Maurice Béjart

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Jan 01, 1927 (98 years old)
Death date
Nov 22, 2007

Maurice Béjart

Known For

Boléro, le refrain du monde
Movie 2019

Boléro, le refrain du monde

Bolero: A Global Hit
0h 53m
Movie 2019

Bolero: A Global Hit

Bolero is played every 15 minutes in the world. This film tries to answer how this famous melody inspired and influenced the world pop-culture? It explores the complexity and the richness of a piece so simple in appearance: the emotions it triggers, vertigo it creates, the words it inspires.

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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