211 past events with the dance tag

The pop culture phenomenon of Flashdance is now live on stage. With electrifying dance at its core, Flashdance: The Musical tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of Alex Owens, a Pittsburgh steel mill welder by day and a bar dancer by night with dreams of one day becoming a professional performer. When romance with her steel mill boss threatens to complicate her ambitions, Alex learns the meaning of love and its power to fuel the pursuit of her dream.

Come celebrate the last Saturday night of the semester with the most epic showcase of Muncie producers and DJs! 

The Muncie EDMC (a group of Ball State students and alumni), presents Northern Lights, a festival of sound and lights to send the semester off with a glow in your eyes and an earthquake in your chest!

COVER: 
21+: $3
18+: $6

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// 08.30p: Mephysto
https://www.facebook.com/mephystoofficial
https://soundcloud.com/mephys7o
https://twitter.com/mephys7o

With his soul, drowning in jungle and ragga music, Mephysto puts his percussion experience to use through a custom performance rig and takes you to a place where the breaks are raw and up front. You will not see a performance like his anywhere else.

// 09.30p: SPACExLION
https://www.facebook.com/SPACExLION
https://soundcloud.com/spacexlion

Starting with Chip-tune music and now looking at the Future, this afro warrior will take your brain to places where you can taste the sounds, and it's nothing but lush candy.

// 10.30p: Ejion
https://www.facebook.com/Ejion
https://soundcloud.com/ejion

When he's not busy slamming beats for the Indigos, Ejion takes his percussive skills to the production studio and slays the audience with hard-hitting Drum and Bass power. Expect only the unexpected.

// 11.30p: Re:Born
https://www.facebook.com/Rebornelectro
https://soundcloud.com/rebornsound

Get lost in a disco of complex melodies and overlapping patterns and colors. Re:Born's high-intensity sets will leave you dizzy with glee and dancing til your legs give up.

// 01.00a: Phlank
https://www.facebook.com/Phlank.Music
https://soundcloud.com/phlank

Having collaborated with artists all over the world, this bass head knows how to bring out the best in a subwoofer. Creating vivid atmospheres and weaving them into mesmerizing basslines, Phlank will set your night ablaze.

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Special thanks to Steve Robert for his help supporting this epic event; to show thanks with more than just words, a portion of this shows proceeds will be donated to WATER IS BASIC, a wonderful charity that helps bring water projects to the parts of Africa that need it most. 

You can check it out and learn more here:
www.waterisbasic.org%2F&h=1AQFkefuD&enc=AZOt3DaTa0bLPzbudILvZptnbUbWDzEFAdP6dus_cbB05_-zpXAGLwzJ5oEmJRBuWWk&s=1" target="_blank">http://www.waterisbasic.org/

Painting Party! @ Let There Be Art!
Paint "Moonlight Ballet" by Michelle Walker
Instructor: Michelle Walker
A private moment captured as a ballerina lets her passion loose in the moonlight.
Price includes everything you need to take home a masterpiece!
16x20 - $25

Walk-ins welcome or

Register: https://app.getoccasion.com/p/n/evqerwpl  

Website: http://www.LetThereBeArt.gallery

(765)749-8717

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E Main
The Paintings of Jim Faulkner

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company will open The Paintings of Jim Faulkner on First Thursday, February 4, 5 – 8 pm.  Included in the show will be more than a dozen watercolor paintings by the artist who will be on hand to engage with viewers and answer questions.  Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.

Faulkner’s dedication, sensitivity, and skill as a painter for more than 50 years has made him one of the most loved and revered artists in this region and statewide. His artistic excellence and contributions to Muncie's cultural vitality were honored last summer during the inaugural Mayor's Arts Awards where Faulkner was recognized with the award for Artist in the Community.  He has been a full time painter since 1977 at his country home that he shares with his wife Eleanor.  They are both great animal lovers and his studio is in a restored barn. 

“I am very taken by the constant change taking place in everything,” says Faulkner.  “The new that decays, becoming the old.  In the natural world, both new and old seem to hold my interest…  I paint the meadows, woods, homesteads, towns, and people of the Midwest, trying to find meaning in the stillness of an old abandoned farm, or the quiet of a snow-covered wood, or even the aging of the human face.”

“Weathered buildings and bent trees are central to the images in this exhibition,” says gallery owner Carl Schafer.  “They are evidence of the constant winds and shifting limestone bedrock in our region that have pushed them and allowed them to settle at slightly precarious angles.  Over the course of his career, Faulkner has succeeded in defining East Central Indiana’s wide open landscape.”

At 6:15, Carl and Barbara Schafer will introduce Faulkner to those attending, and tributes that have been gathered from his close friends and colleagues will be read.  Those attending the event will be invited to write their memorable experiences with the artist and things they find impressive about his accomplishments.    

