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SUMMARY:Aaron Wardwell record release
DESCRIPTION:featuring performances by Bryan Parys\, Steven Kennedy\, and the (Christmas) Coyotes \nSinger-songwriter Aaron Wardwell will celebrate the release of his new album\, Just Another\, with a live performance on May 8th at MAGMA in Gloucester. The show will feature a full set of new material from Just Another\, Wardwell’s first significant release since his EP Heartburn in 2020. \nThe new record showcases Aaron Wardwell’s eclectic blend of folk and electronic music with deeply witty\, yet poignant songwriting\, exploring themes of literature\, horticulture\, pop-culture\, love\, religiosity and more. The album was recorded and produced in Wardwell’s home studio\, and it was mastered by engineer Frank Hopkins of Portland\, Maine. The release date of the album is Friday\, May 1st\, 2026. \nThe album release show on May 8th will be a full immersion in the images and sounds of “Just Another.” In addition to playing the songs live\, there will also be video textures shown with a projector. The show will be opened by performances from local writers Bryan Parys (Wake\, Sleeper\, Now Approaching)\, Steven Kennedy (Between Sounds\, Birds Of Massachusetts)\, and soundscape engineer/songwriter Joshua Richard (Home Music). \n 
URL:https://magma.center/event/aaron-wardwell-record-release/
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SUMMARY:Time Travelers Ball
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for MAGMA’s annual fundraiser party with live performances\, participatory dance lessons\, and festive refreshments. \nAttire: 1920-1940 speakeasy fashion \nDoors open at 7pm\, programming starts at 7:30pm \n$50-100 suggested donation per person\, BUY ONLINE \nPlease buy your tickets in ADVANCE as you will need the password to get in! \nHighlights: \n–  learn The Charleston and a Shim Sham inspired line dance \n–  dance performances from Sophia Dunzelman\, Zoe Ulrich\, Anna Kharaz\, Erika Sutter\, Hannah Tupper\, and Sarah Slifer Swift; live music from John Cameron and Rikki Razdan \n–  sultry\, speakeasy ambiance; signature cocktails and yummy desserts \n– support MAGMA’s artistic programming\, accessible pricing\, and youth scholarship fund! MAGMA annually has up to ten students on either full scholarship or half-tuition scholarships. For MAGMA’s adult programming\, we have drastically reduced rates for rental and class rates for artists and non-profits.
URL:https://magma.center/event/time-travelers-ball-2/
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SUMMARY:Face Yoga Face Moisturizing
DESCRIPTION:Come to MAGMA on Mother’s Day to practice face moisturizing and face yoga with Holly Randall\, DNP.  \nBring your mother\, bring your daughter\, or just celebrate yourself! \nSunday May 10\, 2-3:15pm \nsuggested donation $10-20 at the door
URL:https://magma.center/event/face-yoga-face-moisturizing/
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SUMMARY:Contact Improvisation Jam
DESCRIPTION:Our monthly Contact Improvisation Jam consists of a half hour warm-up and skills practice\, followed by open improvisation. All experience levels are welcome! This month we have guest musicians Dawn Pratson and Steve Yost. \n$10-20 suggested donation SIGN UP ONLINE or at the door \n“Contact Improvisation is an evolving system of movement initiated in 1972 by American choreographer Steve Paxton. The improvised dance form is based on the communication between two moving bodies that are in physical contact and their combined relationship to the physical laws that govern their motion—gravity\, momentum\, inertia. The body\, in order to open to these sensations\, learns to release excess muscular tension and abandon a certain quality of willfulness to experience the natural flow of movement. Practice includes rolling\, falling\, being upside down\, following a physical point of contact\, supporting and giving weight to a partner.” \n“Contact improvisations are spontaneous physical dialogues that range from stillness to highly energetic exchanges. Alertness is developed in order to work in an energetic state of physical disorientation\, trusting in one’s basic survival instincts. It is a free play with balance\, self-correcting the wrong moves and reinforcing the right ones\, bringing forth a physical/emotional truth about a shared moment of movement that leaves the participants informed\, centered\, and enlivened.” \n—early definition by Steve Paxton and others\, 1970s\,\nfrom CQ Vol. 5:1\, Fall 1979 \n 
URL:https://magma.center/event/contact-improvisation-jam-2/
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SUMMARY:Tango-Salsa-Cha Cha
DESCRIPTION:Learn some easy dance moves with Sarah Slifer Swift at MAGMA and then dance to tango\, salsa\, and cha-cha music played live by the Walker Creek Saxophone Quartet (David Benjamin\, Marsha Jamison\, Frank Freedman\, and Jamie Klopotoski).\n\n$10 suggested donation at the door\n\nAll ages and abilities welcome!
