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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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25 years of dance. One beautiful city.
For 25 years, Full Circle Dance Company has been creating powerful, thought-provoking dance right here in Baltimore. This city has always been more than our backdrop — it’s been our partner, our inspiration, and our stage.

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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


Sun, Energy, Artscape!
Bright sun and a large, enthusiastic crowd greeted Full Circle Dance Company at our May 25 performance on the Main Stage at the revitalized Baltimore Artscape Festival.

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May 271 min read


She Did That! Free Community Workshop Generates Raw Material for New Work
Hazel, Baba Tone, Thelma, Mattie Lee, Elmaza, Stephania, Florence, Grandma Zette, Temple, Johnnie Mae, Rose Mary. These are just some of the foremothers whose powerful stories surfaced during Full Circle Dance Company's May 8 She Did That! Free Community Workshop.

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May 132 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


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


Bringing Baltimore Dance to Ohio
In June 2024, Full Circle Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs and four teaching artists from the company brought a taste of Baltimore to the M

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Jul 22, 20242 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


Sugar Plum Season is Back!
When the weather begins to feel chilly and the days get shorter, dancers around the world are hard at work preparing to deliver...

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Nov 13, 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


Unique Dance Collaboration “Sizzles” with Inspiration
Ballet Theatre of Maryland, based in Annapolis, is the state’s preeminent professional ballet company, performing classic story ballets...

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Jul 3, 20232 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


Baltimore’s Young Dancers to Shine at Governor-Elect Wes Moore’s Inaugural Ball
Ten young dancers who train at Baltimore’s Morton Street Dance Center will perform a special dance on January 18 to celebrate the...

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Jan 13, 20232 min read


Nutcracker Time! Diverse Cast Savors the Magic of a Holiday Classic
For ballet dancers around the world, Nutcracker season brings waves of nostalgia. Dancers literally grow up in "The Nutcracker,"...

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Nov 21, 20223 min read


Q&A with Costume Designer Jasmin Nessa Ali
For a choreographer creating a new work, costume design is an essential element for conveying meaning. A collaboration with...

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Nov 13, 20223 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


Vows: A Work about Marriage Gains New Resonance
When choreographer Jennifer Seye created Vows in 2014, she was driven in part by turmoil among co-workers, family members, and American soci

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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
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