LEWISTON — The Bates Dance Festival’s “Different Voices” concerts offer choreography by established and emerging artists from around the globe.

Among the new works to be presented are those by:

• Sunon Wachirawarakarn, a principal dancer with the Pichet Klunchun Dance Company in Thailand;

• Hsiu-Hsan Wang, a dancer with Taiwan’s experimental Taipei Dance Forum;

• Nelisiwe Xaba, a Soweto-born multimedia artist;

• Kettly Noel, a Haitian-born, Malian-based choreographer whose work deals with women’s issues in Africa;

• Jennifer Archibald, a New York-based hip hop and jazz choreographer;

• Onye Ozuzu, whose work blends West African dance with Asian martial arts;

• and the Connecticut-based modern troupe, RaceDance.

 Also represented are emerging choreographers Catherine Cabeen, artistic director of Catherine Cabeen and Company, a collaborative company based in Seattle; and contemporary Indian choreographer Aparna Sindhoor, co-director of Navarasa Dance Theater in Boston.

Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Aug. 11 and 12, in Bates College’s Schaeffer Theatre, 305 College St.

Tickets are $24, $12 for students and seniors. Call 786-6161 between 1 and 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday or visit www.batestickets.com.

“Different Voices” concerts are one of several performances bringing the six-week dance festival.

Here are the other events:

 * “Young Choreographers/New Works,” an informal adjudicated showing of more than 20 new works by festival students, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in Schaeffer Theatre. Admission is free.

* The “Festival Finale,” featuring dancers of all ages and abilities performing modern, hip-hop and contemporary works by Archibald, David Dorfman, Nicholas Leichter and Lisa Race, and including a new piece by the festival’s Youth Arts Program. This performance will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, in Alumni Gymnasium, Central Ave. Admission is free.