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Friday night at the Dean Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek that question hounded Diablo Ballet’s opening program of its 2012-13 season. In an evening filled with talented and passionate dancers, the company mounted work that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. Dance has endured, but the issues of legacy and revitalization haven’t gone away. The production of “The Moor’s Pavane” threw the problem into sharp relief. The late Jose Limon’s almost Kabuki-like depiction of the Othello story is a masterpiece of modern dance from 1949 and Diablo Ballet brought it to life with stunning depth. But the dizzy premieres bookending “Moor” seemed to have been intended for another program or a different company altogether.