CLAUDIA BAUER’S DANCE PICKS

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Ailey’s 50th annual Berkeley residency opens with the West Coast premiere of Jamar Roberts’ new “Members Don’t Get Weary,” Talley Beatty’s 1983 “Stack-Up” and Alvin Ailey’s beloved, soul-lifting “Revelations.” Two more programs include works by Twyla Tharp, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Artistic Director Robert Battle. 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 10. Through next Sunday, April 15. Zellerbach Hall, U.C. Berkeley. www.calperformances.org

Edge Residency: CounterPulse’s artist incubator presents new movement experiments by Five Feet Dance and Simpson/Stulberg Collaborations. 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12. Through Saturday, April 14. CounterPulse, S.F. www.counterpulse.org

“Revelations” Flash Mob: Bring your sun hat and your fan and join a public performance of “Rocka My Soul” from Alvin Ailey’s masterwork. RSVP to learn the steps at 10, 10:45 or 11 a.m. in Hearst Gym. Performance at 12:30 p.m. Friday, April 13. Lower Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley. www.calperfor mances.org Dimensions Dance Theater: Celebrating Dimensions’ 45th anniversary, “Kick High, Turn Fast” features a premiere by Latanya d. Tigner, Andrea Vonny Lee’s new work about Harriet Tubman, and a second-line dance parade with the Twilight brass band and a West African dundunba drum battery. 8 p.m. Friday, April 13. Through Saturday, April 14. Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Oakland. www.dimensionsdance.org