Benjamin Millepied

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Benjamin Millepied (2015)

Benjamin Millepied (born June 10, 1977 in Bordeaux ) is a French ballet dancer and choreographer . From October 2014 to February 2016 he was director of the Paris Opera ballet company .

Dance training

Millepied's ballet training began at the age of eight from his mother, a former ballet dancer. Between the ages of 13 and 16 he was trained by Michel Rahn at the Conservatoire National de Lyon. He then continued his education at the School of American Ballet in New York until 1994.

Career

Millepied has been a member of the New York City Ballet ensemble since 1995, as a solo dancer since 1998 and as principal soloist since 2002. He worked as a choreographer and actor in the film Black Swan in 2009/2010 . He is the founder of the LA Dance Project, which he directed from 2011 to 2014.

In January 2013, Millepied was appointed director of the Paris Opera Ballet . He took up the position in mid-October 2014. At the beginning of February 2016, he announced his resignation. In the same year, Aurélie Dupont took over as chief chorographer at the Opéra de Paris. Millepied resumed work on the LA Dance Project that same year.

Private

Millepied has been married to actress Natalie Portman since August 4, 2012 . They have a son, who was born on June 14, 2011, and a daughter, who was born in February 2017. The two had met while filming the thriller Black Swan . He converted to Judaism for Portman.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Star choreographer leaves Paris Opera. Spiegel Online, accessed January 30, 2017 .
  2. ^ LA Dance Project , accessed August 10, 2019
  3. ^ Benjamin Millepied nommé directeur de la danse à l'Opéra de Paris . Le Monde , January 24, 2013, accessed on February 4, 2016.
    Jack of all trades for dance (beginning of article freely available.) ( Memento of November 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ). Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 25, 2013
  4. ↑ Le chorégraphe Benjamin Millepied annonce sa démission du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris . Le Figaro , February 4, 2016 (French).
    Benjamin Millepied: Star choreographer leaves Paris Opera . Spiegel Online , February 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ Sandra Luzina: "Black Swan" choreographer comes to Germany in: Der Tagesspiegel, July 17, 2019, accessed on August 10, 2019
  6. ↑ A for Aleph: Natalie Portman's baby is called like a letter . Stern , July 7, 2011, accessed February 4, 2016.
  7. ^ French choreographer: Convert out of love for Natalie Portman . Spiegel Online , January 29, 2014, accessed February 4, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Millepied, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ballet dancer, choreographer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux