Evan McKie

At 15, McKie suffered a severe knee-ligament injury and was told by doctors that he may not be able to continue pursuing ballet.[2] After recovering, McKie studied at Canada's National Ballet School, The Kirov Academy of Ballet and Germany's John Cranko School, where he was given his first professional job as a dancer by the Stuttgart Ballet's Artistic Director, Reid Anderson.

After debuting at Stuttgart, McKie was eventually promoted to the ballet's principal dancer. In 2011, McKie was invited to be a guest dancer at the Paris Opera Ballet. The Financial Times stated that his performance (of John Cranko's Onegin) was "the sensation of the entire season".[3]

McKie was invited to be a guest at the Bolshoi Ballet in 2013, and followed with performances at the Paris Opera Ballet in both January and July 2014, in different roles. In Stuttgart, under the direction and mentorship of fellow Canadian Reid Anderson, McKie danced the major roles in classical ballet as well as being a part of over 30 contemporary collaborations. Over the last decade, he has been nominated as International Dancer of the Year by dance magazines in Tokyo, London, Paris, Berlin and New York for dance works ranging from classical to dramatic narrative to contemporary. Danse Magazine Paris wrote, "Evan McKie's limitless spirit and unusual storytelling abilities make him one of the brightest of all of today's most famous dance stars."[4]

In 2014, McKie left Stuttgart and returned to dance professionally in Canada.[2] In a statement to The Toronto Star, the National Ballet of Canada's Artistic Director, Karen Kain, noted that "McKie is a very intelligent dancer and has the spirit of a true artist", "He loves the contemporary and the process of creation but also absolutely embodies the classical danseur noble."[5]

McKie has choreographed two dance works for Stuttgart's Noverre Society and a work for Olga Smirnova of the Bolshoi Ballet in cooperation with the Youth American Grand Prix at Lincoln Center in New York. He is a visual artist specializing in backstage portraits of artists and dancers and recently held an exhibition in Germany entitled Schichten.

McKie is also very active in researching the use of dance as part of rehabilitation from depression and drug addiction.

He is also a contributor and advisory board member for American Dance Magazine and for Canada’s Dance-archive, DanceCollectionDanse, and also with the Animal Welfare Institute and anti-bullying organizations in Canada and the United States.

• Hamilton Spectator "Best Performances of the Year List, 2019" for Apollo in George Balanchine's Apollo with the National Ballet of Canada. "Of all the Apollos I saw on the Four Seasons' Centre's stage the one that had the most power, passion and Balanchine style was McKie's." – Gary Smith[6]
• MyTheatreAwards Performance of the Year Nominations 2017 for John Neumeier's Nijinsky and Wayne McGregor's Genus with the National Ballet of Canada
• MyTheatreAwards Cross-Canada Fan Favourite Award for body of work in 2016 including Onegin, The Winter's Tale, The Four Temperaments and Romeo and Juliet at the National Ballet of Canada
• The Kirov Academy Award, Washington, D.C., for outstanding achievement in dance and contribution as a humanitarian, 2016
• Best Theatre Performance in Canada nomination 2016, Hamilton Spectator: "This intelligent, elegant dancer is simply the best thing that's happened to The National Ballet of Canada in years. His feral performance in Chroma, his dark demonic presence in The Winter's Tale and his over-the-moon fresh and astounding performance in Romeo and Juliet were dance highlights of the year."[7]
• Apuli Arte Merit Prize, Italy. Outstanding Performance in International Dance, 2012
• Best Newcomer Dance Performance of the Year (nominated) - 2001, Dance Europe Magazine
• Best International Dance Performance of the Year (nominated) - 2012, Dance Magazine Japan
• Best International Dance Performance of the Year (nominated) - 2012, Danse Magazine
• Best International Dance Performance of the Year (nominated) - 2013 & 2014 Tanz Magazine Yearbook (Germany)
• Best International Dance Performance of the Year (nominated) - 2012 & 2014, Dance Europe Magazine
• Best Performer, Dance Magazine alongside Olga Smirnova in John Cranko's Onegin. 2014/15
• Top 10 Performances of the Year, 2019 in Apollo by George Balanchine& Igor Stravinsky[8]
• Top 5 International Ballet Dancers of the Year - 2020, La Notte Balle [9]

