Dance

Lyon Opera Ballet This company has always pushed the edge of what might qualify as “ballet,” performing works by some of the most groundbreaking postmodern choreographers. The repertory they’re bringing includes William Forsythe’s seminal Steptext and Sarabande by Benjamin Millepied, who went from dancing with New York City Ballet to running the Paris Opera Ballet via Hollywood, choreographing for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan (and marrying its star, Natalie Portman). Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $47 and up Thursday, April 16, 2015, 8pm

Cornish Dance Theater Kitty Daniels, chair of the Cornish dance department, has continually set big performance challenges for her students. Her last trick before retiring this spring is to present them in excerpts from Crystal Pite’s Dark Matters, a stunningly kinetic work. Pite’s own company knocked local audiences flat with the dance in 2011. It should be fascinating to see this group of young dancers stepping up. cornish.edu Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122 $10 Friday, April 17, 2015, 8pm

Lyon Opera Ballet This company has always pushed the edge of what might qualify as “ballet,” performing works by some of the most groundbreaking postmodern choreographers. The repertory they’re bringing includes William Forsythe’s seminal Steptext and Sarabande by Benjamin Millepied, who went from dancing with New York City Ballet to running the Paris Opera Ballet via Hollywood, choreographing for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan (and marrying its star, Natalie Portman). Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $47 and up Friday, April 17, 2015, 8pm

Cornish Dance Theater Kitty Daniels, chair of the Cornish dance department, has continually set big performance challenges for her students. Her last trick before retiring this spring is to present them in excerpts from Crystal Pite’s Dark Matters, a stunningly kinetic work. Pite’s own company knocked local audiences flat with the dance in 2011. It should be fascinating to see this group of young dancers stepping up. cornish.edu Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122 $10 Saturday, April 18, 2015, 2pm

Cornish Dance Theater Kitty Daniels, chair of the Cornish dance department, has continually set big performance challenges for her students. Her last trick before retiring this spring is to present them in excerpts from Crystal Pite’s Dark Matters, a stunningly kinetic work. Pite’s own company knocked local audiences flat with the dance in 2011. It should be fascinating to see this group of young dancers stepping up. cornish.edu Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122 $10 Saturday, April 18, 2015, 8pm

Lyon Opera Ballet This company has always pushed the edge of what might qualify as “ballet,” performing works by some of the most groundbreaking postmodern choreographers. The repertory they’re bringing includes William Forsythe’s seminal Steptext and Sarabande by Benjamin Millepied, who went from dancing with New York City Ballet to running the Paris Opera Ballet via Hollywood, choreographing for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan (and marrying its star, Natalie Portman). Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $47 and up Saturday, April 18, 2015, 8pm

Spectrum Dance Theater Spectrum Dance Theater reimagines Carl Orff’s Carmina burana as a minimalist production. spectrumdance.org The Moore, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $30 and up Thursday, April 23, 2015, 8pm

Spectrum Dance Theater Spectrum Dance Theater reimagines Carl Orff’s Carmina burana as a minimalist production. spectrumdance.org The Moore, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $30 and up Friday, April 24, 2015, 8pm

Spectrum Dance Theater Spectrum Dance Theater reimagines Carl Orff’s Carmina burana as a minimalist production. spectrumdance.org The Moore, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $30 and up Saturday, April 25, 2015, 8pm

Spectrum Dance Theater Spectrum Dance Theater reimagines Carl Orff’s Carmina burana as a minimalist production. spectrumdance.org The Moore, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $30 and up Sunday, April 26, 2015, 2pm