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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 Dream Decades in the Making: Morton Street Dance Center Finds Its Forever Home
Baltimore's Full Circle Dance Company, a professional ensemble of 20 dancers with deep roots in the city, will soon have a beautiful new home. Full Circle is the professional company in residence at The Morton Street Dance Center, which has trained thousands of dancers in Baltimore across 35 years. Both Morton Street and Full Circle will move in September 2026 to a new facility featuring 4 professionally appointed dance studios as well as other creative spaces.

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Jul 274 min read


Choreographer Spotlight: Nyah Banks
Full Circle Dance Company's upcoming season features new works from some of Baltimore's most compelling voices in modern dance. Among them is Nyah Banks, a choreographer whose work asks audiences to sit with the complexity of everyday life — and find connection within it. We sat down with Nyah to talk about her new piece, Fractions of Reality, premiering November 1st at the Baltimore Museum of Art as part of Ritual and Revolution.

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Jul 72 min read


Full Circle Dance Company Presents Ritual and Revolution
Baltimore’s Full Circle Dance Company is well-known for bringing together diverse choreographers to explore a single theme from multiple angles. On November 1, 2026, Full Circle will premiere the works of five choreographers in Ritual and Revolution at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

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Jun 173 min read


Dancing at Artscape 2026
With fantastic food and an abundance of art of all kinds, Artscape brimmed with energy and creativity, and we were grateful to be a part of it.

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Jun 11 min read


18 Guest Artists Join Full Circle to Bring Ancestral Stories to Life
Full Circle Dance Company welcomed 18 guest artists of varied ages and backgrounds to the studio on October 23 to contribute to a powerful new work entitled She Did That!, which honors the diverse stories of real female ancestors. The new work will premiere November 9 as part of Rooted and Rising at the Baltimore Museum of Art.

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Oct 28, 20251 min read


A Day of Learning and Inspiration for Baltimore Dancers and Teachers
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.

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Oct 11, 20252 min read


To Come Full Circle. New Work Celebrates a Quarter Century of Deep Collaboration
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

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Sep 30, 20253 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
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