Spencer Hack

Spencer Hack was born in Toledo, Ohio and trained at Canada's National Ballet School. Spencer joined The National Ballet of Canada as an RBC Apprentice in 2014 and was promoted to Principal Dancer in March 2023. 

Most recently, Spencer made his debut as Lewis Carroll/The White Rabbit and Duchess in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Espada in the North American premiere of Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote. In 2020, Spencer performed in the world premiere of Angels’ Atlas by Crystal Pite and created the role of Eurydice in the world premiere of Orpheus Alive by Robert Binet. A versatile dancer who approaches the classical and contemporary repertoire with equal accomplishment, Spencer has excelled in such roles as Bottom in The Dream,  Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, Allan Gray in A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Nikolai in The Nutcracker, Rothbart in Swan Lake, Norman McLaren in Frame by Frame and Monsieur Lheureux in the world premiere of Helen Pickett’s Emma Bovary. His repertoire includes roles in The Sleeping Beauty, Onegin, The Winter’s Tale, Nijinsky, Anna Karenina, The Merry Widow, Rubies, Emeralds, The Second Detail, Approximate Sonata 2016, MADDADDAM, Genus, Emergence, Chroma, Anima Animus, Suite en Blanc, Cacti, Paz de la Jolla, The Four Temperaments, Elite Syncopations, The Collective Agreement, Concerto, Being and Nothingness, The Dreamers Ever Leave You, Skyward and Self and Soul.  

Spencer was awarded the Patron Award of Merit in 2017.