In the performance, Syreeta Hector challenges the rules and traditions that dancers are expected to follow
by Syreeta Hector is not your everyday ballet performance; it’s also one woman’s deeply personal exploration of trying to find home in an art form that has not traditionally welcomed diversity.
Now a dance artist and educator, Hector began her journey in high school when a Black dance teacher encouraged her to train professionally. “Her offering kept me out of trouble in high school,” Hector recalls, “and really was the start of howGrowing up in New Brunswick and North Carolina, Hector experienced strict social divisions that dictated who “belonged” where.
Her research for this performance went beyond dance. While studying at Canada’s National Ballet School and earning a master’s of arts in dance studies from York University in Toronto, she learned histories of Indigenous and African Canadian communities in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. “I’m reading these books thinking, why didn’t someone teach me this in school?” she says.
Creating this work came with its own challenges. As a solo artist, Hector had to navigate the creative process alone, which was already challenging since dance is often a collaborative art form.
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