Everything you need to know about Step 2026

The festival is approaching by leaps and bounds. Perhaps you’ve been to the previous festivals? Or maybe this is your first time? Regardless, the answers to any of your questions are below!

What is Step?
– It’s an international dance festival for young audiences ages 0-18 year, which this year is presented for the fourth time in West Sweden.

What performances are you presenting this time?
– There’s an outdoors performance where the pipes suddenly comes to life, a vibrant performance exploring grief and death, and acrobatic performance about playing together and an affecting performance about identity, upbringing and emancipation. There are performances about vulnerability and rustling paper, an energetic celebration of togetherness, a glam rock dance theatre concert that playfully challenges gender norms, an improvised and interactive dance performance that exists only here and now and a warm and a warm, non-verbal and funny family performance about biking freely.

What performance should I see if I have a small child with me?
– Bare Rør and Rock me Baby would surely work well.

I have an older child, what would you recommend then?
– Fritt fram and Pop! both works well for older children. If thay are approaching their teens, then perhaps Love Tenderly or DANCING WITH THE DEAD would work.

I want to laugh, what should I choose then?
– Tillie the Terrible and Papperssvalan are both funny.

I want to be surprised, what do I choose then?
– En dans för ett ord. We don’t even know how it’s going to turn out, seeing as it’s entirely improvised from a word given to the dancers by the audience.

In what cities can I see performances?
– This year, a total of eight municipalities are part of the festival; Ale, Gothenburg, Härryda, Lerum, Mölndal, Stenungssund, Vara and Varberg.

Where are the dance companies from?
– The companies come from Scotland, Norway and Sweden.

How do I get tickets?
– You’ll find the program by clicking here. Tickets to the performances are booked through each venue.

I’m not used to going to dance performances, should I go anyway?
– Yes! Just remember that you really don’t have to understand everything. Sometimes it’s just fun or very pretty and nice, and that can be enough, right? Welcome!

Facts: the festival by numbers
Participating companies: 9
Represented countries: 3
Number of items in the program: nearly 60
Participating municipalities: 8