Electric Root
2020-01-31 20:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Electric Root
Featuring musicians Sandy Perez, Neil Leonard, and Vanessa Lindberg
Electric Root performs a multimedia work for saxophone/electronics, folkloric ensemble and video. It Is an exploration of ancient past and distant future, combining the depth of afro-cuban folklore and expansive saxophone melodies within the matrix of electronic vibration. The piece addresses the devastating impact of global warming on the culture in Matanzas, Cuba.

MAGMA, 11 Pleasant Street
Friday January 31, 8pm
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
BIOS:
Sandy Perez was born in Matanzas, Cuba in el barrio de la marina, the marina neighborhood. As the poorest location in Matanzas, la marina overflows with cultural and spiritual riches. Sandy is a descendant of the Villamil family and was raised amongst them playing sacred drums for the African deities and spirits in familial ceremonies. His gift was quickly recognized by family, community and spirits alike and at the age of 16 gained his artistic position with Grupo Afrocuba de Matanzas, a cultural institution representing the varied and rich genres of afro-cuban folklore worldwide.
Sandy’s first international gig was with Cuban modern artist Manuel Mendive in 1996, travelling to Brazil with Cuban akpon (ceremonial lead singer) Lazaro Ros. There they melded art, culture, spirituality and music, joining the diasporic nations of Brazil and Cuba and discovering near lost connections. Before leaving Cuba, he toured Europe with Afrocuba, and later with experimental jazz musician Steve Coleman.
In 1999 he emigrated to the US and began teaching from coast to coast. He has played and recorded with countless musicians through many genres including Yosvany Terry, Steve Coleman, Miguel Anga, Daphnis Prieto, Olodum, los Munequitos de Matanzas, Pedrito Martinez- the list goes on and on.
In more recent years he has performed and presented at many Universities and museums including Harvard University, Humboldt State University, CSU Davis, Berklee College of Music, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Peabody Essex Museum and the Rubin Museum of Art to name a few.
Sandy is a living lexicon of the language of the drum. His hands tell the sacred stories of his profound ancestry. His existence preserves these deep roots as he forges meaningful artistic connections crossing all boundaries of race, nationality and language.
Neil Leonard is a sound artist, saxophonist and composer. He often performs his compositions for saxophone and electronics with top musicians and folkloric ensembles. Recent sound installations explore how global marketing impacts our listening, and were made in collaboration with bartenders, biologists, street criers and dock workers. For years, he has created projects engaging musicians living in both the United States and Cuba, where art is both a final result, and means to circumvent prohibition.
His compositions were featured by documenta 14 (Germany), Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (USA) and in New York at Carnegie Hall, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim Museum, Roulette, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, Issue Project Room, Knitting Factory. Leonard’s ensemble featured Joanne Brackeen, Terence Blanchard and Robin Eubanks. Leonard performed and recorded with Richard Devine, Vijay Iyer, Phill Niblock, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner, Stephen Vitiello, Hall Wilner and Amnon Wolman.
Vanessa Lindberg is a collector of sacred and secular song from Matanzas, Cuba. She has studied in all of the major cabildos (temple houses) of Matanzas and strives to preserve and give new life to the deepest, darkest afro-cuban roots. A Gloucester native, she found her spiritual home on her first trip to Matanzas, Cuba in 2003. Over many trips during the following decade, she wandered through the streets and sat at the feet of the elders until she became fluent in Cuban Spanish and was invited to lead ceremonies in song as akpon. She has performed at Harvard University, The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Peabody Essex Museum, The Rubin Museum, Smith College and has taught workshops all over the US.

Dance Improv 4
2020-02-05 19:30 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Dance Improv with Sarah Slifer Swift
Learn different skills in the form of dance improvisation. Great for performers or anyone just looking to make dancing a more fun, creatively fulfilling experience. This workshop is open to adults and teens (15+). The space is open til 9pm for practice after the lesson.
1st Wednesday of the Month, 7:30-8:30pm
November 6: Movement invention
December 4: Contact improv basics
January 8: Partnering and group work
February 5: Instant composition
$15 drop-in single class, or $40 for the series. Also available to MAGMA class card or membership holders.

