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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


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


LINEAGE Immersed Us in Color, Beauty, and Community
The third annual collaboration between Ballet Theatre of Maryland and Full Circle Dance Company, LINEAGE included a highly varied program of works from the ballet and modern dance traditions.
Featuring a cast of nearly 60 professional dancers and 16 community guest artists, this show honored mothers, mentors, and matriarchs during Women's History Month.

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Mar 162 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


She Did That! Honoring the Women Who Shaped Us
As we prepare for Full Circle Dance Company’s 25th anniversary performance Rooted and Rising, we are creating something deeply personal: a new collaborative work titled She Did That! This piece is more than choreography—it’s an act of remembrance, of honoring, and of storytelling.
Inspired by our recent free community workshop, She Did That! is grounded in the stories of ancestors—mothers, grandmothers, mentors, and trailblazers—whose love and strength live on in those the

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Jun 13, 20255 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 13, 20252 min read


The Benefits of Dancing, Free for Everyone
Full Circle Dance Company Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs believes in the power of movement to enhance wellbeing and to create joy. That’s

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Nov 18, 20242 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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