This week's dance previews

British Dance Edition, Birmingham This biennial showcase may be organised for members of the profession – bringing together companies, choreographers, producers and venue managers – but many of its performances are open to the public and, as such, offer Birmingham an extraordinary, concentrated four days of dance. Among those in the programme are Arthur Pita's rewrite of the prodigal son parable, God's Garden (Birmingham Rep, Wed); Jasmin Vardimon's retrospective Yesterday (Birmingham Rep, Thu), which revisits the best moments from the company's acclaimed works; Clod Ensemble's Under Glass (AE Harris, Fri & 6 Feb); and a triple bill from the Russell Maliphant Company (Birmingham Hippodrome, 6 Feb) that includes AfterLight Part 1, created for Sadler's Wells's In The Spirit Of Diaghilev evening. Various venues, Wed to 6 Feb, visit bde2010.co.uk Lost Dog: Salvage, Eastleigh Performing and choreographing partnership Ben Duke and Raquel Meseguer came to prominence with Pave Up Paradise, a cartoon-sharp duet about Adam and Eve bickering and bitching after the Fall, which exemplified their fresh and witty take on narrative dance. Since then they have explored other sacred and mythic material, and in their latest work, Salvage, they re-tell the story of the Fisher King in the context of the modern, polluted world. The land ruled over by the Fisher, or wounded king of Arthurian legend, suffers when he is injured, and it's this intimate relationship with the environment that inspires the script by Stephen Brown, who has had success with Faster for Filter Theatre and Future Me at London's Theatre503. Music is composed and performed by Gavin Bryars's pupil Jamie McCarthy, while Will Duke provides the urban design. The Point, Tue Sadler's Wells Sampled, London Sampled has become one of the Wells's most successful products: a weekend-long event to lure dance novices and the occasional refusenik into the mysteries of the art. Recent performance extracts are combined in one programme, and the resulting mix of ballet, hip-hop, modern and street dance becomes an effective taster menu of different styles and companies. This year's Sampled includes Joseph Caley and Jenna Roberts from Birmingham Royal Ballet, who perform duets from Petipa's Sleeping Beauty and MacMillan's Romeo And Juliet; French hip-hop crew Phase T; the cast of Havana Rakatan; and a preview of the latest dance-theatre piece from Jasmin Vardimon. Completing the programme is 1875, a setting of Ravel's Bolero by Taiwanese choreographer Shu-Yi Chou. Sadler's Wells, EC1, Sat & Sun