SwissBalletFan Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 (edited) It seems from Twitter that Ricardo Cervera has confirmed he is to leave RB and will dance his last performance on 12th December. https://twitter.com/BBB_Mrs/status/673142434935742464 Edited December 5, 2015 by SwissBalletFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPD444 Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Thought I read somewhere that he is joining the teaching/training crew at the RB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Sorry maybe it is just his last performance. He is already a ballet master there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 It has been stated publicly that he has been preparing to coach the Ashton rep. so it seems quite likely that he will remain with the RB. Ricardo's dancing has given me a lot of pleasure over the years and I am so pleased that I shall see him one last time on 9th Dec. I do hope that he gets a rousing reception then and (especially) on the 12th. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Very sorry that I shall miss this- I always enjoyed his dancing and especially his Neapolitan dance lives in the memory. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdove Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Always enjoyable to watch and I loved his Bratfisch in Mayerling. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Very sorry it's been announced too late to get tickets 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheherezade Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Very sorry it's been announced too late to get tickets Yes indeed, a great pity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Very sorry it's been announced too late to get tickets It hasn't even been announced officially, only sourced from a very well connected fan it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 It hasn't even been announced officially, only sourced from a very well connected fan it seems. And probably won't be announced officially until the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 And probably won't be announced officially until the end of the season. So its a big thank you to Mr and Mrs BBB (I think?) to let those know, who can attend the performance and give him a big farewell. Is there a reason he doesn't get an announced farewell from the crowd or management? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangorballetboy Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 So its a big thank you to Mr and Mrs BBB (I think?) to let those know, who can attend the performance and give him a big farewell. Is there a reason he doesn't get an announced farewell from the crowd or management? Such announcements are usually only made by RB for principals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissBalletFan Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Such announcements are usually only made by RB for principals. ok, well, I think that its great that the announcement was made it seems ) I hope it was ok with Mrs BBB that it was posted here. Happy Sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annamk Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 It's such a pity the RB doesn't give advance notice for retirement of First Soloists, especially when they are loved as much as Ric. I'm gutted I won't be there to acknowledge his retirement from the stage & to express thanks for pleasure his performances have given over the years. I hope someone will report. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fonty Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Wasn't Belinda Hatley's retirement announced in advance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Newcombe Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Not officially and she had to share her farewell performance with Darcey Bussell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I meant to say that Belinda's retirement was televised At least hers came at the end of the season, when it might have been reasonably expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 It struck me tonight that there are two places where it would be nice to welcome Ricardo on stage with clapping in his last show: either when he jumps up out of the bed or (perhaps even better) when he rises from the floor after the battle to that wonderful music. Unfortunately, I haven't got tickets but I do hope that something like this might happen - as well as extra cheers at the end (which he got tonight, I'm pleased to say). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josephine Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Formal announcement from ROH: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/ricardo-cervera-to-retire-as-a-dancer-from-the-royal-ballet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 And the press release has just come in: News Announcement Thursday 10 December 2015 First Soloist Ricardo Cervera will make his last appearance as a dancer with The Royal Ballet on 12 December after 22 years with the Company. His final performance will be as Hans-Peter in The Nutcracker, he will continue in his role as Assistant Ballet Master. Cervera has performed a broad range of repertory since joining The Royal Ballet in 1993, from the 19th-century classics and 20th-century heritage ballets by Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan to contemporary works by the Company’s associated choreographers Wayne McGregor, Christopher Wheeldon and Liam Scarlett. Born in Malaga, Cervera grew up in Torremolinos and trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School before joining the Company in 1993. He was promoted to First Artist in 1996, Soloist in 1999 and First Soloist in 2002. He was appointed Assistant Ballet Master in 2014 and trained as a répétiteur on the Frederick Ashton Foundation’s mentoring scheme. Director Kevin O’Hare says, ‘Ricardo has been a wonderful member of the Company for more than two decades and has given outstanding performances in a variety of roles from the drama of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and Lescaut in Manon to the exuberance of Colas in La Fille mal gardée and Hans-Peter in The Nutcracker. He featured memorably as Hans-Peter in our Nutcracker DVD so it seems fitting that we should see him in this signature role at his final performance. We look forward to him continuing to work closely with us on the artistic faculty.’ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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