Greetings Friends and Colleagues,

With 2009's Arts Presenters and ISPA conferences around the corner, we thought we would take a moment to let you know where you can find Pentacle this January.

APAP AT THE HILTON
Artist Rep resentatives Ivan Sygoda, Sophie Myrtil-McCourty, Michelle Coe and Ben Pryor will be at booth # 200 in the Rhinelander Gallery at the Hilton. We will have showcase schedules and information about the touring repertories of all of our artists. Be sure to come by and say hello!

ISPA AT THE TIMES CENTER
Roster Artist Nora Chipaumire will be discussing her new project lions will roar, swans will fly, angels will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi at the ISPA Pitch Session. gukurahundi is an hour-long multi-disciplinary performance featuring contemporary/African solo dance artist Nora Chipaumire (a two-time Bessie Award winner), legendary Zimbabwean musicians Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited, and video artist Joelle Dietrick. gukurahundi explores the migrant experience within and outside of Africa and examines how Africa is portrayed, or "packaged" to a western, globalized world. Integrating movement, live music, and projected video imagery, gukurahundi presents a new way to see, hear, and experience Africa. gukurahundi has received support from The National Dance Project with US tour subsidies available in 09/10.

Find out more during the ISPA Pitch session on Wednesday, January 14 at 10:00 am at The Times Center (242 West 41st Street).

You can find Sophie Myrtil-McCourty and Michelle Coe at the ISPA ProEx following the Pitch Session at 11:30 am at The Times Center.

THANK YOU
We and our artists are grateful for the time you are willing to share with us at the
conferences.

We look forward to seeing you,

Happy Holidays!

Ivan, Sophie, Michelle & Ben

PENTACLE'S ROSTER ARTISTS SHOWCASE

Don't miss Pentacle's Roster Artists Showcase on Friday, January 9

This eclectic evening of work features artists from Israel, New York, Zimbabwe, Pittsburgh, the Congo, Brooklyn, and Los Angeles via Cuba! Their works explore interpersonal relationships with emotional resonance in contemporary and modern ballet, the integration of dance and technology through digital animation and motion capture technologies, sultry salsa with a political pulse, ancestral influences on modern pathology, the alienation of exile in an increasingly borderless word, and UFOs crashing in your hometown!

Our program repeats so you can enter at any point in the cycle and see the whole thing!

Wine and hors d'oeuvres are available throughout the evening with opportunities to meet the artists at 10:40 pm. See performance schedule below.

The Ailey Citigroup Theatre 405 West 55th Street (at 9th Avenue)

Our program repeats so you can enter at any point in the cycle and see the whole thing!

Reservations Appreciated Call 212.278.8111 press 8
Present your business card for admission

Photo credits left to right in order of appearance: Kristin Lodoen Linder, Paul B. Good, Bartlomiej Barczyk, Michael Hart, Klaus Schoenwiese, Antoine Tempé, David Wallace, Tim Agler

PENTACLE'S GALLERY & GUESTS SHOWCASE

On Sunday January 11, you have the opportunity to see all 16 companies represented on The Gallery at our Gallery and Guests Showcase.

From tried and true to emerging dance artists, The Gallery & Guests Showcase presents work that ranges from traditional modern dance to the latest urban trends and everything in between. Spanning Bharatanatyam, contemporary ballet, percussive dance, traditional and contemporary modern, solo and compositional performance, dance-theater and step dance, we are pleased to bring you an evening which features something for everyone's tastes and a primer on protean forms of dance.

Wine and hors d'oeuvres are available throughout the evening with opportunities to meet the artists at 11:00 pm. See performance schedule below.

City Center Studios, Studio 4 130 West 56th Street (Between 6th & 7th Ave)

photo credits from top: Lois Greenfield, Liz Ligon, Paul H. Taylor, Richard Termine,
Kristin Lodoen Linder, Carol Rosegg, Nan Melville