St. Louis Dance Festival

The St. Louis Dance Festival celebrates the best the metro area has to offer in terms of dance. Longtime festival organizer Dances of India has lined up twelve companies representing classical ballet, contemporary, jazz and folk dancing for this eighteenth installment, which takes place at 5 p.m. tonight at the Skip Viragh Center for the Arts (425 South Lindbergh Blvd.; www.dancesofindiastlouis.org). Participants include Consuming Kinetics Dance Co., Dance Hipnotique, Midwest Ballet Theatre and Wei Dance Arts. Tickets are $15.