"Miss Hart is a gem. Her body and its placement are perfect, and she moves with a sort of grave self-absorption as if she was simply the instrument of dance... she has the ineffable image of greatness about her," says the New York Post.

It has been said that at the same time, Hart can be both as anchored as mountains, and insubstantial as mist. Even in stillness, she fills the stage with promise.

Evelyn Hart is truly a Canadian legend. She began her dance training in London when she was 14. Hart then briefly attended the National Ballet School before settling at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 1973. She was promoted to principal dancer in 1979.

Her style and interpretation of classic dance roles have been studied and imitated by dancers for the past two decades, and will continue to be for the next century.

She has won awards all over the world, some, the most prestigious a dancer could hope to receive.

In 1980, Hart won a Bronze medal in the World Ballet Concours in Japan. Shortly after that she became the first Canadian to be awarded a Gold Medal at the International Ballet Competition in Varna, Bulgaria, as well as the rarely awarded Certificate of Exceptional Artistic Achievement.

Her biography, Evelyn Hart: An Intimate Portrait by Max Wyman, illustrated a magical career and personal life, and a 50 minute film, Moment of Light: The Dance of Evelyn Hart, debuted on national television in the fall of 1992.