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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 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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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
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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.Â
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May 132 min read
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Mar 101 min read
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Ten Student Dancers to Join Two Professional Companies in Experimental Work on February 2
Ten serious dance students aged 9-15 from two different schools will be featured in an experimental new work to be performed together by Bal

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Jan 272 min read
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Ground and Sky: An Ephemeral Premiere Explores Forces that Bind and Free Us
On February 2, 2025, an audience at the Gordon Center for the Performing Arts will witness the premiere of an extraordinary collaborative wo

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Jan 24 min read
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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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We Walk in Moonlight, One Night Only
For one show only, Full Circle Dance Company and Ballet Theatre of Maryland will present We Walk in Moonlight: A Collaboration of Movement,

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Oct 4, 20232 min read
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To Dance and To Dream Community Workshop
What happens when people of different ages, races, and walks of life--many of them strangers to each other--come together to create art?...

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Sep 5, 20232 min read
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To Dance and to Dream: A FREE Workshop
The 2023 Fall season begins with a free August 24 workshop "To Dance and to Dream." Led by Full Circle Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs,...

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Aug 2, 20231 min read
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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
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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
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Maryland Artists to Shine in February 16th Celebration of Black Dance at the Gordon Center
The Gordon Center for Performing Arts, in partnership with the Baltimore Black Dance Collective, will host CELEBRATION: Uplifting and...

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Jan 31, 20234 min read
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