Maurice Béjart
French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)
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Béjart turned ballet into expressionist theater, tackling everything from religion to revolution at his Swiss company. The French choreographer made modern dance visceral and thematic when it could've stayed decorative.
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Maurice Béjart was a French dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, tackling vast themes. He was awarded Swiss citizenship posthumously.
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