Vincent Dance Theatre

What Vincent Dance Theatre does

Vincent Dance Theatre (VDT) is a Brighton-based, UK-registered charity (no. 1091615) and company limited by guarantee founded in 1994 by Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent. It produces socially engaged dance theatre combining professional performers with non-professional participants, applying a trauma-informed and place-based methodology developed over three decades. The company operates as a National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England and as an Associate Artist at Brighton Dome and Festival, with its registered office at Community Base (113 Queens Road, Brighton) and a participation space at Moulsecoomb Place opened in 2025 with East Brighton Trust and Audio Active.

VDT's core products span live stage productions and documentary-style film installations, free participation programmes for young people (Space to Move ages 11-16, Young Performers Collective ages 14-18) and women at risk (Art of Recovery with RISE and Brighton Oasis Project), and a growing professional development portfolio. The latter includes full-day CPD safeguarding training (£450+VAT) and online training (£25/seat, minimum 8 participants), mentoring with Charlotte Vincent, a workforce development training line for managers, an e-learning platform currently in development, digital badges for accredited learning, and production licensing to higher education institutions via Digital Theatre+ (4,708 platform reach, 319,000 YouTube reach). Underpinning resources include the Safeguarding Questions for Working in the Arts framework (co-developed with Playing ON Theatre Company), VDT Practices video resources, and the 1994-2026 Archive Project.

Revenue is generated through a diversified portfolio: recurring Arts Council England NPO core funding (the largest anchor), project-specific trust and foundation grants, bespoke school and college workshop fees, CPD training fees, HEI production licensing, Digital Theatre+ royalties, and individual donations (with a £5-£500 Donor Network tier). The customer base spans UK schools and colleges (e.g., Norwood, Cardinal Newman, Bedales, Hazel Court, Longhill), higher education institutions (Royal Ballet School, London Contemporary Dance School, University of Brighton, University of Plymouth, Bath Spa), social services organisations (RISE, Brighton Oasis Project, The Crew Club), and local government (East Sussex County Council Open Doors). Sales channels are direct and partnership-led, with no consumer-facing direct-to-consumer technology platform; growth is constrained by the small 10-person team and reliance on grant funding cycles.

Name

Vincent Dance Theatre

Legal name

Vincent Dance Theatre

Website

https://vincentdt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Vincent Dance Theatre is a Brighton-based UK charity and dance theatre company founded in 1994 that produces socially engaged productions and free participation programmes for young people and women at risk, alongside CPD training, HE licensing, and digital distribution via Digital Theatre+.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Dance Theatre and Performing Arts

NAICS

Dance Companies (711120), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Contemporary & Modern Dance (MPAGADAB)

Keywords

• Socially engaged dance theatre
• Trauma-informed arts practice
• Creative health programmes
• Participation workshops
• Performing arts education

Headquarters

HQ city

Brighton

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Core Public Funding: VDT is a National Portfolio Organisation funded by Arts Council England, providing core operational funding for the company's activities.
2. Workshop and Participation Delivery: VDT delivers bespoke creative workshops for schools, colleges, and community settings. Workshops cover movement and performance skills, issue-based topics, and career exploration. Many community workshops are offered free to participants.
3. CPD Training Services: VDT offers professional development training including Safeguarding Questions Working in the Arts CPD days and workforce development training on trauma-informed management approaches.
4. Production Licensing: VDT licenses productions including Broken Chords and Motherland to higher education institutions for academic use, with fees discussed with the company.
5. Digital Distribution: VDT productions are distributed via Digital Theatre+ platform to subscribing educational institutions.
6. Donations and Fundraising: VDT accepts donations through PayPal and BACS transfer. Donors between £5-500 become part of the Donor Network with VIP access to events.
7. Project-Specific Fundraising: VDT seeks trusts and foundations funding for place-based, social engagement and creative health projects, currently recruiting freelance bid writing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Vincent Dance Theatre (VDT) creates and tours socially engaged dance theatre productions on stage and on film, directed by Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent. The company delivers participation programmes for young people aged 11-19 (Space to Move, Young Performers Collective), creative health workshops for women at risk (Art of Recovery), bespoke workshops for schools and higher education institutions, and CPD/training for arts practitioners covering safeguarding, trauma-informed management, and mentoring.

