Béjart, 3 Regards is a celebration of Maurice Béjart‘s unique and universal choreographic vision, bringing together three rarely performed works that reveal very different sides of one of the most influential choreographers of the twentieth century. Presented by the Béjart…
The first-ever recording on film of Maurice Béjart‘s Ninth Symphony! Fifty years after its premiere, the Tokyo Ballet and Béjart Ballet Lausanne present Maurice Béjart‘s groundbreaking choreography to Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Tokyo’s NHK Hall. With nearly 200 artists…
The Béjart Ballet Lausanne is the instrument of a major choreographer of the 20th century. Maurice Béjart an extraordinary artist, a genius of dance, a master of ballet. This shows that Stadsschouwburg Antwerp is delighted to be able to present…
Hans van Manen, who was born in Nieuwer-Amstel in the Netherlands in 1932, has a unique aesthetic which makes him one of those style-defining ballet creators of the modern era that we find continually astonishing. His ballet “Live”, set to…
Piaf, it’s primarily a voice, stupendous, omnipresent, immortal, that goes beyond time and boundaries. Which female dancer, which actress can embody Piaf?She is without substance; she is only love, an adored presence and agonizing to the other. Crossing the mirrors…
The choreography “M“, originally created by Maurice Béjart for The Tokyo Ballet in 1993, vividly portrays the life of Yukio Mishima—one of the most renowned Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was poet, playwriter, actor, and model as well.…
The partnership between Maurice Béjart and the Paris Opera lasted for over forty years and provided the institution with more than twenty pieces. In a tribute to this choreographer who died fifteen years ago, the Paris Opera Ballet presents three…
A little over thirty years ago, in between Berlioz surprising music interspersed with bombing and the sound of machine guns, an unconventional Friar Lawrence cried out to Jorge Donn and Hitomi Asakawa: “Make love, not war!” Today, Gil Roman, who…
Early 1979At John Neumeier‘s request, I am thinking about a piece destined for the Hamburg Ballet. I choose Vivaldi, a misunderstood musician, particularly in his religious music. The musical montage is done. I hesitate between two titles: Light or Caro…