Love/Hate Relationship
2020-02-14 21:00 - 22:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
An evening of Drag, Burlesque and live music followed by just under an hour of expressive art through story and song delivered by local weirdo and genius Paul Catania.
$10 at the door, byob

VD: The Love Disease
2020-02-15 20:00 - 23:00 | MA
Live Art Series, Closet Case, and Dogtown Books presents:
VD: The Love Disease
Love as a disease. Love is transmittable. Love is contagious. Love has no cure. Love is a spectacle, a noir & elegantly dysfunctional circus. Love is dangerous and there’s always a threat of falling.
Join the Closet Case and Dogtown Books crews as they weave performance, poetry, participatory games, and other entertainments into this Day-After-Valentine’s-Day extravaganza.
This performance is a MAGMA Live Art Series production, funded in part by the Gloucester Cultural Council.
18+ recommended due to adult themes and language. MAGMA does not serve refreshments so please feel free to BYOB!
Doors 7pm, show starts at 8pm
$15 presale BUY NOW
$20 at the door – seats are limited so buy tickets today!

Cuban Salsa Workshop Begins
2020-02-18 17:15 - 18:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Cuban Salsa
6-week series
Learn Cuban Salsa with Sandy Perez
All levels welcome, no experience or partner necessary.
$75 for all 6 lessons, $15 single class
REGISTER ONLINE

BIO: Sandy Perez was born in Matanzas, Cuba in el barrio de la marina, the marina neighborhood. As the poorest location in Matanzas, la marina overflows with cultural and spiritual riches. Sandy is a descendant of the Villamil family and was raised amongst them playing sacred drums for the African deities and spirits in familial ceremonies. His gift was quickly recognized by family, community and spirits alike and at the age of 16 gained his artistic position with Grupo Afrocuba de Matanzas, a cultural institution representing the varied and rich genres of afro-cuban folklore worldwide.
Sandy’s first international gig was with Cuban modern artist Manuel Mendive in 1996, travelling to Brazil with Cuban akpon (ceremonial lead singer) Lazaro Ros. There they melded art, culture, spirituality and music, joining the diasporic nations of Brazil and Cuba and discovering near lost connections. Before leaving Cuba, he toured Europe with Afrocuba, and later with experimental jazz musician Steve Coleman.
In 1999 he emigrated to the US and began teaching from coast to coast. He has played and recorded with countless musicians through many genres including Yosvany Terry, Steve Coleman, Miguel Anga, Daphnis Prieto, Olodum, los Munequitos de Matanzas, Pedrito Martinez- the list goes on and on.
In more recent years he has performed and presented at many Universities and museums including Harvard University, Humboldt State University, CSU Davis, Berklee College of Music, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Peabody Essex Museum and the Rubin Museum of Art to name a few.
Sandy is a living lexicon of the language of the drum. His hands tell the sacred stories of his profound ancestry. His existence preserves these deep roots as he forges meaningful artistic connections crossing all boundaries of race, nationality and language.

Heels Class
2020-02-21 19:30 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Eric Lilienthal (Army of Sass) gives us Heels Class every Third Friday at MAGMA!
All genders, ages, abilities welcome – just bring your fire (and your heels if ya got ’em … but not required!)
$20 at the door, or at buy online

Souvenir
2020-02-22 19:30 - 21:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Souvenir: Foreign Expressions of Japan
an evening of art and performance featuring work by:
Casey Buckles (film)
Sara June and Max Lord (butoh/sound)
Midori Gleason (visual art)
William Gleason (Aikido demo)
Carrie J. Preston (Modern Noh)
$15 at the door or online
Bios:
Lord and June: Max Lord and Sara June have been making performances together since 2006. As Lord and June, they have presented improvisational duets, site-sensitive durational performance works, and historically informed visual-sound installations, often in unique locations. Recent works include Peacock, a commission by the Boston University Art Galleries for performance alongside the internationally acclaimed Hiroshima Panels by Japanese artists Iri and Toshi Maruki, and Heron, a movement sound work created to interact with Japanese Artist Fujiko Nakaya’s large-scale fog sculptures installed as part of her FOG x Flo exhibition in Boston’s Emerald Necklace. http://www.lordandjune.com/
William Gleason is the American author of two books about aikido, spirituality and kototama. He holds the rank of 7th dan in aikido and is the founder and head instructor of Shobu Aikido in Somerville, MA. Gleason teaches seminars worldwide. http://www.shobu.org/
Carrie J. Preston is a writer, performer, and the Arvind and Chandon Nandlal Kilachand Professor of English and Gender Studies and Director of Kilachand Honors College at Boston University. Her works include the noh-inspired play Zahdi Dates and Poppies (world-premiere 2016) and Learning to Kneel: Noh, Modernism, and Journeys in Teaching (2016).

Casey Emmet Buckles: Having started with writing in the later years at GHS, I moved onto digital filming in the past year. My concepts are born in colors which made writing a long process filled with self doubt. The time and flow of visual/audio presentation has freed what had been restrained by constant writing re-edits. The presence of mind and its awareness in environment is what I want to share with those who view my work.

