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From en pointe to point scorer,
dancer Jonah Villegas
enjoys being a DiVA diva
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES I Life+Style Editor
jones@dallasvoice.com
For Jonah Villegas, the
most frustrating thing about
being a dancer is convincing
people that his talent has noth-
ing to do with a pole.
"When I tell people I'm a dancer they always:
say, 'Where? BJ's? The Tin Room?'" says the clas-
sically trained terpsichorean, who has worked
with the Texas Ballet Theater. Last year, when he
put his dancing career on hold, he decided to
look for something else athletic
he could do to stay limber and
active.
"That's why I joined DIVA,"
says Villegas, 22.
Other than summers spent hit-
ting a ball over a net in the sand,
/new member clinics\
DIVA clinics take place Jan. 18
and 24 at Polk Rec Center, Jan.
20 at Reverchon Rec Center,
and Jan. 22 and 26 at Arlington
Park Rec Center. For more
heard about DIVA, I still didn't join for more
than a year — I regret that I didn't join sooner.
It's a good way to meet quality gay people."
Villegas' first season with DIVA started last
summer; right now, he's gearing up for the
spring season, which kicks off with new member
orientation and clinics this week.
"There is a wide range of skill levels. When
you do to the new member clinic, they figure
what division you're in: recreational, intermedi-
ate, competitive, advanced, power
or open," he says; intermediate is
the largest, and the division he's
in. From then, captains conduct a
draft to put you on teams.
So does his ballet training
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Villegas has no experience at volley- "res and
transfer to the volleyball court?
ball. But when he complained to the man he was
dating that life in suburban McKinney, was sti-
fling for a young gay man, his boyfriend recom-
mended he join the Dallas Independent
Volleyball Association.
"I've been out since my senior year in high
school, but it's hard to be proud and loud when
you're surrounded by nothing but restaurants
and straight people," Villegas jokes. "I think that
DIVA and the gay sports of Dallas are over-
looked — I have made some really great friends
and feel mote part of the gay community. After I
"They are very similar in the fact you need to
be focused and there's a specific way to do
things. Your body tells you what come natural to
you and you have to train yourself how to do it
the right way. But there are differences in the
way you move."
There's another way they're alike, too.
"The dance world is very cutthroat — if
you're not practicing you're already behind. I
joined for friends but these people are competi-
tive! There's lots of slapping butts and laughin g,
but they don't like to lose. Well, neither do L" ■
BUMP IT! | Jonah Villegas knew nothing of volleyball until he joined DIVA last summer; now, it's his
primary athletic and social outlet. (Arnold Wayne Jones/Dallas Voice)
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Nash, Tammye. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, January 14, 2011, newspaper, January 14, 2011; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth239151/m1/24/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.