Maurice Béjart was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, talking vast themes. He was awarded Swiss citizenship posthumously.
Béjart in 1988
Béjart directing dancers Rita Porlvoorde and Bertrand Pie in Pli selon Pli, Brussels, 1976.
Directing dancers at the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, Switzerland, 1988.
Olga Iosifovna Preobrajenska was a Russian ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet and a ballet instructor.
Preobrajenskaya in Le Corsaire, 1900
Preobrajenskaya in the title role of the ballet Raymonda, 1903. Preobrajenskaya was the first ballerina to perform the role after its originator, Pierina Legnani, retired in 1901.