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Welcome to the Baltimore Dance Bulletin!
Full Circle Dance Company has been committed from the beginning to bringing the broader community into its creative process. Community partnerships enrich our work, and dance enriches our communities. We believe dance can help us understand each other even when words seem inadequate. The Baltimore Dance Bulletin offers a peek inside our world as artists based in the rich, exciting, nourishing artistic milieu that is Baltimore.
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A Quarter Century of Creative Adventures
When Donna L. Jacobs founded Full Circle Dance Company in 2000, she was hoping to create professional performance and choreography opportunities for the creative young teachers at her Baltimore studio, the Morton Street Dance Center. The company's first performance included a prescient work about war, which premiered months before the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center. That first concert also included two works by choreographer Travis Gatling, who would become an

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Jun 93 min read


Baltimore Choreographer “Puts on the Sleeves of Love”
Morgan Sledge is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer with strong artistic and personal roots in the Baltimore area. An alum of the Morton..

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Oct 7, 20243 min read


A Mother and Daughter's Powerful Journey to a Shared Stage
Nicole Tucker-Smith is a longtime member of Full Circle Dance Company who has created several works for the company. Her daughter Nala Smith

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Oct 1, 20243 min read


Full Circle Dance Company’s 2024-25 “Season of Power”
Baltimore’s Full Circle Dance Company is known for digging deeply into a single theme each year, bringing together diverse choreographers to

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Aug 16, 20245 min read


Full Circle Accepts 2024 Diversity in Arts Grant
Thank you, Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott and United Way of Central Maryland! Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs accepted Full Circle Dance

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Apr 17, 20241 min read


Mini-Documentary Captures the Spirit of Full Circle
We are amazed at how this brief documentary about Full Circle captures the way we feel when we dance together. It's a behind-the-scenes...

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Jan 22, 20241 min read


And Still, We Dream: Choreographer Finds Inspiration in the Work of a Maryland Literary Treasure
Choreographer Finds Inspiration in the Work of a Maryland Literary Treasure Full Circle Dance Company, now celebrating its 23rd year in

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Nov 6, 20232 min read


Full Circle Dance Company Fall 2023 Season
It's our 23rd year creating dance that matters in Baltimore, and we are thrilled to announce a new project full of energy and ideas: "And...

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Aug 2, 20232 min read


Behind the Scenes: Choreographer Travis D. Gatling
Ohio-based choreographer Travis D. Gatling spent two weeks this summer creating a new work co-commissioned by Ballet Theatre of Maryland...

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Jul 15, 20233 min read


Students Explore Black History Through Words and Movement
When Full Circle Dance Company Artistic Director Donna Jacobs called for volunteers from an audience of 400 students at McDonogh School...

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Feb 17, 20232 min read


From Baltimore to NYC, Cultivating Diversity in Ballet
We are thrilled for Full Circle Dance Company Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs, who has been selected as a 2022-2023 School of American...

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Oct 28, 20222 min read


World Premiere: New Work Focuses on HBCU Homecoming Traditions
Full Circle Dance Company's new show HOME: Longing and Belonging, coming November 19-20 to Baltimore Theatre Project, will premiere When the

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Oct 28, 20222 min read


World Premiere: New Work "The Hill" Gets Real about Growing Older
Before she created a single step for her new work The Hill, choreographer Misty Yackshaw called together a group of female dancers aged...

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Oct 28, 20222 min read


A Golden Day of Open Air Dancing in Baltimore
On October 10, Full Circle was blessed with glorious weather for Belong: A Free Community Performance in beautiful Eager Park in East...

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Oct 11, 20222 min read


BELONG: A Free Community Performance in Beautiful Baltimore
Join Full Circle Dance Company for some powerful dancing under October skies in beautiful Eager Park. This family-friendly performance is...

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Sep 19, 20221 min read


Baltimore’s Full Circle Dance Company Presents HOME: Longing and Belonging
Full Circle Dance Company, Baltimore City’s most visible and established professional dance ensemble, will present an original...

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Sep 5, 20222 min read


Full Circle heads to West Virginia
Full Circle was on the road in June for the first time since the start of the pandemic. We brought three works by choreographer Travis...

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Jun 28, 20222 min read


Free Performance in Beautiful Eager Park
Made Possible by Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute, Free Fall Baltimore, and MSAC Grab a blanket or lawn chair and join Full Circle...

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Oct 5, 20211 min read


BRAVE: Art in Times of Crisis
On November 13 and 14, Full Circle will present BRAVE: art in times of crisis at Baltimore Theatre Project. Deeply moved by real-world...

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Sep 10, 20212 min read


The Healing Project: Moving Through Parallel Pandemics
On June 6, 2021, Baltimore’s Full Circle Dance Company will present The Healing Project: Moving Through Parallel Pandemics, a deeply...

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May 24, 20213 min read
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