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.
Birthday: January 01, 1927
Death: November 22, 2007
May 31, 2005
May 09, 1969
January 01, 2014
December 08, 2015
January 01, 2000
July 08, 1981
January 01, 2019
August 11, 1952
January 01, 2005
November 06, 2004
November 21, 1979
May 16, 1970
December 29, 2019
