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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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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 303 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
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
Award-Winning Choreographer Explores Reconstruction
Hope B. Byers is recipient of a 2024 Howard County Arts Council IAM Creativity Grant, the largest award in the choreography category. She is
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Oct 22, 20243 min read
Premiering Nov. 3: A Work of Interdisciplinary Inspiration
Full Circle Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs's new work "From the Source of Our Power" is the result of an extraordinary collaboration. Acc
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Oct 16, 20243 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
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
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
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
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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