Copenhagen International Dance Festival 2026 presents more than 100 days of dance during the Spring in Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Brøndby & Frederiksberg. Venues are an array of cultural events and institutions, hospitals, educations, assisted living facilities, and unique places around town.

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Warm welcome

FEBRUARY  2026
February 5^th at 16.00
“Copenhagen Pieces” OPENING at Nikolaj Art Gallery at 16.00 as part of the exhibition opening.

Performance by Yuri Fortini, Giuseppe salomone, Erika Cucumazzo,
Choreography by Lotte Sigh, music Mikkel Carlsen, Costumes Gunilla Nordby

MARCH 2026
Performances at Educational Institutions

Ørestad Gymnasium 1, Ørestad Gymnasium 2, Sluseholmen Skole, Skolen i Sydhavnen 1, Skolen i Sydhavnen 2, Skolen i Sydhavnen 3, Gefion Gymnasium 1, Gefion Gymnasium 2, Gefion Gymnasium 3, Sundby Idrætspark 1, Sundby Idrætspark 2, Københavns Åbne Gymnasium 1, Københavns Åbne Gymnasium 2, Københavns Åbne Gymnasium 3, Københavns Åbne Gymnasium 4, Falkonergårdens Gymnasium, Dyvekeskolen, Peder Lykke Skolen, FGU Vesterbro, Skolen ved Dybbølsbro, Frederiksberg HF, CBS 1, CBS 2, Ny Hollænder Skolen 1, Ny Hollænder Skolen 2, Ny Holllænder Skolen 3, Dansborgskolen 1, Dansborgskolen 2, Skolen på Islands Brygge 1, Skolen på Islands Brygge 2, Skolen på Islands Brygge 3, etc.

Tour of We Want Each Other is a performance about the human condition at a time when division seems to have become a habit. It explores how easily we learn to separate, and how fiercely we long to belong. Through movement and encounters, the performers reveal the invisible negotiations of being human: the pull toward closeness, the impulse to retreat, the ache to be seen and heard, the cost of being split.

Here, bodies become landscapes—scarred, soft, resilient. Here, gestures become conversations when language fails. Here, intimacy is both a refuge and a risk. This performance does not preach peace; it reaches for it. It does not deny conflict; it dances with the fractures. It does not claim to know what a world without war looks like; it asks what it feels like to stand beside another person without armor.

MAY 2026
Performances at Hospitals, Carefacilities, NGO’s etc.

Rigshospitalet 1, Rigshospitalet 2, Bryggergården 1, Bryggergården 2, Æblehaven i Brøndby, Plejeboligerne Østervang, Søndervang Plejehjem, Center for Rehabilitering og Akut Pleje 1, Center for Rehabilitering og Akut Pleje 2, Center for Rehabilitering og Akut Pleje 3, Center for Rehabilitering og Akut Pleje 4 etc.

MAY & JUNE 2026
Public Performances around town; Pop Up

Rådhus Pladsen, Enghave Plads, Hovedbanegården, Solbjerg Plads, Frederiksbergcenteret, Israels Plads, Nørreport, Kultorvet, Rundetårn, Storkespringvandet, Bibliotekshaven, Nyhavn, Kongens Nytorv, Inderhavnsbroen/Madboderne, Gl. Strand, Gl.Torv

JUNE 3rd 2026
Celebration Red, Nikolaj Kunsthal 16.30, Free Entrance

THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
In collaboration with other cultural institutions and events.

Copenhagen International Dance Festival collaborates with a long list of cultural institutions and events and take part in a variety of amazing events year round. This year audience can find us as part of events at:

Copenhagen Central Station, ART MATTER, Opera Parken, Frederiksberg Dagene, 1.Maj, CPH Stage, Nikolaj Art Gallery, CHART etc.

Choreography and staging by

Gustavo Ramirez, Adi Salant, Erica Cucumazzo & Lotte Sigh. Staging and rehearsals by Jon Ole Olstad, Margherita Pascariello & Lotte Sigh

Performed by

Erika Cucumazzo, Yuri Fortini, Giuseppe Salomone, Sarah Blomgren Barth, Carla Mejlvang Aasberg, Sunneva Kjartansdottir, Isabella Verdoner, Agnes Heshe Moeslund, Liana Anna Gerke-Springer, Iris Kask, Eva Marie Fox, Sabela Lobez, Anna Jablonski, Marco Andreozzi, Mathilde Passero, Margherita Pietrella, Sofija Gaga, Alda Lowbrink, Grace Tamani, Maia Kilde Haug, Adriana Sobral, Zoe Conti, Nene Nomura, Iris Nunes Santos, Felix Sieben, Maya Neuman, Mathilde Panduro Olesen, Eleonora Allegri and Ombline De Vanssay

We are all looking forward to meeting you all out and around in Copenhagen, Hvidovre, Frederiksberg & Brøndby in a celeration of Dance Art, Human Encounters, the City, Love and Life.