There is a painting painted by Maurice Béjart in Nations Art Museum. It is oil on canvas and contains some ballet designs.
Maurice Béjart (1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer, painter and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland.
Maurice-Jean Berger was born in Marseille, France in 1927, the son of French philosopher Gaston Berger. Fascinated by a recital of Serge Lifer, he decided to devote himself entirely to dance. In South France days, he had studied under Mathilde Kschessinska.
In 1987 he moved to Lausanne in Switzerland, where he founded the Béjart Ballet Lausanne, one of the most famous and successful dance companies in the world.
He made significant contribution to the Persian Ballet Repertoire in the late 1960s and 1970s performing at the famous Roudaki Hall in Tehran created under the supervision of the former Empress of Iran, with whom he kept strong ties of friendship over the years.
Among his works is a thoroughly revised version of The Nutcracker, presumably inspired by his own life story, which he staged in 2000.
In 2003, he won “The Prix Benois de la Danse” for lifetime achievement.