ICE HOT Nordic Dance creates, developes and coordinates concepts for presenting Nordic dance internationally.

ICE HOT Nordic Dance aims at increasing mobility and international networking, developing artistic and productional quality and knowhow, and expanding working and earning opportunities through common branding and shared invest

ICE HOT partners arrange the biennial ICE HOT Nordic Dance Platform, promote Nordic dance in international events around the world, and continuously work for creating grounds for established international collaboration. The ICE HOT partners are Circus and Dance Info Finland (FI), Dansens Hus Stockholm (SE), Dansens Hus Oslo (NO), Performing Arts Iceland (IS), and Dansehallerne (DK).. The project is led by a board formed by the directors of the partner organizations.

ICE HOT Nordic Dance Platform is a biennial platform that was created to present high quality and diverse Nordic contemporary dance for international dance professionals and local audiences. The platform consists of contemporary dance performances and artistic presentations by artists and companies from all five Nordic countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. In addition, the event acts as a broad discussion and networking forum for dance professionals from all around the world.

The first ICE HOT Nordic Dance Platform was arranged in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 1–4, 2010, as a pilot project. The aim was to create grounds for future collaboration for joint international promotion and export of Nordic dance. Encouraged by the positive feedback, the second platform was arranged in Helsinki, Finland, on December 12-15, 2012. The platform was then decided to be organized every other year, moving between the Nordic countries. 

The next ICE HOT Nordic Dance Platform takes place in Stockholm, on June 1-4, 2026.

The joint Nordic platform has proved to be a successful concept, which convinced the partners to develop and expand the collaboration concept further. The unique cooperation model of the five organizations from five different countries with different missions, financial models and structures has raised wide international interest and become an inspiration to other countries in other parts of the world to try and create something similar.

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