Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but love is still in the air at the Washington Ballet’s England Studio Theatre. 7×7: Love Duets celebrates its fifth anniversary program of the company’s popular series. Seven choreographers are given the opportunity to create seven different seven-minute world premieres centered on the theme of love.

Saturday evening’s performance of 7×7: Love Duets showed that many of the choreographers were aware of often clichéd “ballet love stories” and did their best to come up with something unique. Choreographer Steven Mills’ piece, Desire, opened the show with a duet in skin-colored costumes. The bare look showcased the bodies of the dancers and allowed the choreography to shine, especially the interesting contact work, which consisted of dancer Chip Coleman supporting partner Elizabeth Gaither.