Studio Arena, an icon in the Western New York theater scene, hosts its first ever dance concert this weekend. The director and co-founder of Configuration Dance, Joseph Cipolla, says that he looks forward to “…expanding the diversity of artistic expression welcomed to that stage.” The program is packed with high-energy dancing, blending classical ballet technique with contemporary styles to produce a repertory concert that will please many audiences. Among the pieces is Michael Shannon’s Transfiguration, a one-act contemporary ballet that expresses the emotional vicissitudes of terminally ill cancer patients. High Heel Blues, choreographed by Daniela Kurz, is a sultry yet funny piece dramatizing a woman’s infatuation with an ill-fitting pair of new shoes. Local gypsy jazz band Babik rejoins Configuration Dance for a new ballet created by Yuri Zhukov of the Kirov Ballet called No Time Jazz. Rounding out the program will be a piece created specifically for Studio Arena’s stage.

8pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday. Studio Arena Theatre, 710 Main Street (856-5600).