* "Flamenco Vivo!" performs at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. today and 8 p.m. Friday. Tickets are $15-$36 and available by calling 631-2800. The DPAC is at 100 Performing Arts Center, on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend.
* Conservatory of Dance will perform "The Contemporary Nutcracker" at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Elkhart Memorial High School, 2608 California Road. Tickets are $8 and $12. To purchase call 235-8888.
* Dance the night away at the fourth annual semi-formal WinterFest Ball, to take place from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Athenian Ball Room, 500 S. Main St. in Elkhart. $20 per person and $35 per couple ticket price includes special performances by That's Dancing. Purchase tickets by Dec. 11 by calling 295-7275.
* Patchwork Dance Company presents "Christopher's Christmas" at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 at Elkhart Central High School, 1 Blazer Blvd. and 7 p.m. Dec. 5 and 2 p.m. Dec. 6 at O'Laughlin Auditorium, St. Mary's College, South Bend. Follow Christopher Mouse as he discovers the joy of the Christmas season. Tickets are available at Debbie Werbrouck School of Dance and Music locations or by calling 247-1590.