{"id":12090,"date":"2021-06-21T19:09:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T19:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/?p=12090"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:16:23","slug":"ricardo-dyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/2021\/06\/21\/ricardo-dyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricardo Dyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-block-id=\"block-9d3592cd-74f5-46d1-aed9-6f404adf5b7b\">\n<h2><strong>Ricardo Dyer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>Elements Contemporary Ballet<br \/>\nCharlottesville Ballet<br \/>\n<strong>Ballet Memphis<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Smuin Contemporary Ballet (2019-present)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ql-img\" src=\"https:\/\/t8541063.p.clickup-attachments.com\/t8541063\/c29d96e4-909b-4d29-b0ee-34c41d53d2a2\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" data-id=\"c29d96e4-909b-4d29-b0ee-34c41d53d2a2.png\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/balletmemphis.org\/news\/moved-to-dance-three-artists-who-chose-memphis-for-ballet-memphis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballet Memphis<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Panama-native Ricardo Dyer is a professional dancer based out of New York City. Dyer was introduced to dance through musical theater, but focused on ballet at 15 years old. He attended The Governor\u2019s School for the Arts in Norfolk, Virginia and later Butler University, where he performed with Butler Ballet and majored in Dance Performance and Dance Arts Admin.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has worked professionally for Elements Contemporary Ballet, Charlottesville Ballet, Ballet Memphis, and Smuin Contemporary Ballet, which he joined in 2019. He has performed works by George Balanchine and Trey McIntyre, among others. A May 2021 review noted that Dyer has \u201csome of the most elegant hands in all ballet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B-IAhtns-q4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ql-img\" src=\"https:\/\/t8541063.p.clickup-attachments.com\/t8541063\/f8b83d87-f198-47cb-9b91-2e9b30296db4\/image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"f8b83d87-f198-47cb-9b91-2e9b30296db4.png\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smuinballet.org\/ricardo-dyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smuin Ballet<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smuinballet.org\/ricardo-dyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ricardo Dyer, Smuin Contemporary Ballet<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/balletmemphis.org\/news\/moved-to-dance-three-artists-who-chose-memphis-for-ballet-memphis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moved to Dance: Three Artists Who Chose Memphis for Ballet Memphis, Ballet Memphis<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datebook.sfchronicle.com\/dance\/review-smuin-brings-live-ballet-back-to-the-bay-area\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Review: Smuin ballet returns to the live stage in a tight, clever program, Datebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1hmUGq3LLxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Smuin al Fresco &#8211; Pod Iris<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hqWSY6rUPm0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Program C &#8211; Virtual Fall Dance Series<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1SBrv0pnuq0&amp;t=198s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Breaking Barriers: Being Black in Ballet | PointePeople<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Social media:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn <a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ricardo-dyer-028613113\/?trk=pub-pbmap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ricardo Dyer<\/a><br \/>\nYouTube <a class=\"ql-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/DontDeal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ricardo Dyer<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricardo Dyer Elements Contemporary Ballet Charlottesville Ballet Ballet Memphis Smuin Contemporary Ballet (2019-present) Panama-native Ricardo Dyer is a professional dancer based out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancers"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12090"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12094,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12090\/revisions\/12094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mobballet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}