Fall Dance Preview

OCTOBER

1 -- Liz Lerman Dance Exchange performs excerpts of "The Farthest Earth From Thee" and hosts an audience discussion on "De-Exceptionalizing Disabilities in Performance." At Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kogod Theatre.

6 -- Tehreema Mitha Dance Company and Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company perform works intended to push the boundaries of Indian dance. At BlackRock Center for the Arts.

6 -- Artefacts Dance Company. At Joy of Motion Dance Center, Jack Guidone Theater. Through Oct. 7.

6 -- Ballet Folklorico de Mexico performs folk dances rooted in Mexican culture. At George Mason University, Center for the Arts Concert Hall. Through Oct. 7.

12 -- Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co. A mixed-repertory program featuring excerpts from signature Burgess works and the premiere of his "Chino Latino," a work based on the intersection of Asian American and Latin American communities. At Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. Through Oct. 13.

12 -- Moon/Dance. Staged classical and pop songs and dance, with choreography by Washington Ballet Artistic Director Septime Webre and dancer Jared Nelson, directed by Nick Olcott and featuring the Washington Ballet Studio Company. At the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Through Oct. 13.

13 -- DishiBem Traditional and Contemporary Dance Group. At Dance Place. Through Oct. 14.

20 -- "Days of Stars, Moon and Dreams," a program of three works by choreographer Alvin Mayes, featuring vocals by the a cappella ensemble Not What You Think. At the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington.

20 -- Choreographers Collaboration Project presents sections of "On the Move," inspired by the Del Ray neighborhood in Alexandria. At Lee Center, Kauffman Auditorium.

20 -- El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador performs classical, contemporary and indigenous works. At Dance Place. Through Oct. 21.

21 -- Joy of Motion Dance Center's 31st anniversary celebration concert featuring the center's resident arts partners such as CrossCurrents Dance Company and Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co. At Atlas Performing Arts Center.

25 -- Sophiline Cheam Shapiro re-imagines Mozart's "Magic Flute" as "Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute," transporting the opera to Cambodia, with 32 classical dancers, musicians and singers. At Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Kay Theatre. Through Oct. 26.