Benjamin Millepied
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Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer, former principal at the New York City Ballet, and founder of the L.A. Dance Project.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Benjamin Millepied canonical | 21 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2250147 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Millepied Context triple: [Natalie Portman, spouse, Benjamin Millepied]
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A.
Peter Martins
Peter Martins is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer best known for his long tenure as ballet master in chief of the New York City Ballet.
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B.
William Forsythe
William Forsythe is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in action and crime films and television series.
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C.
Andy Blankenbuehler
Andy Blankenbuehler is a Tony Award–winning American choreographer and director best known for his innovative, hip-hop–infused work on Broadway musicals such as In the Heights, Hamilton, and Bandstand.
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D.
Gregory Jacobs
Gregory Jacobs is an American film producer and director known for his longtime collaboration with Steven Soderbergh on numerous critically acclaimed movies.
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E.
Steven McRae
Steven McRae is an Australian principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, known for his virtuosity and theatrical flair on both stage and screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benjamin Millepied Target entity description: Benjamin Millepied is a French dancer and choreographer, former principal at the New York City Ballet, and founder of the L.A. Dance Project.
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A.
Peter Martins
Peter Martins is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer best known for his long tenure as ballet master in chief of the New York City Ballet.
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B.
William Forsythe
William Forsythe is an American character actor known for his intense, often villainous roles in action and crime films and television series.
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C.
Andy Blankenbuehler
Andy Blankenbuehler is a Tony Award–winning American choreographer and director best known for his innovative, hip-hop–infused work on Broadway musicals such as In the Heights, Hamilton, and Bandstand.
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D.
Gregory Jacobs
Gregory Jacobs is an American film producer and director known for his longtime collaboration with Steven Soderbergh on numerous critically acclaimed movies.
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E.
Steven McRae
Steven McRae is an Australian principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, known for his virtuosity and theatrical flair on both stage and screen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artistic director
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ballet dancer ⓘ choreographer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1990s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1977-06-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Conservatoire National de Lyon
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linked to:
Lyon Conservatory
School of American Ballet ⓘ |
| employer |
New York City Ballet
ⓘ
Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ |
| familyName | Millepied ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
choreography
ⓘ
dance ⓘ performing arts ⓘ |
| founded | L.A. Dance Project ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary ballet
ⓘ
modern dance ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin ⓘ |
| hasChild |
Aleph Portman-Millepied
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Amalia Millepied ⓘ |
| languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned |
English
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French ⓘ |
| memberOf | New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| name | Benjamin Millepied ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| notableWork |
choreography for the film "Black Swan"
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film "Carmen" (director) ⓘ founding of L.A. Dance Project ⓘ |
| occupation |
artistic director
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ballet dancer ⓘ choreographer ⓘ company founder ⓘ film director ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Bordeaux ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
artistic director of L.A. Dance Project
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director of dance at Paris Opera Ballet ⓘ founder of L.A. Dance Project ⓘ principal dancer at New York City Ballet ⓘ soloist at New York City Ballet ⓘ |
| residence | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| socialMediaPlatform | Instagram ⓘ |
| spouse | Natalie Portman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
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Referenced by (21)
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