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Maurice Béjart

b. 1927 — d. 2007 (aged 80)
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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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Filmography

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Brel Barbara Béjart
2006 Actor
Choreographer
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★ 6.4
Béjart!... Vous avez dit Béjart?...
2005 Self Director
Béjart Into the Light
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★ 7.3
Béjart Into the Light
2002 Self
Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker
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★ 5.5
Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker
2000 Writer
Maïa
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★ 5.8
Maïa
2000 Self Actor
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★ 8.7
Ballet for Life
1997 Director
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Figures
1988 Self
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Eine Choreographie entsteht: Malraux oder Die Metarmophose der Götter
1987 Self
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Six personnages en quête d'un chanteur
1981 Actor Director
Leporello
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Världens dansskola
1980 Self Director
New Old
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★ 6.7
New Old
1979 Actor
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★ 7.4
Je suis né à Venise
1977 Director Cinematographer
Je t'aime, tu danses
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★ 6.9
Je t'aime, tu danses
1975 Self Writer Actor
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Lettres de Paris et d'ailleurs
1975 Self
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★ 6.8
Romeo e Giulietta
1972 Director
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Un film sur quelqu'un
1972 Actor
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Sept sur sept
1971 Self Actor
Bhakti
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Bhakti
1970 Director Writer
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★ 8.0
Le sacre du printemps
1970 Director
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Les contes fantastiques
1966 Self
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New Reports from France
1964 Self
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Statues
1964 Actor
Récitant
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La reine verte
1964 Writer
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L'homme à battre
1962 Actor
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Béjart
1961 Self
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Gut gemischt
1960 Self
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Orpheus
1959 Actor Writer
Orpheus
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Tour Eiffel idylle
1959 Actor
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Symphonie pour un homme seul
1956 Actor
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École des vedettes
1956 Self