1967Nominee
Best Performance
Le voyageur
Maurice Béjart
Actor · Director · Writer
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
January 1, 1927
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1967Nominee
Best Performance
La choucroute
1968Nominee
Best Performance
Non-lieu
Career Highlights
1975Highlight
Best Director
Bhakti
1979Highlight
Best Performance
New Old