Here
are links to more pages on socialwhirl.com
highlighting the Dallas Center for Performing Arts: |
|
Gold stars
fell from the sky at the Groundbreaking - October 2005
Photos |
|
|
Dallas
Center for the Performing Arts begins the first dig to create a 320,000
cubic foot hole for underground parking garage
- Summer 2006
More ...
|
Jeanne
Marie Clossey,
Chairman
Act II Host Committee |
October
2006: Act Two Concert and Gala
featuring Sir Elton John performance and Dame Julie Andrews, mistress
of ceremonies.
More ... |
|
OptIn
to receive
Newsletter
|
socialwhirl.com's eBuzzNewsletter
is about getting your news and press releases out to media, public relations
professionals, business and social leaders. Read the current eBuzz. |
The event was catered by Culinaire International, and décor was provided by todd.event design creative services. Entertainment was provided by FACE.
For more information about the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, visit www.dallasperformingarts.org |
|
|
 |
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts recently celebrated the Topping Out of the Dee and CharlesWyly Theatre – one of the world’s most innovative theatres – as a 35-foot steel beam was hoisted to the top of the structure
(Published June 22, 2008) |
|
The event was sponsored by the Bickel and Brewer Foundation.
Speakers included: Mayor Tom Leppert, City of Dallas; Howard Hallam, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Board of Directors, chair; Veletta Forsythe Lill, Arts District Coordinator, City of Dallas; Deedie Rose, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Board of Directors; Bess Enloe, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Board of Directors.
Members of the design and construction teams, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Board members and city officials were also in attendance. |
Charles and Dee Wyly |
|
|
 |
Angela Walsh and Deedie Rose |
Mayor Tom Leppert |
Designed by REX/OMA, Joshua Prince-Ramus (partner in charge) and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas and built by McCarthy Building Cos., the 12-level Wyly Theatre will feature an unprecedented “stacked” design—a vertically organized facility that completely rethinks the traditional arrangement of a theatre’s parts.
The highly flexible performance space will allow the Wyly Theatre to host a wide rangeof classical and experimental drama, dance and musical productions, world-renowned vocalists and dance troupes.
|
 |
Bess Enloe |
|
The Topping Out ceremony is a tradition in construction, marking the moment when a building reaches its highest point. The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, the most significant new performing arts center to be built since Lincoln Center in New York City, marked the Topping Out of one of its four performance venues, the Wyly Theatre, with a reception and viewing as the highest beam of the structure was craned into place.
|
 |
Howard and Fanchon Hallam |
Diane Brierley |
About the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts:
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts, a new multi-venue Center for music, opera, theatre and dance will open in 2009, completing the 25-year vision of the Dallas Arts District. The Center will provide multi-state-of-the-art facilities woven together by an urban park covering more than ten acres to create a dynamic cultural destination that will be unparalleled in the world. The Center will feature the following:
- The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, designed in a modern horseshoe configuration, will seat 2,200 (with capacity up to 2,300), designed by Foster + Partners.
- The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre will serve as a gateway to the Dallas Arts District from the downtown Dallas business center and will seat 600, designed by REX/OMA.
- The completely new Annette Strauss Artist Square will be the Center’s outdoor entertainment venue, which can accommodate audiences of up to 5,000, designed by Foster + Partners.
- The City Performance Hall will provide main stage production space for many of Dallas’ smaller performing arts organizations, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
- The 10-acre Performance Park will unify the venues and will create a dynamic cultural destination in downtown Dallas, designed by Michel Desvigne, in collaboration with JJR.
- Two underground parking structures will accommodate more than 850 vehicles.
More information on the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts is available at www.dallasperformingarts.org.
|
