MAGMA

Simonson Technique Workshops
2024-07-18 14:00 - 2024-07-20 20:00 (America/New_York) | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
With Te Perez Ceccon from NYC
Find all the info and sign up schedule at:
https://www.linesofenergy.com/event-details-registration/simonson-workshop

MAGMA Dance Team performs for Culture Splash
2024-07-18 19:00 - 19:30
Please come support MAGMA Youth Dance Team and others at Harbor Loop tonight as part of Culture Splash.
The dance performance will happen from 7-7:30pm. FREE! Bring lawn chairs or a picnic blanket and stay for the music afterwards!
Please note there is NO improv workshop tonight because of this special performance of the Dance Team.

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-07-25 17:30 - 19:30
Every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop. As part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash, dancers will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.
performance locations:
7/25: Dance on Main Street, near the Sargent House Museum, 6:30-7pm
8/1: Dance on the docks, Rogers Street near Blue Collar Lobster, 6:30-7pm
8/8: Dance at the Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Pleasant Street, *6:00pm start time
8/15: Dance at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop, 6:30-7pm
8/22: Dance location tba

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-08-01 17:30 - 19:30
Every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop at MAGMA as part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash. Participants will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.
performance locations:
7/25: Dance on Main Street, near the Sargent House Museum, 6:30-7pm
8/1: Dance on the docks, Rogers Street near Blue Collar Lobster, 6:30-7pm
8/8: Dance at the Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Pleasant Street, *6:00pm start time
8/15: Dance at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop, 6:30-7pm
8/22: Dance location tba

Day of Dance
2024-08-04 09:00 - 16:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Oh yeah, Day of Dance is looking HOT for 2024!
Join Jeannette Neill, Jim Viera, Sue Murray, Sarah Slifer Swift, and Laura Dow for an amazing day. Group pricing and a la carte options available.
9:00-10:00am Active Stretch and Strength with Sarah Slifer Swift
10:00-11:45am Jazz with Jeannette Neill
12:00-1:00pm Tap with Laura Dow
1:15-2:45pm Lyrical Jazz with Sue Murray
3:00-4:30pm Jazz with Jim Viera
SIGN UP at https://www.jndance.com/special-events

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-08-08 17:30 - 19:30
Every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop at MAGMA as part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash. Participants will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.
performance locations:
8/8: Dance at the Cape Ann Museum Courtyard, Pleasant Street, *6:00pm start time
8/15: Dance at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop, 6:30-7pm
8/22: Dance location tba

Squall House - Peabrain
2024-08-09 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Rock music from local college kids, an eclectic mix of covers and originals.
All ages. $5 at the door

Contemporary Dance Workshop
2024-08-10 12:30 - 16:00
Saturday August 10, 12:30pm-4:00pm
An Intermediate level workshop for ages 13-18 exploring expressive dance improvisation, as well as honing technique with contemporary dance. Expect challenging material in a supportive environment, helping young artists unlock their artistic potential.
Led by Myles Kercher
$75 SIGN UP
photo of Myles by little house dance

Improvisation & Performance Series
2024-08-15 17:30 - 19:30
Every Thursday in July and August, MAGMA will offer a free improvisation workshop at MAGMA as part of Gloucester’s Culture Splash, ancers will then take to the streets and do a short 15-20 minute performance outdoors near another Culture Splash event.

Culture Splash - Splash Mob
2024-08-22 18:30 - 19:00
Find MAGMA dancers along the West End of Main Street from 6:30-7pm as part of Culture Splash.

Ideokinesis Workshop
2024-08-28 17:30 - 19:00
The Thinking Body: Discovering Your Posture through Ideokinesis with Kate Tarlow Morgan
“Movement resides in thinking and not in muscle.”
From Andre Bernard’s Ideokinesis Class, 1982
$20 suggested donation – BUY NOW
Through movement, touch and imagery, Ideokinesis opens the door for somato-emotional change, releasing holding patterns and relieving injury. At its best, Ideokinesis broadens a person’s mental awareness, with clear and simple engagement with the body, through feeling, perceiving and action.
The practice has been in development for many decades! Author of The Thinking Body (1937), Mabel Ellsworth Todd called it Natural Posture (1923) work, but she began her studies in 1906. Her student, Barbara Clark called it Mind-Body Integration, but it wasn’t until 1974 that Lulu E. Sweigard, also a student of Todd, used the term Ideokinesis for her book Human Movement Potential. For those of us who attended Andre Bernard’s classes at New York University in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Ideokinesis was the word we used to address what was yet to be identified as a wholly embodied experience.
There will be time to move, to play, and to learn ‘constructive rest.” No experience necessary. For further information: katetarlowmorgan@gmail.com

