Ballet of the 20th Century
| Ballet du XXe Siècle | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Name | Ballet du XXe Siècle |
| Year founded | 1960 |
| Closed | 1987 |
| Founder | Maurice Béjart |
| Location | Brussels, Belgium |
| Principal venue | Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie |
| Artistic staff | |
| Artistic director | Maurice Béjart |
Ballet of the 20th Century (French: Ballet du XXme Siècle), was a ballet and contemporary dance company in Brussels, Belgium[1] in 1960, by the French/Swiss choreographer Maurice Béjart.[2] For many years it was the official dance company of the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie.
The company was known for including South and East Asian elements in its performances.[3]
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,[4] he relocated the company and renamed it Ballet du XXme Siècle.[5] It was eventually dissolved when Bejart moved to Switzerland to form Béjart Ballet in Lausanne in 1987.
Main performers
- Women
- Angèle Albrecht
- Hitomi Asakawa
- Tania Bari
- Sophie Baule
- Tessa Beaumont
- Claire Carrie
- Louba Dobrievich
- Suzanne Farrell
- Maina Gielgud
- Graziella Gillebertus
- Nicole Karys
- Jaleh Kerendi
- Brigitte Kher
- Dolorès Laga
- Beatriz Margenat
- Maguy Marin
- Andrée Marlière
- Menia Martinez
- Shonach Mirk
- Cécilia Mones
- Lise Pinet
- Rita Poelvoorde
- Laura Proença
- Michèle Rimbold
- Michèle Seigneuret
- Duška Sifnios
- Mathé Souverbie
- Christine Teyssier
- Carole Trévoux
- Catherine Verneuil
- Men
- Rouben Bach
- Alain Baran
- Patrick Belda
- Vittorio Biagi
- Paolo Bortoluzzi
- Serge Campardon
- Antonio Cano
- Germinal Casado
- Pierre Dobrievich
- Jorge Donn
- Niklas Ek
- 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
- ↑ Millard, Max (9 September 2014). "WESTSIDER SUZANNE FARRELL – Star of the New York City Ballet". 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s: Revised Edition of Original Version. Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press). ISBN 978-3-95676-686-2.
- ↑ Garafola, Lynn (28 January 2005). Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 192–. ISBN 978-0-8195-6674-4.
- ↑ Brownstone, David M.; Franck, Irene M. (1 May 1991). 20th century culture: a dictionary of the arts and literature of our time. Prentice Hall. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-13-210519-4.
- ↑ Luck, Steve (22 October 1998). The American Desk Encyclopedia. Oxford University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-19-521465-9.
- ↑ Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1 May 2008. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-59339-492-9.
External links
- Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century at the Internet Broadway Database
- Information as shown on the French language Wikipedia