As Larry Keigwin has become better known, his dances have gravitated to mainstream. In his early days an antic, mischievous spark flashed through his choreography. It's still there, at times delightfully so. But now many of the dances look facile, almost disposable. Too often it takes Keigwin's own considerable dance talent plus that of his company to lift a piece from insignificance. Nevertheless, his theatrical sensibility is acute, not just cute, honed from work with several contemporary dance companies such as Doug Varone and Doug Elkins.

Cabaret, vaudeville and burlesque influence his pieces, as could be seen in The Elements , a new four-part work. Water has everyone frolicking in bathtowels, the women pulled around fluttering their arms like fish fins. Bottled water is handed out and they pour it over their own or others' heads, or gurgle it down only to spit it skywards. Gags abound; towels flip up giving fleeting glimpses of bare backsides. A duet, accompanied by Cole Porter's "Let's Do It", introduces Andy Cook and Alexander Gish, though Eartha Kitt's incomparable gravel-voiced rendition of the song steals focus. Fun, but by the time we've got to Splash, with everyone rushing about to Mozart, Water has rather gone down the drain.