Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform 2026

Welcome to the next edition of Ice Hot in Stockholm 1ˢᵗ – 4ᵗʰ June 2026.

Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform takes place in Stockholm, Sweden 1ˢᵗ – 4ᵗʰ June 2026.
It is an event presenting both emerging and established names of Nordic contemporary dance and choreography to presenters, programmers, and other professionals from all over the world.

Ice Hot Stockholm 2026 is also an excellent networking event in a uniquely warm and cosy atmosphere. The aim of Ice Hot Nordic Dance is to increase international touring and other working opportunities of Nordic artists, and to help our communities to share ideas and connections.

Important dates

Program release and registration opens: 1ˢᵗ February 2026
Tickets go on sale: 1ˢᵗ March 2026

Coexistance 

During the platform 2026 we will let the concepts Coexistence guide and challenge us.

To Co-Exist. To Co-Inhabit. To be together, to work next to, to grow together, to embody differences and nourish each other. In an ecosystem we need each other. Humans need each other and needs insects, and we all need plants and so on. We all need to coexist.  

How does the dance field coexist when financial resources are tightened, when the social climate becomes increasingly polarized and artistic freedom is threatened in several places, in the Nordic Country’s as well as in the rest of Europe.  

We want to find inputs into the artform that include cultural and artist political aspects. During Ice Hot we will dive deep and discuss and explore what “coexistence” is today and could be tomorrow.  

We want to explore the multifaceted dance field in the Nordics. Welcoming a large palette of artistic expressions, genres and practitioners. Dance and Choreography bridges differences, and can create spaces that offer multiple perspectives, instead of opinions. Dance and Choreography can suggest new approaches, positions and power relations. Dance and Choreography presupposes an open and trying approach, which does not necessarily confirm our belief systems.   

We want to highlight contemporary dance as an art form that both coexists with, and of course, play an important part of the Nordic society. What do the conditions for the art form look like in our region? What norms, mechanisms and hierarchies exist in the interaction between educations, financiers, presenters and audiences? 

Welcome to Ice Hot 2026!