Maurice Béjart

Personal Info

  • Known ForCrew
  • GenderMale
  • Birthday1927-01-01
  • Day of Death2007-11-22 (80 years)
  • Place of BirthMarseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
  • Also Known AsMaurice-Jean Berger

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...Read More