The 1999 Laureates / Creative Arts and Moral Sciences Category / Theater, Cinema

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Maurice Béjart

France / January 1, 1927-2007
Choreographer; Director, Béjart Ballet Lausanne

Workshop

Workshop: Béjart by Béjart

Cast: Maurice Béjart
Coordinator and Moderator: Masashi Miura, Member of the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee; Critic

13:20
Opening
Greetings
Toyomi Inamori
Managing Director, The Inamori Foundation
 
Greetings
Shuji Takashina
Chairman of the Kyoto Prize Committee
Director, National Museum of Western Art
 
Béjart Talks about Dancers
13:30
Introduction of Laureate
Masashi Miura
13:45
Film:
Le Danseur
In this documentary, directed by Béjart in 1968, the young Jorge Donn,the supreme exponent of dance who died aged 45 in 1992, is reborn into vital life.
14:45
Béjart talks about dancers
15:00
Intermission
 
Béjart Talks about His Works
15:15
Film:
Ballet for Life
The film of a ballet first staged in 1997, which explains Béjart, "I choreographed after being stimulated by the artistry of Freddie Mercury and Jorge Donn, is a salute to those artistes who died so young."
16:45
Béjart talks about his works
17:00
Questions and Answers
17:30
Closing

Workshop Program and Abstract(PDF)