Art Company

Art Company — presentation

The Compagnie d'Art d'Art is an artistic company and circus school founded in 2016 in Montjean-sur-Loire , now a delegated commune of Mauges-sur-Loire in Maine-et-Loire . Its project closely combines the transmission of circus arts, movement theatre, artistic creation, the presentation of shows and activities for diverse audiences, with a strong presence in the rural Mauges region.

Founder and influences

The company was founded by Mélina Boré , an actress whose career spans circus arts, music, theatre, and physical theatre. After various artistic experiences, she notably attended the introductory course at the Jacques-Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris. This pedagogy, centered on the movement of the body in space, became a significant influence on her work. She founded Compagnie d'Art d'Art in 2016 to bring her creative projects to fruition.

Mission and project

From its inception, the organization has conceived itself as an artistic crossroads where theatre, circus, music, storytelling, and various forms of creation can converge. Its mission is also social: the company aims to foster personal development and integration into the local community while championing a social, local, solidarity-based, and environmentally responsible economy.

Status and recognition

In addition to its creative and performance activities, the company has gradually expanded to include teaching circus arts. Today, Compagnie d'Art d'Art is recognized as a circus school and holds the FFEC's Quality Accreditation for amateur practice. The FFEC lists it within the FREC Atlantique under accreditation number 49409 .

Acrobatics

Circus classes allow students to discover the main families of circus arts. In acrobatics , the school focuses particularly on floor work, pyramids, and body balances.

Aerial disciplines

Aerial disciplines explicitly include the trapeze and aerial silks . In addition, there is a specific aerial dance activity offered to adults, practiced on silks as well as with a harness . This offering reflects the company's identity, which regularly seeks to create a dialogue between circus technique, movement, and artistic exploration.

Balances on objects

• Thread
• Balance ball
• Stilts
• Rola-bola
• Pedalgo
• Unicycle
• BMX

Juggling

The juggling section is very comprehensive. Students can practice with devil sticks , balls , rings , spinning plates , diabolo , cigar boxes , hats , and scarves . For NetJuggler listings, the school explicitly confirms the availability of diabolo , devil sticks , unicycles , pedal cars , and various juggling props.

Theatre and acting

The teaching incorporates theatre and acting. This dimension is essential to understanding D'Art d'Art's educational identity: it is not just about learning figures, but about using the circus as an artistic language and linking technique, movement, imagination and expression.

Specific courses and timetables (2026-2027 season)

• The gestural circus course for adults blends movement theatre and circus arts; it remains open to all levels (2026-2027 season: Tuesdays 7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m. ).
• Adult aerial dance has two slots on Mondays : 5:45–7:30 pm and 7:45–9:30 pm (working with fabric and harness).
• Action aimed at " Extraordinary People ": weekly slot on Mondays 3:30–5:00 pm for the 2026-2027 season.
• Training slots for professionals: Wednesday and Thursday 9am–12pm , reserved for professional artists.

The format is intentionally flexible: the company plans exchanges between professionals and students, time for knowledge sharing with children, teenagers, or adults at the school, and even the presentation of an artistic work. However, these sessions do not constitute a formal professional training program leading to a diploma.

NetJuggler Classification

For NetJuggler, I would classify D'Art d'Art primarily in Amateur Schools , with a secondary mention Home / Professional Training .

Internships and school holidays

Holiday training courses are another important focus. They can be multidisciplinary or more specialized, and the company sometimes develops original programs combining circus arts with other disciplines.

1. For the autumn holidays of 2026: internship scheduled from October 19 to 21, 2026 in Montjean-sur-Loire.
2. Breakdown by age: 6–8 years on Monday 19 October, 9–11 years on Tuesday 20th, 12–14 years on Wednesday 21st.
3. Daily hours: 10am–12:30pm then 1:45pm–4:15pm .
4. Parent-child session for 3-5 year olds organised on October 19th from 4:30pm-5:30pm .

The teaching approach announced for these courses: a moment of bodily connection and listening to sensations, physical preparation adapted to the chosen equipment, transmission of technical vocabulary, then a time of rest and sharing around the experience.

In the spring of 2026, D'Art d'Art organized a workshop combining bivouacking, tree climbing, circus and movement theatre in the great outdoors, with the company Les Mômes en Nature and Phorésie Grimpe d'Arbres, illustrating the desire to link artistic practice, environment and ecological awareness.

Ecological values and practices

Ecological values are very prominent. The company asserts its commitment to the local, social, solidarity-based, and organic economy. In organizing its workshops, for example, it encourages reusable water bottles , meals that minimize waste , carpooling , and volunteer participation from families .

School interventions, camps and employment

The school develops school interventions, camps, and external projects. A recent job posting explicitly describes weekly workshops, holiday programs, projects with specific audiences, camps, and school interventions as the different dimensions of the company's educational activity.

Creations and festival

• Among the creations highlighted: Pour not' pôm and Confidence animale .
• Confidence animale develops a bodily research around the relationship to living things, animality and the disappearance of fauna, combining movement, dance and scenography.
• The company also runs the D'Art d'Art Fest' , an event combining shows, activities and circus workshops — the 2026 edition confirms the meeting between school, professional creation and local cultural life.

Territorial roots and artistic identity

A strong local presence is central. D'Art d'Art develops its projects in the Mauges region, works with diverse audiences and partners, and seeks to create connections between artists, residents, the rural environment, and cultural practices. This local dimension is combined with a genuine artistic openness: the influence of Jacques Lecoq, physical theatre, aerial dance, and the emphasis placed on creation distinguish the school from purely technical training.

Conclusion

According to the NetJuggler directory, Compagnie d'Art d'Art is a particularly comprehensive school: circus classes for children as young as 3, teenagers, adults, aerial dance, physical circus, special audiences, professionals, workshops, and outreach programs, with a very wide range of equipment and disciplines. Its identity is based on a simple idea: using circus arts and movement theatre to develop not only physical skills, but also imagination , sensitivity , curiosity , creativity , and the ability to build with others.