SING
2020-02-28 18:30 - 19:45 | MA
Let’s sing together for fun, for community, for the magic that happens when we unite our voices in song. Using both free form exploration and improvisational structures we will play with the amazing acoustics in a magnificent 1890s ballroom.
No experience necessary, just the desire to sing.
$5 suggested donation

KANASSU
2020-02-29 16:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
KANASSU, THE CRAZY ONE: AN AFRICAN MULTIMEDIA CHOREOPOEM
February 29, 4pm and 7:30pm

Tickets: $25 BUY NOW

Kanassu, The Crazy One: An African Multimedia Choreopoem is an hour-long dance performance piece choreographed and directed by Senegal-born, US-based artistic director Papa Sy in his original style of West African contemporary dance. Papa Sy inserts decades of expertise in contemporary and modern dance techniques to the diversity of West Africa in which he grew up. Through multiple manifestations of “crazy,” ranging from denunciations of greed, corruption, colonization, catastrophe, and urgency, the performance explores the question of craziness and belonging—what do we name as crazy, and what kind of everyday craziness do we accept without question?

Dancers: Tasha, Scynthia, Anthony, Maya, Cha Cha, Harolyn, Olive, Lola, Darya, Yosi, Papa

Rollerskate workshop
2020-03-07 13:00 - 14:30 | MA
Learn to Spin with Stephanie!
Our first ever Rollerskating workshop at MAGMA. Bring your own skates.
$10 donation

Dab Hardy Band
2020-03-07 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Deb Hardy Band

Deb Hardy Band plays a mix of upbeat jazzy folk rock originals and covers.

All Ages, $10 at the door

Rock Show: CANCELLED
2020-03-14 19:30 - 22:30 | MA
Hey ya’ll we are following guidelines for the State of Emergency and postposing/cancelling large gatherings. Looking forward to more shows with these bands in the near future, stay tuned, and stay healthy!!

Donna Geese
Winter Jogger
Paul
Bodeo
Arthur Trembulo
Gringo Logo
6:30pm doors, show starts at 7:30pm
$10 at the door
ALL AGES

Improv from the Archives - ZOOM
2020-04-04 17:00 - 18:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Happy Hour Improv from the Archives

Zoom meeting https://zoom.us/j/522872310
5:00-6:00pm
with Kate Tarlow Morgan
Kate Tarlow Morgan has been going through her improvisation notebooks over 40 year period.
Grab your favorite beverage and join in the conversation, some relaxation techniques and a little avant garde.
If you’d like to make a donation to Kate and MAGMA, you can sign up on Mindbody for $10. SIGN UP

Kate is Certified Body-Mind Centering Teacher, Teacher and Archivist of the Ruth Doing Rhythms Fundamentals (founded before 1922), Ideokinesis, and trainee of Zero-Balancing. She is a published author, document researcher, editor, and Managing Editor of Currents Journal of the Body-Mind Centering Association. She is co-director of the Somatic Writing Symposium in NYC, sponsored by Currents Journal of BMCA. Kate is also Consulting Editor for Lost and Found: C..U.N.Y. Poetics Document Initiative.

Kings of Infinite Space
2020-05-15 20:00 - 21:30 | MA
Kings of Infinite Space
A fundraiser performance to benefit MAGMA featuring
Sarah Slifer Swift, Paul Catania, Lisa Bouchie, Kate Tarlow Morgan, Fontaine Dubus, Trisha Zembruski, Vincent Cacialano, Jeffrey Gunshol, Casey Buckles
…and other special guests
As with many local businesses in the COVID-19 public health emergency, MAGMA has suffered large losses. This evening of performance is to celebrate our performers, deliver an evening of hope, humor, creativity, and wildness to all of our supporters, and hopefully to put a little money in the MAGMA coffers so we can survive these times.
Donate at https://www.gofundme.com/f/guuuc-magma
(suggested donation $5-50)
Zoom code: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83605262149?pwd=[REDACTED]
password:[REDACTED]

