Benjamin Millepied

Benjamin Millepied is a principal dancer at New York City Ballet. He was born in Bordeaux, France, and began his ballet training at the age of eight with his mother, a former ballet dancer. Mr. Millepied entered the Conservatoire National in Lyon, France, at age 13, where he studied with Michel Rahn until he was 16 years old. He took summer classes at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, in the summer of 1992 and returned with a scholarship from the French Ministry (Bourse Lavoisier) to study full-time in the fall of 1993. Mr. Millepied originated a principal role in Jerome Robbins' world premiere of 2 & 3 Part Inventions set to music by Bach at SAB's 1994 Spring Workshop. Mr. Millepied was invited to become a member of New York City Ballet's corps de ballet in 1995. He was promoted to the rank of soloist in 1998 and to principal dancer in the spring of 2002.

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