Benjamin Millepied was born in Bordeaux, France. He began his dance training at the age of eight with his mother, a former modern dancer. Mr. Millepied entered the Conservatoire National in Lyon, France, at age 13, where he studied ballet with Michel Rahn until the age of sixteen. In the summer of 1992 he went to New York to study at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, 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. In 1994 he received the Prix de Lausanne Award, and in 1995, he was the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award for Outstanding Promise and was invited to become a member of New York City Ballet’s corps de ballet. Mr. Millepied was made a Principal Dancer in the spring of 2001. In 2004 and 2005, Mr. Millepied directed the Morriss Center dance workshop in Bridgehampton, NY. In 2006, Mr. Millepied was “choreographer in residence” to the Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York. In 2007, Mr. Millepied received the United States Artists Wynn fellowship. in 2010, Benjamin was made Chevalier in the order of Arts and Letters by the minister of culture in France.

Mr. Millepied has danced featured roles in  George Balanchine’s Agon, Ballo Della Regina, Coppélia, Divertimento From “Le Baiser De La Fée”, The Nutcracker, Harlequinade, Rubies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Raymond Variations, La Source, Stars and Stripes, Symphony in C, Tarantella, Tschaikovsky Pas De Deux, Theme and Variations, Valse-Fantasie; Jerome Robbins’ 2& 3 Part Inventions, Dances at a Gathering, Fancy Free, A Suite of Dances, In The Night, The Four Seasons, Dybbuk, Interplay, Piano Pieces and  West Side Story Suite; Susan Stroman’s Double Feature and Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance)and Mercurial Manoeuvres, Peter Martins’ Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty. Additionally, Mr. Millepied originated roles in many works, including Jerome Robbins’ Brandenburg, Les Noces (revival)  and Dybbuk (revival), Peter Martins’ Hallelujah Junction; Angelin Preljocaj’s La Stravaganza; Mauro Bigonzetti’s Vespro, and In Vento, and Alexei Ratmanski’s Concerto DSCH.In 1999 and 2002 Mr. Millepied appeared in featured roles with the New York City Ballet for the nationally televised Live From Lincoln Center broadcast.

In 2002, Mr Millepied started presenting his own performances under the name Danses Concertantes. Since then, Danses Concertantes has

given more than 100 performances in countries including France, England and the U.S.

In addition to his success as a dancer, Mr. Millepied has been acclaimed as a choreographer. His choreographic works include Passages for the  Conservatoire National de Lyon (2001); Triple Duet for Danses Concertantes performed at Sadler’s Wells, London (2002) and Circular Motion also for Danses Concertantes premiered in London (2004); Chaconne, a dance film, co-directed by film-maker Olivier Simola (2003); On The Other Side for Danses Concertantes performed at Maison de la Danse, Lyon (2004); Double Aria danced by the New York City Ballet, original music  by Daniel Ott  (2005); 28 Variations of an Theme By Paganini for the School of American Ballet (2005); an  original full-length Casse-Noisette for the Grand Théâtre de Genève with set designs and costumes by artist Paul Cox  (2005); Closer as part of Benjamin Millepied and Company season at the Joyce Theater New York, with live accompaniment  by Philip Glass (2006); Capriccio for American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company (2006); Years Later, a solo  work for Mikhail Baryshnikov in collaboration with Mr. Simola (2006); Amoveo for the Paris Opera Ballet with set design  by Paul Cox and costumes by Marc Jacobs (2006); From Here On Out for American Ballet Theatre, original  score by Nico Muhly (2007); Petrouchka for the Ballet de Genève with set design and costumes by Paul Cox (2007); Triade for the Paris Opera Ballet with an original score by Nico Muhly (2008); 3 Movements for Pacific Northwest Ballet ( 2008) ; Without for Danses Concertantes (2008) Quasi una fantasia for the New York City Ballet (2009); Everything doesn’t happen at once for American Ballet theatre (2009). Sarabande for Danses Concertantes, premiered in Lyon (2009).

in 2010, Mr Millepied choreographed and starred in Darren Aronofsky’s feature film Black Swan.