Timeline

Five choreographers (left to right: Kathy Posin, James Cunningham, Irene Feigenheimer, Manuel Alum & Barbara Roan) and four administrators organize to do business under the 501(c)(3) organization DanceWorks, Inc.

DanceWorks Inc. became known as Pentacle Dance Management (later shortened to just Pentacle).

Together Mara and Ivan reformed Pentacle into a management support organization serving various dance companies.

Provided booking support to 8 artists outside the purview of commercial agents, as well as the administrative support necessary for touring. Such artists included: (left to right) Harry Streep III, Rachel Lampert, James Cunningham.

Pentacle launched a comprehensive fiscal sponsorship and administration program that gives independent artists all the benefits of nonprofit incorporation without the burden; and it remains the only program of its kind in the field.

Pentacle moves to a 4th-floor loft that was previously Twyla Tharp’s rehearsal space in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.

Pentacle designed the National Choreography Project to encourage and support the creation of original works by talented contemporary dance choreographers for ballet companies.

Pentacle received an NEA Advancement Program Grant to create a multi-use facility for rehearsals and performances on the 4th floor of 104 Franklin Street, and move their offices to the 3rd floor.

Originally the mission of Pentacle’s E&O programs was to provide employment opportunities for our artists to teach in NYC Public Schools.

Unique Projects, Inc. came into existence as a fiscal sponsorship program for artists and organizations with project-specific fundraising needs.

The Gallery gave emerging artists representation and promotion of their work at regional conferences and the annual APAP conference through showcases and promotional materials at Pentacle’s booth.

Pentacle’s Help Desk was a technical assistance project designed to provide flexible, personalized mentoring to ten choreographers and their administrative support staff each year. (Ran through 2006)

Movement Media provided services, strategies, and opportunities for dance artists to make works for the screen. Kinetic Cinema was a monthly screening series in which guest artists were invited to share media that had influenced their work in dance and/or the moving image. (Ran through 2015)

A comprehensive internship program for college and post-graduate students that paired them with small-to-mid-size professional dance companies/organizations, and supplied them with resources, networking, and mentorship over 8 weeks.

Pentacle ran a 2.5-year research project designed to test the efficacy of bundled administrative support services and mentorship in addition to monetary funds on two cohorts of artists who were transitioning from early to mid-career. A report on the findings entitled “FootPath” was published in December 2019.

Using the findings of ART, The Gallery evolved into Administrative Support Program (ASP), an infrastructure support service that allows artists to select and bundle a variety of services and opportunities to support their individual needs and goals.

Financial Urgent Care was designed specifically to assist artistic entities through extraordinary circumstances. The program is best suited for artistic entities whose finances or financial practices need an expert’s eye to enable them to form a solid foundation on which to build their artistic entities.