Nominal Normal: collected works of the abnormal
2020-06-05 20:00 - 21:30 | MA
Performers from Boston, Philadelphia, Seattle, and Gloucester embracing their never normal. Live music, film, dance, and more.
Suggested donation $10 @ gf.me/u/xygxq4
Money goes to artists, MAGMA, and housing advocacy organizations North Shore Community Development Coalition (http://northshorecdc.org/about-us/) and City Life/Vida Urbana (http://www.clvu.org).
“Tip jars” will also be made available to each individual artist via Venmo on the night of the show.
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89431570784?pwd=[REDACTED]
password: [REDACTED]
FEATURING ARTISTS
Emily Perrier and Jessica Perry: Contemporary Ariel Performance
Ben Tavares: Spoken word, American primitive guitar, and bzz bzz
Casey Buckles: Ecstasy (short film)
Tommy Palmer of Babydriver (live music set)
The Canned Sardines, Anthony Zanino (music)
Paul Catania-music/video
Dance shorts from Jillian Olivera, Kate Tarlow Morgan, and Laura Tanguay
Katarina Miljkovic and Katya Popova: toy sonic video

Constellations - Opening Night
2020-08-14 20:30 - 21:45 | Maritime Gloucester, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA, 01930
MAGMA Live Art Series and Maritime Gloucester present
Constellations
an immersive outdoor art and performance event

DATES/TIME: August 14, 8:30pm – 9:45pm
RAIN DATE: August 21
Location: Maritime Gloucester, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester MA
Cost $20 per person, masks + social distancing required

Tickets available via pre-register/pay online – no tickets will be available at the door. Check-in on the night of show is at the compass rose in front of Maritime Gloucester, starting at 8:00pm.

We are now offering the evening on Zoom as well!
Suggested donation $10
ZOOM LINK
password: [REDACTED]

Participating artists
Boston Dance Theater (https://www.bostondancetheater.com/), Casey Buckles, Andy Bergman (https://sawaarimusic.com/, https://music.macrotones.com/), Lisa Bouchie, Jon Holland, and special guests.

This program was funded in part by the Gloucester Cultural Council.

To donate to MAGMA in support of performance initiatives like these: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/guuuc-magma

Constellations
2020-08-15 20:30 - 21:45 | Maritime Gloucester, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester, MA, 01930
MAGMA Live Art Series and Maritime Gloucester present
Constellations
an immersive outdoor art and performance event

DATE/TIME: August 15, 8:30pm – 9:45pm
RAIN DATE: August 22
Location: Maritime Gloucester, 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester MA
Cost $20 per person, masks + social distancing required

Tickets available via pre-register/pay online – no tickets will be available at the door. Check-in on the night of show is at the compass rose in front of Maritime Gloucester, starting at 8:00pm.

We are now also offering the evening on Zoom!
Suggested donation $10
ZOOM LINK
password: [REDACTED]

Participating artists
Boston Dance Theater (https://www.bostondancetheater.com/), Casey Buckles, Andy Bergman (https://sawaarimusic.com/, https://music.macrotones.com/), Lisa Bouchie, Jon Holland, and special guests.

This program was funded in part by the Gloucester Cultural Council.

To donate to MAGMA in support of performance initiatives like these: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/guuuc-magma

Trauma Sensitive Yoga Foundational Training
2020-11-13 16:00 - 19:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Trauma Sensitive Yoga Foundational Training

This 20-hour Online training (15 hrs live content, 5 hrs self-study) is based on research from the Trauma Center of the Justice Resource Institute. It is specifically designed for social workers, mental health clinicians, yoga teachers, educators, and health care professionals who are looking to deepen their understanding of the whole-system impact of complex Trauma. The course will emphasize the core components of the practice and process of Trauma Center Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) and will provide specific tools to support participants to facilitate trauma sensitive movement and breath practices that are vital to the healing process. This workshop utilizes an anti-oppressive lens through which we will develop an understanding of complex trauma, attachment theory, and neuroscience. This workshop also emphasizes the methodology of TCTSY so that participants will leave with tangible tools they can immediately apply within their professional scope of practice.

Schedule:
Friday November 13: 4-7pm
Saturday November 14: 9:30 – 12:30 and 2pm – 5pm
Sunday November 15: 9:30 – 12:30 and 2pm – 5pm

Investment:
We are offering a self-determined way to invest in this training. The scale is based on your self-determined access to resources, privilege and social capital. As you reflect on which fee is right for you, you are encouraged to consider aspects of your identity that do, or do not, grant you privilege/access to social capital e.g. race, gender & sexual identity, socio-economic status, educational background, able-bodied-ness, etc. Tickets range between $300 and $400. *Please note due to ticket price ranges, you will only be able to access these through the Mindbody web browser, and not the Mindbody App.

