Ballet of the 20th Century (), was a ballet and contemporary dance company in Brussels, Belgium in 1960, by the French/Swiss choreographer Maurice Béjart. 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.
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 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
Andrée Marlière
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
Serge Campardon Antonio Cano
Pierre Dobrievich Jorge Donn
Michel Gascard André Herbet Daniel Lambo Jörg Lanner André Leclair
Pilippe Lizon
Iván Markó Claude Mazodier Jan Nuyts Timur Ratlas
Franco Romano Patrick Sarrazin Jacques Sausin Rachid Tika Patrice Touron Victor Ullate
Jean Vinclair Éric Vu-An Gerard Wilk
References
External links Béjart: Ballet of the Twentieth Century at the Internet Broadway Database Information as shown on the French language Wikipedia