MAGMA

The People Danced: Ballroom
2023-06-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Gloucester Cultural Initiative, in partnership with Gloucester 400+, invites you to join us for a night exploring Gloucester’s dance history. In this episode of “The People Danced” we focus on ballroom dance, as well as the regional dances from the Azores and Sicily. The evening will include a ballroom dance demonstration and a dance lesson from Tina LaFlam and her students, plus stories and dance demos from the members of Gloucester’s St. Peter’s Club and the D.E.S. Portuguese Club.

This event is FREE to the public! Refreshments will be served.

MAGMA can be accessed via the stairs at 11 Pleasants Street, or by elevator in Brown’s Mall, entrance at 186 Main Street or door between MAGMA front door and Breakwater Poke.

This event is funded in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

MAGMA Showcase
2023-07-01 19:00 - 20:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
An event showcasing the MAGMA adult dance community, with choreography from
Sarah Slifer Swift
Jillian Chavez-Oliveira
Myles Kercher
Laura Dow
Ann-Marie Ciaraldi
BUY TICKETS $5-10 suggested donation

Day of Dance 1
2023-07-16 09:30 - 15:45 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
WHAT IS HAPPIER THAN A DAY OF DANCE IN GLOUCESTER?
THIS SUMMER WE WILL HAVE TWO DAYS OF DANCE!
One is on JULY 16th & another on AUGUST 13th
* SUE MURRAY will be joining Sarah and myself this JULY 16th!
* JIM VIERA will be joining us this AUGUST 13th!
*LAURA DOW will be a new and welcome addition to our faculty in July & August! She will be offering a Beginner /Intermediate TAP class.
Here’s the July Schedule —————————————–
Sunday JULY 16th
9:30 – 10:30am BARRE ON THE MAT ~ All Levels ~ Sarah Slifer Swift ~ $15
10:45am – 12:45pm ~ JAZZ ~ Intermediate ~ Jeannette Neill ~ $25
1:00 – 2:30 pm LYRICAL JAZZ ~ Intermediate ~ Sue Murray ~ $25
2:45 – 3:45 pm ~ TAP ~ Beg/Intermediate ~ Laura Dow ~ $15
REGISTER: email Jeannette at jeannette@jndance.com
PAYABLE BY: CASH, CHECK~ payable to Jeannette Neill, or VENMO ~ @jeannette-neill
$5 DISCOUNT for ANY 2 CLASSES
$10 DISCOUNT for ANY 3 or 4 CLASSES
*FREE PARKING in GLOUCESTER on SUNDAYS!

Nia with an African Twist
2023-07-21 18:30 - 19:30
Friday JULY 21
6:30pm – 7:30 pm
$20
Alice, a Brown belt Nia teacher will take you on a movement journey that integrates the dance arts, martial arts, healing arts with African dance moves. All are welcome!
Pay at the door.
Questions: contact Alice @ 617-620-7654

Scribble: Metamorphosis
2023-07-22 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Scribble the Art Show is back again with Metamorphosis, featuring work from a growing collaborative of artists including filmmakers, installation artists, theater and dance makers, and more. Read more at scribbletheartshow
$15 suggested donation. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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This performance is made possible in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council

Beyond Bazaar
2023-08-05 17:30 - 20:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
A first of it’s kind at MAGMA, a Flea Market and live music show! From PlannComm events ….
Vendors include Paul’s Closet, Valley Tapes and Trade, Shoe Bones, Circus Jewels, and more.
For performers we have Sailor Down, Randi Woodelle, Michela, Justin Arena, and Surya Chandra.
It’s free – starts at 5:30pm and goes till about 8:30
Come browse and bop

Day of Dance 2
2023-08-13 09:30 - 15:45
Day of Dance 2 – August 13th – MAGMA Gloucester
9:30 – 10;30 BARRE ON THE MAT ~ All Levels ~ Sarah Slifer Swift ~ $15
10:45 – 12:45 ~ JAZZ ~ Intermediate ~ Jeannette Neill ~ $25
1:00 – 2:30 pm ~ JAZZ ~ Intermediate ~ Jim Viera ~ $25
2:45 – 3:45 pm ~ TAP ~ Beg/Intermediate ~ Laura Dow ~ $15
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Advance registration and payment is very helpful! To register, just send an email to jeannette@jndance.com stating which classes you will take.
PAYABLE BY:
*CHECK ~ payable to Jeannette Neill
*VENMO ~ @jeannette-neill
*CASH
$5 DISCOUNT for ANY 2 CLASSES / $10 DISCOUNT for ANY 3 or 4 CLASSES

