Director

Maurice Béjart

Crew

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1893813

IMDb ID: nm0126762

Known for: Crew

Born: January 1, 1927

Died: November 22, 2007

Age: 80

Place of birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1952 - 2026

Years active: 75

Wikidata: Q217764

Also known as

Maurice-Jean Berger

Frequent jobs

Director (2)Choreographer (5)Scenario Writer (1)

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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.

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