Professional’s program, performances and more!

We are now releasing the professional’s program for Step 2026! The professional’s program takes place Wednesday to Friday, March 4–6 at Vara Konserthus, Mölnlycke kulturhus, Folkteatern in Gothenburg, with the option of seeing additional performances in Mölndal and in Gothenburg.

It will be three days filled with artist presentations, international guests and participants, mingling, performances, workshops, talks, travels and encounters. As always, the program is almost entirely free of charge and is for anyone working with or for dance, performing arts or culture for young audiences in general. Read more about the professional’s program 2026 here. Please note that registration opens on January 15, and that some items in the program have strictly limited capacity. Read more about the 2026 professional’s program here!

The time has also finally come to release the final two performances for Step 2026! From Malmö, we welcome Memory Wax and the performance Papperssvalan, that is about vulnerability and rustling paper. From Gothenburg we welcome dancer and choreographer Tanja Andersson with the performance Tillie the Terrible that she has created together with the clown Stefan Ostojić. A warm, non-verbal and funny family performance about biking freely.

We also have the great pleasure of inviting Glasgow based dancer and choreographer Hayley Earlam who creates inclusive performing arts for children with complex needs and who is also working with choreographer Marc Brew. Hayley will present the process with her own performance Brrr, and will also host the workshop Sensing Movement: Creating Sensory Performance giving an insight into the creation of the performance. We met Hayley when we were in Edinburgh earlier this Autum as part of the Nordic Momentum 2025 delegation, and we are very happy to now be able to invite her to Step 2026.

As if all of this isn’t enough, we have now also started releasing the program with dates and locations. There are still some things remaining, among other things additional performances and ticket links, that will be added to the website on the other side of Christmas!