Yerushalmy offers the Maine premiere of her 20-performer "Paramodernities," a series of six lecture-performances or dance-experiments. These juxtapose deconstructions of landmark choreographies by Ailey, Cunningham, Fosse, Balanchine and others with commentary that situates these works within Modernism. The series offers a unique hybrid of academic conference, performance and town hall gathering. $25/$18/$12: batesdancefestival.org. Learn about the festival's free community events in Lewiston, Portland and elsewhere: More Events. FMI batesdancefestival.org or 207-786-6381 or bdfboxoffice@bates.edu.