Hope B. Byers’ artistic platform as a choreographer is to share truths about racism and inequality in the Black American experience. With this work, she aims to create awareness, provoke dialogue and inspire change. As a veteran member of Baltimore’s Full Circle Dance Company, Hope’s choreography has become a staple of the company’s repertoire. She formerly performed with Washington, D.C. companies, Floyd Project Dance Company and Rafiki Dance Theatre. Hope’s choreography has been selected for presentation by Maryland Council for Dance, Baltimore Dance Invitational, Koresh Artist Showcase and the inaugural Baltimore Black Choreographers Festival. Her work has been performed at Atlas Performing Arts Center, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Theatre Project, Chesapeake Arts Center, Creative Alliance, David Cooper Black Box Theater, Dogtown Dance Theatre, Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Kraushaar Auditorium, Lyric Opera House, Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Slayton House Theatre and Strand Theater.