With over a dozen dancers, three programs and two well-know composers, the Washington Ballet offered a compelling night of dance this past weekend at the Kennedy Center. The troupe displayed their versatility, presenting performances of wildly different styles.

Starting the performance was Jerome Robbins’ In the Night, a set of romantic pas de deuxs scored to a few Chopin nocturnes. Robbins is best known for his inventive choreography in the film version of West Side Story. (Yes, he’s the one that made street gangs dance.) Those looking for that level of invention would have been disappointed; In the Night is very much a classically styled ballet. Three couples, representing different relationships, danced out their stories under a night sky. The first two couples, “new love” and “marriage,” performed well, despite a few ungainly lifts. The fighting couple stole this section of the show. With a flurry of movement, the couple raced through lifts with elegant raggedness. They managed to provide an emotional intensity the overall piece seemed to be missing.