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Maurice Béjart
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French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)
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Maurice Béjart, born Maurice-Jean Berger in Marseille in 1927, was a French and Swiss dancer, choreographer, screenwriter, and ballet master. He began his work period in 1941 and continued until 2007. Béjart studied under Lyubov Egorova, Léo Staats, Boris Knyazev, and Vera Volkova. He was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts.
His notable works include Béjart-théâtre, Corpo, teatro, danza, La mort subite, L' autre chant de la danse, and Le ballet des mots. He received the Erasmus Prize, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. Béjart spoke French and identified with Shia Islam and Catholicism. He died in Lausanne on November 22, 2007.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Béjart-théâtre
- Corpo, teatro, danza
- La mort subite
- L' autre chant de la danse
- Le ballet des mots
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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…
Known for
- Donn. Dancer of the 20th century2026
- Bolero: A Global Hit — Self (archive footage)2019
- Boléro, le refrain du monde — Self (archive footage)2019
- Queen + Béjart - Ballet For Life — Maurice Béjart2019
- Le Tour du Monde en 80 minutes — Self2008
- L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of) — Choregraphe2005
- Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala2005
- Ballerinaliv2004
- Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet2001
- Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker — Self2000
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1927
- Active to
- 2007
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 46
- Total plays
- 105
Tags
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Maurice
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Marseille
- Place of death
- Lausanne
- Father
- Gaston Berger
- Educated at
- Paris Opera Ballet School
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Student of
- Vera Volkova
- Genre
- neoclassical ballet
- Official website
- www.bejart.ch
- Image
- Maurice Béjart (1988) by Erling Mandelmann - 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Maurice Béjart
- date of birth
- 1927-01-01
- date of death
- 2007-11-22
- birth name
- Maurice-Jean Berger
- name in native language
- Maurice Béjart
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- start of work period
- 1941-00-00
- end of work period
- 2007-00-00
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- pseudonym
- Maurice Béjart
- influenced by
- Molière
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Encyclopedic overview
Maurice Béjart ( French: [beʒaʁ]; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, tackling vast themes. He was awarded Swiss citizenship posthumously.
Biography
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