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists from East Central Indiana and offers expert design and craftsmanship for framing and displaying treasured family possessions and works of art.  The Paintings of Jim Faulkner may also be viewed during regular business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday, 9 am – 3 pm.  Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre.  For more information, visit www.gordyframing.com or call 765-284-8422.

Grace Episcopal Church
300 S Madison

Grace Episcopal Church will host a youth concert at 7:30pm and an art display opening at 5pm. We will be featuring Maya Kilburn a student at Yorktown Middle School who will be performing 3 violin pieces by Brunch, Kreisher and Bartok. She is an accomplished violinist winning the junior divisions of both the Muncie Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and the New World Youth Orchestra Concerto. Also we will feature Minghao Yan, a junior at the Indiana Academy who will be performing traditional Chinese music on the erhu, a traditional Chinese 2-string instrument. He will also tell the audience about his family’s traditions at the Chinese New Year which begins Feb. 8 this year.

Muncie Makes Lab
628 S Walnut
CritChat: An Open House

For the last eight months, Muncie Makes Lab has been home to CritChat, a free, community meet-up developed and facilitated by artists Holly Lay and Braydee Euliss.  This monthly gathering invites local artists of all kinds to participate in conversation about their own work and the work of others. Painters, photographers, sculptors, and makers of all types are encouraged to bring completed work, work in progress, and even unrealized ideas with the sole intention of sharing. By enabling dialogue, promoting collaboration, and providing critical feedback, the group hopes to build community & support for emerging area artists.

Artwork by several CritChat members will be exhibited together publicly for the first time during “CritChat: An Open House” at Muncie Makes Lab on First Thursday, February 4, 5 – 8 PM. Featured in the exhibit are artists Spencer Davis, Kara Clark DuQuette, Michael DuQuette, Holly Lay, Rochelle Martin, Jannell Summers, and Seth Winn. Artists will be present throughout the evening, and guests are encouraged to ask questions and engage them in conversation about their work. Light refreshments will be served.

Both artists at the helm of CritChat hold BFA degrees from Ball State University School of Art. Holly Lay exhibits her photography and video work throughout the country. Braydee Euliss is the Gallery Manager at Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co. and received the “Next Generation Artist” award at last year’s inaugural Mayor’s Arts Awards.

Find out more about CritChat & join the conversation every 3rd Thursday of the month from 7 – 9 PM at Muncie Makes Lab, 628 S. Walnut St. Muncie, IN 47605. No rsvp necessary. Muncie Makes Lab is a design/build, make, discuss, display, and workshop lab for students, faculty, staff from Ball State University as well as the Muncie community.

The Old Cintas Building
500 E Jackson
Sidra Bell

Following their first event last December, Muncie Arts & Culture Council resumes hosting pop-up events in the old Cintas building on First Thursday, February 4, 5 – 8 PM. Visiting choreographer Sidra Bell will showcase brand new choreography with the help of several BFA Dance Majors from Ball State University. Three rolling performances will take place at 5:45, 6:30, and 7:15 PM with music and opportunity to speak with Bell and the dancers before and after each showtime.

Sidra Bell, Artistic Director of Sidra Bell Dance New York, is currently a Master Lecturer at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, an Adjunct Professor at Ball State University and was an Adjunct Professor at Barnard College in New York City. She has a degree in History from Yale University and an MFA in Choreography from Purchase College Conservatory of Dance.

Please enter the building at 500 East Jackson Street, behind the Cintas truck billboard. Light refreshments will be served.

The Gearbox: Muncie
500 E Jackson
Bold and Broke

In its second year of pop up shows, DYNAMO will be hosting its seventh show: Bold and Broke in the GearBox: Muncie, the former Cintas building, on First Thursday, March 3, 5-9 PM. More than 20 artists, largely comprised of current and former Ball State students, will be displaying their work. Types of medium represented will be drawing, painting, ceramics, glass, metals, photography, video, and multimedia installation.

DYNAMO is an art collective dedicated to creating traveling pop up art shows based in Muncie, Indiana. The artwork is from a mixture of student and local artists with a variety of media and subject, and a strong interest in learning how to exhibit work professionally. The goal of this group is to promote diversity of art throughout our community, and to familiarize students with the exhibition process.

All those who are interested in joining future DYNAMO endeavors, please contact either Katie Norman or Sarah LaBarge at dynamoshows@gmail.com and like our Facebook page, Dynamo Art Exhibitions for news about future shows. For additional information about this exhibit, please contact curator Heather Jordan at hnjordan@bsu.edu.

Space in Motion
Twelve dancers, twelve unique environments. Space in Motion brings together the talents of Ball State University’s architecture and dance students for a one-time performance in downtown Muncie as part of First Thursday Arts Walk on March 3. From 6:00-7:00pm, twelve Ball State dance students will perform, each occupying a unique environment created by one of twelve Ball State architecture students. The performance will take place at GearBox:Muncie, the former Cintas building located at the intersection of Jackson and Madison streets. Admission is free and music will be provided by Department of Theater and Dance musician, Adam Crawley.

