Side Step Festival

Jan 30 – Feb 7, 2026

Cable Factory

Kaapeliaukio 3, 00180 Helsinki

Side Step is an international contemporary dance festival, organized yearly by Zodiak – Center for New Dance. 

Side Step Festival 2026 brings five international works and four short art films to the Cable Factory, and and creates discussion and exchange of experiences around them.

The festival will feature works by Mounia Nassangar & cie.nassangar, Harald Beharie, Kidows Kim, Zora Snake and Alma Söderberg.

The festival will close with a special screening of all the four Zodiak Visions short films. The films are created by choreographer and film maker duos Jenni-Elina von Bagh & Anna Antsalo, Karolina Ginman & Hertta Kiiski, Janina Rajakangas & Sinem Kayacan and Elina Pirinen & Sinem Kayacan.

The admission free Side programme of the festival will be published in January 2026.



Cable Factory

30.1.-7.2.2026


Tickets 16-44 €

Photo Julie Cherki / Sens Interdits / Zodiak
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