Jason Tse Photography

Black Ballerina, a new work by Syreeta Hector, explores "the controversies and contradictions within ballet and what it means to be Black or Brown while practis...ing an art form that values and portrays whiteness." The piece previewed as part of SummerWorks Performance Festival; in her review, Valerie Nunziato praises Hector's distinctive choreography and emotional intensity as she tells her story of navigating the world of classical ballet as a Black Indigenous woman. Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/2lYroDp Image: Syreeta Hector in her work Black Ballerina / Photo by Jason Tse Photography