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Latest revision as of 18:28, 5 September 2018
Country
France
Birth - Death
1927 - 2007
Occupation
Entertainment
Description
Choreographer, ballet dancer, and opera director. Founder of several ballet schools, since dissolved, before creating the Béjart Ballet Lausanne. Noted for fusing African and South Asian dance, using flamboyant costumes and avant-garde music that made him a pop star. Won the Prix Benois de la Danse for lifetime achievement in 2003.