Kate Tarlow Morgan is a dancer, author, and teacher. She is editor of Currents Journal for the Body-Mind Centering Association. As sole archivist of The Rhythms Fundamentals®, based on the study of human and animal natural movement, Kate teaches the Rhythms approach and Body-Mind Centering© in schools and studios. Her book, Circles & Boundaries, was published the same year that she co-edited the Body-Mind Centering Anthology, 2011. Since that time Kate and Sarah Slifer Swift have collaborated, performed, and mused together on the history of dance, the alchemy of anatomy, the wiles of motherhood, and the many airs of cats.
photo: Ernest Morin
drawing: Eric Franklin

MAGMA Showcase Fundraiser
2024-09-12 19:00 - 20:30 | The Cut, 177 Main Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
MAGMA Showcase Fundraiser – at THE CUT
Come celebrate MAGMA on September 12 with a special fundraiser performance, featuring work performed by students in the adult dance program.

Choreography by Sarah Slifer Swift, Carey McKinley, Dawn Pratson, Sophia Dunzelman, Laura Dow, Jillian Chavez-Oliveira, and Myles Kercher.

Proceeds go to supporting performing artists presenting work at MAGMA, and need-based scholarships for youth dance classes.

$20 Tickets via The Cut – BUY NOW
Want to make a bigger donation to MAGMA?
MAGMA is fiscally sponsored by Boston Dance Alliance, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit tax-exempt organization. Contributions in support of MAGMA’s work are greatly appreciated and may be made to Boston Dance Alliance, Inc., earmarked for “MAGMA.” All contributions are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. DONATE TO MAGMA via BDA

SING
2024-09-20 18:15 - 19:30
Our monthly, participatory singing meet-up! Led by Lisa Bouchie, SING is based in improvisatory scores that require no prior musical training, tapping into the joy of singing together!
$10 suggested donation at the door

Dance Performance: Sarah Rose, Holly Stone & J.Michael Winward
2024-09-21 19:30 - 21:00
Canvas – Sarah Rose / Insider Ballroom – Holly Stone & J. Michael Winward
TICKETS $20 suggested donation BUY NOW
sliding scale pricing available at the door day of show

Canvas is a trio dance performance exploring ideas for spatial design and movement quality from Dotty Kyle’s (Sarah’s grandma’s) oil paintings of New England flora. The movement is paired with close up projections of the paintings which are displayed on the dancers’ bodies. Original sound score by Ross Daniel.

Insider Ballroom
Having worked for each of the major American franchised schools, Holly and Michael are now recovering salespeople, seeking an alternative means of practice. Insider Ballroom: A Free Introductory Lesson combines professional ballroom dancing of the “American Smooth” category with personal storytelling from the performers: Queer perspectives from their time spent inside this decidedly hetero-industry.

Bios:

Sarah Rose is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on movement and performance. Her current research focuses on the intersection of movement habit and the modern dance canon. She holds a BA in Classics from Princeton University (2014) and an MFA in Choreography and Performance from Florida State University (2019).
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Helen Greider is a Queens based contemporary freelance dancer. Since moving to New York she has performed with Tabula Rasa Dance Theatre, AFFEKT Dance Company, Go.Co, and choreographer/performer Sarah Rose. Helen graduated with a BFA in Dance and Economics from Florida State University in 2021 where she studied under Anjali Austin, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Gwen Welliver, Donna Uchizono, and Ilana Goldman. Helen is dedicated to exploring and pushing her boundaries of the physical challenge of dance and also in how artistic values impact life experiences and vice versa.
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Ross Daniel is a Georgia born artist based in New York with an M.F.A. in Dance from Florida State University and a B.A. in theatre from Georgia College & State University. Ross is a 2019-2020 New Directions Choreography Lab Fellow at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and a recent participant of the “MANCC Forward Dialogues” at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography where he developed a dance collective with choreographer Sarah Rose entitled DanielRose Projects. Ross has performed in Then She Fell with Third Rail Company, with 277 Dance Projects, Alexis Zacarello (Center for Performance Research A.I.R,) and Katelyn Halpern and Dancers, on tour with Urban Bush Women (2019 Winter Tour,) and on tour with Fox and Beggar Theatre, a contemporary circus company based in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Raised in rural Vermont, Holly Stone (they/them) creates dance and theater throughout Greater Boston, and teaches at both Tufts and Boston Universities. As a performer, Holly has recently danced for Kathy Hassinger, Jo-Me Dance Theater, Lowell House Opera, Tim Glenn, and with many, many others from their time in the American Ballroom Dance Industry. Holly has a B.S. in Bioengineering and Neuroscience from Syracuse University and an MFA in Dance from Florida State University.
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J Michael Winward (he/they) is an interdisciplinary artist: dancer, storyteller, organizer: working at the intersection of movement, memoir, memory, and care. Michael is the director of Steps in Time®: an organization that brings social partner dance programs to assisted living & mind care communities, as well as the lead coordinator of Dancing Queerly: a platform for LGBTQ+ dance & performance artist support. Michael has a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Bennington College, and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College.

