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Diavolo tonight at the Wyly

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Diavolo made him do it

When Jacques Heim founded Diavolo Dance Theater in 1992, he probably wasn’t expecting it to become an officially recognized cultural treasureby the city of Los Angeles. And now, for two performances only, Dallas gets to discover this legendary jewel in all its brilliance.

Diavolo deftly combines a company of dancers, gymnasts, athletes and actors to form a team that has a reputation for putting on elaborate shows that transcend the simple notion of what modern dance is all about. The Dallas show is entitled Fearful Symmetries, the second installment of a trilogy commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. It premiered in 2010 and features music by John Adams.

Read the entire article here.

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—  Rich Lopez

TITAS presents DanceBrazil tonight at the Wyly

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Get the Brazilian

Think your butch boyfriend or girlfriend won’t like the DanceBrazil show by TITAS because it’s all arty? Just explain to them that this troupe not only moves gracefully with its Afro-Brazilian fusion of dance, but they mix it with the martial art of Capoeira used in the video game Street Fighter and the movie The Protector. Trust. They’ll change their minds and you win.

DEETS: Wyly Theatre, 2400 Flora St. 8 p.m. $19–$65. ATTPAC.org.

—  Rich Lopez

LSR starts season with record number of riders

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Jerry Calumn at the LSR kick-off party on Sunday.

Lone Star Ride kicked off its new season with a party on the ninth floor of the Wyly Theatre in the Arts District in Downtown Dallas on Sunday afternoon. More people are registered for LSR’s 11th annual ride Sept. 24-25 than ever before at this point in the season.

Previous riders were offered half-off registration fees if they brought a new rider who registered for this year’s event.

At the kickoff party, about 115 people registered to ride, bringing the total to 134. In addition, 48 people have committed to serve as volunteer crew members.

Jerry Calumn, the new ride director, said that he expects cumulative donations to beneficiaries this year to surpass the $2 million mark since LSR was founded in 2001.

Calumn said he thinks a number of crew members from previous years signed up this week to be riders.

“There was a great energy,” he said.

He plans to continue that energy with a number of events in addition to the training rides. Several events are planned for Fort Worth as well. On June 1, they will have happy hour and sign up riders at The Garage at The Pour House, 2725 W. 7th St.

Calumn worked at Resource Center Dallas during the 1990s. RCD is one of the event beneficiaries along with AIDS Services of Dallas and AIDS Outreach Center of Tarrant County. More pics from the kickoff party below.

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—  David Taffet

Wyly Theatre makes L.A. Times top ten list

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As the year-end lists roll out, it’s nice to see Dallas make an impression outside of, um, Dallas. Even if the Wyly Theatre shares the distinction with Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center at the number two spot, the L.A. Times considers the theater a top 10 moment in architecture for the year.

But Carolyn Cole has a funny way of putting things. She describes the Wyly as “cool, rather standoffish smarts.” But her final line is most interesting which you can read here.

—  Rich Lopez