Stage performances are only one part of the programme: Steps offers dancers in Switzerland access to international professionals. As part of workshops in all regions of Switzerland, dancers from the Steps companies are ready and raring to share their expertise. There is a wide range of workshops on offer, from contemporary ballet training with Smaralia Karakosta to hip hop classes with Rémi Autechaud, and from high-speed improvisation with Anton Lachky to workshops in the inclusive dance language of AXIS Dance Company. Information on our full workshop programme and registration is available here.

Our programmes are also available in print in German, French and Italian. Order your own personal copy here. You'll receive your programme in the post in March.

Dance for everyone: Inclusion is an integral part of the festival, and this includes barrier-free access for the audience. Together with Fachstelle Kultur and the Sensability association, Migros Culture Percentage has developed a guide entitled "Ein hindernisfreier Kulturbesuch" ("Barrier-free visits") for our partner theatres and all interested organisers of cultural events. The practical handbook provides information about the specific needs of visitors with different disabilities and shows how access barriers can be dismantled. The guide can be downloaded in PDF form in German and French free of charge from the Kultur inklusiv and Sensability websites. Picture: AXIS Dance Company «Flutter» © Steve Disenhof

Welcome to the Steps year 2020. From the 23th of April to the 16th of May, we present to you the latest highlights of the international contemporary dance scene at the 17th edition of the Migros Culture Percentage Dance Festival Steps. Steps will be dancing throughout Switzerland for more than three weeks – in 32 cities and villages – from Vernier to Poschiavo, from Steckborn to Chiasso. Experience the best companies from Switzerland and from all over the world in a venue near you. Advance booking is open on starticket.ch.

«Identity» is the leitmotiv of the current season. The festival’s artistic director, Isabella, Spirig, reveals in the editorial what questions went through her mind while creating the stage programme.

For children’s school classes from 10 years upwards, the Migros Culture Percentage offers work-shops in the run-up to the festival. At school, the children learn more about contemporary dance and are taught how to dance short excerpts from the choreography which they will later watch during a performance at the festival. Find out here in which regions our education programme is available.

In the run-up to the festival we will keep you in the loop – here on our website, in our newsletter, on Facebook and on Instagram.