Photo: Jussi Ulkuniemi
Will Funk For Food: A Fistful of Funk
A Fistful of Funk is a performance blending street dance, theatre of the absurd, and live music. It explores themes of male friendship and masculinity through play, humour, and virtuosic street dance.
Tue
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Zodiak Stage
Performance
Illustration: Karoline Bakken Lund
Harald Beharie: Sweet Spot
In Sweet Spot, by Harald Beharie, a visceral world unfolds in an intimate and immersive space.
Fri
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Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Sivuaskel-festivaali 2026
1起) birth, 2承) eating, 3轉) working, 4結) death. Photos: Hubert Crabières
Kidows Kim: High Gear
High Gear is a solo piece that explores a corporeal collection of figures drawn from parasitized intimate memories, intertwined with imagery from alternative manga.
Fri
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Performance notes: Loud music, closeness to the audience
Zodiak Stage
Performance
Sivuaskel-festivaali 2026
Photo: Elin Berge
Alma Söderberg: Infinétude
Infinétude, by Alma Söderberg and working group, is a performance where six people join to create sounded and danced rhythms together.
Wed
Thu
Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Sivuaskel-festivaali 2026
Kuva: Le Kabuki
Mounia Nassangar: STUCK
In her first work as a choreographer, international whacking icon Mounia Nassangar explores the ability of dance to take over from speech when words are stuck.
Thu
Fri
Tanssin talo, Erkko-sali
Performance
Sivuaskel-festivaali 2026
Photo: Julie Cherki / Sens Interdits
Zora Snake: L’Opéra du Villageois
L’Opéra du Villageois, by Cameroonian dance artist Zora Snake, is both a burial and liberation ritual. It denounces the European museums that harbour looted art in their collections and conjures up the spirit of the stolen objects.
Fri
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Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Sivuaskel-festivaali 2026
Elina Pirinen & Sinem Kayacan: REDDENING
Zodiak Visions Film Screening
Side Step Festival is proud to present four short art films, created by choreographer-director duos as a part of the Zodiak Visions project.
Sat
Tanssin talo, Erkko-sali
Other event
Sivuaskel-festivaali 2026
Photos: Studio Cia Rinne (from the series "Seeking Comfort. Variations on Munari") | Ninu Lindfors
Zodiak Laboratory: Ninu Lindfors & Cia Rinne
Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In February & March 2026, the ZodLab residency artists are dancer and choreographer Ninu Lindfors and contemporary poet Cia Rinne.
Thu
Fri
Zodiak Studio B2
Z-Lab
Photo: Ilkka Saastamoinen
Janina Rajakangas Project: Floor is Lava
Floor is Lava is a performance where professional dancers meet the embodiment of children’s imagination. This performance is a space for shared reflection on a world shaped by crisis and on the human impact on other species and one another.
Fri
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Sat
Tanssin talo, Pannuhalli
Performance
Zodiak-nuoret 2021–2025
Photo: Outi Pieski
Zodiak Laboratory: Biret Haarla Pieski and working group
Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In March 2026, the ZodLab residency artist is Biret Haarla Pieski, together with their working group.
Thu
Fri
Zodiak Studio B2
Z-Lab
Photo: Aapo Huhta
Laura Jantunen: ympyrät, jotka kuvittelevat olevansa viivoja
Multidisciplinary artist and choreographer Laura Jantunen's new work examines disorientation as a creative, revitalising force.
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Premiere
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There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link >>>.
Zodiak Stage
Performance
Photo: Eva-Liisa Orupõld
Hanna Ahti, Kid Kokko: Theoria
Two hot contemporary performance-makers over 40 create a steamy & sweet duet.
Wed
Premiere
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There is a small amount of so called "pay what you can" tickets available for each performance date. The PWYC tickets can be bought in advance via this link >>>.
Zodiak Stage
Performance
Screen capture from video documentation by Wanda Holopainen
Zodiak Laboratory: Ama Kyei and working group
Zodiak Laboratory is Zodiak's residency concept. In May 2026, the ZodLab residency artist is Ama Kyei, together with their working group.
Thu
Fri
Zodiak Studio B2
Z-Lab
Marlon Moilanen: Zz z | Photo: Emma Karppi / Zodiak
Spring Thing
Spring Thing brings Tanssivintti’s young dance groups to the Zodiak stage with choreography by Jenna Broas and Marlon Moilanen.
Fri
Premiere
Sat
Zodiak Stage
Other event