A place for adults to learn and play - school of dance & artist incubation centre in St. John's NL
Magpie Movement’s mission is to uplift our community of movers and shakers by sharing the joy of creative movement. We empower and inspire students through quality dance education with caring, professional instructors in a supportive and positive atmosphere. We aim to broaden the reach and impact of eclectic dance through active community engagement. We believe that every dancer is unique, with di
31/07/2024
Despite us having a hard year, with so many cancellations and weather issues, you all still see us Gold. I can’t believe it and I’m so grateful for this community of movers and shakers.
Thank you thank you thank you!
03/06/2024
Thank you St John’s for the early nomination! Will we make top 3 for the 3rd year in a row?!
CommunityVotes St. John's 2024 Official 2024 Community Voting Awards Platform for St. John's, NL. Where the community votes for their favourites every year.
29/11/2023
❄️ CLASSES ARE CANCELLED ON WED 29 NOV ❄️
It's the first storm day of the season, and the studio is closed! Stay home and get cozy. We will see you next week!
14/11/2023
Sadly, Audra is unable to come to NL this weekend due to a family loss. While sending love, we must cancel the two pop-up workshops planned for Sun 19 Nov. Everyone who registered will get email notifications and a refund of any payments made. Thank you your understanding, and we'll dance together soon. 💕
08/11/2023
❗️WED 08 NOV - ALL CLASSES CANCELLED❗️
"Hi beautiful dancers - I'm so very sorry but I must cancel classes this evening. I've become suddenly quite unwell and need to stay at home. Thanks for understanding. I'll confirm next week about extending the series to Wed 13 Dec to makeup the class. Keep dancing!" - Vanessa
08/11/2023
BELLY DANCE CLASSES
Tonight, Wed 08 Nov, at Magpie Movement we have 2 great classes in the studio:
Fundamentals @ 6:30pm - 7:30pm.
Level 1 Technique @ 7:30pm - 8:30pm.
📍 30 Harvey Road, St. John's NL.
🔗 magpiemovement.com/
📩 [email protected]
💵 $120.00 series, inclusion fund HEY25 available.
👋 $20.00 drop in may be available - please email in advance.
06/11/2023
Registration is open for our very special POP UP WORKSHOPS with the brilliant AUDRA SIMMONS (Toronto, ON). Registration is limited, and spaces are going fast so don't delay and give yourself FOMO.
"Notes From Underground" (12:30-2:00pm) is suitable for those with some belly dance experience, and is NOT suited to absolute beginners.
"Project Seraka GI" (2:30-4:30pm) is advanced, and by invitation only.
📍The Dance Centre, 117 Ropewalk Lane, St. John's NL.
💵 $50, inclusion fund HEY25 available.
🔗 magpiemovement.com/classes/audra/
📩 [email protected]
03/11/2023
POP-UP WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT
"NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND" with AUDRA SIMMONS
Join Audra as she shares technical and creative aspects of her current personal practice. Taking from fusion (belly) dance and waving vocabulary, we’ll work some shapes and pathways in their original forms. From there, we’ll add a little Dark Side as we ask ‘Why not?’ and ‘How can we add to this?’. We’ll both drill the original and new forms as well as place them into short combinations to see how they can be used in dances.
You’ll learn new options for using techniques you are no doubt familiar with, while hopefully coming away with ideas about how you can tackle other movements and dance techniques with fresh eyes and approaches.
This workshop is suitable for those with some belly dance experience, and is NOT suited to absolute beginners.
⏰ Sun 19 Nov @ 12:30pm - 2:00pm.
📍The Dance Centre, 117 Ropewalk Lane, St. John's NL.
💵 $50, inclusion fund HEY25 available.
🔗 magpiemovement.com/classes/audra/
📩 [email protected]
25/10/2023
We are outrageously excited to announce that AUDRA SIMMONS is coming from Toronto in November and she'll be teaching a pop-up workshop on fusion dance and creative movement on Sun 19 Nov!
"To say that Audra is a mentor is an understatement. She has been pivotal in helping me build the technical and creative skills to find my voice as a movement artist. Over the past 15 years, I have been inspired by her passion, her attention to detail and body awareness; her zany antics that keep classes engaging, challenging, and fun. She is a leader in Canadian fusion (belly) dance, and her current work in exploring cross-genres in waving/experimental movement is fascinating to me. I find it to be a privilege and honour to share the (often very musically intriguing) floor with her. I cannot wait for these pop-up workshops!" - Vanessa.
BONUS? Audra will be performing at Seraka Dance Company's "Synthesis" at Bannerman Brewing Co on Sat 18 Nov!
🔗 magpiemovement.com
📩 [email protected]
📍Workshops with Audra @ 117 Ropewalk Lane, St. John's NL
25/10/2023
We've got a fresh 6-week series for experienced beginner and intermediate dancers starting WED 01 NOV. Refine your isolations and shimmies, drill your skills, and get to travelling with your movements with BELLY DANCE LEVEL 1 TECHNIQUE. Registration open now on our website!
If finances are a roadblock for you, we offer access to our Inclusion Fund for all dancers. Use coupon code HEY25 when registering to lower your tuition by 25%. If you need a payment plan, send us an email - it's important to us that you dance and move your body, so we're happy to facilitate that in a variety of flexible ways.
🔗 magpiemovement.com
📩 [email protected]
📍30 Harvey Road, St. John's NL