If you’re looking for some nighttime entertainment after a day at the beach, the Sarasota Ballet is presenting the company premiere of Galina Samsova’s Paquita in Florida State University’s Auditorium, Sarasota, Fla. The Jan. 29, 30, and 21 performances offer $15 student rush tickets that are available one hour before each performance. A student ID is required. Visit www.sarasotaballet.org for more information.

Opera and ballet combine on Friday, Jan. 29 in Doug Varone and Dancers’ fourth installment of “Stripped,” a series of intimate studio showings. Metropolitan Opera star Elizabeth Futral will join the company in a new staging of Da Tempeste from Handel’s “Giulio Cesare.” The program includes a number of Varone’s signature pieces and will show at the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center. Student tickets are $15. For more information call (212) 279-3344 or visit www.dougvaroneandancers.org

To add some extra love to your Valentine’s Day weekend, check out San Francisco’s the Erika Chong Shuch Performance Project’s newest work, Love Everywhere. Commissioned by Dancers’ Group’s ONSITE Program, Love Everywhere premieres at noon on Friday, Feb. 12, in San Francisco’s City Hall Rotunda. Performances continue Saturday and Sunday. All performances are free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.dancersgroup.org or www.erikachongshuch.org.