Help Desk/L.A.
  helpdesk@pentacle.org     
 www.pentacle.org     


"Running a dance company is a fairly solitary experience, particularly when trying to juggle the artistic and administrative aspects on a small budget. Usually so much energy and time is spent on the artistic part of the company that there is little left over to work on the administrative side. Working with Help Desk/L.A. has made me feel like I can take a deep, long breath."


-Donna Sternberg
Donna Sterrnberg & Dancers


"Our participation was powerful for the organization at this moment in our growth. "


-Ana Maria Alvarez
Contra-Tiempo


"By bringing together the most inspired artists and the most experienced mentors every month, we have an incredible resource of support. The one-on-one exchange with our mentor helps us navigate the complex choices that are a part of being a viable performing arts company today. "


-
Nehara Kalev
Catch Me Bird

Photos by:

Donna Sternberg, Tyrone Domingo, Robert Salas, and Jesse Alson-Milkman.

Please Join Us for an Informational Breakfast Meeting About

Pentacle's Innovative National Program Help Desk  

at the Dance/USA Conference


Pentacle Director Ivan Sygoda and Help Desk Director Felicia Rosenfeld will introduce you to this unique program currently running in Los Angeles, and describe Pentacle's plans to bring Help Desk to Chicago and other U.S. cities. More importantly, we want to get your feedback on the Program and hear your perspectives and thoughts about infrastructure needs in your dance communities. You will receive a tasty breakfast and an honorarium for your participation.

 

Friday, July 15th

7:30AM - 9:00AM

Hyatt Regency McCormick Place

Chicago, IL

Please see concierge for room number

 

RSVP: angelal@pentacle.org 

 

Help Desk supports the professional infrastructure of contemporary dance companies and independent choreographers. The program works with participants to develop a strong sense of community and empowerment. At the heart of Help Desk are two equally important relationships: the one between artist/company and mentor and the one between artist/company and the Help Desk community. The mentor relationship provides participants with personalized strategic planning, guidance and infrastructure support over a sustained period of time. Artists and non-performing partners attend regular meetings sharing challenges and solutions. Through the process, participants build a more supportive, empowered community.

 

Past and Current Help Desk/L.A. Artists:  

blue13 dance company  

Catch Me Bird  

CONTRA-TIEMPO

Clairobscur Dance Company

Deborah Rosen and Dancers  

Donna Sternberg & Dancers

Duniya Dance and Drum  

Flamenco Los Angeles  

Flora Wiegmann  

Keith Glassman  

Kenneth Walker Dance Project  

Latina Dance Project  

METHOD contemporary dance

Nina Haft & Company

Rangoli Dance Company   

Randé Dorn Dance Company  

Rebecca Alson-Milkman  

Regina Klenjoski Dance Company

String Theory  

Vox Dance Theatre  

 

Past and Current Help Desk/L.A. Mentors:  

Corbett Barklie

Michelle Burkhart   

Julia Carson  

Rachel Cohen

Jonathan Fly  

Leigh Ann Hahn  

Nancy Hytone Leb  

Ilaan Egeland Mazzini  

Terence McFarland  

Jamie Nichols  

Jordan Peimer

Angela D. Richardson

Randy Rollinson      

Judith Teitelman 




Pentacle is a non-profit service organization for the performing arts. For more than 35 years, Pentacle has functioned as a resource and voice for emerging, minority, experimental, non-mainstream dance artists and companies.


Pentacle's underlying mission:  to support and empower artists' organizationally so that they can do what they do best . . . create works of art.


Mara Greenberg & Ivan Sygoda
Directors


Help Desk/ L.A. is a program of Pentacle, and is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and donations from individuals.
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