#bejart ballet

[dozydawn]

Choreographer Maurice Béjart with young classical dancers from the Béjart Ballet, 1989.

[debdarkpetal]

Roger, Brian and John rehearsals for the Bejart Ballet with Elton John, 1997.

[lovelyballetandmore]

Paolo Bortoluzzi | Maurice Béjart | Jorge Donn | Teatro alla Scala | Photo by Erio Piccagliani

[gracie-bird]

New York, NY, USA. March 31, 1977: Princes Grace of Monaco checks program with Maurice Bejart, whose "Ballet of the 20th Century" is performing at New York's Uris Theater. The princess, a long-time Bejart fan, paid a visit backstage during an intermission on Thursday night, March 31, performance. 

[enemyporn]

it's not Christmas til a dominatrix in a ballet says so. She's watching you.

[danzadance]

"La Barre" Solo by Maurice Béjart https://youtu.be/3xt2O37H8-E?si=hB12DDdAz94PG91L

[rushingheadlong]

We will always remember you, Freddie ❤️

🌻 Donate to the Mercury Phoenix Trust 🌻

(Gif sources below)

Colored Freddie gifs are from his 1985 interview in Munich with David Wigg, clip taken from the Queen + Adam Lambert documentary The Show Must Go On

Black and White gifs are as follows (L-R, Top-Down):

Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

Flowers left at Garden Lodge, clip taken from The Show Must Go On documentary

Queen + Bejart: Ballet for Life behind-the-scenes, clip taken from the Queen Official youtube channel

No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) music video

Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux, clip taken from the Mercury Phoenix Trust youtube channel

Peter "Phoebe" Freestone speaking in Montreux, clip taken from the Mercury Phoenix Trust youtube channel

Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) trailer

Wall of messages from fans at The Queen Studio Experience, clip taken from the Suisse Virtual Tours youtube channel

Love of My Life performed at Madison Square Garden in October 2023, clip taken from the Andrew Harts youtube channel

[britanniabay]

Attending the Bejart Ballet (June 1971)

Keystone Press

[eileen-crys]

what about some johnica hurt/comfort after the tribute concert or when john retired?

This is such a good prompt, thank you! 🥺💕 I chose John's last appearance with Elton John and the Bejart ballet in Paris, which was also one day before their wedding anniversary in '97, so here it is a little drabble. It came out a bit introspective but I hope you'll like it anyway! Mind that as usual this is all completely fictional! ✌🏻

Veronica knew it was coming. Everyone knew, it was only a matter of time, and John had only been delaying it.

"Would you come with me in Paris for the show?" He asked quietly a month before, right after he ended his call to confirm that he was indeed going to play once more with Brian and Roger. And Elton, too. Veronica gave him a knowing glance, aware that he was asking only because he already booked the hotel for both, and nodded. "We... we can celebrate our anniversary in Paris, sounds nice doesn't it?" He grumbled.

"It sounds great, love. I'll join you, don't worry." She winded her arms around him, feeling his shoulders relaxing a bit. He still needed her, after all, and she knew.

And now, after the show ended, John stormed out the dressing room and winded his arms around her shoulders, engulfing her in the tightest hug.

His face throughout the rehearsals and the show was a clear mirror of his soul, not even the cigarette's smoke could cover it with its fog. He tried and tried and tried again, but Freddie's absence was still too much to handle in these public occasions where he was everywhere and nowhere to be seen at the same time. Too painful, too powerful, even after six years, no matter how much Roger and Brian tried to involve John.

Veronica was aware that this one was going to be the last post-show hug they shared, the last time she'd hold her husband like this, sweaty and trembling for the adrenaline, his fingers burning from the bass' strings, and his heart racing after performing on the stage. Sad, really, that this had became a painful outcome rather than the excited result of a thrilling show.

"Did you tell the others?" Ronnie asked, and John simply nodded against her neck.

"We can go, then."

A couple of people from the staff reached out to help John, but he simply slid in the car with his wife and she ordered the driver to bring them to their hotel, without any bass and wearing the jacket directly on the sweaty suit. He didn't speak a word, closed in the silence of another cigarette, and Veronica looked at his darkened eyes which lately -at home- were more often replaced by light and smiles for the children. He did quit for good this time, and she saw how it hurt, but how it was also a necessary, inevitable move.

At the hotel, Ronnie dragged him in the bathroom, helping him undress until they stood embraced in the shower, letting the flowing water wash away the guilt and sadness. Tomorrow they'd celebrate their wedding anniversary in a beautiful restaurant in Paris just the two of them, and then back again to their home in London, to live like a normal, big family.

Veronica hugged John tightly, warm drops and salty tears sliding between them, and felt his heart beating. Up above, John kissed her forehead. He was free.

Thank you so much for the prompt! 🥺💕💕💕 I received another lovely one but that'll take a bit more and I want to post it on ao3 so be patient 🥰

[clbdreadeddancer]

Choreographer: Maurice Bejart | Ballet: Gaîté parisienne | Dancer: Marijn Rademaker | Company: Stuttgart Ballet

[dozydawn]

“Valeria Mazza arrives at Teatro alla Scala to attend the ballet ‘Thank you Gianni with Love’ in Milan. The ballet features choreography by Maurice Bejart dedicated to the memory of Gianni Versace.”

Photographed by Roberto Baretti.

15 July 2007.

[chaoticnutcase]

Bejart Ballet dancers Marcia Haydee and Grazia Galante in Athens, Greece. Photographed by Jack Mitchell, 1983

[lovelyballetandmore]

Maurice Béjart

[delectablywaywardbeard-blog]

Sanremo, Roberto Bolle porta il Bolero all'Ariston

Accompagnato da 18 danzatori del Bejart Ballet Lausannesource

[graceandfamily]

New York, NY, USA. March 31, 1977: Princes Grace of Monaco checks program with Maurice Bejart, whose “Ballet of the 20th Century” is performing at New York’s Uris Theater. The princess, a long-time Bejart fan, paid a visit backstage during an intermission on Thursday night, March 31, performance.