NAME: FILE BEJART 20071122I TAPE: EF07/1404 IN_TIME: 10:00:09:00 DURATION: 00:01:18:17 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION & PHOTOS DATELINE: Milan - July 2007 RESTRICTIONS: see script SHOTLIST AP Television FILE: Milan, Italy - July 2007 1. Mid shot of French choreographer Maurice Bejart sitting beside Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace at news conference ahead of ballet written by Bejart to commemorate tenth anniversary of the death of Gianni Versace UPSOUND (Italian) Donatella Versace: "It is with big honour and emotion that my brother Santo and I present you Maurice Bejart, the choreographer that created this ballet to commemorate our brother; we all approach with a big emotion to this appointment of tomorrow night. For us Maurice is part of our family, and for this reason there was no better way to remember Gianni, to celebrate his life that was made of fashion, art, culture, humanity. Bejart is great, he's got a very generous heart, as the title of his ballet says 'Thank you Gianni with love'." 2. Wide of ballet rehearsal 3. Bejart looking on 4. Wide of ballet rehearsal AP Photo/Luca Bruno - No Access Canada/ Internet FILE: Milan, Italy - July 2007 5. STILL: Close-up photograph of Bejart STORYLINE Maurice Bejart, who sought to bring ballet to younger audiences with his provocative choreography, died on Thursday, a secretary for his ballet company said. He was 80. Bejart had been hospitalised since last week with heart and kidney problems. He died early on Thursday at Lausanne's University Hospital, according to the administrator of the Bejart Ballet Lausanne. The Frenchman stunned critics with his avant-garde dance performances and set new standards for ballet in a career spanning five decades. His signature work was Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring", which in 1959 was his first production with Belgium's Monnaie Theatre. In sleek, shiny tights, the dancers created an erotic aura with impulsive, natural movements that would become a standard for his interpretations. A close friend of the late Gianni Versace, Bejart recently wrote and choreographed a two-part ballet "Thank you, Gianni, with love" that played in Milan on the 10th anniversary of the Italian fashion designer's murder.

Interview

An exploration into choreographer Maurice Bejart and his "Ballet of the Twentieth Century" with excerpts from his ballets. Bejart discusses his life and work with Faubion Bowers, well-known dance critic and author of many studies of international dance. Dancers: Bejart, Maina Gielgud, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Jorge Itovitch-Donn, Bartha Treure. Dance excerpt: "Baudelaire" to jazz music. Subtitles read "authoritarian regimes are succeeded by liberty…" a translation of the Baudelaire line the dancers chant. Seven male dancers in black suits. Flute music of squeaks and whistles andHawaiian steel guitar music. Bejart on camera talks about "Baudelaire", calling it a satire of our times, a two-hour ballet made collectively. "I don't impose my will on the company" says Bejart, "a choreographer helps a dancer be himself." He explains his "Variations on a Door and a Sigh." "Variations..." is danced by Maina Gielgud to Pierre Henri's "musique concrete." It is avant-garde, angular, and distorted. Bejart says of it: "no story, part classic, part strange… a 'union'… I try to destroy frontiers and go from one school to another, from ballet to modern without a passport." 1971. This is Part two of an exploration into choreographer Bejart and his "Ballet of the Twentieth Century" with excerpts from his ballets.. Bejart discusses his life and work with Faubion Bowers, well-known dance critic and author of many studies of international dance. Bejart on camera, "I am now 43, but I live with them (his young dancers), know them, and love them." Dance excerpt: "Baudelaire". Dancers move to jazz music. Subtitles read "authoritarian regimes are succeeded by liberty…" a translation of the Baudelaire line the dancers chant. Seven male dancers in black suits. Flute music of squeaks and whistles plays. Women and simultaneous pas de deux. Hawaiian steel guitar music. Bejart on camera talks about "Baudelaire", calling it a satire of our times, a two-hour ballet made collectively. "I don't impose my will on the company" says Bejart, "a choreographer helps a dancer be himself…" He explains his "Variations on a Door and a Sigh." "Variations..." is danced by Maina Gielgud to Pierre Henri's "musique concrete." It is avant-garde,wild, angular, and distorted. Bejart says of it: "no story, part classic, part strange… a 'union'… I try to destroy frontiers and go from one school to another, from ballet to modern without a passport." Note: see "Maurice Bejart, I". 29 mins. Produced and Directed by Merrill Brockway. Air Date: 1/24/71 Maurice Bejart, choreographer. Faubion Bowers, dance critic, author. Dancers, including Bejart, Maina Gielgud, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Jorge Itovitch-Donn, Bartha Treure.

