The 9 domains of the Cultural Atlas

The Atlas strives to make an inventory of the whole cultural infrastructure in the “Lille Métropole” cross-border area and the mining area of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
The information that has been collected has been organised in 9 cultural domains : theatre, dance, classical music and opera, other music, audio-visual art and cinema, literature, fine arts, museums and activities and sensitisation.
The following passages present, for the 9 domains, the different types of cultural structures and facilities that are listed, as well as their activities.

 Theatre

Distribution
Specialised theatres. These mainly organise theatre events, have a fixed residency and a permanent technical infrastructure.
Un-specialised theatres. These are partially equipped and receive regular theatre representations.
Pub theatres. These have a theatre program.
Theatre festivals.
Creation and Production
Theatre companies. The companies registered in this Atlas are all professionals.
Puppet companies. These correspond to companies who have a regular public activity in this domain.
Distribution and production structures. These structures have a creative, productive or a promotional activity in theatre.
Training
Training for a diploma. These correspond to diplomas acknowledged by the State (Fr) or the communities (Bel).
Other types of training. These encompass municipal schools or associations giving theatre lessons.
Conservation
Is not represented in this domain.

 Dance

Distribution
Specialised dance hall. These mainly organise dance events and own a permanent dance mat and technical pipe grid.
Un-specialised dance hall. These are partially equipped and welcome regular dance events.
Dance festivals.
Creation and Production
Professional companies. The companies registered in this Atlas are all professionals.
Distribution and production structures. These have a creative, productive or promotional activity in dance.
Training
Training for a diploma. These correspond to diplomas acknowledged by the State (Fr) or the communities (Bel).
Other types of training. These encompass municipal schools or associations giving dance lessons.
Conservation
Is not represented in this domain.

 Classical music and Opera

Distribution
Concert halls and operas. These have fixed seats at their disposal and a permanent technical infrastructure and, for the operas, an orchestra pit, and a stage of more than 120 m 2 with a stage frame of more than 5 m high and 10 m wide.
Musical representations halls. These are partially equipped with a technical infrastructure and are regularly used by professionals.
Classical music and opera festivals.
Creation and Production
Distribution and production structures. These have a production, creation aid or a promotional activity in classical music and opera creation.
Orchestras and choirs are those that are registered in the «Music domain».
Training
The national conservotaries and national music schools (FR), Music Academies (FL) and Music Schools (W).
School with a municipal vocation. These correspond to music schools managed and commissioned by the commune to offer training benefits to the population. These schools can be administrated in public corporation and more rarely, under an associative form.
Conservation
Is not represented in this domain.

 Other Music

Distribution
Specialised concert halls. These have a permanent technical infrastructure at their disposal and a music programming team.
Un-specialised concert halls or concert halls with a musical program. These are partially equipped with a technical infrastructure and are regularly used by professionals.
Festivals.
Pub venues. These welcome music bands and have a program.
Creation and Production
Creation and creation aid structures. These are public, part government owned or associative, creation aid and promotion of jazz music, rock, etc.
Training
The national conservotaries and national music schools (FR), Music Academies (FL) and Music Schools (W).
School with a municipal vocation. These correspond to music schools managed and commissioned by the commune to offer training benefits to the population. These schools can be administrated in public corporation and more rarely, under an associative form.
Other types of training. These are associative and open to the public.
Conservation
Is not represented in this domain.

 Books and Literature

Distribution
Municipal libraries (FR) and communal libraries (BEL). These are public and correspond to libraries in the communes.
Specialised libraries. These are public and private and include the libraries and university documentation centres, the documentation centres of foreign cultural centres, and the other libraries that have public access.
Private general-interest libraries. These have a private status and correspond to «Libraries for all» on the French side and more generally to other associative libraries.
Festivals and book fairs.
Bookstores. Businesses whose main activity is book sales.
Creation and Production
Reviews and newspapers.
Editors. Professionals whose main activity is editing books.
Training
Training for a diploma. These correspond to diplomas acknowledged by the State (Fr) or the communities (Bel).
Conservation
Libraries with important patrimonial funding.
Public archives. These correspond to the archives of the local government and the State.
Specialised archives. These are specialised in a specific domain (industry, religion, etc.) and are either public or private.

 Fine arts

Distribution
Regular exhibition premises. These are public or associative and regularly or permanently welcome exhibitions which are either for sale or not for sale.
Distribution and sensitisation structures. These represent the structures whose activity deals with promotion and distribution of fine arts or the artists.
Art galleries. Their main activity is the sale of art works.
Creation and Production
Gallery workshops. These correspond to creation premises and associative and private sales.
Artist's residence. These correspond to private creation premises, public or associative, welcoming artists.
Training
Training for a diploma. These correspond to diplomas acknowledged by the State (Fr) or the communities (Bel).
Other types of training. Elles rassemblent les écoles municipales ou les associations dispensant des cours d'art.
Conservation
is taken up in the museums domain.

 Audio-visual arts and Cinema

Distribution
Movie theatres. These are dedicated to cinema and have a regular program. These movie theatres can be given the label "Art Cinema".
Video projection sites. These regularly welcome video projections.
Cinema and video distribution structures. These correspond to structures that program cinema and video.
Video and cinema festivals.
Creation and Production
Creation and creation aid structures.
Local TV stations. These correspond to TV stations whose headquarters or permanent offices reside in the cross-border Lille metropolis or the mining area of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, including those who only broadcast on cable television.
Training
Training for a diploma. These correspond to diplomas acknowledged by the State (Fr) or the communities (Bel).
Conservation
Film and video archives. These are public or private.

 Museums

By definition, these facilities mainly cover the two distribution and conservation activity fields.
Fine arts museums. These have collections of paintings, sculptures, graphic arts, etc. at their disposal.
History museums and memorial premises. These recall an event, the life of a person, a period of time or a particular place. The major commemorative monuments are also included in the Cultural Atlas.
Natural History museums.
Museums of industrial and technological scientific culture. These correspond to the museums as a whole and centres devoted to technology, industry and science that have a permanent collection or organise exhibitions.
Other museums. These do not fit into the previous four categories.
In France, these museums can be given the label «Musée de France» from the Ministry of Culture and Communication, which used to be «Listed and Controlled Museums».

 Activities and Sensitisation

Distribution
"Ad Hoc" buildings. These correspond to all the premises dedicated to socio-cultural activities (MJC, cultural or socio-cultural centres, ontmoetingscentrum, etc.).
Specialised cultural centres. These are dedicated to a culture or an particular activity (Goethe Institute, British Cultural Centre, etc.).
Creation and Production
Distribution and production structures. These organise socio-cultural activities, debates, meetings, publication activities, etc.
Circuses. This category encompasses all the structures involved in this discipline which cannot be considered as activity and sensitisation structures per se but which have been taken up here for practical reasons.
Training
Training for a diploma. These correspond to diplomas acknowledged by the State (Fr) or the communities (Bel).