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

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. Read the full story

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. Read the full story

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. Read the full story

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

The organization moved out of the apartment of one of the founders and rented its first office on W. 72nd Street and Broadway. Read the full story

DanceWorks Inc. became known as Pentacle Dance Management (later shortened to just Pentacle). Read the full story

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. Read the full story