Maurice Béjart

Crew

Born: 1927-01-01
Died: 2007-11-22
From: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

Maurice-Jean Berger

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.

Awards & Nominations8 won · 0 nominated

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Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy

1999
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Praemium Imperiale

1993
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honorary citizen of Brussels

1984
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Erasmus Prize

1974
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Grand Officer of the Order of Prince Henry

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Deutscher Tanzpreis

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Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown

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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres