Gil Roman (Artistic Director)

Artistic Director of the Béjart Ballet Lausanne since December 2007, Gil Roman joined Maurice Béjart at the Ballet du XXe siècle in 1979, after intensive training with Marika Besobrasova, Rosella Hightower and José Ferran.

Noticed first as the lead role of Messe pour le temps futur and the role of Hanan, which he created in Dibouk, his undisputed talents as both a dancer and actor are demonstrated in an ever-growing list of ballets, in which he performs and often incarnates: Hamlet, Ring um den Ring, M. C, Le Mandarin merveilleux, Ballet for Life, Le Manteau, Juan y Teresawith Marie-Claude Pietragalla; Dialogue de l’ombre double, Symphonie pour un homme seul, Lumière, La mort du Tambour, Renard, Iokanaan, Six personnages en quête d’un danseur, Zarathoustra... and La Vie du danseur....

In 2005, Gil Roman was the recipient of the prestigious Danza & Danza Award for Best Dancer, for his performance as Jacques Brel in Brel & Barbara. In 2006, the Monaco Dance Forum awarded him the Nijinsky Award. In 2011, he received ‘Il Premio internazionale alla carriera, Tenore Giuseppe Di Stefano’ at Catania, in Italy.

Beyond his qualities as an actor (A-6-Roc, Paradoxe sur le comédien) or as a dancer. Gil Roman also met with success with his choreographies : L’Habit ne fait pas le Moine, Réflexion sur Béla, Echographie d’une baleine, Le Casino des Esprits, Aria, Syncope and Là où sont les oiseaux. In another context, he also created in July 2011 the opening of the 14th world Gymnaestrada in Lausanne performed by the Ecole-Atelier Rudra Béjart.