Acadiana Dance Month Kick off Event Join us on March 8th for the official ACADIANA DANCE MONTH KICK OFF EVENT at Downtown Alive! Learn the official line dance, participate in an amazing live pop-up performance, and enjoy celebrating dance in our community! 5pm, Festivities Begin We'll rendezvous at Basin Arts, get our...
Live Art Improv Jam In celebration of the 2019 Acadiana Dance Month we invite all dancers, musicians, and visual artists for a night infused with exploration and improvisation. Thursday, March 28th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. bring your instrument, sketch pad, camera, dancing body and creative mind for an explosive evening of live art...
Save the Date for FREE CLASS WEEK! One of our favorite weeks every year at Basin Arts! MONDAY AUGUST 26th - FRIDAY August 30th Come try as many classes as you’d like on us! This is a great way to experience the varied styles of classes and the wide array of excellent teachers at Basin...
African Dance Class November 9th; 9:00-10:30am Leigha Porter will lead an African Dance Class at Basin Arts on Saturday November 9th, 9:00-10:30am. The class is open to dancers age 11+. African dance involves rhythmic body movements combined with music and sometimes theatrical representations. There are as many forms of African dance as there are...
Dance On Site with Basin Dance Collective Friday March 6th "Home is where one starts from." - T.S. Eliot Join Basin Dance Collective for an intimate evening of new dances as we ring in Spring and also celebrate a new beginning of an "old home", The Nickerson House. Dancers will share excerpts of new works...
Student Dance Day Workshop and Showcase What is Student Dance Day? A free dance workshop and showcase that connects young people in our area through the art of dance. How much does it cost? Both the workshop and the showcase are offered FREE to the public thanks to a generous grant from the Junior League...
BASIN ARTS COMMUNITY OUTDOOR CLASS SERIES! Every Thursday, Basin Arts will bring you a different Community Class featuring a variety of movement styles and special guest teachers! This class will be offered FREE to the community each week (donations accepted ) AFRO-HAITIAN DANCE WITH MELANA LLOYD LIVE MUSIC BY PUCCI GREEN THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17, 5:30-6:30PM To...
ArtWalk | June 8th 6:00-8:00pm Join ProjectSpace Residency Artist Alex McBride during ArtWalk for the gallery exhibition opening of their in-progress project, EROSION: landscape reveals us. PROJECT DESCRIPTION | EROSION: landscape reveals us is an alternative performance + research encapsulation that explores and investigates the connective tissue between the human body and the land body....
EROSION: Final Gallery Viewing + Culminating Dance Performance | June 21st 7:00-9:00pm Join us for the final gallery viewing & culminating dance performance of EROSION: landscape reveals us, a project by Alex McBride as part of Basin Arts ProjectSpace Residency June 21, 2024 7:00pm | House Opens 7:30pm | Performance Begins Purchase Tickets: https://givebutter.com/erosion EROSION:...
LINEAGE: An Evening Honoring Cissy Whipp & Robert Dafford | August 28th 7:00pm You're invited to LINEAGE; a NEW annual fundraising event presented by Basin Arts. Join us for a festive & immersive evening to honor the artists among us in support of new artistic creation in Lafayette! On Wednesday, August 28th, we will...
