Photo: Jussi Ulkuniemi
Will Funk For Food: A Fistful of Funk
A Fistful of Funk is a performance blending street dance, theatre of the absurd, and live music. It explores themes of male friendship and masculinity through play, humour, and virtuosic street dance.
Tue
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There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link >>>.
Zodiak Stage
Performance
Photo: Studio Abrakadabra
Harald Beharie: Sweet Spot
Sweet Spot, by Harald Beharie, is a tempting and seductive hellmouth filled with mischief and tender allure.
Fri
Sat
The performance contains nudity.
Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
1起) birth, 2承) eating, 3轉) working, 4結) death. Photos: Hubert Crabières
Kidows Kim: High Gear
High Gear is a solo piece that explores a corporeal collection of figures drawn from parasitized intimate memories, intertwined with imagery from alternative manga.
Fri
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Performance notes: Loud music, closeness to the audience
Zodiak Stage
Performance
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Post-performance discussion at Side Step 2024. / Photo: Rosaliina Elgland
Side Step 2026: Artist talks
Side Step 2026 festival's programme includes an artist talk after each of the works. The audience will be guided into to these conversations with Between Performance and After Talk: A Conversation Space, facilitated by choreographer and Side Step's co…
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Esitystilat
Discussions
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Photo: Elin Berge
Alma Söderberg: Infinétude
Infinétude, by Alma Söderberg and working group, is a performance where six people join to create sounded and danced rhythms together.
Wed
Thu
Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Kuva: Le Kabuki
Mounia Nassangar: STUCK
In her first work as a choreographer, international whacking icon Mounia Nassangar explores the ability of dance to take over from speech when words are stuck.
Thu
Fri
Tanssin talo, Erkko-sali
Performance
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Photo: Julie Cherki / Sens Interdits
Zora Snake: L’Opéra du Villageois
L’Opéra du Villageois, by Cameroonian dance artist Zora Snake, is both a burial and liberation ritual. It denounces the European museums that harbour looted art in their collections and conjures up the spirit of the stolen objects.
Fri
Sat
Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Panel discussion at Side Step Festival 2024 / Photo: Rosaliina Elgland
Side Step 2026: Panel discussion
The Side Step 2026 festival program will feature a panel discussion on the final festival day. Three arts professionals from three different fields will reflect on the festival program from their own perspectives.
Sat
The Cable Factory's Coffee Bar
Discussions
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Everything Is Right Before / REDDENING / KIELO / Jellymama
Zodiak Visions Film Screening
Side Step Festival is proud to present four short art films, created by choreographer-director duos as a part of the Zodiak Visions project.
Sat
Tanssin talo, Erkko-sali
Other event
Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Photo: Rosaliina Elgland (2024)
Side Step 2026: The Final Party
Side Step Festival 2026 will close off with The Final Party at The Cable Factory's Coffee Bar. Music by none other than DJ Malin Nyqvist.
Sat
The Cable Factory's Coffee Bar
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Sivuaskel-nykytanssifestivaali
Photos: Studio Cia Rinne (from the series "Seeking Comfort. Variations on Munari") | Ninu Lindfors
Zodiak Laboratory: Ninu Lindfors & Cia Rinne
Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In February & March 2026, the ZodLab residency artists are dancer and choreographer Ninu Lindfors and contemporary poet Cia Rinne.
Thu
Fri
Zodiak Studio B2
Z-Lab
Photo: Ilkka Saastamoinen
Janina Rajakangas Project: Floor is Lava
Floor is Lava is a performance where professional dancers meet the embodiment of children’s imagination. This performance is a space for shared reflection on a world shaped by crisis and on the human impact on other species and one another.
Fri
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Sat
There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link >>>.
Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Zodiak-nuoret 2021–2025
Photo: Outi Pieski
Zodiak Laboratory: Biret Haarla Pieski and working group
Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In March 2026, the ZodLab residency artist is Biret Haarla Pieski, together with their working group.
Thu
Fri
Zodiak Studio B2
Z-Lab
Photo: Aapo Huhta
Laura Jantunen: ympyrät, jotka kuvittelevat olevansa viivoja
Multidisciplinary artist and choreographer Laura Jantunen's new work examines disorientation as a creative, revitalising force.
Fri
Premiere
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There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link >>>.
Zodiak Stage
Performance
Photo: Eva-Liisa Orupõld
Hanna Ahti, Kid Kokko: Theoria
Two hot contemporary performance-makers over 40 create a steamy & sweet duet.
Wed
Premiere
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Fri
There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link >>>.
Zodiak Stage
Performance
Screen capture from video documentation by Wanda Holopainen
Zodiak Laboratory: Ama Kyei and working group
Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In May 2026, the ZodLab residency artist is Ama Kyei, together with their working group.
Thu
Fri
Zodiak Studio B2
Z-Lab
Marlon Moilanen: Zz z | Photo: Emma Karppi / Zodiak
Spring Thing
Spring Thing brings Tanssivintti’s young dance groups to the Zodiak stage with choreography by Jenna Broas and Marlon Moilanen.
Fri
Premiere
Sat
Zodiak Stage
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