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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Evan McKie is a notable Canadian ballet dancer, writer and visual artist. He is a resident Principal Dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet and a Principal Guest Artist with the National Ballet of Canada. McKie continues to perform as a guest star for the Paris Opera Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, Universal Ballet and Ballet de Chile. He is also a contributor and board member for American Dance Magazine and a frequent writer for Japanese Shinshokan Dance Magazine, the Staatstheater Stuttgart Journal, Germany's reflect magazine and Toronto Life FASHION magazine in Canada. He is also a spokesperson for the Japanese Sports and Dancewear brand, Chacott, and is continuing to become involved in various Arts-related philanthropic projects internationally.Realizing that Ballet combined Evan's love for Stage-Acting, Sports and Music, McKie's parents decided to enroll him in part-time dance classes. After falling in love with dance, McKie went on to study at Canada's National Ballet School, The Kirov Academy of Ballet and Germany's John Cranko School, where he was promptly given his first professional job as a dancer by the Stuttgart Ballet's noted Artistic Director, Reid Anderson. Just before becoming professional however, McKie suffered a potentially career-ending ligament-injury which forced him to take time off and painfully reassess his reduced chances of being a Ballet dancer. After an intense period of rehabilitation, McKie was finally able to resume performing and took his place at the Stuttgart Ballet. Promotions to Soloist and Principal Dancer followed and in 2011, McKie became the first and only Canadian to dance with the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet since Canadian Dance legend Karen Kain performed there. The Financial Times called the performance (of John Cranko's Onegin) “the sensation of the season.” McKie received further critical acclaim when he was invited to be a guest the Bolshoi Ballet in 2013 which led to a second surprise-guest-engagement at the Paris Opera Ballet in 2014. In Stuttgart, under the direction and mentorship of fellow Canadian Reid Anderson, McKie has enjoyed dancing all of the major roles in Classical Ballet as well as being a part of numerous contemporary collaborations.McKie has choreographed two dance works for Stuttgart's Noverre Society and is a noted visual artist specializing in portraits of his friends in the worlds of theatre and fashion. He was one of the last graduates of the late Russian ballet legend, Pyotr Pestov.McKie is the recipient of Italy's ApuliArte Merit prize 2012 for highest achievement in dance and commitment to the Arts Internationally.. }

• Evan_McKie abstract "Evan McKie is a notable Canadian ballet dancer, writer and visual artist. He is a resident Principal Dancer with the Stuttgart Ballet and a Principal Guest Artist with the National Ballet of Canada. McKie continues to perform as a guest star for the Paris Opera Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Tokyo Ballet, Universal Ballet and Ballet de Chile. He is also a contributor and board member for American Dance Magazine and a frequent writer for Japanese Shinshokan Dance Magazine, the Staatstheater Stuttgart Journal, Germany's reflect magazine and Toronto Life FASHION magazine in Canada. He is also a spokesperson for the Japanese Sports and Dancewear brand, Chacott, and is continuing to become involved in various Arts-related philanthropic projects internationally.Realizing that Ballet combined Evan's love for Stage-Acting, Sports and Music, McKie's parents decided to enroll him in part-time dance classes. After falling in love with dance, McKie went on to study at Canada's National Ballet School, The Kirov Academy of Ballet and Germany's John Cranko School, where he was promptly given his first professional job as a dancer by the Stuttgart Ballet's noted Artistic Director, Reid Anderson. Just before becoming professional however, McKie suffered a potentially career-ending ligament-injury which forced him to take time off and painfully reassess his reduced chances of being a Ballet dancer. After an intense period of rehabilitation, McKie was finally able to resume performing and took his place at the Stuttgart Ballet. Promotions to Soloist and Principal Dancer followed and in 2011, McKie became the first and only Canadian to dance with the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet since Canadian Dance legend Karen Kain performed there. The Financial Times called the performance (of John Cranko's Onegin) “the sensation of the season.” McKie received further critical acclaim when he was invited to be a guest the Bolshoi Ballet in 2013 which led to a second surprise-guest-engagement at the Paris Opera Ballet in 2014. In Stuttgart, under the direction and mentorship of fellow Canadian Reid Anderson, McKie has enjoyed dancing all of the major roles in Classical Ballet as well as being a part of numerous contemporary collaborations.McKie has choreographed two dance works for Stuttgart's Noverre Society and is a noted visual artist specializing in portraits of his friends in the worlds of theatre and fashion. He was one of the last graduates of the late Russian ballet legend, Pyotr Pestov.McKie is the recipient of Italy's ApuliArte Merit prize 2012 for highest achievement in dance and commitment to the Arts Internationally.".