HOME: Longing and Belonging
By Full Circle Dance Company
November 19 & 20

Full Circle Dance Company’s HOME: Longing and Belonging, explores what it means to have a home, to feel at home, and to be at home in our complicated world.

Now in its 22nd year, this multiracial company of 18 artists presents diverse perspectives on issues that matter in Baltimore, in Maryland, and beyond. Featuring powerful music, dramatic storytelling, and dancing that is both athletic and emotional, HOME will by turns challenge, inspire, amuse, and move audiences.

HOME will include works by multiple choreographers from diverse backgrounds, each exploring the theme from a different angle, including:

Home/Less: Full Circle Artistic Director Donna L. Jacobs illuminates the housing precariousness of many Americans, shining a light on how easy it is to end up unhoused and how hard it is for people on the margins to be seen. (Premiere)

The Hill: Featuring an original poem created by award-winning Baltimore poet Gayle Danley, choreographer Misty Yackshaw’s new work explores the challenges of feeling at home with ourselves as we age. With a spoken-word score and dramatic costumes, this work celebrates the power, knowledge, and creativity of older women. (Premiere)

When the Village Returns to The Yard: Hope B. Byers’s new work is centered on the homecoming tradition unique to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU). Byers highlights and honors the annual event that brings alumni home to share, along with the current students, in a celebration like no other. (Premiere)

Vows: Choreographer Jennifer Seye considers how changing laws and norms related to marriage affect who we are allowed to make a home with. First created in 2014, this work feels both timeless and timely, with new resonance in 2022.

Transient: Full Circle alum Liz Quinones reflects on the immigrant experience, including longing for a home left behind and seeking a new sense of belonging.

Inner Rites: Ohio choreographer Travis Gatling pays homage to the humble acts of domestic caretaking that bind together members of a family and household. The daily tasks of motherhood inspire the movement vocabulary of this powerful work.

COVID Policy:

For the safety of our artists, crew, staff, and patrons, you must wear a mask while inside Theatre Project except while actively eating or drinking.

If you have any COVID-associated symptoms the day of the show, please do not attend.

Showtimes:
November 19 @ 7:30pm
November 20 @ 2:30pm

Tickets:
General Admission: $22
Student/Artists/Seniors: $18