Biography
A native of Port of Spain, Trinidad, Tina Pereira studied at Canada’s National Ballet School and joined The National Ballet of Canada in 2001. She was promoted to First Soloist in 2009.
Ms. Pereira’s repertoire includes The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Carmen, The Taming of the Shrew, The Nutcracker, Symphony in C, Monotones I, The Four Seasons and In The Upper Room.
Ms. Pereira has created roles in Cinderella, Monument, veer and DEXTRIS and performed in the company premieres of Chroma, The Seagull, West Side Story Suite and Suzanne Farrell’s restaging of Balanchine’s Don Quixote.
In 2007, Ms. Pereira won The Seventh International Competition for The Erik Bruhn Prize and was invited to perform Prokofiev Pas de Deux at the New York debut of Morphoses.
Tina Pereira is sponsored through Dancers First by The Hon. Margaret Norrie McCain, O.C.
Quotes
Carmen
“Tina Pereira is a petite sizzler, Carmen as catalyst to the men she brings down with a flick of her finger or pointed toe.”
Toronto Star, 2009
The Nutcracker
“Equally impressive was Tina Pereira’s electric performance as a Bee.”
The National Post, 2010
veer
“The movement is snaky and sensual with huge extensions as Pereira's legs go to a 6 o'clock formation and Hirano performs deep lunges.”
The Globe and Mail, 2008