GREAT FRIENDS DANCE FESTIVAL This seventh annual festival by Island Moving Company offers nine nights of performances, each a unique shared bill by different guest companies. This year’s resident company is Kansas City’s Owen/Cox Dance, under the direction of Jennifer Owen. Other participants include Providence’s Part of the Oath, Trainor Dance, Ballet des Ameriques, and Teresa Fellion Dance of New York. July 13-23, $20-$25. Great Friends Meeting House, Newport, R.I. 401-847-4470, www.islandmovingco.org

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO (pictured) The popular Chicago-based troupe has a double presence at Jacob’s Pillow this week. The main company’s program in the big theater includes works by Crystal Pite and William Forsythe. In the Doris Duke Theatre, Hubbard Street 2 presents “Mariko’s Magical Mix: A Dance Adventure,’’ a family-friendly multimedia work by Robyn Mineko Williams incorporating video projections and shadow puppetry. July 13-17, $10-$75. Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Becket. 413-243-0745, www.jacobspillow.org

CUISINE & CONFESSIONS Flour will fly and bodies will spin through the air as Les 7 doigts de la main, the Montreal-based contemporary circus troupe, explores life in the kitchen with its distinctive brand of irreverent physical virtuosity and cleverly choreographed shenanigans. July 12-Aug. 7, $25-$125. Cutler Majestic Theatre. 617-824-8400, www.artsemerson.org

DORRANCE DANCE Tap innovator Michelle Dorrance is making the festival rounds with a variety of works. For her company’s Maine debut at Bates Dance Festival, she presents a series of excerpts from some of her award-winning works with live music, including “Blues in D,’’ “SOUNDspace,’’ and “ETM: The Initial Approach.’’ July 14 and 16, $14-$28. Bates College’s Schaeffer Theatre, Lewiston, Maine. 207-786-6381, www.batesdancefestival.org KAREN CAMPBELL

Karen Campbell can be reached at karencampbell4@rcn.com.