caption death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
béjart in 1988 22 november 2007 lausanne , switzerland marseille , provence-alpes-côte d'azur , france maurice béjart 01 january 1927 maurice 2.jpg béjart -lrb- 1988 -rrb- by erling mandelmann - maurice béjart
 maurice-jean berger dancer , choreographer and opera director
maurice béjart

maurice béjart -lrb- ; 1 january 1927 -- 22 november 2007 -rrb- was a french-born dancer , choreographer and opera director who ran the béjart ballet lausanne in switzerland .
he was awarded swiss citizenship posthumously .
