Maurice Béjart
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.
Department: Crew
Place of Birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Birthday: January 01, 1927
Deathday: November 22, 2007
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Gender: Male
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L'Amour, La Danse (Best Of)
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Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-05-31
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Bolero: A Global Hit
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-01-01
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The Firebird
Overview: Italian singer Mario Vanni visits the Royal Opera in Stockholm and fall in love with ballet dancer Linda Corina.
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-11
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Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
Overview: Acclaimed Ukranian dancer Svetlana Zakharova, who later became one of the youngest ballerinas in Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, stars in the title role of the famed Romantic ballet «Giselle,» recorded at the Teatro alla Scalla in Milan in April 2005. The production, with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Gautier, and music by Adolphe Adam, also features La Scala star Roberto Bolle as Albrecht.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Ballerinaliv
Overview: Gerd Andersson and Ellen Rasch are both prima ballerinas who now look back on their rich dance lives and their collaborations with various choreographers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-11-06
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New Old
Overview: "Chronicles of the Present Times" - An experimental trilogy. New Old flows together footage from more than a decade of his wandering between scenes, sets, and drugs, an accelerated world tour through various iterations of the counterculture.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-11-21
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Béjart
Overview: Maurice Béjart answers an interview about choreographic creation; it shows ballets and improvisations. The film was screened for the 1970 Directors' Fortnight, at the Cannes Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-16
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Boléro, le refrain du monde
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-29
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Symphony for One Man Alone
Overview: The "Symphony for a man alone" was composed from 1949 to 1950 by Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry, and then finalised in 12 movements by Pierre Henry in 1951. This is the first major work of musique concrete. In 1955, Maurice Béjart has made the first ballet of musique concrète.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-09
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Un film sur quelqu'un
Overview: A documentary that pretends to be a fictional film. About the work and the life of a man, a man called Pierre Henry at the beginning of the film and who ends up calling himself "someone".
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-08-21
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Mudra-Afrique
Overview: Mudra Afrique, founded in 1977 in Dakar by Léopold Sédar Senghor and Maurice Béjart, was an important dance school that mixed traditional African dance with modern styles. Germaine Acogny, a skilled teacher, along with dancer, actress Irène Tassembédo and musician Doudou Rose Ndiaye, were key figures in the school. Their work helped Mudra Afrique leave a strong mark on African contemporary dance and music.
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Original Language: en
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