BIOGRAPHY
Syreeta Hector is a dance artist and educator in Toronto, Ontario. As a highly accomplished
performer, she has worked for internationally recognized companies such as Adelheid Dance
Projects, Danny Grossman Dance Company, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, and Toronto Dance
Theatre. She is a proud graduate of The National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program, The
School of Toronto Dance Theatre, and has achieved her Master of Arts in Dance from York
University.
Her solo work “Black Ballerina” focuses on the dualities within one’s identity, along with
Syreeta’s blackness and indigeneity in relationship to classical ballet. As a work in progress the
solo gained recognition at the SummerWorks Festival (2019) and won the Stratford Festival Lab
Award for Research and Creation. This condensed version of the piece was also performed at the
Citadel Dance Mix and received a Dora Mavor Moore nomination for Outstanding Performance
by an Individual. Most recently, the full length version was live streamed through the online
dance series “Citadel Live,” garnering record viewership. Due to the overwhelming response it
was rebroadcast on the Harbourfront Centre streaming platform. This full length work is now
touring live across Canada.
Syreeta has participated in the Creator’s in Residence Program at Canadian Stage, the Creative
Encounters Residency Program at ProArteDanza, and the Artist in Residence Program at
Luminato.
Most recently, Syreeta has been commissioned by Mocean Dance (Nova Scotia) and
ProArteDanza (Ontario) to create ensemble works. She is also currently supported by the
Concept to Realization Program at the Canada Council for the Arts to create a new work which
will act as the second chapter in her “Black Ballerina” series. Although performance and creation
endeavours remain a priority for Syreeta, she derives an equal measure of inspiration by teaching
movement. She is honoured to be joining the Department of Dance as an Assistant Professor.
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