REPERTORY DANCE THEATRE, “Ring Around the Rose,” wiggle friendly performance with audience participation for children and families, featuring Ballet West, January 12, 11 a.m., Jeanné Wagner Theatre, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, $5 (children 2 and under free), 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.arttix.org.

SB DANCE, “The Beast of SB Dance,” a sampling of the company’s terrific, terrible and sexy beasts from past shows and current productions, January 25-26, 8 p.m., January 27, 4 p.m., Rose Wagner Blackbox Theater, Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, $15, 801-355-2787, 888-451-2787, www.arttix.org.   

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, “The Thing About Love,” an evening of dance dedicated to love in all its dazzling, dynamic and vulnerable forms, with guest choreographers Omar Olivas and Jenn Hiffman from Diavolo Dance Theatre, modern dance legend Donald McKayle and Jennifer Backhaus, January 31-February 2, 7:30 p.m., Pardoe Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center, $10-$12, 801-422-4322, www.byuarts.com.