The Central Indiana Dance Ensemble (CIDE), a pre-professional ballet company based in Carmel, presented Birthday Variations, choreographed by Gerald Arpino, at its Mixed Rep production on March 1 at the Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre. CIDE was selected by the Gerald Arpino and Robert Joffrey Foundation to have Arpino’s Birthday Variations staged last August. Gerald Arpino and Robert Joffrey are the founders of the Joffrey Ballet.