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17 January 2012
Metropolitan Opera/ Kovanshchina
Benjamin choreographs the dance of the Persian Slaves for Mussorgsky’s Opera
February 27th to March 17th, Metropolitan Opera New York
02 December 2011
Hands on a hard body/La Jolla PLayhouse
World-Premiere Musical April 27-June 10
Book by Doug Wright
Music by Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green
Choreography by Benjamin Millepied
Directed by Neil Pepe
14 November 2011
LA Dance project
Benjamin Millepied and Music Center give birth to LA Dance Project
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L.A. DANCE PROJECT
Founded by Benjamin Millepied
Premiere Performances September 22 and 23, 2012 at
Walt Disney Concert Hall to start 2012-2013 10th Anniversary season of
Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center
November 16, 2011 – Los Angeles Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center announces its commission of the inaugural full-length program by L.A. Dance Project (LADP), founded by acclaimed choreographer Benjamin Millepied. The LADP commission will have its premiere performances September 22 and 23, 2012 at Walt Disney Concert Hall at the Music Center, which will kick-off the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center’s 2012-2013 10th Anniversary season.
Different than a dance company, Millepied is founding L.A. Dance Project as an Art Collective with composer Nico Muhly, art consultant Matthieu Humery, producer Charles Fabius and film producer Dimitri Chamblas. The company will be auditioning for dancers in Los Angeles to work on this project. It is the Collective’s goal to create new work and to revive seminal collaborations from the past. Programs will include full-length evenings in traditional theater venues as well as various modular performances in non-traditional environments. LADP hopes to establish a new working model and to reach out to new audiences.
21 October 2011
Les sylphides and Spectre de la rose
Benjamin’s most recent new ballets, choreographed for Ballet de Geneve, in collaboration with french artist, Paul Cox.
Resamusica.Les Echos.Tribune de Geneve.Le Temps.Liberation.Le Figaro.
21 October 2011
New York City Ballet World Premiere
A collaboration with Nico Muhly and Rodarte to premiere on May 11, 2012 at the New York City Ballet
20 October 2011
Benjamin in Libération
20 October 2011
Benjamin’s photo shoots for Le Monde and L’Express
Benjamin dans la mode pour Le Monde. Photos, Cedric Buchet. Stylisme, Aexandra Woroniecka.
L’Express. Photography Max Vandukul
11 October 2011
Benjamin choreographs musical “Hands on a Hardbody”
The musical, commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse, was written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife), Amanda Green (High Fidelity) and Trey Anastasio of the popular band Phish. The musical’s first reading took place on April 8, Directed by Neil Pepe (Speed-the-Plow).
05 May 2011
Yves Saint Laurent’s newest face
From the Moodie Report:
YSL has announced that dancer/choreographer Benjamin Millepied will be the face of the brand’s new men’s fragrance, available from September. Millepied is a Principal with the New York City Ballet; an actor; and choreographed the recent Oscar-winning film Black Swan.
In France, Millepied was recently honoured with the prestigious Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award, recognising his extraordinary achievements in the arts.
“Benjamin’s unique style, his creative freedom, the positive energy he exudes and his dazzling charm won all our votes,” explained YSL Beauté President Renaud de Lesquen.
“It is with very great pleasure that we welcome this reputed dancer and choreographer – one of the greatest talents of his generation – to portray a new dimension of Saint Laurent masculinity.”
“I’m happy and proud to have been chosen by Yves Saint Laurent, one of the world’s most prestigious brands,” added Millepied. “I admire the world of this House, its elegance and modernity. Monsieur Saint Laurent was a fashion genius, a lover of the Arts, he also knew how to use his talent to serve the art of dancing.”
Millepied joins Olivier Martinez, who is the face of L’Homme, and Vincent Cassel, the face of La Nuit de L’Homme.
27 April 2011
NYU Maison Française honors Benjamin
On May 5 Benjamin will receive the Medal of Honor of the Center for French Civilization and Culture, and he’ll also be present an illustrated talk on his recent choreographic works.
Founded in 1957, La Maison Française (the French cultural center of New York University) plays a leading role in the intellectual and artistic exchange between France and the United States.
Read more: http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?article4231