Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform presents Nordic contemporary dance and choreography to hundreds of dance presenters from around the world. The platform is organized every other year in a different Nordic country.
Circus and Dance Info Finland is part of the Ice Hot collaboration network, which promotes Nordic dance in the world. The purpose is to increase international working and coproduction opportunities for dance artists and companies and to strengthen the Nordic dance field. The last edition of Ice Hot event took place in Oslo from 14–18 February 2024.
The 2026 edition of the Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform, originally scheduled for June in Stockholm, will not proceed as planned. The partners across the Nordic region, including Circus & Dance Finland, were forced to make the difficult decision to postpone the event after failing to secure sufficient funding. Organizers must now re-evaluate the future of Ice Hot to adapt to these shifting cultural and economic realities.
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The platforms are organised in a sustainable, responsible and climate friendly way with an aim to minimize the carbon footprint of the event and to maximize the impact of the platforms to the selected artists and the whole Nordic ecosystem for dance. Read more about the sustainability policy of Ice Hot Nordic Dance here.
Ice Hot Helsinki gathered together almost 500 dance professionals
In June 29 –July 3, 2022, Dance Info Finland organised the Ice Hot Nordic Dance Platform in Helsinki for the second time. The program showcased 21 performances on stage and 17 More More More pitch presentations from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Eight talks and seminars invited artists, producers and presenters to discuss burning questions in the field. The artistic programme was selected through an open call.
Ice Hot Helsinki 2022 was supported by Nordic Culture Point, Nordic Culture Fund, Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. The main collaboration partner was the Dance House Helsinki. Read more about the Helsinki event here.
So far, Ice Hot platforms have been organized in Oslo (2024), Helsinki (2022), Reykjavik (2018), Copenhagen (2016), Oslo (2014), Helsinki (2012) and Stockholm (2010).
More information
- Ice Hot Nordic Dance website
- Read our news on the postponement in 2026
- See open calls and other topical opportunities on our notice board.
- Contact: Petra Hannus |
Ice Hot Partners
Circus & Dance Info Finland
Dansens Hus Stockholm
Dansens Hus Oslo
Dansehallerne (Denmark)
Performing Arts Centre Iceland