The project was organized by Ball State Architecture Professor George Elvin with Dance Professor Susan Koper and IDIA Lab Director John Fillwalk. “Space in Motion promises to be a very unique experience,” Elvin said. "The students are merging design, dance and music in one of Muncie’s most interesting new art spaces. I think anyone with an interest in any of those things will be glad they came.”

The Muncie Arts and Culture Council is thrilled to have been given an early opportunity to help activate the GearBox space while simultaneously facilitating First Thursday events for artists and groups who might otherwise find it difficult to participate in this Downtown Muncie tradition.

Grace Episcopal Church
300 S Madison

At 7:30pm, David Blakely, violin and Rebecca Burkart, harpsichord will perform Sonata No. 6 in G Major by Johann Sebastian Bach at Grace Episcopal Church in Muncie.

Rebecca is a local performer on harpsichord with a degree in Harpsichord Performance from Ball State University and a Ph.D. in Historical Musicology from Florida State University. She was a Finalist in the International Music Prize for Excellence in Performance in 2011.

She taught at North Florida Community College for seven years and now teaches music history and harpsichord lessons and directs the Collegium Musicum at Ball State University.

Gordy Fine Art & Framing Co.
224 E Main
Radicle Traces

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company will celebrate First Thursday, March 3, 5-8 pm with an opening reception for Radicle Traces, paintings by Kaylee Dalton. The exhibit will feature several new paintings by the artist who will be on hand to engage with viewers and answer questions. Light refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend.

Appropriate for March, Dalton’s work is a whimsical interpretation of the garden landscape with a focus on “the ever longed for spring season and its perpetual fascination of new growth.” Bulbs, seeds, and blooms, both above and beneath the soil, have all found a home in her most recent work. Exploiting the rare combination of encaustic wax and water media, Dalton clearly embraces strong textural differences, reflective of the various surfaces often found in nature

Dalton received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Ball State University in 2008. She was the 2006 recipient of the Watercolor Society of Indiana scholarship. While attending Ball State University, she received five painting awards, including three purchase awards. Dalton studied at the University of Miami, Florida for a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting. She has shown in over 25 group exhibits including Art Basel Miami. She is a member of the Northern Indiana Artists and recently received the Carolyn Jagodits Memorial Award at their latest exhibition. Locally, Dalton was awarded third place at the Minnetrista Open Space: Art About the Land juried show in 2015.

At 6:15, the artist will speak briefly about her work. Guests are encouraged to ask questions and learn more about the artist as well as her unique pairing of artistic media.

Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company promotes talented artists from East Central Indiana and offers expert design and craftsmanship for framing and displaying treasured family possessions and works of art. “Radicle Traces” may also be viewed during regular business hours: Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5:30 pm, Saturday, 9 am – 3 pm.  Gordy Fine Art and Framing Company is located at 224 East Main Street, next door to Muncie Civic Theatre.  For more information, visit www.gordyframing.com or call 765-284-8422.

Muncie Makes Lab
628 S Walnut
First Floor: Mask Making Workshop at the DOMA

Taking place over the course of two weekends, individuals will look at masks in the collection with artist-teacher Aaron Nicholson and create their own works of art for display on March 3 at the downtown gallery of the BSU College of Architecture and Planning called Muncie Makes Lab. Students will learn how to make a sculpture using an armature, paper-mâché, and found objects.

Second Floor: Social and Environmental Justice Artwork
For an assignment in an architecture class at Ball State University, students explored the role of social and environmental justice art in generating awareness, empathy, and change. Students researched topics that they were passionate about and visually communicated what they want the public to know about these injustices through art making.

At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing…and anything is possible. Ragtime returns to North America in a striking, all-new touring production. The stories of an upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician unfold - set in turn-of-the-century New York - all three united by their desire and belief in a brighter tomorrow. Their compelling stories are set to theatre's richest and most glorious Tony Award®-winning score by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens.

15,000 watts of sonic thunder, more lights than your face can handle, firebreathers, LED spinners, visual art, video art, stand-up comedy, hip hop, and more - Illuminate - Sensory Arts Festival is back for its 3rd year to bring amazing local talent into the public spotlight!

For full details and release information, visit the Facebook event page!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1523128094665692/

Every Tuesday is Be Here Now's Open Mic Night! Join us as we showcase local Muncie talent, whether it be music, comedy, poetry, rap, or anything that would warrant mic time!

And if you want to be on our stage, come in at 9pm when the sign up sheet makes its first appearance and jot your name down on it! Easy enough right!?

Show starts at 10!

