biography
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Béjart, Maurice
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originally Maurice Jean de Berger
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pronunciation:
[bayzhah(r)]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Choreographer, born in Marseille, S France. He trained at the Marseille Opéra Ballet and then in Paris, where he formed (1953) the Ballets de l'Étoile (later known as the Ballet of the 20th Century). In 1960 he moved to the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, where he worked as choreographer and director, returning to France in 1979. He became director of Béjart Ballet Lausanne (1987–92) and Rudra Béjart Ballet School, Lausanne (1992– ). He has produced dance spectacles on a grand scale, and his company has performed in non-traditional settings such as sports arenas and circuses. In his choreographies he has pioneered the use of multimedia elements. |
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