Maurice Béjart

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Maurice Béjart

Born January 1, 1927 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Died November 22, 2007 · aged 80

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 …

Known For

La choucrouteLa choucroute · 1967
La choucroute
1967
MovieFantasyMystery
Le voyageurLe voyageur · 1967
Le voyageur
1967
MovieFantasyDrama
A castle lost in the middle of the woods. A train track cutting through the countryside. No train ever stops at the tiny station that serves the castle. A young woman, with paralysed legs, spends her time watching out for the train's passing. One day, the train stops and a young man gets out. He seems to know the place. What did he come to do ?
Non-lieuNon-lieu · 1968
Non-lieu
1968
MovieDramaFantasy
Doctor Hortobagy is a lonely, used old man, haunted by his memories... The German occupation, the Jews, a denunciation... He feels tracked, but is he really? A night where dream and reality, past and present, will merge, events are unfolding quickly.
BhaktiBhakti · 1975
Bhakti
1975
Movie
Devotion ("bhakti") is a way of communicating with the Divine. Béjart's work interprets the concept through dance. Three scenes honor the most important Hindu deities: Krishna, Rama and Shiva - and tell their love stories.
New OldNew Old · 1979
New Old
6.21979
MovieDrama
"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.
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera BalletEtoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet · 2001
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
7.32001
MovieDocumentaryMusic
ETOILES: DANCERS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET celebrates the legacy one of the best ballet companies in the world by weaving together rehearsals, tour snapshots and performances of classical ballets such as Swan Lake and La Sylphide, as well as contemporary works such as Maurice Bejart's Ninth Symphony, Jiri Kylian's Doux Mensonge (Sweet Lies) and Pierre Darde's Orison. Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier endeavors to understand the psychology of dance by talking candidly with some of the biggest stars in dance today. The film also features interviews with the dancers who explain how and why they endure the emotional and physical hardships of their profession in their intense drive to be on stage.
Le futur antérieurLe futur antérieur · 1967
Le futur antérieur
1967
MovieFantasyDrama
Paul Géniat, television director, is brought to tear multiple photographs. The one of a boxer who, at the exact same time, collapses on the ring, dead. The one of his ex-wife next, who lives in Congo and soon knows a tragic end. When Paul Géniat learns of these curious coincidences, he is convinced that he is responsible for these deaths. At that moment, he realises that he just tore one last photography, the one of the woman he loves.
Noces de plumesNoces de plumes · 1969
Noces de plumes
1969
MovieFantasy
Basu calls his psychiatrist to tell him a singular adventure. In a ruined abbey, he witnesses an unusual wedding in the presence of a tribunal. He runs away with the young bride. After a fleeting happiness, he returns alone. He thinks he dreamt of this, but there is a memory left.

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Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera BalletEtoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet · 2001
Etoiles: Dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet
7.32001
MovieDocumentaryMusic
ETOILES: DANCERS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET celebrates the legacy one of the best ballet companies in the world by weaving together rehearsals, tour snapshots and performances of classical ballets such as Swan Lake and La Sylphide, as well as contemporary works such as Maurice Bejart's Ninth Symphony, Jiri Kylian's Doux Mensonge (Sweet Lies) and Pierre Darde's Orison. Celebrated filmmaker Nils Tavernier endeavors to understand the psychology of dance by talking candidly with some of the biggest stars in dance today. The film also features interviews with the dancers who explain how and why they endure the emotional and physical hardships of their profession in their intense drive to be on stage.