Jonathan Ollivier

Jonathan Ollivier
Born Jonathan Byrne Ollivier
(1977-04-26)26 April 1977
Northampton, England
Died 9 August 2015(2015-08-09) (aged 38)
Clerkenwell, Central London
Occupation Ballet dancer
Spouse(s) Desiré Samaai (divorced)
Children 2

Jonathan Byrne Ollivier (26 April 1977 – 9 August 2015) was a British dancer.

Biography

Born in Northampton, he began his dance journey at The Fairweather School of Dancing before completing his study of both classical ballet and contemporary at the Rambert Ballet School. After graduating in 1996, he joined CAPAB (since renamed the Cape Town City Ballet Company). He became a principal before returning to England in 1999 to join Northern Ballet Theatre (now Northern Ballet) as Principal. Before leaving he married South African principal ballerina Desiré Samaai in Paarl, Cape Town. Ollivier joined the Alberta Ballet Company as a Principal dancer in 2007. Ollivier was a strong partner, fine actor and a dancer of extraordinary physical and emotional intensity.[1]

Notable roles

Awards

Death

Ollivier died on 9 August 2015 in a motorbike accident hours before he was due to perform on stage.[3]

A special performance - Mr Wonderful: A Celebration of Jonathan Ollivier's Life in Dance - was staged at Sadler's Wells in honour of Ollivier on 18 January 2016. The performance included extracts from The Car Man, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. New Adventures principle dancers Richard Winsor, Sam Archer, Simon Williams and James Leece performed in Matthew Bourne's Mr Wonderful. The sold-out evening was hosted by Sir Matthew Bourne and featured over 80 performers - including many former colleagues of Ollivier. Income from the event was placed in charitable trust funds for Ollivier's two young sons.

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References

  1. 1 2 "2003 National Dance Awards Best Male Dancer". National Dance Awards. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. "Honorands 2006". northampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  3. "Dancer Jonathan Ollivier Killed In Crash". Sky News. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. http://new-adventures.net/mr-wonderful-a-celebration-of-jonathan-olliviers-life-in-dance

External links


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