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new foyer of the kurtheater, baden Steps! the contemporary dance festival, a MIGROS-Kulturprozent project in which around 40 theatre institutions from across Switzerland collaborated by opening their venues, celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. Taking place from 5–29 March 2026, the festival featured 10 dance companies, invited by general artistic director Valeria Felder from Switzerland and abroad, who presented 11 different programmes to the audience. These companies represented a wide range of dance forms, not only contemporary dance but also examples of choreography flirting with new circus disciplines and acrobatics.  The festival wasn't just about performances; there were also additional events such as workshops for amateurs and professionals, a hip-hop all-style dance battle, and workshops and performances designed specifically for primary and secondary school students. After each performance, there were also half-hour talks planned in the foyers with dancers, choreogr...

© Mehmet Kerem Özel GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (Gothenburg Opera Dance Company), which celebrates its 30th anniversary in the current 2024-25 season, has evolved over the past 10 years from a classical ballet company to a company that performs exclusively contemporary dance pieces. The company's general strategy is not to have a resident choreographer, but also not to have a choreographer as artistic director. Instead, the artistic directors commission pieces from choreographers of their own choosing, and this strategy ensures that the company's repertoire is full of world premieres. Very rarely does a piece created for another company become part of the repertoire. Katrin Hall, the company's artistic director since 2016, follows in the footsteps of her predecessor, Adolphe Binder, and continues to bring the company a repertoire of original pieces by today's most sought-after choreographers, as well as young choreographers just emerging on the international dance scen...