The best dance shows in NYC this month

Austin McCormick and his neo-Baroque troupe (Queen of Hearts) specialize in lavish pageants that combine dance, burlesque and circus arts into a heady speciality cocktail. This popular edition offers a sexy spin on lust, envy, greed and other deadlies.  

By George? Threy've got him. New York City Ballet leaps back to Lincoln Center for a month of shows that are packed with works by company cofounder George Balanchine: 12 of them in all, including two all-Balanchine bills and two that are shared with dances by Jerome Robbins. Also on the lineup are pieces by Alexei Ratmansky and current NYCB resident choreographer Justin Peck, plus premieres by Kyle Abraham and Gianna Reisen. The company's current constellation of étoiles comprises Tyler Angle, Ashley Bouder, Chun Wai Chan, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Megan Fairchild, Jovani Furlan, Emilie Gerrity, Joseph Gordon, Anthony Huxley, Russell Janzen, Isabella LaFreniere, Sara Mearns, Roman Mejia, Mira Nadon, Tiler Peck, Unity Phelan, Taylor Stanley, Daniel Ulbricht, Andrew Veyette, Peter Walker and Indiana Woodward.

City Center's super-affordable festival is an annual feast for dance lovers. Each evening features a sampling of international superstars and local favorites: 15 shows take part in five different programs, each performed just twice for only $20 a pop. This lineup for this year's 20th-anniversary edition includes seven foreign companies and the world premieres of two commissioned works, by Adesola Osakalumi and the team of Ephrat Asherie and Michelle Dorrance. The shows tend to sell out fast, for good reason, so snap them up quick if you can.   The complete 2023 lineup is below; for more details about the shows, visit the festival's web page.    Program 1 (September 27 and 28 at 8pm): Ballet BC: The Statement (Crystal Pite)Conrad Tao and Caleb Teicher: Rhapsody in Blue (Teicher)Gibney Company: Oh Courage! (Sonya Tayeh) Program 2 (September 29 and 30 at 8pm): Côté Danse: StayX (Dix) (Guillaume Côté)Sara Mearns and Davóne Tines: Mass (Bobbi Jene Smith)Sergio Bernal Dance Company: Farruca | Orgía | Folia | Soleá (Sergio Bernal with Jose Manuel Alvarez, Joaquín de Luz and Antonio Ruiz Soler) Program 3 (October 3 and 4 at 8pm): Houston Ballet: Clear (Stanton Welch)Jam on the Groove 3 for 30 (GhettOriginal Productions Dance Co.; restaged by Adesola Osakalumi)Kaleoolakaikahikinaokalā: Hawaiki (The Homeland) (Kumu Kaleo Trinidad, Randie Kamuela Fong, Kumu Edith Kanakaʻole, Kumu Maiki Aiu Lake and Holoua Stender)Program 4 (October 5 and 6 at 8pm): Limón Dance Company: Suite from A Chor