A diverse lineup of companies and choreographers flock to Dixon Place—New York City’s historically renowned experimental local haven for creativity—on Friday, November 17 at 7:30pm for Pentacle’s twelfth year of Fall Further! From a side splitting dive into the phenomenon of pronouns, to stirring aerial work intermingled with melancholic naturistic projections, to a creative mix of bungee and modern dance, an evening of intriguing dance performance awaits. Showcasing works by Claire Porter / PORTABLES, Freespace Dance, MILKLEAF, The Moving Architects, and Sonia Plumb Dance Company. Please note there will be no late seating after 7:40pm. Contact Pentacle at adminsupport@pentacle.org with any questions about the performance.

ABOUT THE COMPANIES & WORKS:

Claire Porter / PORTABLES presenting Pronouns for Dinner and Green Dress Circle
Pronouns for Dinner addresses the phenomenon of pronouns: the they, them, we, us, I, me, and you, as well as to the it, that, these, and those. Green Dress Circle introduces the audience to where they are… in their seats in this particular theater, on Chrystie St.

“Silly brilliance.” by Quinn Batson

Claire Porter, known for her comedic text and movement work and her skilled teaching, has received many commissions and honors including those from The Guggenheim Foundation, The National Endowment for Arts, and NJ State Council on the Arts. Her PORTABLES is a series of solos and small group works that are designed to be portable. Performance spaces have included boats, backyards, art galleries, science labs, homes, phone booths, conferences, world’s fairs, weddings, fund raisers, building dedications.
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Freespace Dance presenting My Back To You and Inside The Quiet

My Back To You is a tender duet reflecting the many aspects and willingness to stay committed through the ups and downs. Even when my back is to you, I am with you.

Inside The Quiet is a piece that explores the missing, broken or hidden parts of ourselves. The work explores anxiety, depression, and the inner stirrings of the consciousness along with the burden that it can carry. The dancers support each other in their shared secrets and understanding of their struggle.

“Scro Samori’s Inside the Quiet is a beautifully constructed piece where Juliet Goswell, Emily Ingersoll and Victoria May took turns falling away from a vertical axis, plunging, diving and breaking through barriers with an impulse that suggested rolling ocean waves.”

Freespace Dance is renowned for creating emotionally driven work with a bold, athletic signature style. Artistic Director, Donna Scro Samori, is a former principal dancer with the Nikolais/Louis Dance Company & a founding member of Sean Curran Company. Her work has been applauded as having a humanistic quality that “goes straight to the heart.” FSD has performed nationally and internationally, and is at the forefront of modern dance education in New Jersey. FSD has received grants from GR Dodge Foundation, NJ Council on the Arts & New Music USA

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milkleaf presenting Nostalgia’s Window

Dancing light and shadow tether a solitary figure to ancestors at once familiar and distant. Peering through the window of nostalgia, the dancer marks her memory of forgetting. Within the fire of her isolation, matrilineal tendrils unfold. Lucent. Vivid. Flashing.

Charlotte Griffin is a choreographer and filmmaker exploring the vulnerability and power of the human experience within live and digitally integrated dances. Her concert repertory has been commissioned by The Cambrians, American Dance Festival, Juilliard School, BJM Danse and

more. She has been a guest artist at ArcDanz, Lux Boreal, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Korea National University of Arts. In 2020 she founded milkleaf to support multidisciplinary collaboration across a broad aesthetic and technological field.

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The Moving Architects presenting O my soul

The duet “O my soul” combines dynamic dance, film, and interactive props to explore the visceral dichotomies we experience in life: tension and release, speed and stillness, exertion and recuperation, and being alone and together. The title references biblical laments uttered during times of trial.

“A fresh and daring aesthetic.” —Dance Informa

The Moving Architects (TMA), under Artistic Director Erin Carlisle Norton, is a NJ/NYC dance company that has performed, taught, and toured internationally and across the U.S, including project in 2023 in KY, MN, WA, PA, and NC. Creating dance works that use feminist narratives and ideologies that are deeply explored through collaborative processes, among her accolades, Norton has received two Fellowships in Choreography from the NJ State Council on the Arts. TMA produces the dance interview podcast Movers & Shapers: A Dance Podcast.

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Sonia Plumb Dance Company presenting excerpts of Hush, SWARM, Turbulence, and Vitruvian Man/Woman

In their first formal New York appearance, SPDC presents a wild and varied showcase of excerpts from The Sound of Migration and The Dance of da Vinci 2.0. From the vibrating ‘SWARM’ to the gently swirling ‘Hush’ to the body centric ‘Vitruvian Man/Woman’, audiences are bound to buzz.

“An aesthetic adventure. Plumb’s work… come across as one with clarity of line and space and can turn from a comedic moment to a regal lift on a dime.” – The Hartford Courant.

Sonia Plumb grew up in rural Vermont graduating from Trinity College, Hartford, CT with a B.A. in Theater and Dance. SPDC was founded with the mission: enrich, educate and inspire audiences through innovative modern dance to create a transformative perspective of the world. The Company’s programs include multi-genre stage performances, award winning arts integration residencies, collaborations and apprenticeship training for underserved BIOPC youth. As a choreographer, Sonia is known for highlighting the unique voice of the individual dancer.

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