Pentacle Roster at APAP 2026

RECEPTION

Date: Sunday, January 11
Time: 1:15 - 1:45 PM
Location: Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue

Pentacle Roster and Urban Bush Women invite you to:
Dynamic Visions, Shared Futures: A Dance Colleagues Reception
As two established organizations dedicated to amplifying dance artists and enabling dance touring, we invite you to come together for a moment to connect with colleagues (new and known), artists from the Pentacle Roster and Urban Bush Women. Enjoy conversation over light refreshments! Showcases featuring Pentacle Roster’s Bridgman|Packer Dance (1:45PM) and Urban Bush Women (2:15PM) will follow.

SHOWCASE

Date: Sunday, January 11
Time: 1:45 - 2:15 PM
Location: Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue

Bridgman|Packer Dance: WHAT IF (work-in-progress) excerpt
What if, through technology, we found ourselves face-to-face with our past? Bridgman and Packer’s groundbreaking new work uses innovative AI tools to confront their past selves, harnessing four decades of archival footage to explore the boundaries between memory, imagination, and fact. Space is limited. Masks encouraged. Part of the Dance Managers Collective.

RSVP HERE FOR RECEPTION, SHOWCASE OR ALL

SHOWCASE

Date: Friday, January 9
Time: 12:00PM* & 2:00PM*
Location: 92NY, Buttenwieser Hall at the Arnhold Center, 1395 Lexington Avenue

Ephrat Asherie Dance & Arturo O'Farrill: Shadow Cities
We are an amalgam of cultures, fully embodied and fragmented all at once. A reflection on the beauty, vastness, and joy of the in-between, Shadow Cities is EAD’s new collaboration with composer Arturo O’Farrill.
*Part of a shared program. 60 minutes total running time. Ephrat Asherie Dance is first in running order.

RSVP REQUIRED: REGISTER HERE

Date: Friday, January 9
Time: 9:00AM - 11:00AM (Doors open at 8:30AM)
Location: Hilton Trianon Ballroom, NY Hilton Midtown, 1335 6th Avenue

Join Dance/USA and colleagues across the ecosystem for a morning of connection, conversation, and collective learning. This year’s Forum will center dialogue around presenting and touring dance, inviting participants to share what’s top of mind and exchange insights with peers. Open to all dance professionals, the Forum is part of the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) pre-conference events. Registration is free and open to both APAP attendees and the broader dance ecosystem.

You do not need to be a Dance/USA member or registered APAP Conference-goer to attend. You DO need to create a free account here to register for the event in advance.

Pentacle Booking Department is a member of Dance/USA's Agents Managers Promoters and Producers Affinity Group (AMPP) and is proud to be part of the planning committee for Dance Forum 2026. 

REGISTER HERE