Within Practice 2026
Lecture, panel discussion and internship tours
A festival that sheds light on the daily work of dance artists and
artistic practices. Here you get the chance to enter the world of choreography
centre, hear and see how the artists think and work, what drives them and how their art takes shape. Welcome to five days of workshops, practice presentations, lectures and meetings with friends and colleagues in contemporary dance.
5-10 Oct in Stockholm at MDT Moderna Dansteatern, Dansens Hus and Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH).
At the start of the week, dance professionals and students will have the chance to immerse themselves in dance practices through joint morning classes and workshops. From Thursday onwards, the Stockholm audience will have the opportunity to take part in practice presentations from each artist.
Treat yourself to a week focused on the inherently experimental nature of artistic practice. This year's focus artists will all give workshops as well as present their artistic practice through a public practice presentation. This year our lineup of artists includes Thomas Hauert (BE/CH), Escarleth Romo Pozo (NI/PE/SE), Tiran Willemse (CH/ZA), Manuel Rodriguez (ES) Skånes Dansteater (SE), and Eszter Salamon (DE/FR/HU).
The festival offers morning classes during the week led by Horácio Macuacua, Pär Andersson
and Madeleine Lindh. In addition, we present talks, meetings and opportunities to immerse yourself in
trends in the field of contemporary dance on Saturday afternoon at Dansens Hus.
The opening night of the festival will also feature a session on the generative nature of failed
practices led by choreographer Darko Dragičević together with New Performative Practices
MA students from SKH.
Within Practice is run by choreographer Björn Säfsten and is created in close collaboration with MDT Moderna Dansteatern, Dansens Hus, Stockholm Konstnärliga Högskola and Danscentrum Stockholm.
You can find the full programme here: withinpractice.se
Within Practice 2026
Initiator, concept and curation: Björn Säfsten
Curatorial partner: Anna Efraimsson, MDT
Curatorial partner dialogue series: SKH/Dance
Production: Björn Säfsten, Liz Kinoshita & Magnus Nordberg/Nordberg Movement in co-operation with the festival partners
Dance hosts: Madeleine Lindh, Pär Andersson, Isabella Gonzalez Rendon
Presenting partners: MDT, Dansens Hus and SKH/Dans
Partners for daily training: Danscentrum Stockholm, SKH/Dans
Documentation and post-production: Ravel
Podcast production: Rebecka Berchtold
The festival is supported by the Swedish Arts Council, the City of Stockholm, MDT Moderna Dansteatern, Dansens Hus, Dansalliansen, Cullberg, Skånes Dansteater, and in collaboration with the Swedish Arts Grants Committee's international dance programme
At Dansens Hus you can take part in this within the framework of Within Practice:
