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STEPS 2020: CANCELLED DUE TO CORONA CRISIS

Due to current developments and the new regulations of the Swiss Federal Council, the Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps will not take place from 23rd April to 16th May 2020 – for the protection of the audience, cultural workers, employees and festival partners as well as the general population.

In these challenging times, we would like to express our sincere thanks to our 38 partner theatres, who unanimously supported the decision. We would have been delighted to present all the outstanding artists of this year's edition.

Support for Swiss cultural creation is particularly important today. In these difficult times, the Migros Culture Percentage remains true to its commitment to the Swiss dance scene. It‘s our intent to premiere the co-productions for the current Steps edition and to send them on tour starting in autumn 2020. These include the evening

Happy International Women’s Day! 💃🏿💃🏻💃 We celebrate today by honouring and thanking the ten women choreographers who will present works at our upcoming festival edition: #XieXien #VictoriaColombus #JenniferArchibald #LorenaNogal #MontseSanchez #TabeaMartin #MayaJilanDong #JasmineMorand #CarolineFinn #EllaRothschild 💜💜💜#puttingwomenartistsinthespotlight #internationalwomensday2020 #femalechoreographers #steps2020 #stepsfestival #stepsdancefestival #migroskulturprozent

Get your copy of our program booklet from now on under: www.steps.ch/en/order-program 🗞 #steps2020 #migroskulturprozent #stepsfestival

Let’s dance!

Win two tickets to the show of your choice by participating in our campaign challenge! How to win? It's very simple: Be inspired by the visuals of our campaign, photographed on the Sustenpass, reproduce the pose of your choice wherever you want, your kitchen, your office, in the street, it doesn't matter, post it and tag us @stepsfestival by march 12th!
#surpriseus #becreative #becrazy #strikeapose #oneminutedance #havefun #steps2020 #stepsdancefestival #migroskulturprozent

Visuals: Fluxs Artwork / with dancers Jasmin Sisti, Luca Signoretti, Olivia Lecomte and Ikenna Nwaogu #camerasanddancers

STEPS MASTER CLASSES – Are you a dancer? Artists from the Steps companies are ready and raring to share their expertise. There is a wide range of workshops on offer in all regions of Switzerland during the festival – from high-speed improvisation with Anton Lachky to workshops in the inclusive dance language of AXIS Dance Company, and from contemporary ballet training with Smaralia Karakosta (Cie. Ioannis Mandafounis) to hip hop classes with Rémi Autechaud (Cie. Käfig).
Interested? Full workshop program and registration details:
www.steps.ch/specials/
▶️ #masterclasses #workshops with: @lachkyanton @relaxtoerupt @angel_duran_m | @axisdanceco | @ausdancetheatre @kimballwong #zoedunwoodie #sarahjaynehoward |@cie_ioannis_mandafounis #smaraliakarakosta | @ciekafig #remiautechaud |@compagnietabeamartin @kiyan.khoshoie | @dicksonmbi |@via_katlehong @burumohlabane1 |@xiexindancetheatre @xiexin1023
#steps2020 #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent 📷 Workshop 2018 with @ericgauthier1 © @caroline_minjolle

Steps reaches out to children and young people enthusiastic about dance: Our mediation team teaches school classes to dance short excerpts of a choreography, which they will later watch during a performance of IT Dansa at the festival. Can dance on stage be experienced even more directly?... Our mediation team is more than ready! 💃🕺 #steps2020 #dancemediation #welovedance #danceinschool #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #meinkulturprozent

«Who am I, where do I come from and where do I want to arrive – in and with this society? What does identity mean in dance? Is there a common thread regarding identity in this art form as such? For all these creative artists? In the profusion of works presented on stage? What parallels and conclusions can we draw with regard to our society and our actual life? These and similar questions passed my mind while compiling the programme for the 17th edition of Steps“. The choices made by Isabella Spirig, artistic director of #steps, bring to light the work of many dance companies to be seen for the first time in Switzerland! Programm and tickets on www.steps.ch. 📷@caroline_minjolle #steps2020 #isabellaspirig #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

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#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #tanzluzernertheater #iamwhoiamwhoiam Very excited about this triple bill that is going to be choreographed by the three choreographers #carolinefinn #ellarothschild and #jasminemorand Picture: « Flying high » by Fernando Hernando Magadan (2018) 📷 Ingo Höhn

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #cieioannismandafounis #ioannismandafounis #antigonefrida #faded 📷 @gregorybatardon

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #itdansa #paisatges 📷 Luis San Andrés

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #compagnietabeamartin #nothingleft 📷 @katharinaluetscher

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #ccncreteil #ciekäfig #hafidsour #mouradmerzouki #cartesblanches 📷 @benoitefanton

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #gregorymaqoma #viakatlehong #viakanana 📷 Christian Ganet

