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Black History Month Artist Spotlight: Raphael Xavier It’s Black History Month! Join us this month in celebrating the artists who make up Pentacle’s diverse community. Roster Artist, Raphael Xavier, is a self-taught Hip-Hop dancer, Breaking practitioner, rapper, photographer, Guggenheim Fellow, and Guest Lecturer in Dance at Princeton University. Read More

APAP 2020 Pentacle Roster Showcases Visit Pentacle at Rhinelander Booth 118   SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 4:30PM – 6:30PM New York City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street Part of the Dance Managers Collective 4:30PM BRIDGMAN|PACKER DANCE – Ghost Factory … Read More

SUNDAY, JAN 6, 2:10 PM – 4:00 PM New York City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street 2:10 PM BRIDGMAN|PACKER DANCE – Table Bed Mirror 2:30 PM KEIGWIN + COMPANY – Places Please! 3:00 PM DAVID DORFMAN DANCE… Read More

Photo © Rachel Neville (David Parker’s “Slapstuck”) At the end of this month, 10 Hairy Legs will return to New York Live Arts for their fourth home season. Founded by Randy James in 2012, 10 Hairy Legs is a company comprised entirely of male dancers.  Their mission is to… Read More

An up close look at Pentacle’s Gallery artists Keith A. Thompson, Indah Walsh, Erin Carlisle Norton, and Marisa Gruneberg.  danceTactics performance group (c) Gerry Goodstein Keith A. Thompson/danceTactics performance group Keith A. Thompson, former dancer/rehearsal assistant for Trisha Brown and current dancer/rehearsal director… Read More

In April, ZviDance was in residence at MASS MoCA, developing ON THE ROAD. The piece will premiere at American Dance Institute (Rockville, MD) on September 9 & 10, 2016 at 8 pm.  Inspired by Jack Kerouac’s novel by the same title, ON THE ROAD is an evening-length, multimedia dance… Read More

On Friday, April 8th, Pentacle Roster artist, Max Pollak will perform as part of The Sheen Center’s new musical series: 2: The Art of the Duo.  The evening features solo and duet performances from Pollak, and Brazilian percussionist, Cyro Baptista.  Max Pollak founded his group, RumbaTap to… Read More

Later this month, RUBBERBANDance Group (RBDG) will bring Empirical Quotient to Connecticut, amidst a tour throughout Canada, and to Europe (including stops in Belgium and Serbia). Empirical Quotient utilizes the company’s signature RUBBERBAND method to explore human relationships. It weaves together situations of dependence, rejection, empathy, and… Read More

This February Raphael Xavier brings The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance to Pennsylvania. This work deconstructs Xavier’s songs/rap lyrics, and the art form of breaking (a style of street dancing, commonly referred to as break dancing). It follows Xavier’s evolution from a 13-year old discovering breaking while… Read More

Congratulations to Pentacle’s Roster Artist, Dance Heginbotham, selected for the New York State Presenters Network 2016-2017 Touring Roster. The New York State Presenters Network Presenter/Artist Partnership Project is intended to stimulate innovative professional performing arts presenting, community engagement activities, and audience development in… Read More