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Swiss Dance Days 2026 Program Revealed – Danza&Danza Online
Festival to Showcase Swiss Choreography February 11-14 in Bern
24/11/2025
BERN – The full program for the Swiss Dance Days 2026, a key showcase of contemporary dance in Switzerland, is now available online at swissdancedays.ch. The festival, running from February 11 to 14, 2026, will feature thirteen productions selected from a field of 198 submissions.
This year’s selection highlights the breadth and innovation within the Swiss dance scene,encompassing a diverse range of styles from street and club dance to intimate duets and large-scale ensemble work. The jury praised the chosen pieces as reflecting ”a restless and creative field, which rejects easy definitions and which continues to grow in unexpected directions.” The festival provides a vital platform for self-reliant choreographers and companies, offering exposure and fostering dialog within the national and international dance community.
Featured productions include GIMME A BREAK !!! by Baptiste Cazaux, Heavily Underrated Gems from Bast Hippocrates, and ODE by Catol Teixeira. Also on the program are Same Love (Site Specific) by Company MEK, 1GUH WATCH by FIRE WITH YOU, from rock to rock… aka how magnolia was taken for granite by Jeremy Neath, REMEMBER by Jolie butmi, Bl0Wn by Joseph Baan, DOWN (full album) by Melissa Guex, bittersweet intimidation display from Extreme Theater / Luana Volet, Untitled (Nostalgia, Act 3) by Tyrant Willemse, Tambourines by Trajal Harrell / Zürich Dance Ensemble, and Troglodyte, Zaungast/Zaunkönig by ZOO / Thomas Hauert.
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