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steptext dance project
Bremen's Address for Contemporary Dance
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CONSTRUCTORES 2026–2027: DANCE THEATRE FOR THE EARTH
Are you between 14 and 18 years old and interested in dance? Do you enjoy traveling and are you committed to protecting the Earth? Then join our trinational youth exchange project between Cape Verde, Germany, and Colombia!
Next meeting will take place on Friday, February 27, 2026 at 4:15 pm, Probebühne 2 steptext (in the tower behind the Schwankhalle).
Registration for the project is still possible after this first meeting.
Find out more and register now.
REVIVALS: For all fans of Of Curious Nature: from January to April, highlights from the repertoire will be back on stage.
Un-Zeit / A Late Summer Night’s Dream: April 23, 24 & 25 at Schwankhalle. More info & tickets
Un-Zeit / A Late Summer Night’s Dream: April 30 at Theater Herford. More info & tickets
Ezan-Kélé/Where we Stand: am
15. and 16. May at Schwankhalle. More Infos & Tickets
I WANT TO BE MOVED BY YOU
From May 11 to 16, we celebrate the Canadian pioneers of dance film, Mouvement Perpétuel, and their 25th anniversary with a Dance Film Week.
Their short films showcase the art of dance and its personalities—full of diversity, dedication, and resilience.
Dance films by Northern German artists, exchange opportunities, best practices, and workshops for dance enthusiasts and filmmakers complement the program. More infos
Our Dance masterclass, in cooperation with HKS Ottersberg, will once again take place every Thursday from March 5 to June 25, 2026, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm on Rehearsal Stage 2 at steptext (in the tower behind the Schwankhalle). More info
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About us
The dance productions and activities of steptext dance project e. V. (steptext) attempt to root the art of dance in a multinational context and initiate and mediate aesthetic and transcultural dialogues. Based in the Schwankhalle Bremen, steptext produces and presents contemporary dance on an international level.
Since its foundation in 1996, the artistic director and choreographer Helge Letonja established steptext as a popular festival organizer and co-producer. Steptext creates and develops dance pieces, guest performances and initiates festivals, as well as transdisciplinary projects with artists and institutional partners from all over the world. Dance professionals and young dance theater enthusiasts, dance artists with and without disabilities, internationally renowned ensembles and young choreographic talents - people and ideas stimulate each other.
Besides furthering intercultural dialogue, we are focusing our artistic spirit on bringing dance close to a broader audience, crossing the threshold into other spaces and contexts and embedding performances in different kinds of discourse.
Our Projects
We produce, accompany and organize projects - get to know more about the ongoing projects.
