Syreeta Hector | Black Ballerina

Co-presented with the YMCA as part of Springboard's Season Presenting:

Syreeta Hector (Toronto) | Black Ballerina

Location:  cSPACE Marda Loop | 1721 29th Avenue SW

Dates: February 6 & 7, 2024

Time: 7:30 PM

General Adsmission: $30

Students/Seniors/Arts Workers: $20

 

Based on Syreeta Hector’s relationship to race, and her experiences in classical

ballet, Black Ballerina is a powerful exploration of the nuances within one’s

identity, and the unconscious ways that we all try to fit in. The 2019 performance

of an earlier version of Black Ballerina was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore

Award. Performed by Hector, Black Ballerina brings an unbridled energy to the

stage.

Syreeta Hector is a dance artist in Toronto, Ontario. Her solo work called “Black Ballerina”

focuses on the dualities within one’s identity, along with Syreeta’s blackness and indigeneity in

relationship to classical ballet. This solo gained recognition at the SummerWorks Festival, won

the Stratford Festival Lab Award for Research and Creation, and was nominated for a Dora

Mavor Moore award in Outstanding Performance by an Individual. While she continues to tour

“Black Ballerina,” Syreeta is developing a new dance theatre work which will be the second

chapter in the “Black Ballerina” series.

Syreeta has been commissioned to make ensemble works for Mocean Dance (Nova Scotia),

ProArteDanza (Ontario), and most recently will create a new work for Kittiwake Dance Theatre

(Newfoundland). Although performance and creation endeavours remain a priority for Syreeta,

she derives an equal measure of inspiration by teaching movement and choreography. She is

honoured to be a part of the Department of Dance as an Assistant Professor at York University.

 

Credits:

Choreographer and dancer: Syreeta Hector

Movement Dramaturg: Seika Boye (2017-2020) and Dedra McDermott (2020-

Current)

Outside Eye: J. Adam Brown

Lighting Design: Noah Feaver

Stage Management: Helin Gungoren

Sound Design: Germaine Liu and Mark Zurawinski

Sound from: Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures, Marie Davidson, Richard Reed

Parry, A Tribe Called Red, Kendrick Lamar

Technical/Set Design: Elissa Horscroft, Tristan Goethel, Mary Spyrakis: Thank

you to Canadian Stage

Costume Alterations: Kleanthi Markakis

Photography: Jeremy Mimnagh, Andrew McCormack, Fran Chudnoff 

 

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