Timeline

[1974] DanceWorks, Inc.

July 1, 1974

[1974] DanceWorks, Inc.

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.

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[1976] DanceWorks, Inc. becomes Pentacle

July 1, 1976

[1976] DanceWorks, Inc. becomes Pentacle

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

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[1978] Pentacle rents its first office on the UWS

July 1, 1978

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

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[1979] Mara Greenberg & Ivan Sygoda become Co-Directors of Pentacle

July 1, 1979

[1979] Mara Greenberg & Ivan Sygoda become Co-Directors of Pentacle

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

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[1979] Pentacle’s first Booking Roster

July 1, 1979

[1979] Pentacle’s first Booking Roster

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.

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[1981] Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc. (FIA)

July 1, 1981

[1981] Foundation for Independent Artists, Inc. (FIA)

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.

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[1982] Move to 104 Franklin Street

July 1, 1982

[1982] Move to 104 Franklin Street

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

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[1984] The National Choreography Project

July 1, 1984

[1984] The National Choreography Project

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

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[1985] The Pentacle Space

July 1, 1985

[1985] The Pentacle Space

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.

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[1988] Education & Outreach Programs piloted

July 1, 1988

[1988] Education & Outreach Programs piloted

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

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[1988] Unique Projects, Inc.

July 2, 1988

[1988] Unique Projects, Inc.

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

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[1996] Launch of The Gallery

July 1, 1996

[1996] Launch of The Gallery

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.

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[1999] Help Desk launched

July 1, 1999

[1999] Help Desk launched

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)

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[2007] ARC – Advancement, Reinvention, Creativity

July 1, 2007

ARC’s focus was on the creation of a planning protocol that (1) encouraged artists to identify a major programmatic or organizational goal; and (2) provided them with planning and implementation support to achieve that goal. (Ran through 2009)

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[2008] Movement Media / Kinetic Cinema

July 1, 2008

[2008] Movement Media / Kinetic Cinema

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)

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[2009] Help Desk LA

July 1, 2009

Based on Pentacle’s successful initiative in NYC, Help Desk L.A. offered select artists with mentorship and access to direct technical and administrative support (Back Office). A feature was an annual concert curated and produced by the artists. (Ran through 2013)

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[2009] Cultivating Leadership in Dance

July 2, 2009

[2009] Cultivating Leadership in Dance

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.

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[2010] Metropolitan Intersections

July 1, 2010

Metropolitan Intersections, a subgroup within the Roster, was designed to address the growing mandate for presenters to diversity their programming and reach broader and younger audiences.

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[2012] Back Office

July 1, 2012

Back Office grew out of Pentacle’s experience with Help Desk, and addressed the critical lack of direct affordable administrative and executive support for small and mid-sized dance organizations by providing participants with a part-time Managing Director.

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[2016] Administrative Resource Team (ART)

July 1, 2016

[2016] Administrative Resource Team (ART)

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.

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[2018] Administrative Support Program (ASP)

July 1, 2018

[2018] Administrative Support Program (ASP)

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.

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[2019] Financial Urgent Care

July 1, 2020

[2019] Financial Urgent Care

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.

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[2021] nextSteps

January 1, 2021

[2021] nextSteps

Built upon the ART research project, nextSteps, is a digital platform that enables artists to connect with Pentacle in new ways, give them access to the knowledge we have gained over the years, and help them adapt to the new reality of the arts field during COVID and beyond.

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[2021] Virtual Engagement Research Project

July 1, 2021

Pentacle announced the launch of the Virtual Engagement Research Project (VER) to learn about how virtual engagement has grown during the pandemic, and how this has impacted artists and their livelihoods.

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