Jonathan Ollivier, 1977 - 2015
Dancer
Jonathan trained at the Rambert School of Dance and has been a principal dancer at Cape Town Ballet, Northern Ballet Theatre and the Alberta Ballet. In addition to working with Michael Clark Jonathan also starred in the first UK tour of Dirty Dancing.
As a Principal Dancer for Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures Jonathan played two seasons of Swan/Stranger in Swan Lake, Luca in The Car Man and Speight in Play Without Words.
He was awarded an honorary fellowship to the Dance Critics Circle and nominated by them as Best Young Dancer (2003) and Best Male Dancer (2004).
Jonathan guest starred for major dance companies in the USA, South Africa and Germany and toured extensively around the world.