Known for

Crew

Born

Jan 1, 1927

Died

Nov 22, 2007 (aged 80)

Place of birth

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Maurice Béjart

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.

Titles

Apostrophes

Series • 1975

Le Grand Échiquier

Series • 1972

Donn. Dancer of the 20th century

Movie • 2026

Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet

Movie • 2001

New Old

Movie • 1979

L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of)

Movie • 2005

The Firebird

Movie • 1952

Salomé

Movie • 1969