Bates students, faculty and a New York choreographer all show dances in the Bates College Modern Dance Company’s Annual Spring Concert of New Work. A profusion of material means the concert is presented in two programs in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College Street: Program A, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 20, and 4 p.m. Saturday, March 22; and Program B, 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 23.

The public is welcome to attend at no charge; seats fill fast. For more information, please call the Schaeffer box office at 207-786-6161.

The Dance Company’s Amy Hempstead, a junior from Yarmouth, choreographed “Déjà Vu,” a work for six dancers that depicts the emotional confusion around a failed relationship. Julie Yeterian, a first-year student from Waterville, offers the trio dance “I Almost Went to Bed Without Remembering,” which explores the sleeper’s resistance to awakening.

Two dancers each present multiple works. Yuzo Yamazaki, a junior from Kanagawa, Japan, has created a duet, a large-ensemble piece and a solo that he will dance himself. Aisha Bell, a senior from St. Louis, Mo., offers two quartets, a quintet and the solo “Spiritual,” which she will perform.

The concerts also feature large-ensemble pieces by two faculty members: “Luna Amor” by Robin Vermilion, who teaches ballet, and “Didn’t Find It” by W. Barry Dean, who teaches hip-hop. A work by Ben Munisteri, a well-known New York City choreographer, will also be performed.

Marcy Plavin , director of the college dance program and founder of the dance company, directs the concerts.

Seven dances are featured in From Far and Near. Two are by students. “So Many Ways to Where” was choreographed by Sara Miller, a senior from Farmington, to music by Ani DiFranco. “Transport” was choreographed by Devon Fitchett, a senior from Woburn, Mass., to music by Shamou, a percussionist born in Iran, living in Portland and a veteran of collaborations with such dance companies as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Mark Morris Dance Group.

All for 15 or more dancers, the guest choreographers’ works are: “Ellington Suite,” by Stephanie Powell, with music by Duke Ellington; “Changing Winds,” by Lisa Schmidt, to music by Wendy Carlos and La Llorona; “Muse of Fire,” by Ben Munisteri, with music from the Run Lola Run film soundtrack; “Almanac,” by Sara Sweet Rabidoux; and “The 8:10 Express,” by Cathy Young, with music by a number of classic jazz artists.

Stephanie Powell has choreographed for numerous companies, colleges and universities throughout the East and Midwest and currently teaches at the Baltimore School for the Arts and Towson University. She is artistic director of the Stephanie Powell Danse Ensemble, the Glory to God Arts Ministry, and In the Spirit Dance Ministry. Powell is a director of the Baltimore Dance Tech Inc. Dance Center, which has a comprehensive dance program with more than 100 students.

Lisa Schmidt was a member of the Trisha Brown Company from 1985 to 1992 and has taught and performed throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to performing, this resident of western Massachusetts teaches dance and healing through movement. She is a certified practitioner of body-mind centering.

Ben Munisteri is a New York City-based choreographer whose ensemble performs regularly in New York, at festivals and at other venues around the country. He has created dances for Pennsylvania Dance Theater, Danceworks Performance Company (Milwaukee), and many college companies. He recently received two consecutive major grants from the Jerome Foundation for the creation of new works.

Sara Sweet Rabidoux is the founder and artistic director of Boston-based dance company hoi polloi. She has taught at the Bates Dance Festival’s Youth Arts Program since 1995 and has been a guest artist at a variety of colleges and universities. Hoi polloi has danced for the Bates Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Flynn Theater and The Philly Fringe Festival.

Cathy Young, artistic director of Cathy Young Dance, works in an eclectic mix of styles drawing on jazz, modern, contact improvisation, gymnastics and social dance. She has set her pieces on professional companies and universities around the country, and has presented her duet work with husband Chris Aiken in New York and elsewhere. A nationally recognized teacher, she is currently visiting lecturer in dance at the University of Illinois, where she is pursuing her master’s degree.

For more information about this performance, call the box office at 207-786-6161.