Black Ballerina
PRESENTED BY KAAITHEATER & WORKSPACEBRUSSELS
Black Ballerina is based on Syreeta Hector’s relationship with race and classical ballet. The Canadian dancer explores the identity and the unconscious ways in which we try to blend in. ‘I wanted to examine how the body of minorities is depicted onstage, and how white culture has influenced the relationship I have to my own blackness and indigeneity.’
creator and performer Syreeta Hector | movement dramaturge Seika Boye | outside eye J. Adam Brown | set design Wesley Mckenzie | sound design/music Gregory Reid, A Tribe Called Red, Jeremy Dutcher, Kendrick Lamar, XRNA | lighting design Noah Feaver | stage management Kiera Shaw | creative residencies RBC Emerging Creator: Canadian Stage, Stratford Festival, Kaaitheater, workspacebrussels
post-performance talk on Thu 5/03, moderated by Ciska Hoet