Benjamin Millepied

Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer who directed the Paris Opera Ballet from 2014 to 2016. He founded the L.A. Dance Project in 2012.

Paris Opera Ballet: A French ballet company and opera institution founded in 1669. Millepied directed the company from 2014 to 2016.
Black Swan: A 2010 psychological thriller about a ballerina preparing for Swan Lake. Millepied choreographed the ballet sequences and performed as a dancer in the film.
Bordeaux: A city in southwestern France and the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Millepied was born in Bordeaux in 1977.
Rudolf Nureyev: A Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer who directed the Paris Opera Ballet from 1983 to 1989. Nureyev's celebrated tenure provides an earlier comparison for a dancer-led directorship.
L.A. Dance Project: A Los Angeles-based dance company founded by Benjamin Millepied in 2012. Millepied created this company to develop and present contemporary dance.
Swan Lake: A classical ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, first staged in 1877. Black Swan draws on Swan Lake, whose choreography Millepied adapted for the film.
New York City Ballet: An American ballet company founded in 1948 by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Millepied danced with the company from 1995, becoming a principal dancer in 2002.
Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris: The resident ballet company of the Paris Opera, one of the world's oldest national ballet institutions. Millepied's contemporary programming encountered the traditions of this established company.
Natalie Portman: An American actress and filmmaker known for roles in films including Black Swan. Portman and Millepied met while working on Black Swan and later married.
Romeo and Juliet: A tragic play by William Shakespeare about two young lovers from rival families. Millepied choreographed a ballet adaptation of the story for the Paris Opera Ballet.

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