THIS WEEKEND KATE Corby presents her third annual season, which, in the dance world, is already a respectable track record. In this program, "While I Wait: Dances from the Homefront, Past and Present," she takes on an issue that's hit home with women the world over for hundreds of years: while men take off for glory and war, women are left behind to wait and hope and bury them. Now that the Defense Department has become an equal-opportunity employer, the issue may not resonate in quite the same way. Still, enough tears are being spilled to fill the oceans, so Corby has plenty of material to draw on. She pulls most of it for this multimedia work from the period between WWII and – unfortunately, thanks to current events – the present. The work, with video and choreography by Nora Stephens and live cello by Alex Keitel, is performed by six dancers and one actor. On a thematically complementary note, Megan Nicely also presents excerpts from Reveal, a work inspired by visits to cemeteries. Thurs.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 7 p.m., 848 Divisadero, S.F. $12-$15. (415) 771-4787. (Rita Felciano)