URL:https://magma.center/event/tango-salsa-cha-cha/
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SUMMARY:Pride Blast Off: The Illustrious Blacks at the Cut
DESCRIPTION:Sat\, May 30\, 2026 8:00 PM\nThe Cut\, 177 Main Street. Gloucester MA (map)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlast off into Pride month with the Illustrious Blacks\, NYC’s Afro-Electro-Disco-Space-Punks here to deliver you into intergalactic ecstasy! With special guest Dr. Viola Voilà and a set by DJ Salomon. Presented by Cape Ann Pride & MAGMA \nSaturday 5/30/26\nDoors 7:00pm\nShow 8:00pm\n21+\, Positive ID Required\nPremium Seating with cocktail service: $39.50 + $6.95 service fee\nStandard Seating with cocktail service: $34.50 + $6.95 service fee\nGA Standing: $24.50 + $6.95 service fee \nBUY NOW \n+ $5 Day of Show \nBlast off into Pride month with the Illustrious Blacks\, NYC’s Afro-Electro-Disco-Space-Punks here to deliver you into intergalactic ecstasy! The duo the New York Times called “Bed-Stuy’s favorite creative couple” grace the clubs of Ibiza\, Australia\, New Zealand\, Asia\, Europe\, UK\, and Canada with their blend of DJing\, performance art\, and live music tracks …. and now they return after their jaw-dropping Gloucester debut last year for the Cape Ann Pride Weekend. Hostess extraordinaire Dr. Viola Voila will tantalize with her captivating performances and keep the party vibes flowing. DJ opener Salomon delivers deep\, danceable tracks to get the party started. \nDr. Viola Voilà (she/her in drag) or Dr. Kasey Calebaugh (he/him out of drag) enjoys a wide range of musical endeavors as a violist\, Suzuki music educator\, and drag entertainer. They completed a Doctorate of Music Arts degree in Viola Performance from the Hartt School\, graduating with the Regents’ Honor Award – the most prestigious award that the University of Hartford bestows on graduate students. They regularly film drag story hours and interview local residents at Ipswich Community Access Media\, perform with the Cape Ann Symphony and Nonconformist Orchestra (the first and only transgender/non-binary\, LGBTQ+ and minority inclusive professional orchestra)\, and serve on the Ipswich Cultural Council Board. As an active LGBTQ+ professional\, they have been invited to speak at numerous high schools\, perform for Hamilton-Wenham HRC Pride Picnic\, World Pride DC 2025\, & actively produce content with the Trustees.
URL:https://magma.center/event/pride-blast-off-the-illustrious-blacks-at-the-cut/
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SUMMARY:Urban Pulse with Monstah Black
DESCRIPTION:Urban Pulse is a rhythm-driven yoga and movement experience guided by Movement Artist Monstah Black\, where mindful body awareness meets expressive\, music-led motion.\n\nThis class blends a grounded vinyasa-inspired flow with elements of somatic exploration and freestyle movement\, inviting students to arrive at a plateau of liberated expression\, where structure dissolves into intuitive\, embodied play. Breath and beat work together to warm the body\, open the joints\, and encourage participants to move beyond habitual patterns into authentic physical presence.\n\nSet to curated soundscapes ranging from soulful grooves to Afro dance rhythms\, Urban Pulse feels like a barefoot dance floor held within a safe\, intentional container. The experience is energizing yet accessible\, offering release without overwhelm\, designed to leave students feeling both awakened and regulated.\n\nOutcome: Participants leave grounded\, open\, creatively charged\, and connected to their bodies\, their breath\, and their own rhythm.\n$20  BUY NOW or at the door\n\n\nABOUT MONSTAH BLACK (They/Them)\n200-hour Certified Vinyasa Yoga Instructor Monstah Black has been in a relationship with movement for over 40 years\, 13 of those rooted in yoga\, and the past 8 guiding others as a certified instructor. Their practice lives at the intersection of structure and freedom\, inviting students not just to stretch and lengthen\, but to feel\, listen\, and drop into the body’s deeper language. \nTheir classes are a somatic journey\, where the vertical meets the floor\, where effort softens into release\, and where movement becomes expression. Monstah encourages practitioners to move beyond shape and into sensation\, cultivating a fluid\, intuitive experience that honors each body’s unique rhythm. \nWith a background in performance spanning sound\, movement\, and visual art\, Monstah weaves rich\, imaginative visualization into their offerings. These tools ripple outward\, supporting not just rest and meditation\, but creative expression on the dance floor\, on stage\, and in everyday life. \nMusic is central to Monstah’s practice. Breath and sound become collaborators\, holding space for exploration\, release\, and transformation. Their teaching blends asana with somatic release techniques\, guiding students toward a place of dynamic\, freestyle movement and improvisation (Urban Pulse). \nOutside the studio\, Monstah channels that same electric\, embodied energy into performance as one half of The Illustrious Blacks\, sharing their artistry across festivals\, nightclubs\, and museums around the world.
URL:https://magma.center/event/urban-pulse/
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SUMMARY:Jeannette Neill's Day of Dance
DESCRIPTION:Once again\, we are excited to have Jeannette Neill back at MAGMA – Movement Arts Gloucester   to offer classes with such a fabulous faculty in such a beautiful studio space! \nThis year\, we will also be presenting an informal\, in studio performance on Saturday\, August 8\, 2026 featuring works by: Sarah Slifer Swift\, Laura Dow\, Jeannette Neill\, and The OYT Dancers \nAUGUST 8 SCHEDULE \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3:30pm – 5:00pmHORTON TECHNIQUE (Intermediate/Advanced) with Jim Viera\, $30 per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6:00pm – 7:30pmIN-STUDIO PERFORMANCE ​Featuring a performance by The OYT Dance Company\, $5 suggested donation per person \nAUGUST 9 SCHEDULE​ \n\n\n\n\n\n\n9:00am – 10:00amACTIVE STRETCH (All Levels) with Sarah Slifer Swift\, $15 per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00am – 11:45amJAZZ  (Intermediate) with Jeannette Neill\, $30 per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n12:00pm – 1:00pmTAP (Beginner / Intermediate) with Laura Dow\, $15 per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1:15pm – 2:45pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLYRICAL JAZZ (Intermediate) with Sue Murray\, $30 per person \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information\, contact Jeannette at jeannette@jndance.com.​​ \n(Cash\, Check and Venmo @jeannette-neill accepted) \n​ ** FREE Sunday parking at all street meters and parking lots in Gloucester! **
URL:https://magma.center/event/day-of-dance-4/
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