Performer: Michael Smuin

An event that will be long-remembered for the importance of the occasion, if not for its content. 

McIntyre knows how to infuse ballet steps with an ironic angularity and kinetics that sit just on the other side of punchy. 

BalletNOW returns to the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center in Los Angeles. The production features dancers from six different major ballet companies, but fails to impress.