The registration process starts on Tuesday, 25.11.2025.
Welcome to the Swiss Dance Days 2026!
We warmly invite you to register as a presenter and join us for the festival.
To receive the registration link for presenters please contact Claudio Richard: info@swissdancedays.ch
National and international presenters who are interested in the Swiss Dance Days can subscribe here to our newsletter in order to receive comprehensive information on the programme and how to participate.
After your registration you will find detailed information and a link to our ticket shop for presenters, where you can purchase your show tickets at the special professional rate of CHF 10 per ticket.
We offer three tour options for presenters:
• Early Arrivers 3-Day Tour – including all shows from Wednesday to Friday —> PDF
• Late Arrivers 3-Day Tour – including all shows from Thursday to Saturday —> PDF
• Relaxed 4-Day Tour – including one show per day from Wednesday to Saturday —> PDF
Due to limited capacity, we are unable to offer a four-day tour and therefore kindly recommend planning your visit for three days during the Swiss Dance Days.
Please make sure to book your tickets early and according to your preferred tour option, as some venues have limited seating.
Furthermore, we warmly recommend exploring our context programme during your stay.
All events, the context programme and catering options for organisers are listed here. (As of 25 November 2025)
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Thanks to the kind support of Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council, we are pleased to contribute to accommodation costs under the following conditions:
• For international presenters as well as those travelling from the French- and Italian-speaking regions of Switzerland
• Support is available for a maximum of three nights
• A maximum of two people per institution can benefit from this rate
We are happy to offer the following rates:
Early Bird Hotel Booking (bookable until 4 January 2026)
• CHF 70 / single room per night (instead of CHF 145)
• CHF 90 / double room per night (instead of CHF 165)
Late Bird Hotel Booking (bookable from 5 January – 26 January 2026)
• CHF 110 / single room per night (instead of CHF 145)
• CHF 130 / double room per night (instead of CHF 165)
Should you wish to extend your stay by an additional night, the regular hotel rate will apply. Please note that the number of rooms at this special rate is limited. To help minimise environmental impact, we kindly encourage you to travel by train for journeys to Bern of less than 10 hours.
We look forward to welcoming you to Bern!
Three senior producers accompany the thirteen companies selected for the artistic programme of Swiss Dance Days 2026. As Match Makers, they act both strategically and caringly – they are sparring partners and bridge builders at the same time.
With Match Makers, we are continuing our successful collaboration between producers, artists and international presenters. The project sees itself as a support programme for sustainable relationships, targeted strategies and artistic networking across national borders.
In advance, they work with the companies to develop individual distribution strategies and establish contacts with national and international presenters who are travelling to the Swiss Dance Days, with the aim of targeting a few meaningful encounters rather than having mass emailing end up nowhere. During the Swiss Dance Days (11–14 February 2026), they organise meetings, initiate discussions and mediate between the artists and presenters on site.
After the festival, they continue their work with the companies: in an individual follow-up discussion, they reflect on the experiences and outline the next steps – so that the encounters in Berne can lead to long-term collaborations and guest performances.
The Match Makers are not a substitute for the producers, who do excellent and important work for the companies, but rather strategic companions who, from a neutral position, open up access and bring people into contact with each other in a caring and considered manner.
Our three Match Makers are - please do not hesitate to contact them if you wish to meet the selected artists during the Swiss Dance Days.
Damien Modolo, damien@swissdancedays.ch
Franziska Ruoss, franziska@swissdancedays.ch
Stéphane Noël, stephane@swissdancedays.ch
