Benjamin Millepied

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Benjamin Millepied began his ballet training with his mother, a former ballet dancer, in Bordeaux, France, and studied with Michel Rahn at the Conservatoire National in Lyon from the age 13 to 16. After summer classes at the School of American Ballet in 1992, he returned in 1993 on a scholarship from the Bourse Lavoisier in 1993. Mr. Millepied joined New York City Ballet's corps de ballet in 1995, was promoted soloist in 1998 and to principal dancer 2002. At SAB's 1994 Spring Workshop he originated a principal role in Jerome Robbins' world premiere of 2 and 3 Part Inventions and received the Prix de Lausanne.

Contents 1 Choreography 1.1 Conservatoire National 1.2 Danses Concertantes at Sadler's Wells, London 1.3 Bay Street Theater Sag Harbor, New York 1.4 NYCB 2005 Spring Gala 1.5 Florence Gould Hall, New York City 2 Originated roles 2.1 Christopher d'Amboise 2.2 Melissa Barak 2.3 Stephen Baynes 2.4 Boris Eifman 2.5 Peter Martins 2.6 Angelin Preljocaj 2.7 Jerome Robbin 2.8 Helgi Tomasson 2.9 Christopher Wheeldon 3 Featured roles 3.1 George Balanchine 3.2 August Bournonville 3.3 Peter Martins 3.4 Jerome Robbin 3.5 Richard Tanner 3.6 Christopher Wheeldon 4 External links

[edit] Choreography

[edit] Conservatoire National

• Passages (2001)
• Clapping Music (2002)

[edit] Danses Concertantes at Sadler's Wells, London

• Triple Duet (2002)

[edit] Bay Street Theater Sag Harbor, New York

• Double Aria (2003)

[edit] NYCB 2005 Spring Gala

• Double Aria

[edit] Florence Gould Hall, New York City

• Circular Motion (2005)

[edit] Originated roles

[edit] Christopher d'Amboise

• Circle of Fifths

[edit] Melissa Barak

• If By Chance

[edit] Stephen Baynes

• Twilight Courante

[edit] Boris Eifman

• Musagète

[edit] Peter Martins

• Concerti Armonici
• Guide to Strange Places
• Hallelujah Junction NYCB premiere
• Octet
• Swan Lake
  • Benno
  • Pas de Trois

[edit] Angelin Preljocaj

• La Stravaganza

[edit] Jerome Robbin

• Brandenburg
• Les Noces

[edit] Helgi Tomasson

• Prism

[edit] Christopher Wheeldon

• Slavonic Dances

[edit] Featured roles

[edit] George Balanchine

• Agon
• Ballo della Regina
• Chaconne
• Coppélia
  • Frantz
• Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la Fée"
• Donizetti Variations
• George Balanchine's The Nutcracker
• Harlequinade
  • Harlequin
• Jewels
  • Rubies
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Raymonda Variations
• La Sonnambula
• La Source
• Stars and Stripes
• Symphony in C
• Symphony in Three Movements
• Tarantella
• Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
• Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3
  • Theme and Variations
• Union Jack
• Valse-Fantaisie
• Western Symphony

[edit] August Bournonville

• Bournonville Divertissements

[edit] Peter Martins

• Ash
• Fearful Symmetries
• Jeu de Cartes
• Quartet for Strings
• The Sleeping Beauty
• Stabat Mater
• Swan Lake
  • Siegfried
• Tschaikovsky Pas de Quatre
• Zakouski

[edit] Jerome Robbin

• 2 & 3 Part Inventions
• Dances at a Gathering
• Fancy Free
• Fanfare
• The Four Seasons
• Interplay
• Piano Pieces
• West Side Story Suite

[edit] Richard Tanner

• Soirée

[edit] Christopher Wheeldon

• Carousel (A Dance)
• Mercurial Manoeuvres

[edit] External links

• NYCB website