Maurice Béjart
Crew1927Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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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2026Donn. Dancer of the 20th centuryMovie
2026Béjart, 3 regards 2025MovieChoreographer · Author
2023Opéra de Paris : Hommage à Patrick DupondMovieChoreographer
2019Boléro, le refrain du mondeMovieas Self (archive footage)
2019Queen + Béjart - Ballet For LifeMovieas Maurice Béjart
2019Bolero: A Global HitMovieas Self (archive footage)
2015The Ninth Symphony by Maurice BéjartMovieChoreographer
2014Bolero and other worksMovieChoreographer
2008Le Tour du Monde en 80 minutesMovieas Self
2005L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of)Movieas Choregraphe · Scenario Writer
2005Rudolf Nureyev alla ScalaMovie- 2004BallerinalivMovie
2001Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera BalletMovie
2000Maurice Bejart's NutcrackerMovieas Self · Choreographer · Writer
1985Maurice Béjart, The Art of The 20th Century balletMovieas Self & Choreographer- 1981Les Plaisirs de l'île enchantéeMovieChoreographer
1979New OldMovie
1975ApostrophesTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1975BhaktiMovieDirector
1972Un film sur quelqu'unMovie
1972Le Grand ÉchiquierTV showas Self - Main Guest · as Self · 3 episodes
1970BéjartMovieas Self
1969SaloméMovieChoreographer- 1969La princesse vous demandeMovieas Narrator
- 1969Une simple alerteMovieas Narrator
- 1969Noces de plumesMovieas Narrateur
- 1968Être libreMovieas Self
- 1968Non-lieuMovieas Narrateur
- 1967La choucrouteMovieas Narrateur
- 1967Le voyageurMovieas Narrateur
1967Le futur antérieurMovieas Narrateur
1965Dim Dam DomTV showas Self · 1 episodes
1964Pour le plaisirTV showas Self / Chorégraphe · 1 episodes- 1957Symphony for One Man AloneMovie
1952The FirebirdMovieas Alex
—Je suis né à VeniseMovieDirector- —Mudra-AfriqueMovie