Product overview

Vincent Dance Theatre (VDT) is a dance theatre company led by Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent that produces socially engaged work combining professional performers with non-professional participants. The company's portfolio encompasses: production work on stage and on film (including documentary-style film installations); participation programmes for young people (Space to Move ages 11-16, Young Performers Collective ages 14-18); professional development offerings (safeguarding training, mentoring, e-learning, workforce development); community creative health projects (Art of Recovery); and educational workshops for schools, colleges, and Higher Education Institutions. VDT distributes productions via Digital Theatre+ and offers a digital badging programme to accredit participants' learning. The company prioritises work with young people and women at risk, using trauma-informed and place-based practice to challenge who dance theatre is made for.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stage and Film Productions Original socially engaged dance theatre productions directed and designed by Charlotte Vincent, combining professional and non-professional performers, presented on stage and on film. Targeted at arts venues, festivals, educational institutions, and community audiences.
• Film Installation Work Documentary-style multi-screen film installations derived from stage productions, designed to be shown in arts venues, educational settings, and non-arts contexts such as health and social care environments.
• Digital Theatre+ Distribution Streaming distribution of selected VDT productions including VIRGIN TERRITORY and SHUT DOWN to subscribing higher education institutions via the Digital Theatre+ platform, with associated academic resources.
• Schools and Colleges Workshops Bespoke creative workshops for students aged 11-19 covering movement and performance skills, issue-based PSHE/RSE themes, and career insights in performing arts. Delivered in mainstream and special schools, pupil referral units, and alternative education settings.
• Higher Education Workshops and Facilitated Screenings Choreographic, movement, and socially engaged practice workshops for higher education dance and performing arts students, including facilitated screenings of VDT productions such as Art of Attachment for performing arts and social work programmes.
• Production Licensing for Higher Education Licensing of selected VDT productions to higher education institutions for academic study, with private links and DVDs made available to students for one academic year, including optional Charlotte Vincent seminars or workshops.
• Space to Move Weekly free movement and improvisation sessions for young people aged 11-16, focused on self-expression and creative development, accredited through digital badges.
• Young Performers Collective Weekly ensemble sessions for ages 14-18 directed by Charlotte Vincent, with participants creating a new production for performance in spring/summer of each year.
• Art of Recovery Free trauma-informed creative health workshops for women at risk in Brighton, including closed female-only sessions with RISE domestic abuse charity and open sessions at The Crew Club community centre, providing safe spaces to restore space and movement.
• Safeguarding Training Day (CPD) CPD training exploring practical application of safeguarding frameworks in arts settings, available as a 5-6 hour full-day in-person workshop (£450 plus VAT, max 24 participants) or 4-hour online session (£25 per person, minimum 8 participants). Designed for arts practitioners, freelance artists, and arts organisations.
• Mentoring with Charlotte Vincent Studio-based and online mentoring with Charlotte Vincent for early and mid-career artists, supporting the development of their creative practice and production work.
• Workforce Development Training Training for arts managers, HR professionals, and executives on developing trauma-informed approaches to managing people in the workplace.
• E-Learning Platform Digital e-learning platform in development to share VDT's expertise in socially engaged arts practice, creative health, and trauma-informed management with arts professionals and organisations.
• Digital Badges Accredited digital credential programme recognising participants' skills, achievements, and participation in VDT learning activities, providing verifiable records for employment and personal development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 319,000 YouTube reach
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• East Brighton TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025East Brighton Trust developed Moulsecoomb Place in 2025 in partnership with Audio Active, creating a vibrant community space where VDT facilitates participation work. The trust developed the iconic Manor House at Moulsecoomb Place as a new home for creativity and collaboration.
• Audio ActiveminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Audio Active partnered with East Brighton Trust to develop Moulsecoomb Place, creating a vibrant community space where VDT now facilitates participation work alongside other creative organisations.
• Culture ShiftminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Culture Shift is one of the organisations based at Moulsecoomb Place, working alongside VDT to develop community-driven participation opportunities with local residents.
• Brighton People's TheatreminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Brighton People's Theatre is one of the organisations based at Moulsecoomb Place, contributing to the shared mission of making creativity and opportunity accessible to everyone in East and North Brighton.
• Arts Fundraising & PhilanthropyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy is a partnership project with LRN, supporting ethical fundraising practices across the network of arts and grassroots organisations.
• Brighton Dome and FestivalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVDT is Associate Artist at Brighton Dome and Festival. The relationship provides ongoing support for work development and audience engagement, including commissioning VDT's 30-year retrospective production PLAY at the Corn Exchange.
• Playing ON Theatre CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVDT collaborated with Playing ON Theatre Company to develop the 'Safeguarding Questions for Working in the Arts' online resource, which emerged from reflective discussions between the two experienced socially engaged companies.
• Digital Theatre+minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFour VDT productions including VIRGIN TERRITORY and SHUT DOWN are available on Digital Theatre+ platform for subscribing educational institutions, providing ongoing distribution reach.
• RISE Domestic Abuse CharityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVDT partners with RISE domestic abuse charity to deliver closed, female-only Art of Recovery movement workshops at The Skep, Moulsecoomb Place, providing trauma-informed creative spaces for women affected by domestic abuse.
• The Crew Club, WhitehawkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVDT delivers open Art of Recovery sessions for all women at The Crew Club community centre in Whitehawk, supported by East Brighton Trust and Sussex Community Foundation.
• Brighton Oasis ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVDT worked with Brighton Oasis Project throughout 2018, using artistic practice to capture the complex emotional bonds between women in recovery from substance misuse and their children, culminating in the Art of Attachment production.
• University of SussexminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Sussex partners with VDT through Co-Lab funding for the London Road Network project and hosts Art of Attachment performances at the Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts. Professor Cath Lambert has researched VDT's work in academic publications.
• London Road Network (LRN)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLRN is a nascent collective of arts and community organisations initiated by VDT, Quiet Down There, and Dr. Cara Courage. Partners include Phoenix Arts Space, Lighthouse, Sew Fabulous, The Rose Hill, Magnetic Ideals, Radio Reverb, London Road Area Trust, and University of Sussex.
• Royal Ballet SchoolminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerVDT licensed Broken Chords production to the Royal Ballet School for BA performing arts students to study Vincent's contemporary choreographic work, with Charlotte Vincent delivering seminars and practical workshops.
• London Contemporary Dance SchoolminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerVDT delivered facilitated screenings of Art of Attachment for BA Contemporary Dance students, providing insight into socially engaged creative health practice and creative health training.
• Canterbury Christ Church UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVDT's Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent completed her PhD in Performing Arts at Canterbury Christ Church University in 2023, supervised by Professor Angela Pickard at the Sidney de Haan Centre for Arts and Health.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• Rambert: One of the UK's leading contemporary dance companies with national education programmes and touring productions. Comparable to VDT in contemporary dance theatre category and educational outreach, but at significantly larger institutional scale.
• Wayne McGregor | Random Dance: Major UK contemporary dance company with global touring reach and large-scale choreographic output. Comparable to VDT in contemporary dance category but operates at substantially larger scale with different funding model.

