"Black Ballerina poetically gathers the threads of Hector’s diverse cultural and artistic influences into a free-flowing collage of sound and movement imagery." Dance International Magazine 

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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.

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With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts along with the Toronto Arts Council, Syreeta explored short versions of this work starting in 2017. The solo gained recognition at the SummerWorks Festival in 2019 and won the Stratford Festival Lab Award for Research and Creation. During that same year, Syreeta was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Performance by an Individual from her performance at the Citadel Dance Mix. 

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During the pandemic, the full length version of this performance was successfully live streamed through the Citadel LIVE and was rebroadcast in the spring of 2021 through the Harbourfront Centre.

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"Black Ballerina" is currently touring across Canada and the full length show is available for booking.