Pussy Envy: The World of Wet Mess

Writer D Mortimer talks performance enhancing drugs with performer Wet Mess. “So, what were you saying with your cunt?” “I just do the chorus of Euphoria twice. Euuuuuuuuuupppphhhooooooria!” Wet Mess is referring to a part in their show TESTO where they perform what they now call: “the pussy lip sync”. Without giving too much away, […]

STHLM DANS 2026

STHLM DANS is back! Come and celebrate dance with us from 5 to 13 May 2026. For our 5th anniversary, we convoke all your senses and your emotions — we invite you to be provoked, charmed and to shiver. To witness choreographies that reveal the human body in singular ways, from hand unisons to drag […]

Save The Date! STHLM DANS 6-13 May 2025

Save The Date! STHLM DANS is back 6-13 May in Stockholm and the Region. Get ready to experience contemporary dance in all its diversity with performances on stage, in public spaces, art galleries, appartements and even in a boxing club. STHLM DANS invite you to engage with the craft of dance beyond the stage with […]

Ett minne för livet – dela scen med norrdans och STHLM DANS!

Ett minne för livet – dela scen med norrdans ! Upplev något utöver det vanliga! I verket Crowds & Power (STHLM DANS – Dansens Hus Stockholm 9/10 Maj) får du chansen att dela scen och skapa något oförglömligt tillsammans med professionella dansare och andra lokalbor. ”Tänk dig en orkester där alla bidrar med olika stämmor för […]

STHLM DANS joins Big Pulse Dance Festivals Network Europe

STHLM DANS, together with partners of Big Pulse Dance Alliance, artists, curators, producers, administrators, communications officers and policymakers from across Europe and beyond came together in Turin from 23 – 24 October for a two-day professional forum focused on the importance of European collaboration for the future of the dance sector. Hosted by Teatro Stabile and […]

STHLM DANS’ Audience Club in Krull Magazine

’Contemporary dance is no longer an unreachable thing to enjoy’ STHLM DANS is proud to have been featured in a long article by Erick Woodby in Krull Magazine about the Festival and the Audience Club led by Anna Kozonina. Krull Magazine is a creative digital platform and the preeminent, lifestyle publication for black culture in […]

Collectively Advocating for Dance – A Summary

How do we advocate for dance? Who are we advocating for, and how? Together with some of the festival’s artists, dance professionals and organisations, we have discussed the different ways of protesting and advocating for dance on May 7th at Dansmuseet, at the initiative of STHLM DANS. The aim of the discussion was to give […]

Advocating for Dance: With Love by Efva Lilja

STHLM DANCE, Advocating For Dance, opening speech at Dansmuseet, May 7th, 2024. By Efva Lilja WITH LOVE I love you. I don’t love you. I trust you. I don’t trust you. What you call reality is there to be changed. Let’s dance! I dance. I choreograph. I speak, write, draw, get pissed off, make love […]

Join STHLM DANS Audience Club

’The Audience Club is a guided tour through the STHLM DANS festival where we watch shows together, learn about dance art, and discuss the shows with a group of peers using fun formats.’ Anna Kozonina Are you feeling inspired or irritated, excited or confused about contemporary dance you see on stage or encounter in the streets? Do […]

STHLM DANS tredje festival är på gång!

Välkommen till den tredje upplagan av STHLM DANS som äger rum i Stockholm, Botkyrka och Haninge 2-12 maj! Vi bjuder in dig att uppleva, protestera och dansa. Tillsammans. I en tid präglad av nedskärningar inom kulturen och ökad osäkerhet inom det fria dansfältet, erbjuder STHLM DANS ett program för en bred publik. Festivalen syftar till […]