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #axisdancecompany #radicalimpacttour #robertdekkers #jenniferarchibald #marcbrew 📷Steve Diesenhof

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #portraitsinotherness #rianto #dicksonmbi #mayajilandong 📷 Wannes Cre

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #12companies #oneoutoftwelve #newzealanddancecompany #time 📷 John Mc Dermott

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #twelvecompanies #oneoutoftwelve #xienxindancetheater #fromin 📷 Shen Jianzhong

#steps2020 programm online!#twelvecompanies #oneoutoftwelve #xienxindancetheater #fromin #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent 📷 Shen Jianzhong

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #twelvecompanies #oneoutoftwelve #australiandancetheater #thebeginningofnature 📷 David James Mc Carthy

#stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent #steps2020 #twelvecompanies #oneoutoftwelve #antonlachkycompany #ludum 📷 Hichem Dahes

We‘re giving away 10x2 tickets for a performance of your choice. Check „news“ on www.steps.ch. 🍀 #wishyouluck #steps2020 #stepsdancefestival #migroskulturprozent •
📷 campaign visual with dancer @jasminsisti 💛🙏

Steps 2020 – from April 23 to May 16. We can hardly wait! Watch our festival trailer under link in bio: www.steps.ch 🤩
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with #xiexindancetheatre #antonlachkycompany #gregorymaqoma #viakatlehong #itdansa #tanzluzernertheater #jasminemorand #ellarothschild #carolinefinn #cieioannismandafounis #australiandancecompany #tabeamartin #axisdancecompany #portraitsinotherness #rianto #dicksonmbi #mayajilandong #newzealanddancecompany #ciekafig #mouradmerzouki •
📷 one of our campaign visuals 2020 shot on Sustenpass, Switzerland – with dancer @olivialecomte
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#steps2020 #stepsdancefestival #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

Are you ready for Steps 2020? Our program is online! Check the link in our bio and get your tickets early. We‘d love to see you in spring. 💛 23.4-16.5.2020 💛
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Picture: One of our campaign visuals 2020, created on the Sustenpass, Switzerland, with dancer @_ik3nn4 🙏
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#seeyouinapril #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

A big applause to all winners of the Swiss Dance Awards 2019! 🔥 As co-production partner of

If you‘ve missed Itzik Galili’s ‚For Heaven’s Sake’ by the ingenious dance bachelors of ZHdK at Steps, you better hurry: Their show on Friday at Theater der Künste is already sold out. Leaves you with Saturday. Go for it! 🔥.
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regram from @_aboutreni #itzikgalili #zhdkdance #bigtoitoitoi #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent @zhdkcontemporarydance

this blew us away in spring 💜 #noetic #göteborgsoperansdanskompani #godanskompani #sidilarbicherkaoui #antonygormley.
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#festivalthrowback #2018 #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent 📷 @caroline_minjolle

2000 kids took part in our mediation program for swiss schools this year: They danced, learned and laughed in workshops at their school and were inspired by the visit of a performance of @gauthierdance at the festival.
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📷 school workshop in Zurich by @caroline_minjolle #festivalthrowback #2018 #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

If you’ve missed Fabrice Mazliah’s ‚Manufactured‘ at Steps, catch the Bachelors from @la.manufacture.ch at @tanzhauszuerich. Shows tonight and tomorrow! 🔥
📷 @caroline_minjolle .
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#manufactured #fabricemazliah #manuflausanne #tanzhauszürich #stepsfestival

OPEN SPACE — Find the results of this years Steps symposium under ‚specials‘ on www.steps.ch .
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What changes are possible in the dance market? What mediation formats are available for dance?
These were some of the topics discussed at @suedpolluzern on the 25th of April 2018 by swiss dance enthusiasts, promoters and dance professionals.
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📷 @wandapuvogel #festivalthrowback #stepssymposium #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

swan lake? no, bodensee — jeon misook dance company in steckborn 🌊#tourlife #jeonmisookdancecompany .
regram from @producer_soohye .
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#festivalthrowback #2018 #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

🔥 #tourlife #wangramirez #everyness regram from @joyoyoy82 🙏
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#festivalthrowback #2018 #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

Simply the Best West Africa — „Kobéndé“ by Florent Nikiema @dampfzentrale_bern .
. 📷 @caroline_minjolle #festivalthrowback #2018 #florentnikiema #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

‚love chapter 2‘ by l-e-v at gessnerallee zürich 🖤 #lovechapter2 #sharoneyal #sharoneyaldance #orilichtik 📷 @carolineminjolle .
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#festivalthrowback #2018 #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

casting a spell on audiences all over europe — ‚beytna‘ by @maqamat_dance_theatre 🥗 #beytna #omarrajeh #moonsukchoi #maqamatdancetheatre 📷 dimitrijus matvejevas.
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#festivalthrowback #2018 #stepsfestival #migroskulturprozent

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