Benjamin Millepied
Choreographer
About this Artist
Benjamin Millepied is a choreographer, filmmaker, and former principal dancer with New York City Ballet. Millepied studied classical ballet with Vladimir Skouratoff at the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux and the School of American Ballet with Stanley Williams and Adam Luders before joining the New York City Ballet in 1995, where he was later promoted to Principal Dancer.
His choreographic work began in 2001, and he soon after founded a pickup troupe, Danses Concertantes, before serving as choreographer-in-residence at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. Since 2005, he has choreographed for preeminent companies including the New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Berlin Staatsoper, and Dutch National Ballet.
In 2012, Benjamin Millepied moved to Los Angeles and co-founded L.A. Dance Project with Charles Fabius with the vision to create a new model for a dance organization in America, from both an artistic and an economic perspective.