Every Tuesday is Be Here Now's Open Mic Night! Join us as we showcase local Muncie talent, whether it be music, comedy, poetry, rap, or anything that would warrant mic time!

And if you want to be on our stage, come in at 9pm when the sign up sheet makes its first appearance and jot your name down on it! Easy enough right!?

Show starts at 10!

Every Tuesday is Be Here Now's Open Mic Night! Join us as we showcase local Muncie talent, whether it be music, comedy, poetry, rap, or anything that would warrant mic time!

And if you want to be on our stage, come in at 9pm when the sign up sheet makes its first appearance and jot your name down on it! Easy enough right!?

Show starts at 10!

Chad Nordhoff 9-10:30
The Gold Hope Duo 10:30-?

Chad Nordhoff (Bloomington, IN)
-Blues/Roots-
https://www.facebook.com/Chad-Nordhoff-music-207605105935860

The Gold Hope Duo (Kingston, NY)
-Rhythm & Blues/Country/Folk/Rockabilly
http://www.thegoldhopeduo.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheGoldHopeDuo

Every Tuesday is Be Here Now's Open Mic Night! Join us as we showcase local Muncie talent, whether it be music, comedy, poetry, rap, or anything that would warrant mic time!

And if you want to be on our stage, come in at 9pm when the sign up sheet makes its first appearance and jot your name down on it! Easy enough right!?

Show starts at 10!

Alex Culbreth 10-11
Steel Toed Slippers 11-12

Alex Culbreth
http://www.alexculbreth.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/alexculbrethmusic

Steel Toed Slippers (Humboldt County CA)
-Rock and Roll-
http://www.steeltoedslippers.com/

https://steeltoedslippers.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/steeltoedslippers

Every Tuesday is Be Here Now's Open Mic Night! Join us as we showcase local Muncie talent, whether it be music, comedy, poetry, rap, or anything that would warrant mic time!

And if you want to be on our stage, come in at 9pm when the sign up sheet makes its first appearance and jot your name down on it! Easy enough right!?

Show starts at 10!

Hey we're bringing back the Continental Band after a few years. We had such a good time with Rick Barton and son last time around, we're excited to show them all our improvements!!!

They are coming to us all the way from BOSTON, so you know they're excited to jam with us! Join us for a kick ass night of music with Rick Barton, the original guitarist for Dropkick Murphys, and son Stephen as they regale us with their badass tunes!!!

https://continentalband.bandcamp.com/album/1000-miles

https://www.facebook.com/ContinentalBand

Every Tuesday is Be Here Now's Open Mic Night! Join us as we showcase local Muncie talent, whether it be music, comedy, poetry, rap, or anything that would warrant mic time!

And if you want to be on our stage, come in at 9pm when the sign up sheet makes its first appearance and jot your name down on it! Easy enough right!?

Show starts at 10!

The lovely Alex Ford & Co. will be back in town this summer for another awesome Free Music Monday show!!! Looking forward to having you out!

Matthew Frantz (Chicago, IL)
-Folk Rock-
http://matthewfrantz.com/

https://www.facebook.com/frantzmatthew

Ford Theatre Reunion (Lexington, KY)
-undecided-
http://www.thefordtheatrereunion.com/

http://fordtheatrereunion.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/fordtheatrereunion

Every Tuesday is Be Here Now's Open Mic Night! Join us as we showcase local Muncie talent, whether it be music, comedy, poetry, rap, or anything that would warrant mic time!

And if you want to be on our stage, come in at 9pm when the sign up sheet makes its first appearance and jot your name down on it! Easy enough right!?

Show starts at 10!

Monaco & Alameda 9-10
Red Clay Pigeons 10-11
ONA 11-12

Ona (Huntington, WV)
-Indie Rock-
Listen: https://thebandona.bandcamp.com/
Watch: www.vuhaus.com%2Fvideos%2Fona-song-from-the-field&h=XAQHzkIHp&enc=AZPPCMgjBMCoVmYl-fIS-Vc1wxGUdQkqbN1gFW6F3xjLvc9wdtALgLzWajkeA26Dw9c&s=1" target="_blank">http://www.vuhaus.com/videos/ona-song-from-the-field
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: @thebandona

The Red Clay Pigeons (Muncie, IN)
-Folk Rock/Americana-
https://www.facebook.com/redclaypigeons
http://redclaypigeons.com/

Monaco & Alameda (Milltown, Ireland & Denver, CO)
-Pop Folk-
https://www.facebook.com/monacoandalameda
www.monacoandalameda.com%2F&h=cAQHBiNb4&enc=AZPuIRruuBqox1p_ohN1AcHSu6XiboAXHICp5zS2naHxzwZTCMp8hHkGa__TuTBcUDc&s=1" target="_blank">http://www.monacoandalameda.com/