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Profile
Bounding Ambition: Benjamin Millepied Takes Over the Paris Opera Ballet (The New Yorker)
“Classical ballet’s most prominent ambassador” has another new gig.
Article
Justin Peck on Murder Ballades (BAM Blog)
Peck discusses his collaboration with composer Bryce Dessner, based on a group of grisly folk songs.
Interview
L.A. Dance Project’s Charles Fabius (Vogue.com)
The LA Dance Project co-founder discusses the ambitious dance collective.
Interview
Talking Murder Ballads + Sneakers With Justin Peck (DanceMagazine.com)
The choreographer talks about eschewing pointe shoes, Jerome Robbins, and more.
Article
Barbara Kruger’s Work Speaks Truth to Power (SmithsonianMag.com)
Kruger’s art, featured in Benjamin Millepied’s work "Reflections," concerns “the fantasy-fueled appetite to consume.”
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Video
Excerpt from Quintett (LADanceProject.com)
Get a taste of this moving work by William Forsythe, written in memory of his late wife.
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Bounding Ambition: Benjamin Millepied Takes Over the Paris Opera Ballet (The New Yorker)
“Classical ballet’s most prominent ambassador” has another new gig.
Article
Justin Peck on Murder Ballades (BAM Blog)
Peck discusses his collaboration with composer Bryce Dessner, based on a group of grisly folk songs.
Interview
L.A. Dance Project’s Charles Fabius (Vogue.com)
The LA Dance Project co-founder discusses the ambitious dance collective.
Interview
Talking Murder Ballads + Sneakers With Justin Peck (DanceMagazine.com)
The choreographer talks about eschewing pointe shoes, Jerome Robbins, and more.
Article
Barbara Kruger’s Work Speaks Truth to Power (SmithsonianMag.com)
Kruger’s art, featured in Benjamin Millepied’s work "Reflections," concerns “the fantasy-fueled appetite to consume.”
Watch
Video
Excerpt from Quintett (LADanceProject.com)
Get a taste of this moving work by William Forsythe, written in memory of his late wife.
Video
Benjamin Millepied’s “Medusa” (YouTube)
Millepied’s dancers get wet in this slow-motion collaboration with Rodarte, set to Schubert.
Video
“The Weight of Gold,” Forest Swords (Nowness.com)
Millepied directed this music video featuring dancer Billy Barry.
Benjamin Millepied’s “Medusa” (YouTube)
Millepied’s dancers get wet in this slow-motion collaboration with Rodarte, set to Schubert.
Video
“The Weight of Gold,” Forest Swords (Nowness.com)
Millepied directed this music video featuring dancer Billy Barry.
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