• ** = New creation
• John Cranko
  • Onegin and Lenski in Onegin
  • Romeo and Paris in Romeo and Juliet
  • "Aus Holberg's Zeit" Pas de Deux
  • Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake
  • Lucentio, Hortensio, Priest/Waiter and Pas de Six in The Taming of the Shrew
  • Lead Man. Third and Second Movements in Initials RBME
  • Captain Belaye in Pineapple Poll
  • Lover (3) in Poeme de l'extase"
  • Second Deal, second variation in Jeux de cartes
  • Prince and Moondog in Lady and the Fool
• Kenneth MacMillan
  • Offortorium in Requiem
  • Des Grieux in Manon
  • Der Ewige/Messenger of Death in The Sing of the Earth"
• Maurice Béjart
  • Ludwig II of Bavaria, friend and Grand Pas de Deux in Gaîté Parisienne
  • Songs of a Wayfarer
• John Neumeier
  • Karenin in Anna Karenina
  • Diaghilev in Nijinsky
  • Petruschka in Nijinsky
  • Iago in Othello
  • Des Grieux in The Lady of the Camellias
  • Mitch in A Streetcar Named Desire
  • Fratres
• Glen Tetley:
  • Pas de Trois in Voluntaries
  • The Rite of Spring
• Rudolf Nureyev:
  • Prince Florimund in The Sleeping Beauty
• DAVID DAWSON
  • "WHITE SWAN PAS DE DEUX"
• PETER WRIGHT:
  • Albrecht in GISELLE
• OLEG VINOGRADOV:
  • Siegfried in SWAN LAKE
• Wayne McGregor
  • "Nautilus"**
  • "Eden I Eden"**
  • Yantra**
  • Chroma
  • Genus
• KEVIN O'DAY:
  • Hamlet and Laertes in "HAMLET" **
  • "DREAMDEEPDOWN"
  • "IGOR POEMS"
• WILL TUCKETT
  • The Ringmaster in "PINOCCHIO"
• MARCIA HAYDEE:
  • Prince Desire, Blue Bird and Prince of the North in The Sleeping Beauty
• WILLIAM FORSYTHE:
  • "THE VERTIGINEOUS THRILL OF EXACTITUDE"
  • "LOVE SONGS"
  • workwithinwork
• CRYSTAL PITE:
  • Emergence Man #1.
• GEORGE BALANCHINE:
  • Lead Man in "THEME AND VARIATIONS"
  • Apollo in "APOLLO"
  • Phlegmetic, Sanguinic, First and Third Themes in "THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS"
  • "SYMPHONY IN C"
  • "VIOLIN CONCERTO"
• HANS VAN MANEN:
  • FRANK BRIDGE VARIATIONS
  • "CORPS"
  • "KLEINES REQUIEM"
• JIRI KYLIAN:
  • White in "FORGOTTEN LAND"
  • RETURN TO A STRANGE LAND
• CHRISTIAN SPUCK:
  • Der Vater in "DER SANDMANN" **
  • Alwa in "LULU"
  • "NOCTURNE" **
  • "LA PEAU BLANCHE" **
• MARCO GOECKE:
  • "BLUSHING" ** °
  • "SWEETSWEETSWEET" **
  • Solo from OnVelvet for Youth American Grand Prix
• DOUGLAS LEE:
  • "NIGHTLIGHT"**
  • "LACHRYMAL" **
  • "FANFARE LX" **
  • MINIATURES**
  • CAPRICCIO**
  • "MASK DUET"**
• MAURO BIGONZETTI:
  • Vincenzo in "i FRATELLI"
• DAVID BINTLEY:
  • Baron in "EDWARD II"
• MARC SPRADLING:
  • "MELODIOUS GIMMICK.." **
  • THE SHAKING TENT
• REID ANDERSON / VALENTINA SAVINA after MARIUS PETIPA:
  • Albrecht in GISELLE
• SABRINA MATTHEWS:
  • "SOLES" Pas de Deux **
• ROBERT NORTH:
  • Lead Man in "LIGHT FANDANGO"
• JORMA ELO:
  • RED in 3
  • Slice to Sharp
• Bridget Breiner:
  • Sirs **
• JEROME ROBBINS:
  • "THE CONCERT"
  • DANCES AT A GATHERING
• NICOLO FONTE:
  • "GAMBLINGx5"**
• PETER QUANZ:
  • "PAS D'ACTION" **
• EDWARD CLUG:
  • "POCKET CONCERTO" **
  • NO MAN'S LAND
• ITZIK GALILI:
  • "HIKARIZATTO" **
• UWE SCHOLZ:
  • "SIEBTE SYMPHONIE"
• DEMIS VOLPI:
  • Tonda in KRABAT
  • FINGERSPITZENGEFÜHL **
• LOUIS STIENS:
  • CHRISTOPH**
  • STURM**
  • RAUSCH**
• JAMES KUDELKA:
  • Peter/Nutcracker in THE NUTCRACKER
  • Prince Siegfried in SWAN LAKE
• CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON:
  • Jack/The Knave in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
  • King Leontes in "THE WINTER'S TALE"
• ALEXEI RATMANSKY:
  • Romeo and Tybalt in "ROMEO AND JULIET"
  • Eros in PSYCHE
• JULIANO NUNES
  • "SOSPIRI"
  • IN TIME WE TRUST
• ANDONIS FONIADAKIS
  • Art Teacher work in progress
• MICHEL FOKINE
  • Chopiniana
• NICHOLAS ISEAH KING ROSE
  • Allegretto Appassionato
• KUNAL RANCHOD
  • Project