LEWISTON — Choreographers from the United States, Africa and Mexico will bring their unique styles and perspectives to the stage Thursday and Friday, Aug. 5-6, for the Bates Dance Festival’s “Different Voices” concert.

On the program are new works by choreographers Claudia Lavista and Omar Carrum of Mexico’s Delfos Danza Contemporanea; Middle Eastern performer Donna Mejia; Mozambican choreographer Paniabra Gabriel Canda; Ethiopian dancer Shiferaw Tarikou in his first appearance in the United States; Connecticut-based company elephant JANE dance; emerging choreographer Deborah Goffe; and Quebecois choreographer Helen Simoneau, a recent winner of the first prize for choreography at the Internationales Solo-Tanz-Theater Festival in Stuttgart, Germany.

One of today’s most important companies in Latin America, Delfos Danza Contemporanea is known for a fully articulated, high-energy style, fast and free of constraint. “If we want to talk of the great figures of Latin American contemporary dance, the name of Claudia Lavista is unavoidable,” said a writer for Spain’s Por La Danza Magazine. A dancer, choreographer and teacher, Lavista founded Delfos in 1992 with Victor Ruiz.

“Different Voices” will begin at 8 p.m. both dates in the college’s Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. Tickets are $24, $12 for students and seniors. They may be purchased by calling 786-6161 or online at www.batesdancefestival.org/tickets.php.

Other events happening this final week of the festival include “Moving in the Moment,” a performance of improvisational dance and music featuring contact improviser Chris Aiken and more than 20 members of the festival’s community of artists. The performance will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 3, in Alumni Gymnasium, 130 Central Ave. Admission is free.

“Young Choreographers/New Works Showcase,” an informal presentation of more than 20 new dances created by students and international artists during the festival, will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 7, in Schaeffer Theatre. Admission is free and audience members are welcome to come and go throughout the afternoon.

Later that evening, the “Festival Finale” will feature students performing a high-energy program of modern, jazz and Middle Eastern dance created by faculty members Lavista, Carrum, Michael Foley, Doug Varone and Cathy Young. This event culminates the festival’s three-week intensive training program and also showcases the talents of local youth, ages 6-17, enrolled in the Youth Arts Program.

For more information, visit www.batesdancefestival.org.