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Maurice Béjart
Maurice Béjart 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.
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entertainment · French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007) · dancer · choreographer · screenwriter · ballet master · ballet dancer · scenographer · costume designer · lighting designer · film screenwriter · film actor · also Maurice Béjart, Maurice Bejart, Maurice-Jean Berger, Béjart
Born 1 January 1927 · Died 22 November 2007 · Q217764
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2023· 1 entry
The Financial Times: Maurice Béjart triple bill, Paris Opera Ballet review — choreographer’s works make welcome return
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2016· 1 entry
Gala: Maurice Béjart est mort
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2015· 1 entry
Moviefone: The Ninth Symphony by Maurice Béjart (2015) - Where to Watch
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2009· 1 entry
RTBF: La Maison Maurice Béjart déjà contestée
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2007· 6 entries
The Independent: Maurice Béjart: Influential choreographer who attracted huge audiences to ballet
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Toronto Star: Maurice Bejart, 80: Ballet’s rebel
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Los Angeles Times: Maurice Bejart, 80; influential French choreographer
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Seattle Times: Maurice Bejart, a leader in dance, dies at 80
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RTL: Le maître de la danse, Maurice Béjart, est décédé
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Died 2007-11-22.
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2004· 1 entry
Le Temps: Maurice Béjart, le samouraï aux yeux bleus
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2003· 2 entries
Won the Prix Benois de la Danse for lifetime achievement
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Was appointed Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (1999).
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1994· 1 entry
Was appointed to the Académie des Beaux Arts
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (1993).
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1987· 1 entry
Moved to Lausanne in Switzerland, where he founded the Béjart Ballet Lausanne
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Brussels (1984).
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1976· 1 entry
And brought to the Shiraz-Persepolis Festival that same year
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Erasmus Prize (1974).
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1973· 1 entry
With the Ballet du XXe siecle, he premiered "Golestan", on a poem by Sa'di, based on Iranian traditional music
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1960· 2 entries
Founded the Ballet du XXe Siècle in Brussels (dissolved in 1987)
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For the Yugoslav ballerina Duška Sifnios, the dance features a dancer on a tabletop, surrounded by seated men, who slowly participate in the dance, culminating in a climactic union of the dancers atop the table
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1954· 1 entry
Founded the Ballet de l'Étoile company (dissolved in 1957)
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1948· 1 entry
Also trained with Janine Charrat, Yvette Chauviré and then with Roland Petit, in addition he had studied under Vera Volkova at London
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1945· 1 entry
Enrolled as a corps de ballet at the Opéra de Marseille
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1927· 2 entries
The son of French philosopher Gaston Berger
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Born 1927-01-01.
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