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This Monday, April 27th, Pentacle’s Cultivating Leadership in Dance interns are hosting a fundraiser! Please come out from 7-10pm and enjoy an evening of food, drinks, and fun with the Pentacle community while we celebrate dance, art, and performance. The evening’s entertainment includes a stand… Read the full story

Congratulations to Prashant Shah on his award from the Hindu Temple in Omaha, NE! The temple honored three US-based artists for their contributions to their respective classical dance fields. Prashant was one of the recipients of the award for his… Read the full story

A Screening and Discussion with Susan Osberg Susan Osberg’s current film project, Remembering Pina, is a poetic tribute to the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch, whose theatrical work has been highly influential on generations of choreographers and performers. Adapting her choreography for screen, Susan will present sections of… Read the full story

At the invitation of the embassies in Armenia and Turkey, David Dorfman Dance traveled to central Asia to tour Unsettled at the Khachatryan Theater in Yerevan, Armenia and the Zorlu Performance Center in Istanbul, Turkey earlier this week. With State Department funding, DDD was able to reunite with Turkish Company Korhan… Read the full story

As noted by dance writer Lewis Segal in his end of 2014 dance wrap up story: “Angeleno choreographers Melissa Barak, Josie Walsh (both at the Broad) and Jacob Jonas (at Highways) launched impressive, short-term attempts to break into wider renown.  But what’s next for… Read the full story

After receiving a rave review by Alastair Macaulay for their recent performance in India, Nrityagram Dance Ensemble has been recognized stateside for this past weekend’s two-show run at the Temple of Dendur in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  In Monday’s NY Times publication, Robert Seibert claimed that “The only proper response to dancers… Read the full story

RUBBERBANDance Group and David Roussève/REALITY were both acknowledged for their notable work in Wendy Perron’s Best and Worst of 2014. Victor Quijada’s Empirical Quotient was listed under “Best New Choreography” of the year, with Ms. Perron citing that the Montreal-based troupe indeed finds success in fusing the genres of “hip-hop, cirque, and… Read the full story

Pentacle’s Cultivating Leadership in Dance provides an unparalleled opportunity for interns to learn the ins-and-outs of arts administration while working directly under the artistic director of a dance company or administrative manager of an organization. Pentacle interviews both the interns and participating artists/organizations in order to find out… Read the full story

Your investment today will have double the impact! During our Matching Gift Challenge, your support will be matched dollar-for-dollar through December 31st, 2014. Click here to join Pentacle in keeping California dance healthy! Pentacle provides Los Angeles and San Francisco dance companies and project-based dance makers with the direct… Read the full story

By Ivan Sygoda, Founding Director While we pat ourselves on the back for getting a NEA grant, we should remember that not all that long ago, NEA grants could be fraught with controversy. Then Foundation for Independent Artists (a nonprofit corporate structure administered by Pentacle) member Tim Miller was… Read the full story