LEWISTON — The Bates College Modern Dance Company and other student ensembles will present short performances of diverse kinesthetic styles from hip-hop to ballroom to Bollywood on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 9-10.

Taking place during the college’s annual Parents & Family Weekend, the performances, starting at noon and lasting about an hour, are open to the public at no cost.

The Modern Dance Company will perform work by nationally renowned choreographer Monica Bill Barnes; Rachel Boggia, the college’s acting director of dance; and prominent Maine dancer Debi Irons. Performers also include such Bates student groups as the Ballroom Dance Club, Step Club and Bollywood Dance Club.

Barnes is in residence at Bates until Oct. 7, creating new work for students and teaching classes. A rising star in U.S. dance, she is known for highly physical, humorous choreography.

A headliner at the 2010 Bates Dance Festival, Barnes and company also recently appeared at the American Dance Festival, Jacobs Pillow and other top-drawer venues.

Irons is a dancer and choreographer with more than 20 years experience in the dance world. She is founder and artistic director of Art Moves Dance in Norway, which features improvisation and choreography in blues, modern and jazz dance forms.

Irons has collaborated with local, national and international dancers; has been a soloist for Esduardo Mariscal Dance Theatre; has jazzed it up with Danny Buraczeski and Katiti King; and has gone modern with Doug Varone at the Bates Dance Festival.

Boggia, visiting assistant professor in dance and acting director of dance during this academic year, has been on the faculty at Wesleyan University, Dickinson College and The Ohio State University. She specializes in multidisciplinary collaboration with scientists, multimedia performance and documentary films about dance. She has performed professionally in the work of New York choreographers Risa Jaroslow, Vanessa Justice and Marlon Barrios Solano.

Performances will be in Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St. For more information, call 786-8294.