The School of American Ballet, the official training academy of New York City Ballet, partnered with Baltimore’s Morton Street Dance Center in September to present a full day of classes and workshops for students and teachers.

Choreographer Travis D. Gatling, who is based at Ohio University, has been in Baltimore this fall creating a new work to mark Full Circle Dance Company's 25th Anniversary. Gatling has worked with Full Circle for nearly its entire history, and his works have become staples of the repertoire and audience favorites, offering rich artistic and physical challenges to the dancers. The Baltimore Dance Bulletin asked Gatling about his history with the Baltimore-based company and abou

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.

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

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.

Hope B. Byers is recipient of a 2024 Howard County Arts Council IAM Creativity Grant, the largest award in the choreography category. She is

Full Circle Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs's new work "From the Source of Our Power" is the result of an extraordinary collaboration. Acc

Morgan Sledge is a dancer, teacher, and choreographer with strong artistic and personal roots in the Baltimore area. An alum of the Morton..

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

Ballet Theatre of Maryland, based in Annapolis, is the state’s preeminent professional ballet company, performing classic story ballets...

For ballet dancers around the world, Nutcracker season brings waves of nostalgia. Dancers literally grow up in "The Nutcracker,"...

For a choreographer creating a new work, costume design is an essential element for conveying meaning. A collaboration with...