Ballet of the 20th Century (french: Ballet du XXme Siècle), was a

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

and

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...

company in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

in 1960, by the French/Swiss choreographer

Maurice Béjart Maurice Béjart (; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, talking vast th ...

. For many years it was the official dance company of the

Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie The Royal Theatre of La Monnaie (french: Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, italic=no, ; nl, Koninklijke Muntschouwburg, italic=no; both translating as the "Royal Theatre of the Mint") is an opera house in central Brussels, Belgium. The National O ...

. The company was known for including South and East Asian elements in its performances.

History

Bejart had previously founded a company in Paris, which he named first Les Ballets de l'Étoile, and later Ballet Théâtre de Maurice Bejart. When he moved to Brussels in 1960, he relocated the company and renamed it Ballet du XXme Siècle. It was eventually dissolved when Bejart moved to

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

to form

Béjart Ballet The Béjart Ballet Lausanne is a Swiss ballet company. It is based in the city of Lausanne and performs all over the world. The Béjart Ballet Lausanne was founded in 1987. It was established by Maurice Béjart, a well-known choreographer who ha ...

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

in 1987.

Main performers

;Women *

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* Hitomi Asakawa * Tania Bari * Tessa Beaumont * Claire Carrie * Louba Dobrievich *

Suzanne Farrell Suzanne Farrell (born August 16, 1945) is an American ballerina and the founder of the Suzanne Farrell Ballet at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Farrell began her ballet training at the age of eight. In 1960, she received a scholarship t ...

Maina Gielgud Maina Gielgud (born 14 January 1945) is a British former ballet dancer and a veteran ballet administrator. She was artistic director of The Australian Ballet from 1983 to 1996. She had a twenty-year career as a dancer in Europe and the United Ki ...

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* Nicole Karys * Jaleh Kerendi * Brigitte Kher * Dolorès Laga * Beatriz Margenat * Maguy Marin *

Andrée Marlière Andrée Marlière (born Andrée Isabelle Germaine Marlier, Antwerp 22 February 1934 – Wilrijk, St-Augustinus hospital 10 January 2008) is a Belgian ballet dancer and painter. Ballet education She started her ballet education at the age of e ...

* Menia Martinez * Shonach Mirk *

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Michèle Rimbold Michele (), is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael. Michele (pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically ...

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* Duška Sifnios * Mathé Souverbie * Christine Teyssier * Carole Trévoux * Catherine Verneuil ;Men * Rouben Bach * Alain Baran * Patrick Belda * Vittorio Biagi *

Paolo Bortoluzzi Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian language, Italian form of the name Paul (name), Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1 ...

* Serge Campardon * Antonio Cano *

Germinal Casado Germinal may refer to: *Germinal (French Republican Calendar), the seventh month of the calendar, approximately March 21 - April 19 Émile Zola * ''Germinal'' (novel), an 1885 novel by Émile Zola ** ''Germinal'' (1913 film), a French silent film ...

* Pierre Dobrievich *

Jorge Donn Jorge Donn (25 February 1947 in Ciudad Jardin, Buenos Aires – 30 November 1992 in Lausanne, Switzerland), was an Argentine internationally known ballet dancer. He was best known for his work with Maurice Béjart's ''Ballet of the 20th Cen ...

Niklas Ek Niklas is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stare Miasto, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately south of Stare Miasto, south of Konin, and east of the regional capital ...

* Michel Gascard * André Herbet * Daniel Lambo * Jörg Lanner * André Leclair * Jorge Lefebre * Yann Le Gac * Pilippe Lizon * Daniel Lommel * Iván Markó * Claude Mazodier * Jan Nuyts * Timur Ratlas * Gil Roman * Franco Romano * Patrick Sarrazin * Jacques Sausin * Rachid Tika * Patrice Touron * Victor Ullate * Micha van Hoecke * Jean Vinclair * Éric Vu-An * Gerard Wilk

References

External links

''Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century''
at the

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* Information as shown on the French language Wikipedia Ballet companies in France Contemporary dance 20th-century ballet Performing groups established in 1960 Organizations disestablished in 1987 1960 establishments in France 1987 disestablishments in France {{contemporary-dance-stub