (MPAGABAO)

Keywords

• Performing arts venue
• Live theater programming
• Dance festival production
• Artistic residency programs
• Cultural mediation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Basse-Terre

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

L'Artchipel is a designated French Scène Nationale performing arts center presenting live theater, dance, and music productions in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. It operates an annual festival (Festival Temps de Danse), supports artistic creation through residencies and co-productions, and runs cultural mediation programs including off-site 'Hors les murs' performances and school partnerships. The venue also extends its programming through digital channels (video gallery, podcasts, photo archives).

Product overview

L'Artchipel – Scène Nationale de la Guadeloupe is a national performing arts center (Scène Nationale) located in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. The venue operates as a unified cultural institution offering live performance programming including theater, dance, and music concerts, along with recurring festivals such as Festival Temps de Danse. Digital offerings include video galleries, podcasts, and photo archives documenting performances. The center also supports artistic creation through residencies and co-productions, and engages audiences through educational and community programs. This is not a technology product company but a performing arts venue with digital content extensions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Live Performances and Shows Year-round live theater, dance, music concerts, and performing arts productions presented at the L'Artchipel venue in Basse-Terre, featuring local and international artists. Targeted at the general public and cultural audiences in Guadeloupe and the broader Caribbean region.
• Festival Temps de Danse Annual dance festival featuring masterclasses, performances, and artistic encounters celebrating Caribbean and international dance. Targeted at dance enthusiasts, professional dancers, students, and the broader cultural audience.
• Artistic Residencies and Co-Productions Hosting and support for artists in residence, including co-productions with local and international companies for the creation and development of new theatrical, dance, and musical works. Targeted at professional artists and performing arts companies.
• Audience Engagement and Cultural Mediation Programs Educational programs, masterclasses, youth programs, school partnerships, and community outreach initiatives including off-site 'Hors les murs' performances at partner venues. Targeted at schools, community groups, youth, and broader cultural audiences in Guadeloupe.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Le Centre Chorégraphique National de Créteil: French national choreography center producing and presenting contemporary dance. Comparable to L'Artchipel's Festival Temps de Danse programming and dance-focused co-production activity, though specializing specifically in choreographic creation.
• Collectif Kouté Théâtre (Martinique): Caribbean French-territory independent theater collective producing original works and touring regionally. Comparable as a co-production counterpart to L'Artchipel's Caribbean artist-residency model, with shared audience base across the French Antilles.

Direct peers

• Scène Nationale du Creusot: A French Scène Nationale venue of broadly comparable scale to L'Artchipel, presenting theater, dance, and music with co-productions, residencies, and cultural-mediation programs. Directly comparable operating model and designation tier, differing only in metropolitan vs. overseas-territory location.
• Maison de la Culture de Martinique (Tropiques Atrium): Caribbean French-territory performing arts venue and cultural center in Martinique. Closely comparable in scale, mission, and Caribbean-French context, presenting theater, dance, music, and festivals with co-productions that L'Artchipel already engages with on a regional basis.
• Le Manège - Scène Nationale de Reims: Mid-sized French Scène Nationale presenting theater, dance, music, and circus, with co-productions and an artist-residency program. Closely mirrors L'Artchipel's mix of venue-based presentation, co-production, and cultural-mediation activity within the same national designation framework.

Broad incumbents

• Théâtre National de Strasbourg (TNS): French national theater institution presenting performing arts productions, residencies, and co-productions with European and international companies. Comparable as a publicly designated national stage operating a venue with theater, dance, and cross-disciplinary programming.
• Le Théâtre National Populaire (TNP) - Villeurbanne: One of France's flagship national theaters, operating under the same Scène Nationale-equivalent designation framework from the French Ministry of Culture. Directly comparable as a publicly funded national-stage institution presenting theater, dance, and music with co-productions and residencies, though at significantly larger scale.

Regional players

• Centre Culturel de Saint-Louis (Sénégal): West African francophone cultural institution hosting theater, dance, and music programming with community outreach. Comparable as a publicly supported cultural venue in a French-speaking territory, though operating outside the Caribbean basin.
• Le Carbet des Spectacles (Carbet, Martinique): Open-air performing arts venue and festival in Martinique presenting Caribbean and international music, theater, and dance. Comparable as a Caribbean French-territory cultural programming counterpart to L'Artchipel's Festival Temps de Danse and seasonal programming.

Others

• Alliance Française de la Caraïbe: Network of French cultural-promotion institutions in the Caribbean presenting performing arts and cultural programming. Relevant as a comparator and potential partner for L'Artchipel's Caribbean cultural-exchange mission and off-island programming reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCcuI-T7YZ1-ZdmakhibiXjA
• Instagraminstagram.com/lartchipel_guadeloupe
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/l'artchipel-sc%C3%A8ne-nationale-de-la-guadeloupe

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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