Behind the Scenes

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.

Award-Winning Choreographer Explores Reconstruction

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Oct 223 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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Premiering Nov. 3: A Work of Interdisciplinary Inspiration

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Oct 173 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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Baltimore Choreographer “Puts on the Sleeves of Love”

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Oct 73 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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A Mother and Daughter's Powerful Journey to a Shared Stage

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Oct 13 min read

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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Mini-Documentary Captures the Spirit of Full Circle

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Jan 221 min read

Mini-Documentary Captures the Spirit of Full Circle

We are amazed at how this brief documentary about Full Circle captures the way we feel when we dance together. It's a behind-the-scenes...

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Nov 13, 20232 min read

Sugar Plum Season is Back!

When the weather begins to feel chilly and the days get shorter, dancers around the world are hard at work preparing to deliver...

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Behind the Scenes: Choreographer Travis D. Gatling

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Jul 16, 20233 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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Unique Dance Collaboration “Sizzles” with Inspiration

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Jul 3, 20232 min read

Unique Dance Collaboration “Sizzles” with Inspiration

Ballet Theatre of Maryland, based in Annapolis, is the state’s preeminent professional ballet company, performing classic story ballets...

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Baltimore’s Young Dancers to Shine at Governor-Elect Wes Moore’s Inaugural Ball

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Jan 13, 20232 min read

Baltimore’s Young Dancers to Shine at Governor-Elect Wes Moore’s Inaugural Ball

Ten young dancers who train at Baltimore’s Morton Street Dance Center will perform a special dance on January 18 to celebrate the...

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Q&A with Costume Designer Jasmin Nessa Ali

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Nov 13, 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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World Premiere: New Work Focuses on HBCU Homecoming Traditions

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Oct 28, 20222 min read

World Premiere: New Work Focuses on HBCU Homecoming Traditions

Full Circle Dance Company's new show HOME: Longing and Belonging, coming November 19-20 to Baltimore Theatre Project, will premiere When the

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Vows: A Work about Marriage Gains New Resonance

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Oct 28, 20222 min read

Vows: A Work about Marriage Gains New Resonance

When choreographer Jennifer Seye created Vows in 2014, she was driven in part by turmoil among co-workers, family members, and American soci

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World Premiere: New Work "The Hill" Gets Real about Growing Older

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Oct 28, 20222 min read

World Premiere: New Work "The Hill" Gets Real about Growing Older

Before she created a single step for her new work The Hill, choreographer Misty Yackshaw called together a group of female dancers aged...

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