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photo credit: Elizabeth Mertz

Rock Show
2024-09-22 18:30 - 19:00
with music from
Tiffy, Reklama, Beach Plums, Herbaceous Liquor
proceeds go to Gaza relief fund, $5-10 suggested donation

Punk Jazz Art Show
2024-09-27 19:30 - 22:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
with music from
Law Years, Pierce Fountain Trio, Red Glare, and OrchidBB
plus art show and sale
$10 at the door

Lindy Hop workshop
2024-10-13 17:00 - 18:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Lindy Hop with Maria Kakolowski

October 13 & 20, 5-6:00pm

Please join us for a special 2-day workshop series on Lindy Hop, a swing partner dance style that is infectiously fun!

Cost: $20 per class, or $30 for both. SIGN UP

BIO: Maria was introduced to Lindy Hop in 2004, and has been exploring vintage jazz dancing since then, as well as various forms of solo and improvisational partnered dance. She currently teaches with Boston Lindy Hop, Ignis Arts, and Balter Dance as well as drop-in lessons for Boston Swing Central, Eclipse Fusion, and Second Sun Rising and loves seeing how different dance styles grow from and influence one another.

The Veil is Thin - a Samhain Ecstatic Dance
2024-10-26 19:30 - 21:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Veil is Thin – a Samhain Ecstatic Dance
Live music by Klokwize, and opening guidance by Sarah Slifer Swift.
Join us for an evening of moving meditation into ecstatic dance celebrating Samhain. It is a time of reflection on transition, of death and rebirth. This dance is an invitation to move in this space with curiosity, mystery, and respect. Ages 16+ welcome
$25 suggested donation, notaflof BUY NOW
SCHEDULE
7:30-7:45 arrival, stretching
7:45-8pm opening circle and guided movement
8-9:15 ecstatic dance
9:15-9:30 guided meditation and closing circle

Musical Theater Dance Workshops
2024-11-05 19:15 - 20:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Musical Theater Dance
with Carey McKinley
November 5, 12 & 19, 7:15-8:15pm
A Tuesday Trio mini workshop series: Don a hat and some sass and learn FUN choreography from The Pajama Game and Will Rogers Follies. Open to all experience levels.
$50 for all 3 classes BUY NOW

Musical Theater Workshop
2024-11-12 19:15 - 20:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Musical Theater with Carey McKinley
November 12 & 19, 7:15-8:15pm

Dance and sing to Bob Fosse’s choreographic debut, “Steam Heat” from 1954 The Pajama Game with hats ( provided). Labor union spoof.
Then slap and sing your way through Tommy Tune’s “Our Favorite Son” from 1991 Will Rogers Follies more hats and chairs! Presidential election spoof.

$20 per workshop SIGN UP Open to adults and teens!

UP NEXT in TUESDAY TRIO WORKSHOPS: Street Jazz with Shaela Carpinito, December 3, 10, & 17 SIGN UP

SING
2024-11-15 18:15 - 19:30
SING is an improvisational singing hang-out led by Lisa Bouchie. Play with toning, structured improvisations, chants and rounds and songs. All experience levels welcome.
SING meets the third Friday of each month from 6:15-7:30pm
$10-15 suggested donation.

Skanksgiving
2024-11-23 18:30 - 22:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Ska Music from 2-1 and the Slakademics!
Doors 6:30, Music at 7pm
Food by Crepe Du Jour, Drinks from Hidden Path
$10 in advance BUY , $15 at the door
ALL AGES

Ecstatic Dance with EIR
2024-11-30 18:30 - 20:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Ecstatic Dance featuring musical artist EIR
Saturday November 30, 6:30-8:30pm
$25-35 sliding scale BUY NOW
Dance freely with us to welcome the coming season of Yule at Movement Arts Gloucester with special guest musical artist and dj, Eir. Join a beautiful dancing community, in a space made for movement. We will have tea, a lounge area, and a collaborative altar. Eir will ignite the evening with sounds ranging from etheric downtempo to world beats and house and everything in between. Be swept up into a world of inspiration for a season of magic to rejuvenate your body, mind and soul. Come dressed to move, whether that’s in your most comfortable clothing, or festive-wear. (Indoor) Flow toys for movement are welcome. Optional: your own cup for drinking tea, something to place upon the altar.
Dance Schedule:
≫ 6:30PM – GATHER & STRETCH
≫ 6:45PM – OPENING CIRCLE
≫ 7 PM – ECSTATIC DANCE
≫ 8:25PM – CLOSING MEDITATION
≫ 8:30 PM – END
This is an all ages event. Parents are welcome to bring children, though please stay with them throughout the dance. Ages 12 and under are free. Ages 13+ are $10 donation at the door.

