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CLARK CENTER NYC at El Barrio Artspace PS109 (Aug. 14, 6 p.m.). This institution, formed to preserve the history and the legacy of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts (1959-89), which provided opportunities for dancers of color, celebrates its organization’s 60th anniversary with performances and classes, along with a one-of-a-kind panel discussion. It focuses on three important dancers: Ella Thompson Moore, Nat Horne and Dorene Richardson, who performed in Alvin Ailey’s first concert at the 92nd Street Y in 1958. One of the works unveiled in that program is now a classic: “Blues Suite.” The conversation will be moderated by Jill Williams, executive director of Clark Center NYC. More events (see the SummerStage listing), including classes and film screenings, run through Aug. 17.

clarkcenternyc.org

JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL in Becket, Mass. (through Aug. 25). Starting on Wednesday, the festival hosts an exclusive: Sara Mearns: Beyond Ballet, in which the New York City Ballet principal presents a program of her collaborations, including the premiere of “Opulence” with the choreographer Jodi Melnick; “No. 1,” a duet with Honji Wang of the French hip-hop duo Wang Ramirez; a solo by Christopher Williams from his in-progress “Daphnis & Chloé”; Liz Gerring’s “Duet” with Ashley Bouder; and “Ekstasis,” a lost 1933 solo by Martha Graham reimagined by Virginie Mécène. Mearns also performs with Lori Belilove & the Isadora Duncan Dance Company as part of an outdoor Inside/Out presentation, “The Art of Isadora,” on Friday. The other major appearance features the Martha Graham Dance Company in a pair of classic Graham works — “Appalachian Spring” and “Chronicle” — as well as a suite of “Lamentation Variations” and the recent “Deo” by Maxine Doyle and Bobbi Jene Smith.

413-243-0745, jacobspillow.org

SUMMERSTAGE at various locations (Aug. 9 and 15, 7-9 p.m.). This annual festival hosts two dance events starting with Elisa Monte Dance on Friday at East River Park. The company, now led by Tiffany Rea-Fisher, presents a program highlighted by Monte’s “Treading,” a hypnotic duet set to music by Steve Reich, in celebration of the work’s 40th anniversary. And on Thursday, another anniversary is honored: the 60th year of the Clark Center, at Marcus Garvey Park. The program features Philadanco! the Philadelphia Dance Company; 5Plus Ensemble, which features dancers 50 and older and includes the former Ailey dancers Hope Clarke and Michael Thomas; Dyane Harvey; Juel D. Lane; Amy Hall Garner Dance; and the HSA Dance Ensemble, which is made up of young dancers from Harlem School of the Arts.

cityparksfoundation.org