''The sensation of the season. 5/5 Stars.''
-Financial Times on McKie's performances of ONEGIN at Paris Opera Ballet.
TANZ Magazine's Dancer of the year nomination 2013.
TANZ Magazine's Dancer of the year nomination 2013.
DANCE EUROPE Outstanding Dancer for Onegin at Paris Opera Ballet, Lensky at Stuttgart Ballet and Albrecht (Giselle) with the Stuttgart Ballet.
Shōjo manga artist Kyoko Ariyoshi draws Evan as a cameo MANGA character in Japanese manga ''The Swan''... view
Shōjo manga artist Kyoko Ariyoshi draws Evan as a cameo MANGA character in Japanese manga ''The Swan''... view
"Onstage, McKie is Svengali, turning himself inside out."
-Dance International Magazine-
''...of Ballet's stars, Evan McKie is one of the brightest...''
-Danse (Paris)-
''...McKie moves with body and soul. He dances with technique, artistry and the brave sort of imagination that can fly free.
To watch him dance is to understand how theatre can buoy the spirit, lift up the heart and fire the imagination. That’s very rare indeed.''
-Gary Smith. Critic for Dance International and Dance Europe Magazines and Theater Researcher.
''...McKie's brilliant portrayal left the audience literally breathless...''
-Ludwigsburger KreisZeitung-
''..The tall, strapping, dirty blond boy exudes a noble purity but doesn't realize it...He is the perfect candidate for roles that require classical perfection and yet he has also managed to accumulate an astounding list of today's avant-garde choreographers who have created especially for him...''
-Stuttgarter Nachrichten-
''...known for his passionate lyricism in both classical and contemporary roles...''
-DANCE Magazine USA-
''Lithe and elegant, McKie isn't the sort of dancer who tends to wield flat-out emotion. He's not a reckless, in-your-face exponent of aggressive technique either. It goes much deeper.... (In) finding a darker, more provoked heart in Hamlet, he summons resources of great intellect and phycological pain. It is his remarkable technique, inner tension that makes McKie a Hamlet for today...''
-Dance International Magazine-
''...McKie is such a dream cast that he is almost the perfect model for the role of Siegfried in this 'Swan Lake'...''
-Stuttgarter Nachrichten-
''an exquisitely pure interpretation combined with flawless technique...''
-Der Neue Merker (Vienna)-
Critics Choice young young dancer to watch.
(for Paquita and Robert North's 'Light Fandango')
-Dance Europe (London)-
''He is visceral, make no mistake about that!''
-Dance International Magazine-