Profile of Maurice Bejart, the Belgian (born French) choreographer, seen as personality, teacher, philosopher, and dance originator. With examples of his works performed by stars of his Brussels-based troupe. Bejart talks with dance expert Faubion Bowers. Dancers: Bejart, Maina Gielgud, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Jorge Itovitch-Donn, Bartha Treure. 1971. The first of a two-part series that presents Maurice Bejart, the Belgian (born French) choreographer as personality, teacher, philosopher, and dance originator. The series also presents examples of his works performed by stars of his Brussels-based troupe. Bejart talks with Faubion Bowers. Bejart has called this approach to evoking a man and his work a "prospective." This program contains preparation for the work "Sacre du Printemps" (music by Stravinsky), with Bejart making changes and corrections. There follows a performance excerpt: all male, frenzy of faces, animal buttings, locking horns, athletic and original, huge company. Bejart talking: "I thought dance was the art of the 20th century, but everyone said, 'No… people don't like ballet,' but I said every quality everyone wants to see is in ballet… it doesn't need words, just emotion and form… Ballet can be popular with the public which goes to sports… Ballet has the effort of a sport plus a story and acting…" He talks about the dancer's life, "You need to be as dedicated as a monk…it's really a terrible life!" He talks about his "Romeo and Juliet" (Berlioz) and his experience with Asia. "My father spoke Chinese…he exposed me to Oriental thought and philosophy…" Dance excerpt: "Bhakti". Bejart says: "I don't try to make the dancers Indian, but to cultivate the spirit of Indian thought… it's false to make Indian movements… that's 'folklore'." Dancers are all in white. The music is Indian sitar and tabla drums. Everyone is in white and snow scenes are intercut into the dance tape. Note: see "Maurice Bejart, II". 29 mins. Produced and Directed by Merrill Brockway. Air Date: 1/17/71 Maurice Bejart, choreographer. Faubion Bowers, dance critic, author. Dancers, including Bejart, Maina Gielgud, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Jorge Itovitch-Donn, Bartha Treure.

A filmed exploration of the full-length work by the acclaimed choreographer Maurice Bejart: "Nijinsky, Clown of God", which premiered in 1971 in the huge Palais du Sport in Brussels, Belgium. These film scenes document the emergence of that finished work out of final rehearsals. Eighty dancers from Bejart's "Ballet of the Twentieth Century" are involved in the performance, featuring Jorge Donn, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Daniel Lommel, Jorg Lanner, Micha Van Hoecke, Suzanne Farrell. With Maurice Bejart, choreographer and Faubion Bowers, writer and critic, with whom Bejart discusses aspects of his work. Nijinsky the man is danced by Jorge Donn, and various other perspectives of the great dancer's art are represented by other members of the troupe. Excerpts are read from Nijinsky's own diary. Music for this ballet was drawn from Tchaikovsky's "Sixth Symphony." Original electronic music was composed by Pierre Henry. 1971. A filmed exploration of the full-length work by the acclaimed choreographer Maurice Bejart: "Nijinsky, Clown of God", which premiered a month before broadcast in 1971 in the huge Palais du Sport in Brussels, Belgium. This program documents the emergence of that finished work out of final rehearsals. Eighty dancers from Bejart's "Ballet of the Twentieth Century" are involved in the performance, featuring Jorge Donn, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Daniel Lommel, Jorg Lanner, Micha Van Hoecke, Suzanne Farrell. With Maurice Bejart, choreographer and Faubion Bowers, writer and critic, with whom Bejart discusses aspects of his work. Nijinsky the man is danced by Jorge Donn, and various other perspectives of the great dancer's art are represented by other members of the troupe. Excerpts are read from Nijinsky's own diary. Music for this ballet was drawn from Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony. Original electronic music was composed by Pierre Henry. This program is Part 1 of a two-part series. 29 mins. No commercials. Produced and Directed by Merrill Brockway. Air date: 11/21/71 Maurice Bejart, choreographer 80 dancers from Ballet of the Twentieth Century, featuring Jorge Donn, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Daniel Lommel, Jorg Lanner, Micha Van Hoecke, Suzanne Farrell. Faubion Bowers, writer and critic..