Ronald K. Brown troupe offers balm and serenity but keeps deeper feelings at bay

A Ronald K. Brown program is the dance equivalent of comfort food, especially on such a frigid, blustery night as Friday, when you were all but blown from 21st Street NW through the doors of Lisner Auditorium. Once in your seat, any vestigial chill melted away as the dancers from Brown's Brooklyn-based company, Evidence, padded onstage, rolling their hips and shoulders with oily ease. Contented cats couldn't be more mellow. Watching them was like being rocked to a lullaby.