Evan McKie

Evan McKie was born in Toronto, Canada. He received his initial ballet training in his home town and subsequently joined the Kirov Academy in Washington D.C. (1997-99). Following an invitation from Petr Pestov, he completed his studies at the John Cranko Schule in Stuttgart in 2001.

After his graduation he became an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet. At the begining of the 2002/03 season he was taken into the Corps de ballet. In 2005/06 he was promoted to Demi-Soloist, in 2006/07 to Soloist. His promotion to Principal Dancer followed in 2009/10 after his debut in the title role of Kevin O’Day’s Hamlet.

Choreographers who have created roles for Evan McKie in Stuttgart include Wayne McGregor, Marco Goecke, Mauro Bigonzetti, Christian Spuck, Kevin O’Day and Douglas Lee. He has also worked with John Neumeier, Marcia Haydée and the late Glen Tetley.

Evan McKie is a guest dancer with the Paris Opera Ballet, Universal Ballet, The Tokyo Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada and the Ballet de Santiago de Chile. He has received international critical acclaim for his performances as Hamlet, Onegin, Siegfried in Swan Lake and as the Prince in The Sleeping Beauty. He has been twice listed in Dance Europe’s Critics’ Choice List for performances in Paquita and as Albrecht in Giselle.

In July 2012 Evan McKie received the Premio ApuliArte “Prix Grand Merit”, a prize awarded yearly by a panel of prestigious dance journalists for the season’s outstanding performances. The journalists cited McKie’s performances in the title role of John Cranko’s Onegin with the Paris Opera, in Rudolph Nureyev’s The Sleeping Beauty with the National Ballet of Canada and in John Cranko’s Swan Lake with the Stuttgart Ballet.

Evan McKie has choreographed two successful works for the Noverre Society “Young Choreographer” evenings in Stuttgart. When he is not onstage, McKie works as a photographer specializing in abstract portraits and is also a guest writer for Dance Magazine, New York. The magazine named him an honorary advisory board member in 2011.

Leading Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet

• Brouillards (John Cranko)
• Corps (Hans van Manen)
• dreamdeepdown (Kevin O’Day)
• Fingerspitzengefühl (Demis Volpi)
  
• Forgotten Land (Jiří Kylián): Couple in White
• Frank Bridge Variations (Hans van Manen)
• Fratres (John Neumeier)
• Gaîté parisienne (Maurice Béjart): Pas de deux, "The Lovers", Ludwig II of Bavaria
• Giselle (production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina): Albrecht
• Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Hamlet
• I fratelli – The Brothers (Mauro Bigonzetti): Vincenzo
• Igor Poems (Kevin O’Day)
• Initials R.B.M.E. (John Cranko): Solo role in the third part
• Kleines Requiem (Hans van Manen)
• Leonce and Lena (Christian Spuck): Leonce
• Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck): Alwa
• Onegin (John Cranko): Onegin, Lenski
• Pineapple Poll (John Cranko): Captain
• Pocket Concerto (Edward Clug)
• Poème de l’extase (John Cranko): Vision
  
• RED in 3. (Jorma Elo)
• Requiem (Kenneth MacMillan): solo role in “Offertorium”
• Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko): Romeo, Count Paris
• Slice to Sharp (Jorma Elo)
• Swan Lake (John Cranko): Prince Siegfried, Spanish Dance
• Symphony in C (George Balanchine): Demi Solo 2nd movement
• The Four Temperaments (George Balanchine): First Theme, Third Theme
  
• The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko): Moondog, Prince
  
• The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier): Des Grieux
• The Shaking Tent (Marc Spradling)
• The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Prince Desiré, Blue Bird, Prince of the North
• The Song of the Earth (Kenneth MacMillan), The Messenger of Death
• The Taming of the Shrew (John Cranko): Lucentio, Hortensio, Host and Priest
• The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude (William Forsythe)
• Theme and Variations (George Balanchine): leading role
• Voluntaries (Glen Tetley): Pas de troix

Specially created Roles

• EDEN I EDEN (Wayne McGregor)
• Fanfare LX (Douglas Lee)
  
• Gambling, x 5 (Nicolo Fonte)
• Hamlet (Kevin O’Day): Laertes
• Lachrymal (Douglas Lee)
• melodious gimmick to keep the boys in line (Marc Spradling)
• Miniatures (Douglas Lee)
• Nautilus (Wayne McGregor)
• Nightlight (Douglas Lee)
• nocturne (Christian Spuck)
• Sweet Sweet Sweet (Marco Goecke)
• The Sandman (Christian Spuck): Father
• Yantra (Wayne McGregor)

 
Specially created Roles at Noverre-Society: Young Choreographers

• After Rains and Dreams (Paul Julius)
• Blushing (Marco Goecke)
• Christoph (Louis Stiens)
• Ein trauriger Abschied (Slava Gepner)
• Errant Paths (Robert Conn)
• Ich bin Du (Peter quanz)
• Sirs (Bridget Breiner)
• Soles (Sabrina Matthews)

 
Corps de ballet Roles with the Stuttgart Ballet

• ..., la peau blanche... (Christian Spuck)
• A Streetcar named Desire (John Neumeier)
• Edward II (David Bintley)
• Giselle (Production: Reid Anderson, Valentina Savina)
• Hikarizatto (Itzik Galili)
• La Fille mal gardée (Sir Frederick Ashton)
• Le sacre du printemps (Glen Tetley)
• Lulu. A Monstre Tragedy (Christian Spuck)
• Onegin (John Cranko)
• Romeo and Juliet (John Cranko)
• Seventh Symphony (Uwe Scholz)
• Stravinsky Violin Concerto (George Balanchine)
• Swan Lake (John Cranko)
• The Concert (Jerome Robbins)
• The Lady and the Fool (John Cranko)
• The Lady of the Camellias (John Neumeier)
• The Sleeping Beauty (Márcia Haydée after Marius Petipa): Prince of the Princess and the Pea, Cavalier
• Theme and Variations (George Balanchine): Demi-Solo