Dallas Arts District Changing Perspectives Block Party

In celebration of Dallas Arts Month, Dallas Arts District is hosting the annual Changing Perspectives Block Party. This free family-friendly event will feature the return of the internationally renowned BANDALOOP Vertical Dance Company, celebrating the human spirit, nature, and communities through dance that uses climbing technology to expand and challenge what is possible. Watch a preview here on YouTube.

They will come to life on the streets of the Dallas Arts District! An innovator of vertical performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality and intricate choreography to turn the dance floor on its side. The event demonstrates placemaking and space making at its best.

Changing Perspectives Block Party will also feature multi award-winning Tejano music artist, Monica Saldivar and Band, vibrant singer songwriter and entertainer Dezi 5 Entertainment, community muralist, Ebony Lewis, Kamica King, Bruce Wood Dance, Percussion Things, and St. Philips Percussion Ensemble, among others.

Don’t miss this family-friendly event with some of the best artists Dallas has to offer, gourmet food trucks, a community mural, and more!

Dallas Arts District is collaborating with Dallas ISD to bring hundreds of students to a lecture-demonstration by BANDALOOP Vertical Dance Company to Sammons Park in front of the Winspear Opera House and the Brierley Esplanade in front of the Wyly Theatre to discuss the main concepts of STEAM inherent in the process of vertical performances.

Dallas Arts Month, shining a spotlight on the city’s cultural treasures, is a perfect way to celebrate the arts in the largest urban arts district in the nation.

Held on Saturday, April 13, 2024 from 3–8pm. Rain date is Sunday, April 14.
Sammons Park: 2403 Flora Street between Leonard and Routh Streets
Wyly Theatre: 2400 Flora Street

Schedule:
3:15pm: Kickoff
3:25–3:50pm: St. Philip’s Percussion Ensemble
3:50–4:20pm: artist pending
4:30–5pm: BANDALOOP Vertical Dance Company
5:05–5:35pm: Kamica King
5:35–6pm: Bruce Wood Dance
6–6:30pm: Percussion Things
6:30–7pm: BANDALOOP Vertical Dance Company
7:05–7:35pm: Monica Saldivar & The Band
7:35–8pm: Dezi 5
4–7pm: Ebony Lewis, Community Muralist

Find more family fun events every day of the week at dfwchild.com/calendar.