| Michel Gascard
He was trained by his mother, Colette Milner, at the La Rochelle Conservatory in France. In 1973 at the age of 16, he won first prize at the ‘Prix de Lausanne’ international competition. He then went to the Mudra School in Brussels, directed by Maurice Béjart, where he studied for one year before joining the ‘Ballet du XXième siècle’ (Ballet of the 20th Century) company. He danced his first solo roles when he was 17 years old.
Maurice Béjart created many roles for him in the following ballets:
- 1789 et nous
- Acqua alta
- Ce que l'amour me dit
- Ce que la mort me dit
- Dionysos
- Gaieté parisienne
- Heliogabale
- Illuminations
- La flûte enchantée
- La mort subite
- La muette
- La nuit transfigurée
- La tour
- Le concours
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- Le Molière imaginaire
- Les sept danses grecques
- L’histoire du soldat
- Light
- M pour B
- Malraux ou la métamorphose des dieux
- Messe pour le temps futur
- Mozart Tango
- Notre Faust
- Pyramide El Nour
- Ring um den Ring
- Souvenirs de Leningrad
- Talassa Mare Nostrum
- Wien Wien, nur du allein
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He has performed the following roles of the Béjart repertoire:
- Bhakti
- Farah
- Golestan ou le jardin des roses
- Le marteau sans maître
- L'oiseau de feu
- Petrouchka
- Pli selon pli
- V comme
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As a choreagrapher he created ‘Trois pour Trois’ at the Royal Circus in Brussels, and ‘Children’s Corner’ in Milan, in 1984.
In 1992 he decided to give up his career as Béjart Ballet soloist and coach and help Maurice Béjart set up the Rudra Béjart School in Lausanne.
They worked together closely for 35 years and, in accordance with the provisions of Maurice Béjart’s will, Michel Gascard has been appointed director of the Rudra Béjart School.
Michel Gascard is dancing "Sept danses grecques" :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y6w1jHXEBRY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Go5EinEy6G8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X9MwhToDz4
Michel Gascard is dancing "Mozart Tango"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFhG0r-gsxQ
Michel Gascard is dancing "Le soldat amoureux"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-c66tmkWAc |
