Ballet artistic director Helgi Tomasson for NYCB in 2000. As a principal dancer at New York City Ballet, Benjamin Millepied (center, in black) starred in "Prism," choreographed by S.F. His tumultuous tenure there is also the subject of “Reset,” a feature-length documentary scheduled to be released in theaters and on video on-demand Jan. Millepied’s open-minded approach, however, was less suited to Paris Opéra Ballet, where he was artistic director for two intervening years he resigned in February to refocus on L.A. Forays into fashion, film and even education ensued. Dance Project in Los Angeles, to high acclaim. (The film also introduced him to his wife, the actress Natalie Portman, who won a best actress Academy Award for her role and is expecting their second child.)Ī year after “Black Swan’s” release, Millepied founded the avant-garde, multi-genre collective L.A. The film helped reinvigorate ballet as a popular art form and made the French-born Millepied, 39, a former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, into an A-list artist with a reach far beyond the rarefied realm of ballet.
“It created a wave of interest,” he says. When Benjamin Millepied choreographed the dance scenes for the 2010 thriller film “Black Swan,” he could not have foreseen the transformations it would unleash in the ballet world, or in his personal life. Amy Osborne/Special To The Chronicle Show More Show Less (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Evan Agostini/Associated Press Show More Show Less 4 of4 Benjamin Millepied demonstrates a move to soloist Anthony Vincent during rehearsal at the SF Ballet studio on Thursday, Novemin San Francisco, Calif. Amy Osborne/Special To The Chronicle Show More Show Less 3 of4 Benjamin Millepied, left, and Natalie Portman attend the 26th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday, Nov. Amy Osborne/Special To The Chronicle Show More Show Less 2 of4 Benjamin Millepied (center) watches along as Carlo Di Lanno and Maria Kochetkova run through the choreography during rehearsal at the SF Ballet studio on Thursday, Novemin San Francisco, Calif. 1 of4 Benjamin Millepied (center left) runs through part of the choreography with dancers during rehearsal at the SF Ballet studio on Thursday, Novemin San Francisco, Calif.
0 kommentar(er)