*FREE PARKING in GLOUCESTER on SUNDAYS!
Sarah, Jim, Laura and I look forward to seeing you, in August, at another memorable dance experience!
DAY OF DANCE ~ GLOUCESTER ~ AUGUST 13th 2023
Always,
Jeannette XOX
Jeannette Neill

Undertale Live!
2023-09-15 19:00 - 21:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Friday September 15
Reset Button presents “Undertale Live!”
Soundtrack played by brass band as video game is played live.
Featuring students from Gloucester Student Band
Doors open at 7pm
Performance is 7:30pm-9:30pm
$10 per person (in advance and in person) BUY TICKETS

Food available for sale by Crepe du Jour
Non alcoholic kombucha available for sale by Pigeon Cove Ferments

NIA Dance Workshops
2023-09-22 18:30 - 19:30, 2023-10-21 16:00 - 17:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
A Somatic journey :: SEPTEMBER 22 Friday 6:30pm – 7:30pm
AND OCTOBER 21 Saturday 4:00pm- 5:00pm

Alice Heller collaborates with Blue belt Nia sister Angela Mucci to offer 2 distinct and heartfelt and fun somatic dance workshops this fall at MAGMA.

To register : contact Alice 617-620-7654

Cost: $18 single workshop
both September &October events : $30 in advance
Venmo: Alice-Heller-1
or
Paypal : Angela Mucci -Angela.mucci@gmail.com

Now and Again
2023-09-23 19:30 - 20:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Now and Again
An evening of Dance and Music
with Locomotors (Dawn Pratson and Michael Joviala)
and Madeline Cantor
Tickets $20, available online presale (link below) or at the door, cash only
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Feel, Show, Tell
2023-10-15 14:30 - 15:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Reflect inward & process outward. The event will include meditation, guided discussion, physical exploration, and an informal showing of an excerpt of the
professional work. All bodies all ages (12+) , and levels of movement experience are welcome.
Pay what you can!
Please register HERE

POSTPONED Infinite Wet Secret + Gavriloprincip
2023-10-21 20:00 - 22:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Show postponed due to illness. Stay tuned for a reschedule.
The Infinite Wet Secret (Boston)
Big Howard (Gloucester)
Gavriloprincip (Gloucester)
Doors 8pm, Music at 8:30
$10 at the door – cash or Venmo only

Workshop with Michael Figueroa
2023-10-22 14:30 - 16:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Dance workshop with Michael Figueroa, Director of Ruckus Dance
The class will consist of set exercises for muscular engagement and coordination, high kicks, across-the-floor improvisations (guided or task-based), learning of phrase material, and some floor work. The class is designed to activate and develop intuitive/instinctual decision-making skills when moving through forms and disciplines, improve recall of long movement phrases, and instill a desire to take risks. Through repetition, we interrogate action and sweat. I encourage you to treat choreography as improvisation and improvisation as choreography. Class is recommended for people with a general movement practice or two years of dance experience. $15-25 sliding scale.
more about Michael: https://www.ruckusdance.org/

Nadine Moody Masterclass
2023-11-04 15:00 - 16:45 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Adult Intermediate Ballet Masterclass with Nadine Moody
with live music! Accompanist, Matt Jenson
Nadine Moody danced with Agnes DeMille American Heritage Dance Theater, Ruth Page International Ballet and Radio City Ballet. She was featured in “Casino de Paris” at the Dunes Hotel and in “Hallelujah Hollywood” at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. She taught ballet at Steps and Alvin Ailey in NYC, as well as Floor-barre for Zina Rommett. Don’t miss this Intermediate level masterclass for adults and teens ages 12 and up.
$20 – Reserve your spot HERE

Visual Art/Performance event - MONSTER
2023-11-10 19:00
This art exhibition will include visual art and performance from the artist’s latest work; Monster. The work is a look into how we shape and can be shaped into destructive beings through environment, people and our own downfalls; how mental illness contributes to the destructive behavior and how it evolves as time passes.
This show will feature the documented images of the original Monster performance as well as the final conclusive performance art piece.
Tickets $10 BUY HERE

Day of Death
2023-11-11 18:30 - 22:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
All Ages show feat.
Yung Magoo, ICNTCRY, Azarath, Milly G, Kehz, Still Strange, Willy D, Technical Ash, Boopie da Menace
Doors 6:30pm
$8 presale BUY HERE
$10 at the door (cash or Venmo only, no CC)

The Future of Climate Change
2023-11-16 18:30 - 20:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Future of Gloucester Series is a selection of panels focused on looking towards our next hundred years. The second panel of our series, The Future of Climate Change, will feature representatives from a selection of local communities and programs to discuss perspectives, threats to our community, and solutions we should be focusing on. Please join us at this FREE, open to the public event!

