Biography
McGee Maddox was born in Spartanburg,
South Carolina and trained at Houston Ballet’s
Ben Stevenson Academy,
joining Houston Ballet as an Apprentice in 2005. In 2009, he joined The
National Ballet of Canada and was promoted to First Soloist in 2011.
Recently,
Mr. Maddox danced the lead role of Romeo in the world premiere of Romeo and Juliet by Alexei Ratmansky,
Knave of Hearts in the North American premiere of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Christopher Wheeldon as well as Claudius in the North American premiere
of Hamlet by Kevin O’Day.
His
repertoire also includes the title role in Onegin,
Benno in Swan Lake, Prince Charming
in Cinderella, Basilio in Don Quixote and Peter/The Nutcracker in The Nutcracker. Mr. Maddox also danced
in The Sleeping Beauty, The Seagull, The Four Temperaments, Serenade,
The Four Seasons, Elite Syncopations, West Side Story Suite, Glass
Pieces, Chroma, Russian Seasons and Emergence.
Quotes
Romeo and Juliet
“Maddox becomes more musical with every performance and
executes steps with an exhilarating attack.”
Dance International, 2012
Onegin
“[Maddox] settled into
the dancing and complex partnering impressively and by the Act II party scene was
fully in command.”
Dancing Times, 2010
Swan Lake
“Keep your eye on McGee Maddox who played
the prince's friend Benno… They share a reflective duet in the first act, and
it was brilliant… McGee has charisma and he can dance.”
The Globe and Mail,
2010