Limited spots remaining

REGISTER HERE

Please note that this training does not certify participants to become yoga instructors, but rather offers tools and techniques that each participant can incorporate within their own professional scope of practice. Additionally, though many of us may have personal experiences of trauma, this training is not an intervention for individual healing. Talking and learning about trauma, even in the context of a training, can be activating.
For questions, please contact Anna: anna@wholehumancounseling.com or 617.444.9553

No Class
2020-12-24 | MA
Christmas Break 12/24 – 12/26

No Classes
2020-12-25, 2020-12-26 | MA

Studio closed - Barre Workout only
2020-12-28 | MA
Studio is closed this week for floor maintenance
Barre Workout Monday through Friday 8am via Zoom is still happening!
Sign up at www.magma.center/schedule

Children's Winter Session begins
2021-01-03 | MA
Winter session: January 3 – March 6
No classes the week of February 15-21

Studio reopens
2021-01-03 | MA

Survivor
2021-02-27 19:00 - 20:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Survivor
an online performance event and fundraiser for MAGMA
Dances, performances, and tales of survival from the pandemic, the recession, the last administration, and more.
Featuring:
VLA Dance
Emily Beattie
Betsy Miller / Kendra Portier
Kate Tarlow Morgan
Vincent Cacialano / Alan McDermott / Sharon Smith
Anna Kharaz / Ariella Silverstein-Tapp
Soni Razdan
SATURDAY FEB. 27, 7pm EST on Zoom
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82806141776?pwd=[REDACTED]
password: [REDACTED]
DONATIONS: suggested $10-25 per person. Please donate via PayPal to Movement Arts Gloucester MA LLC, or to Venmo Sarah-Swift-21

image by Jenny Woodford

Dance Offering at Cape Ann Museum COVID Memorial
2021-03-14 14:00 - 14:30 | Cape Ann Museum Green, 13 Poplar St, Gloucester, MA
Dancers Sarah Slifer Swift, Betsy Miller, and Sasha Peterson will perform a dance offering at the Cape Ann Museum’s COVID Memorial.
The event will be livestreamed by the museum, and there are also limited spots to witness the event live. Please register at www.capeannmuseum.org/covidmemorial.

This production is part of the MAGMA Live Art Series. The MAGMA Live Arts Series is supported in part by a grant from the Gloucester Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

MELT Workshop
2021-05-17 18:00 - 19:15, 2021-05-24 18:00 - 19:15, 2021-06-07 18:00 - 19:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The MELT Method is a Simple Self-Treatment Technique that you can do at home on your own to reduce pain and stiffness caused from sports, daily living, repetition or just sitting at a desk all day. It Rehydrates & Improves the supportive qualities of the Connective Tissue to sustain good Neurological Function, Sensory-Motor Control & Elasticity. MELT helps reduce inflammation and pain in your body so you can heal faster and perform better.
Week One Upper Body Focus: Relieve Shoulders, Head & Neck. Address Hand & Arm Lines for relief of Headaches, Carpal Tunnel & Arthritis. Learn the Rebalance Sequence for better Sleep, Down-regulating the Nervous System and Supporting your Respiratory System.
Week Two Lower Body Focus: Eliminate Foot & Bunion Pain, Plantar Fasciitis, Knee Pain, Sciatica, Piriformis, IT Band Syndrome, Hip & Low Back Pain. Increase your proprioception, balance & connection to the ground.
Week Three Decompress your Neck & Low Back. Learn Lengthening techniques which will enhance joint mobility, whole-body balance and hydration helping you feel good from head to toe.
Movement is Life
Let me teach you how to heal your body so you can perform better
To Register: email carolinefitzpatrick@comcast.net Registration fee: $90 / 3 sessions Include workbook & follow-up consult each week. MELT soft balls & rollers will be provided for class.
Workshops lead by Caroline Fitzpatrick, Founder and Lead Instructor SLH | MELT Method Practitioner straitsmouthlighthealth.com meltmethod.com

Body, Voice, Drum!
2021-06-12 10:00 - 12:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Body, Voice, Drum!
A Music and Movement Workshop with Dawn Pratson
MAGMA, Saturdays, June 12 and June 19, 10am – 12:30pm
Open to all levels, Dawn will guide us in gentle and energizing movement, rhythmic explorations and group improvisation. Frame drums will be provided. Covid safety measures will be maintained.
Dawn Pratson has an extensive background in dance and music performance, choreography, education and therapy. She is a flutist, pianist and singer, rhythmic mover and lifelong learner and teacher of dance and movement. She is a licensed specialist in Dalcroze Eurhythmics, music education through movement. More info at dawnpratson.com
Participants can sign up for one workshop or both.
Cost: Sliding scale: $0 – $20 per workshop. Pre-registration required: pratsondawn@gmail.com
