Carmine Recreation Center, 1 Clarkson St., 7th Ave., 212-242-5228: ARTICHOKE DANCE CO., student dance works & others, Aug. 22, 3 p.m.
Great Lawn, Battery Park, 212-219-3910: BATTERY DANCE CO. & FRIENDS, Battery Dance Co., Amy Marshall Dance Co., Notario Dance Co., Swapnasundari & Ensemble, Zig Zag Ballet & dancers from NY Chinese Cultural Center, Aug. 16, 1:30-6 p.m., rain date Aug. 17, free.
Joyce Soho, 155 Mercer St., 212-334-7479: BATTERY DANCE CO. & FRIENDS, Battery Dance Co., Amy Marshall Dance Co., Notario Dance Co., Swapnasundarai & Ensemble, Zig Zag Ballet & dancers from N.Y. Chinese Cultural Center, Aug. 16, 1:30-6 p.m., rain date Aug. 17, free.
JOYCE THEATER, 175 Eighth Ave., 242-0800: SMUIN BALLET (from San Francisco), “Dancin’ with Gershwin,” & “Stabat Mater,” Aug. 11, Gala, call for info., Aug. 12-18, 8 p.m., Aug. 13 & 16, 2 p.m., $40; CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE, Joyce Theater debut for Denver-based company, works inspired by African-American experiences, Aug. 18-22, 8 p.m., Aug. 23, 2 & 8 p.m., $32.
New York International Fringe Festival, 212-270-4488: WASHINGTON SQUARE METHODIST CHURCH, 133 W. 4th St.: Darrah Carr Dance, 3 dances including “Passage,” & new “Reverie,” through Aug. 23, call for times, $15; Eva Dean Dance (Brooklyn), 1 dances including premire “Booted,” through Aug. 20, call for times, $15; New York Performing Artist Company (Glen Ridge N.J.), “Caravan to Cairo,” features dances from North Africa to Saudi Arabia, through Aug. 22, call for times, $15, “Gypsy Tale,” folk dances of Italy, Greece & Spain, through Aug. 22, call for times, $15; Treaders in the Snow (Astoria N.Y.), “Saraphites,” inspired by Balzac’s novel, through Aug. 18, call for times, $15; Kyu Ryu Kan (Kyoto, Japan), “Smoke,” inspired by Japan’s Daimonji Festival, through Aug. 15, call for times, $15; THE LINHART THEATER, 440 Lafayette St., 3rd. fl.: “Adi Sankaracharya,” Indian dance drama choreographed by Bijoy Shivram, through Aug. 21, call for times, $15; Ksenia Vidyaykina (New York City), “Trapped,” by Russian choreographer/performer, through Aug. 23, call for times, $15; GREENWICH STREET THEATER, 547 Greenwich St.: El Sueno De Sor Juana (Tijuana, Mexico), “Mujeras in Ritual,” by all-female performance company, through Aug. 15, call for times, $15; WOLLMAN LOUNGE, 51 Astor Place: “Garung (Los Angeles, CA),” Operatic dance theater piece by British choreographer Madeleine Dahm, through Aug. 20, call for times, $15; THE GREAT HALL, 7 E. 7th St.: Six Figures Theater Co. (New York City), “Girliemagic,” magic, monologue & international dance, through Aug. 20, call for times, $15; THE PLAYROOM, 440 Lafayette St.: Girl Factory (New York City), “Maiden America,” choreographed by Barbara King with original music, through Aug. 22, call for times, $15; Dharma Road Productions, Inc. (New York City), “Re,” 4 choreographers each create an interlocking piece of this dance, through Aug. 23, call for times, $15; WINGS THEATER, 154 Christopher St.: Refractions Dance Collective (New York City), “They Ask Me Why,” collection of dance pieces, through Aug. 24, call for times, $15.
Union Square Park, 14th St. & University Place: SUMMER IN THE SQUARE, free: VALETANGO, Latin dance from Tango to Salsa, Aug. 13, 6 p.m.; BATTERY DANCE CO., choreography by Jonathan Hollander, Aug. 20, 6 p.m.
