
Maurice Béjart
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of)
as Choregraphe
2005

Bolero: A Global Hit
as Self (archive footage)
2019

The Firebird
as Alex
1952

Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005

Ballerinaliv
2004

New Old
1979

Béjart
as Self
1970

Boléro, le refrain du monde
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Symphony for One Man Alone
1957

Un film sur quelqu'un
1972
Mudra-Afrique
TBA

Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
2001
Une simple alerte
as Narrator
1969
La princesse vous demande
as Narrator
1969
La choucroute
as Narrateur
1967

Queen + Béjart - Ballet For Life
as Maurice Béjart
2019
Le voyageur
as Narrateur
1967
Non-lieu
as Narrateur
1968
Le futur antérieur
as Narrateur
1967
Noces de plumes
as Narrateur
1969