Direct peers

• Spare Tyre Theatre Company: UK participatory theatre company working inclusively with older people, disabled artists, and care-experienced communities. Comparable to VDT in the trauma-informed/place-based socially engaged arts model and use of non-professional participants in professional productions.
• Candoco Dance Company: UK-based inclusive contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled performers. Comparable to VDT in performing arts company scale, education and participation programming, and commitment to working with underrepresented groups in dance.
• Jasmin Vardimon Company: Brighton-based internationally touring contemporary dance theatre company producing visually distinctive narrative-driven work. Directly comparable to VDT as a UK contemporary dance company combining professional choreography with socially resonant themes and educational outreach.
• Stopgap Dance Company: UK inclusive dance company integrating disabled and non-disabled artists. Comparable to VDT in socially engaged dance practice, focus on access and participation, and named in VDT team members' previous collaborations.
• Protein Dance: London-based contemporary dance company making politically charged, accessible performance for diverse audiences including in non-theatre settings. Comparable to VDT in addressing social themes through dance, using film and touring models, and delivering participation programmes.
• Tangled Feet: London-based participatory physical theatre company creating site-responsive and immersive work with community participants. Comparable to VDT in producing socially engaged performance work that integrates non-professional participants and touring to non-traditional venues.
• Clod Ensemble: London-based performance company creating socially engaged work at the intersection of dance, theatre and live art. Directly comparable to VDT in producing bold socially engaged movement-based performance and is named in VDT team members' previous company history.

Regional players

• South East Dance: Brighton-based regional dance development organisation supporting dance artists, producers, and audiences across the South East. Comparable to VDT in geographic territory and role in the regional dance ecology as a sector support body.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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