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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. New Old (1979)
2. Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet (2001)
3. The Firebird (1952) — Alex
4. Apostrophes (1975) — Self
5. Le Grand Échiquier (1972) — Self - Main Guest
6. Dim Dam Dom (1965) — Self
7. L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of) (2005) — Choregraphe
8. Un film sur quelqu'un (1972)
9. Maurice Bejart's Nutcracker (2000) — Self
10. Bolero: A Global Hit (2019) — Self (archive footage)
11. Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala (2005)
12. Ballerinaliv (2004)
13. Béjart (1970) — Self
14. Boléro, le refrain du monde (2019) — Self (archive footage)
15. Symphony for One Man Alone (1957)
16. Mudra-Afrique
17. Une simple alerte (1969) — Narrator
18. La princesse vous demande (1969) — Narrator
19. La choucroute (1967) — Narrateur
20. Queen + Béjart - Ballet For Life (2019) — Maurice Béjart
21. Le voyageur (1967) — Narrateur
22. Non-lieu (1968) — Narrateur
23. Le futur antérieur (1967) — Narrateur
24. Noces de plumes (1969) — Narrateur
25. Le Tour du Monde en 80 minutes (2008) — Self
26. Maurice Béjart, The Art of The 20th Century ballet (1985) — Self & Choreographer
27. Donn. Dancer of the 20th century (2026)
28. Être libre (1968) — Self
29. Pour le plaisir (1964) — Self / Chorégraphe

Directed

1. Je suis né à Venise — Director
2. Bhakti (1975) — Director