Ricardo Cervera last performance at RB

[SwissBalletFan]

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

[SPD444]

Thought I read somewhere that he is joining the teaching/training crew at the RB.

[SwissBalletFan]

Sorry maybe it is just his last performance. He is already a ballet master there.

[capybara]

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.

[Mary]

Very sorry that I shall miss this- I always enjoyed his dancing and especially his Neapolitan dance lives in the memory.

[blackdove]

Always enjoyable to watch and I loved his Bratfisch in Mayerling.

[alison]

Very sorry it's been announced too late to get tickets

[Scheherezade]

Very sorry it's been announced too late to get tickets

Yes indeed, a great pity!

[SwissBalletFan]

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.

[bangorballetboy]

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.

[SwissBalletFan]

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? 

[bangorballetboy]

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.

[SwissBalletFan]

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

[annamk]

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.

[Fonty]

Wasn't Belinda Hatley's retirement announced in advance? 

[Tony Newcombe]

Not officially and she had to share her farewell performance with Darcey Bussell.

[alison]

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.

[capybara]

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).

[Josephine]

Formal announcement from ROH: http://www.roh.org.uk/news/ricardo-cervera-to-retire-as-a-dancer-from-the-royal-ballet

[Jan McNulty]

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 19^th-century classics and 20^th-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.’