Black Swan FINAL V2-intl - Central-Kino

guide, and efficiently license the music for several New York based television and advertising projects,
opening his eyes to the realm of music supervision. Gabe joined Clearsongs in 2005 and moved to Los
Angeles, where he heads up the Clearsongs LA office and has most recently worked on a variety of
award winning film and television projects.
BENJAMIN MILLEPIED (David/Choreography) makes his film acting debut in BLACK SWAN.
Born in Bordeaux, France, he began his dance training at the age of eight with his mother, a former modern
dancer. 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. 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. Millepied was made a Principal Dancer in the spring of 2001. In 2004 and 2005, Millepied directed the
Morriss Center dance workshop in Bridgehampton, NY. The following year, he was choreographer in
residence to the Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York. In 2007, Millepied received the United States Artists
Wynn fellowship and, in 2010, was made Chevalier in the order of Arts and Letters by the minister of culture in
France.
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 Millepied appeared in featured roles with the New York City Ballet for the nationally
televised Live From Lincoln Center broadcast. In 2002, 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, 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
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