Usually light shows, acting, and gymnastics routines don’t have much in common. But these are some of senior Evan Dallas’s prominent interests. Dallas practices and performs a variety of talents ranging from painting to unicycling.

According to Dallas, one of his main interests is gloving, the art of creating light shows using gloves that glow. Dallas was originally introduced to gloving by senior Symeon Solecki two years ago.

According to Dallas, gloving acted as an outlet for self-expression.

“[You show creativity] through the colors that you represent [and] through the moves you do,” Dallas said. “If you’re feeling down, you can do just like really big moves and kind of get your anger out. If you’re feeling confident, you can do little intricate moves.”

Although all of Dallas’s gloving performances, such as the light show featured in this year’s Variety Show, have no choreographed routines, he still practices his gloving skills every day after school. According to Dallas, the finger movements in gloving have become such an important part of him that he does it everywhere he goes. According to senior Jake Owczarek, Dallas’s gymnastics teammate, the reason Dallas’s gloving is so advanced is because of his commitment.

“[He’s] determined,” Owczarek said. “When he decides he wants to do something, he just does it and not a lot of people have that kind of conviction where if they want to do something, they’ll work their hardest until they actually get there.”

Alongside gloving, Dallas’s pastimes also include varsity gymnastics at South, which he has been a part of for two years. Dallas has Bursitis, a complication in joints and muscles, in his left knee, prohibiting him from competing in every event except for floor. However, according to Dallas, floor is the best event because it’s the only event that can be practiced outside of the gym.

“You can do those moves anywhere,” Dallas said. “You can basically just bust out a backflip on concrete. It’s just really fun how you can branch out. It’s like the floor is your playground.”

To add more to Dallas’s list of activities, he has performed with Comedy Troupe in the Variety Show for the past three years. After being inspired by his sister to begin acting, he also became a member of Spur of the Moment and Comedy Sportz.

According to senior Zach Bauer, fellow Comedy Troupe member, Dallas showcases confidence and humor in his style of acting, especially when impersonating people such as Nicolas Cage or Adam Levine.

“He’s definitely one of the funniest people on Comedy Troupe because he gets his timing right on his comedy and he just really knows how to nail impersonations,” Bauer said.

Besides gloving, gymnastics and acting, Dallas’s other hobbies include archery, juggling and longboarding. These different and unique hobbies have made him a “worldly” person overall, according to his friend senior Nicole Arzumanov.

Although Dallas has various interests and hobbies, he’s considering working with motion capture for video games as a career. However, Dallas said he still wants to continue these activities to the best of his ability in the future.

“I see myself gloving for a very, very long time because gymnastics I know is going to bust up my knee someday, and then acting, it’s very hard to make a career out of it, so I would just do it for fun,” Dallas said. “But gloving is just something I would do anywhere.”