This discussion will be moderated by Maureen Aylward, Director of TownGreen. Panelists will include: Jayne Knott (President of HydroPredictions), Eric Hutchins (NOAA Biologist), Tucker Smith (cofounder of Cedar Rock Gardens), & Veila Wrinn (Student at GHS)

SING
2023-11-17 18:15 - 19:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
SING is our monthly, participatory signing event facilitated by Lisa Bouchie. No musical training necessary, just the desire to sing with others!
$10-15 suggested donation at the door

Dance Performance - My Guide to Feeling It All
2023-11-18 19:30 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
MY GUIDE TO FEELING IT ALL
Informal Performance from The Click
Purchasing in advance is strongly recommended: event registration page here

This contemporary dance work, created by Angelina Benitez for The Click, examines the intersection of shame and price, love and grief, anxiety and excitement, carefully holding space for the many contradictions and paradoxes that make up the human experience. Original music by Adam Matthew; dance performances by Angelina Benitez, Katrina Conte and Alexandria Nunweiler

Flow
2023-11-20 19:00 - 20:15 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Flow is an embodied dance party, where the lights are low, the music inspiring, and vibe is high. We start with a 20 minute guided warm-up, and the rest if the time is open for your freeform movement. Stretching area as well as big, open dance floor. Skip the warm-up if you prefer. Just come and dance!
Every Monday
$10 suggested donation – SIGN UP

Pie Day Mandala Dance
2023-11-24 13:00 - 15:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Friday Pie day Mandala Dance is more than just a dance, this is a co-created community event of body, mind, and spirit. Live music, drumming, spoken word, and a mandala are pieces of the experience, come be a part of the whole. There may even be some pie!

Led by Jon Holland and Lisa Bouchie

25$ suggested donation

All Ages rock show
2023-11-25 19:30 - 22:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Join us for a post-punk music fest, with ….
Horsehands
Gavriloprincip
Big Howard
Drug Deal Gone Bad
7:30pm doors
$5-10 sliding scale
All Ages!

Scribble presents Shadow
2023-12-02 19:00 - 21:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
The Scribble art collaborative strikes again with another multimodal show, this time exploring the prompt “Shadow.” Works from Erika Sutter, Deb Hardy, Nick Neyeloff, Michael Lamarche, Rochelle Lamarche, Sophia Dunzelman, Jon Holland and more.
$15 suggested donation at the door. n.o.t.a.f.l.o.f.
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Image by Erika Sutter

The Crystal
2023-12-10 16:00 - 18:00
The Crystal is an Authentic Movement/Improvisation score. It includes automatic writing, sound score creating, witnessing, and movement.
Suggested donation $15
Facilitated by Lisa Bouchie

FLOW
2023-12-11 19:00 - 20:15
FLOW is a free dance/ecstatic dance evening that meets every Monday. We begin each session with a 20 minute guided warm-up rich with imagery and playful prompts to get us acclimated and embodied. Then the guidance falls away and the fantastic playlist supports and inspires our freeform dance in an energetic arc through the evening.
No dance experience required, all are welcome.
$10 at the door, or register in advance here

Persistence is Us
2023-12-30 19:00 - 23:00 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Persistence is Us is a concert of electronic music, ambient music, dance, painting, and more.
Doors 7pm, All ages
Cost: $15 at the door (cash or Venmo)
Or in advance here

New Years Day Ballet + Sip
2024-01-01 12:00 - 13:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Join us for a noontime all levels Ballet class for adults and teens 14+, followed by sparkling cider, water, or cava. Celebrate the new Year with dance and community!
$18 RESERVE SPOT NOW

New Year's Day Drum and Dance
2024-01-01 15:00 - 17:00
NEW YEAR’S DAY DRUM + DANCE, 3-5pm
Jon Holland and Lisa Bouchie will be holding a drum jam session from 3-4pm, followed by a freeform dance from 4-5pm. This is also an introduction to a new, regular Monday evening drum class that will start the following week from 5:45-6:45pm. Donations welcome.

SING
2024-01-19 18:15 - 19:30 | MAGMA, 11 Pleasant St., Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Sing in community!
SING is an improvisational evening of singing led by Lisa Bouchie. No musical experience is required.
$5-15 sliding scale donations at the door
