Our guide to dance performances happening this weekend and in the week ahead.

BALLET HISPÁNICO at the Apollo Theater (Nov. 22-23, 8 p.m.). This popular company — sharp in its steps, smooth in its attitude — returns to the Apollo Theater for two performances that feature the premiere of “Tiburones” (“Sharks”) from the choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a frequent collaborator. The work critiques and attempts to correct the portrayal of Latino artists in the entertainment industry, while challenging gender roles as well. Also on the program: the return of “Nací,” a 2009 dance by Andrea Miller that draws from the Sephardic Jewish culture of Spain, and “Con Brazos Abiertos,” a 2017 piece by Michelle Manzanales that reconciles the two parts of her Mexican-American identity with a sense of humor and an eclectic soundtrack.

800-745-3000, apollotheater.org

ALI CHAHROUR at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. (Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m.; Nov. 23, 3 p.m.; Nov. 24, 4 p.m.). As part of the Live Arts Bard biennial, Chahrour, a contemporary Lebanese choreographer who draws from the literary, cultural and religious traditions of the Arab world, presents his newly commissioned work, “Night.” The dance aims to capture the age-old plight of lovers across time and place whose relationships violate social norms, and whose lust is replaced by longing after forced separation. Chahrour focuses on the physical consequences of that rupture, using violent convulsions to depict the breakdown of the body as it fights against cultural restrictions on love while yearning for reunion.

845-758-7900, fishercenter.bard.edu