Maurice Béjart
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
New Old
1979
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
2001
The Firebird
as Alex 1952
L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of)
as Choregraphe 2005
Bolero: A Global Hit
as Self (archive footage) 2019
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
Ballerinaliv
2004
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
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