Dance

Dance Listings for Nov. 25-Dec. 1

A selected guide to dance performances in New York City.

David Hallberg’s Much-Anticipated Stage Return Is Just Weeks Away

The ballet dancer, who has been sidelined for two and a half years after an ankle injury, is to perform in “Coppélia” in Sydney starting Dec. 13.

By MICHAEL COOPER

Alvin Ailey Dance Opens Season With Dizzy and Ella

The troupe’s annual engagement at City Center will also focus on social issues.

By GIA KOURLAS

Review: Lyon Opera Ballet Showcases Beethoven and Female Choreographers

The ballet’s “Trois Grandes Fugues” offers pieces by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Maguy Marin and Lucinda Childs, with three renditions of Beethoven’s “Grosse Fuge.”

By ROSLYN SULCAS

Review: Ballet Hispanico Adds Style and Bounce to an Apollo Homecoming

This 46-year-old troupe, directed by Eduardo Vilaro, continued its November tradition in a festive show with excellent dancing.

By BRIAN SEIBERT

Review: ‘xgzdiiiiiicdiirrwjfffffffff (pronounced grief).’ Not a Typo.

Gillian Walsh’s oddly titled work, a meditative dance piece that draws on multiple sources, is being performed at New York Live Arts.

By SIOBHAN BURKE

The Woman Who Has Transformed English National Ballet

Tamara Rojo is a rare thing, the female director of a ballet company. But she is also English National Ballet’s star, lobbyist and spokeswoman.

By ROSLYN SULCAS

Review: Faye Driscoll’s ‘Play’ Channels a Howl Into Fun and Games

In this dance-theater piece, the second in a proposed trilogy, adults act — and act out — like teenagers putting on a show.

By BRIAN SEIBERT