Dates & times
All times are local to the venue · America/New York
- 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
- 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
The Green Book and personal rituals in Full Circle’s Ritual and Revolution
Full Circle Dance Company’s Ritual and Revolution moves from the hazards of Jim Crow road travel to private rituals of identity, mental health and marriage. Its detailed work descriptions put those subjects alongside one another, with Hope B. Byers’s account of Black mobility giving the program a clear historical anchor.
A road that offered freedom—and danger
In Cruisin Under Crow: The Road to Dreams & “Difficulties,” Byers considers what car ownership made possible for Black families: mobility beyond segregated public transportation. That freedom did not remove the barriers Black motorists faced. The work addresses exclusion from hotels, meals, gas stations and restrooms, as well as the threat of racist violence.
Byers draws on safety practices Black travelers developed during the Jim Crow era, including use of the Negro Motorist Greenbook. The focus on planning for danger alongside the promise of travel brings the work’s title into sharp relief: movement could open possibilities, but the conditions of the road made that freedom precarious.
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Routines that restrict, routines that help
Donna L. Jacobs, Full Circle’s artistic director, contributes an ensemble work about ritualistic thought and behavior in relation to mental health. It considers the sense of being caught in repetitive constraints as well as practices that may support healing and wellness.
Josette Chang’s Aporia takes up a related question at the level of social structures. Its title points to unresolved doubt or contradiction; the work considers when small changes can make a meaningful difference and when they amount to keeping an existing system in place.
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Identity, shared life and marriage
Sam Koseff’s solo draws on the rituals of girlhood, which Koseff describes as involving both beauty and discomfort, and considers transition as a form of revolution. Nyah Banks’s Fractions of Reality turns to everyday routines and struggles, and to the friction, joy, connection and belonging that can arise when people’s lives meet in a community.
In Vows, Jennifer Seye uses wedding rituals to examine how restrictions on who may love can make marriage feel revolutionary. The event overview describes premieres by five choreographers, while the detailed work descriptions name six—Byers, Jacobs, Chang, Koseff, Banks and Seye. The listing does not explain the difference.
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Movement, music and storytelling
The performance frames change as both personal and collective, with rituals considered as practices that may cause harm or support healing.
2026-11-01 · Baltimore Museum of Art
- Ritual and Revolution — performance featuring premieres by five choreographers.
- Ritual and Revolution — performance featuring premieres by five choreographers.
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Two performances on November 1
Sunday, November 1, 2026: 2:00–3:30 p.m. and 6:00–7:30 p.m. The ticket page lists a 90-minute running time.
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Prices vary by ticket category
Visit Baltimore lists admission at $35 general; $25 for Baltimore Museum of Art members, seniors 60+ and students with ID; and $20 for children 12 and under. The ticket page lists totals including estimated fees: $38.10 general, including $3.10 in estimated fees; $27.70 for the member, senior and student categories, including $2.70; and $22.50 for children under 12, including $2.50.
The two listings use different age wording for the child ticket. Confirm which category applies before booking. All sales are final; refunds are not allowed.
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Parking and seating information
The ticket page lists accessible parking, a wheelchair-accessible venue and wheelchair-accessible seating. It does not identify a specific accessible entrance or describe the route from parking to seating.
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Baltimore Museum of Art
The event is at 10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218. The listing links to a map that can calculate directions from your starting point; it does not specify a transit route or event entrance.
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Before you make a plan
What time are the performances?
Both are on Sunday, November 1, 2026: 2:00–3:30 p.m. and 6:00–7:30 p.m.
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How long is the performance?
The ticket page lists a 90-minute running time.
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What accessibility features are listed?
The ticket page lists accessible parking, a wheelchair-accessible venue and wheelchair-accessible seating.
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Can tickets be refunded?
No. The ticket page says all sales are final and refunds are not allowed.
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Location & Google Maps
Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
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