Maurice Béjart
Birthday
1927/01/01
Day of death
2007/11/22 (80 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Also know as
Maurice-Jean Berger
Biography
Maurice Béjart was a ballet dancer and choreographer, born in France and naturalized Swiss posthumously. Based successively in Paris, Brussels, and Lausanne, he is recognized as a choreographer, having widely toured with the ballet company he founded in Belgium in 1960, "Ballet of the 20th Century". He founded several dance schools, one of which, the Rudra School in Lausanne, is still open and is one of the most famous professional dance schools in the world. He was appointed to the Académie des Beaux Arts from 1994 until his death.
Acting
(2005) L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of)
as Choregraphe
(2019) Bolero: A Global Hit
as Self (archive footage)
(1952) The Firebird
as ---
(2005) Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
as ---
(2004) Ballerinaliv
as ---
(1979) New Old
as ---
(1970) Béjart
as Self
(2019) Boléro, le refrain du monde
as Self (archive footage)
(1957) Symphony for One Man Alone
as ---
(1972) Un film sur quelqu'un
as ---
Mudra-Afrique
as ---
(2001) Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
as ---
(1969) Une simple alerte
as Narrator
(1969) La princesse vous demande
as Narrator
(1967) La choucroute
as Narrateur
(2019) Queen + Béjart - Ballet For Life
as Maurice Béjart
(1967) Le voyageur
as Narrateur
(1968) Non-lieu
as Narrateur
(1967) Le futur antérieur
as Narrateur
(1969) Noces de plumes
as Narrateur
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1965) Dim Dam Dom
as Self
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self