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Béjart

American  
[bey-zhar] / beɪˈʒar /

noun

  1. Maurice Maurice Berger, 1927–2007, French ballet dancer and choreographer.


Béjart British  
/ beʒar /

noun

  1. Maurice (mɔris). 1927–2007 French dancer and choreographer. His choreography is characterized by a combination of classic and modern dance and acrobatics

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She brought her work to the Washington Ballet and collaborated with choreographers Maurice Béjart and Jennifer Muller/The Works.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2024

It performed 65 ballets by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Maurice Béjart, and played a major role in preserving the Balanchine tradition.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2016

You have one last chance, on Sunday, to catch the program of 20th-century French ballets by Serge Lifar, Roland Petit and Maurice Béjart.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2012

The film includes rare performance footage of this Paris Opera Ballet étoile in works by Gene Kelly, Serge Lifar and Maurice Béjart.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2010

There were now four ladies, Madeleine Béjart, Geneviève Béjart, Duparc, and Debrie; the two brothers Béjart—the youngest, Louis, had joined at Lyons—Duparc, Debrie, Dufresne, and Croisac making, with Molière himself, eleven persons.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

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