NINA WINTHROP & DANCERS AT THE FLEA THEATRE Five performances are showing through May 19-23, including the premiere of “Cumulus,” a piece about time, aging and the accumulation of memories. Wednesday-Saturday, May 19-22 at 7 p.m.; Sunday May 23 at 3 p.m. Flea Theatre, 41 White Street, $15; $12 for students and seniors. (212) 696.7483.
US DEBUT AT THE JOYCE The Richard Alston Dance Company makes its US debut at The Joyce Theater, May 11-16. 8pm, $38, 212-242-0800 or www.joyce.org. 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street.
Danspace, St. Mark’s Church, 131 E. 10th St., 212-674-8194: DRAFTWORK, Ohio State University, “Academy Dances,” May 29, 2 p.m., free; TRAJAL HARRELL DANCE STYLE, “Notes on Less Than Zero,” 1st evening length work, June 3-5, 8:30 p.m., June 6, 7:30 p.m., $15; CAPOEIRA FOUNDATION, annual Batizado, June 5, 1 p.m., $15.
Dixon place, 258 Bowery, 2nd fl., 212-219-0736: OPERATION, curated by Kimberly Brandt woth Joan Wyszniewski, May 26, 9 p.m., $12; OPEN PERFORMANCE NIGHT, everyone welcome, June 2, 9 p.m., free.
Hub station, 517 Broome St., 212-475-0588: TRAFFIC JAM, tap jam & show, May 28, 6-9 p.m., free outdoor event.
Joe’s pub, Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., 212-260-2400: ROXANNE BUTTERFLY, celebrates National Tap Dance Day, “Improveziones,” May 28, 9:30 p.m., $15; DANCENOW/NYC, hosted by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, June 4-5, 9:30 p.m., $15, 212-239-6200.
Joyce theater, 174 Eighth Ave., 19th St., 212-242-0800: BALLET MET COLUMBUS, Ohio ballet company in “Gazebo Dances,” & “Evolution: Mozart to Moby,” through May 29, 8 p.m., May 29-30, 2 p.m., $38; PARSONS DANCE CO., Joyce premiere of “My Sweet Lord,” world premiere of new solo performed by Parsons, other works, live music week one by Ahn Trio, June 1, 7:30 p.m., June 2-5, 8-12, 8 p.m., June 6 & 13, 7:30 p.m., June 5-6 & 12-13, 2:30 p.m., $40.
The kitchen, 519 W. 19th St., 212-255-5793: DANCE IN PROGRESS, Jon Kinzel, Heather Kravetz, Johanna Meyer, Tory Vasquez, four emerging choreographers, May 27-28, 8 p.m., $12.
La mama e.t.c., 74A E. Fourth St., 212-475-7710: CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATER, “The Life & Times of Lee Harvey Oswald,” by Vit Horejs, May 27-29, June 3-5 & 10-12, 8 p.m., May 20, June 6 & 13, 2:30 p.m., $15, benefit performance, June 3, 8 p.m., $35 includes reception.
The marquee, 356 Bowery, 212-219-0736: DIXON PLACE, Open Performance Night, everyone welcome, June 2, 9 p.m., free.
Mulberry st. theater, 70 Mulberry St., 2nd fl., 212-674-8194: VAROOM GROUP, new work, May 27-29, 8 p.m.; DANSPACE PROJECT OUT OF SPACE, Ruth Cansfield & Elisabeth Haselwood/Ashleigh Leite, June 1-2, 8 p.m., $10.
St. Mark’s church graveyard, 131 E. 10th St., 212-784-8194: EIKO & KOMA, “Tree Song,” with Sharon Dennis Wyeth & Georgia Wyeth, May 27-30, 8:30 p.m., free.
University settlement, 184 Eldridge St., 212-206-0102: DIXON PLACE, “Body Blend,” series curated by Sara Juli, May 24, 8 p.m., $12; JILL SIGMAN/THINKDANCE, “Pulling the Wool: An American Landscape of Truth & Deception,” by Dixon Place, June 5 & 12, 7:30 p.m., June 6 & 13, 2 p.m., June 11, 7:30 p.m., $15.
