{"id":142366,"date":"2015-08-11T07:11:30","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T07:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=142366"},"modified":"2015-08-11T07:11:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T07:11:30","slug":"dancer-jonathan-ollivier-dies-in-motorbike-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/08\/dancer-jonathan-ollivier-dies-in-motorbike-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dancer Jonathan Ollivier dies in motorbike crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
Choreographer Matthew Bourne has paid tribute to dancer Jonathan Ollivier who has died in a motorbike accident.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old died on Sunday hours before he was due to perform in the final show of Bourne’s production of The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells Theatre.<\/p>\n
Bourne called the ballet dancer “one of the most charismatic and powerful dancers of his generation”.<\/p>\n
A driver arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has now been bailed.<\/p>\n
Ollivier worked on a number of roles with Bourne’s company New Adventures, including The Swan in Swan Lake and Speight in Play Without Words.<\/p>\n
His family announced his death. His sister Rachel Ollivier wrote on Facebook that “it is with a heavy heart that we have to tell you that Jon tragically died today”.<\/p>\n
She described him as her “beautiful little bro” and said “we love him and will miss him massively xx”.<\/p>\n
Ollivier was riding in Clerkenwell in central London when the accident happened, police said.<\/p>\n