PERFORMANCES:

Mar. 19-20 – DANCE ALLOY THEATER. It’s the Alloy on Alloy time at the Alloy, where company members choreograph for each other. Guest choreographer Stephanie Thiel also comes in to turn the tables on the DAT dancers. DAT studios in Friendship, 7 p.m. Tickets: $10; call 412-363-4321 or click on the Dance Alloy Theater website.

Mar. 20 – 21 – EVOLVE PRODUCTIONS. “Break Something” —  unfiltered tap, hip hop, freestyle and break dance at the intimate Grey Box Theater in Lawrenceville. 8 p.m. Tickets available at the door. For more information, call 412-508-1894.

Mar. 20, 23, 26, 28 – PITTSBURGH OPERA. If you have had a hankering to see opera, this production of “Carmen” may be just the ticket because three members of Attack Theatre will be part of the production. Check it out at the Benedum Center Mar. 20 and 26 at 8 p.m., Mar. 23 at 7 p.m. and Mar. 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets: $10.50 – 195.50; call 412-456-6666, go online at www.pittsburghopera.org or visit the Box Office at Theater Square.

Mar. 25 – 27 – PITT DANCE ENSEMBLE. See the words unspoken at “Verbatim,” this group’s annual spring performance at Trees Hall, beginning at 8:15 p.m. The concert features works former Dance Alloy Theatre dancer Michelle Hall Dawson and Bodiography’s Mara Mandradjieff, along with student choreographers Jessica Sankey, Shannon Werkmeister, Greg McCummings, Kristin Haughney, Christiana Thurton, Kelli Gabriel, Lauren MacLaughlin and Kaitlin Weaver. Tickets: $3-6; available at the door.

Mar. 25 – 28 – CORNING WORKS. Former Dance Alloy artistic director Beth Corning resurfaces with the debut of her new company, Corning Works in the Glue Factory Project in “A Seat at the Table,” a work designed for mature dancers who have established national and international reputations. The cast includes Michael Blake (Jose Limon and Donald Byrd companies), David Covey (award winning lighting designer and performer), Janet Lilly (Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company), Peter Sparling (Martha Graham) and Cathy Young (Danny Buraczeski’s JAZZDANCE). New Hazlett Theater, Thurs – Sat. at 8 p.m. (Thurs. includes champagne reception), Sun. 2 p.m. (Pay-What-You-Can). Tickets: $20-30; Call 1-888-718-4253 or click on www.showclix.com/display_events.

Mar. 31 – INDIGO. The San Franciso-based belly dance troupe returns with its vaudeville show, “Le Serpent Rouge, a wily half-breed of vintage cabaret and old-time music. “Sometimes enchanting, sometimes macabre, often raucous, but always delightful.” Rex Theater on the South Side, 7 p.m. Tickets: $17 in advance, $20 at the door. Click on Rex Theater.

Apr. 2 – DANCE ALLOY THEATER. Heather Ferri presents “Tap Into Possibilities” as part of the “Unblurred” series. DAT studios in Friendship. 7 p.m. Tickets: $7; call 412-363-4321 or click on the Dance Alloy Theater website.

Apr. 3 – COMPLEXIONS. Founders Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson have made quite a name from themselves choreographing on “So You Think You Can Dance.” But beyond that, Rhoden is a Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre choreographic favorite of Terrence Orr and Richardson is making his last national tour before retiring (and well worth the price of a ticket himself). Ballet fans might want to catch former PBT dancer Patricia Hachey, who is looking glamorous these days. So it’s a triple threat of sorts for the Pittsburgh Dance Council. Byham Theater, 8 p.m. Tickets: $15.50-50.50; call 412-456-6666, click on www.pgharts.org. or visit the Box Office at Theatre Square.