Street Jazz Workshops
2024-12-03 19:15 - 20:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Street Jazz
with Shaela Carpinito
A Tuesday Trio mini workshop series: Street Jazz blends the groove of Hip-Hop with the expressive flow of Jazz. Expect high-energy choreography that combines sharp movements with smooth transitions, musicality, and personal style. Classes meet 12/3, 12/10, and 12/17, cost is $50 for all three classes.
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About Shaela
Shaela’s dance journey began in childhood, evolving into a lifelong passion for movement. She has trained extensively in Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop, and Contemporary. While living in Boston for 10 years, Shaela worked with prominent dance companies like DanceWorks Boston and Phunk Phenomenon, performing and choreographing for professional and semi- professional groups. Her talent has led her to opportunities such as NBA halftime shows, competing in global and national competitions including World of Dance, and even appearances in films. With additional training and performances in both Boston and New York City, Shaela’s style fuses the elegance of Contemporary with the rhythm of Hip-Hop. Her classes focus on technique, flow, and creativity, offering dancers of all levels an opportunity to express themselves and grow.

Ideokinesis Workshop
2024-12-07 14:00 - 16:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Thinking Body Returns!
with Kate Tarlow Morgan
“Movement resides in thinking…. Andre Bernard, 1982
The practice of Ideokinesis has been in development for many decades! Author of The Thinking Body (1937), Mabel Ellsworth Todd, called it Natural Posture (1923), but she began her studies in 1906. For those of us who attended Andre Bernard’s classes at New York University in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Ideokinesis was the word we used. Through imagery, movement, and touch, ideokinesis opens the door for somato-emotional change, releasing holding patterns and relieving pain. At its best, Ideokinesis invites a clear and simple engagement with the body, through feeling, perceiving and action.
No experience necessary. For further information: katetarlowmorgan@gmail.com

Swing Dance Workshop
2024-12-08 17:00 - 19:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Lindy Hop with Maria Kakolowski

Please join us Sunday December 8 for a Lindy Hop Swing Dance Social from 5-7pm. We’ll work on Lindy steps and stylings, with a lesson from 5-6:30pm, and then the last half hour will be for chatting and more dancing, social dance style. Please feel free to bring something to sip on. We will provide some nibbles.

Sunday December 8, 5-7pm
$25 per person – SIGN UP NOW
All levels welcome
No partner required!

BYOB

BIO: Maria was introduced to Lindy Hop in 2004, and has been exploring vintage jazz dancing since then, as well as various forms of solo and improvisational partnered dance. She currently teaches with Boston Lindy Hop, Ignis Arts, and Balter Dance as well as drop-in lessons for Boston Swing Central, Eclipse Fusion, and Second Sun Rising and loves seeing how different dance styles grow from and influence one another.

Street Jazz Workshop
2024-12-10 19:15 - 20:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Street jazz with Shaela Carpinito
An accessible, all-levels warm-up followed by sassy, fun choreo with a little challenge for speed and style.
Tuesdays 12/10 and 12/17
7:15-8:15pm
$20 per class SIGN UP

Nut/Cracked Rep Class
2024-12-12 17:45 - 19:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Bang Group’s version of The Nutcracker is part holiday tradition, part laugh-out-loud comedy, and totally unforgettable dance! Mashing jazz, tap, disco, ballet, hip hop and comedy, you are bound to have a blast watching or dancing it! We’ll do a 30 minute barre to the soundtrack, and learn Mirlitons and Slavic Disco choreography.
Classes meet Thursdays 12/12 and 12/19, 5:45-7:15pm. $18 per class
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Taught by Carey McKinley
Carey performed with The Bang Group in 2008. In 2015, she returned to the stage with 12 of her students dancing alongside the company. Carey performed and taught 5 sections of this brilliant and accessible choreography.

Rock Show
2024-12-14 19:30 - 22:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Lupo Citta
Horsehands
Maybe Laters
Thought Partner
$10 at the Door, All Ages, Doors 7:30

Underground Music Show
2024-12-21 19:00 - 22:00
Ethan WL – solo fingerstyle guitar
Eleanora – an experimental harpist
Ollie Becker – solo guitarist and frontperson of the highly acclaimed band Rong.
$15, doors 6:30pm
