baruch performing arts center, 55 Lexington Av.: CHRIS ELAM’S MISNOMER DANCE THEATER, 3 U.S. premieres, April 20-24, 7 p.m., $20, benefit Saturday April 23 after show, $60 single & $100 for 2, 212-352-3101; LAURA PETERSON CHOREOGRAPHY, “Absentia” & new “Security,” April 20 & 23, 9 p.m., April 24, 5 p.m., $15, 646-312-5073; NICOLE BERGER PERFORMANCE GROUP, “Welcome to Birdland,” dance/theater, April 21-22, 9 p.m., April 24, 3 p.m., $15, 646-312-5073; LATE NIGHT VARIETY HOUR, curated by Peterson & Berger, April 22-23, 10:30 p.m., 646-312-5073.
clemente soto velez cultural center, 107 Suffolk St., 212-674-8194: DANSPACE PROJECT PRESENTS, Luis Lara Malavacias’ “Chanel Sur,” Latino dancers from New York, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela & Peru, April 21-24, 7:30 p.m., April 28-May 1, 8 p.m., $15.
cunningham studio, 55 Bethune St., 212-726-0660: ADELE MYERS & DANCERS, “Play” suite of dances with original scores & live music, April 21-22, 9 p.m., April 23, 8 p.m., $15, 212-561-6705.
dance theater workshop, 219 W. 19th St., 212-924-0077: FRESH TRACKS, up & coming choreographers, April 22-23, 7:30 p.m., $20; CHAMECKILERNER, “Costumes by God,” world premiere by Brazil-born Rosane Chamecki & Andrea Lerner, April 27-30, 7:30 p.m., $20; PAT GRANEY, Seattle based company in “the Vivian Girls,” a New York premiere with original score, May 4-7, 7:30 p.m., $20.
danspace, St. Mark’s Church, 131 E. 10th St., 212-674-8194: MURRAY SPAULDING “MANDALAS”: “The Changing Will Always Be…” April 28-May 1, 8:30 p.m., $20, April 29, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Benefit & Auction at National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South.
dixon place, 258 Bowery, 2nd fl., 212-219-0736: CROSSING BOUNDARIES, curated by Marcia Monroe, Barbara Mailer & others, April 20, 8 p.m., $12; BODY BLEND, curated by Isabel Lewis, April 27, 8 p.m., $12.
joyce theater, 175 Eighth Ave., 212-242-0800: SEASON OF MIGRATION, classic dance & music from Cambodia, April 20-22, 8 p.m., April 23, 2 & 8 p.m., April 24, 2 p.m., $42; AUSTRALIAN DANCE THEATER, N.Y. premiere of “Held,” choreography by Garry Stewart, April 26-30, 8 p.m., April 30-May 1, 2 p.m.; COMPLEXIONS, two world premieres by Dwight Rhoden & company premieres of workd by William Forsythe, Ulysses Dove & Stephen Mills, May 3, gala, 7:30 p.m., May 4-7, 8 p.m., May 8, 7:30 m., May 7-8, 2 p.m., $42.
la mama etc, 74A E Fourth St., Annex Theater, 212-475-7710: “PERSCUS.” dance opera written & directed by Ellen Stewart, score by Elizabeth Swadow, April 28-30, May 5-7 & 12-14, 7:30 p.m., May 1, 8 & 15, 2:30 & 7:30 p.m., $20.
nyu tisch school of the arts, 111 Second Ave., 5th fl., 212-998-1982: CHOREOGRAPHERS, COMPOSERS & DESIGNERS WORKSHOP, 21 Choreographers, 12 designers & 11 composers, April 21-23, 8 p.m., free.
performance space 122, 150 First Ave., 212-477-5288: THE NEW, NEW STUFF, curated by Natalie Johnsonius, April 28-30, May 5-7 & 12-14, 8 p.m., May 1, 8 & 15, 5 p.m., $15; DANCEOFF! Terry Dean & Katie Workum short works, May 3, 8 & 10 p.m.
theater for the new city, 155 First Ave., 212-254-1109: WENDY OSSERMAN DANCE CO., “Split,” new full-evening suite, April 21-23, 8 p.m., April 24, 5 p.m., $15.
university settlement, 184 Eldridge St., 212-316-1367: HOCKMAN, HOGAN & HOWARD, shared concert with two premieres & a new work, April 29-May 1, 8 p.m., $15.
winston prep school (chelsea ymca), 122 West 17th St., 212-598-0100: THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS, indoor powwow, April 23, 7 p.m.
