Guest DJ Project
Benjamin Millepied
Benjamin Millepied is a French ballet dancer and choreographer, who starred in the movie Black Swan and founded the LA Dance Project. Music is a vital part of his process and he talks about composers who revolutionized music, as well as the tunes that encouraged him to pursue his dreams in America, and make his move from New York to LA.
By Mathieu Schreyer • • 10m ListenBenjamin Millepied is a French ballet dancer and choreographer, who starred in the movie Black Swan and founded the LA Dance Project. Music is a vital part of his process and he talks about composers who revolutionized music, as well as the tunes that encouraged him to pursue his dreams in America, and make his move from New York to LA. The LA Dance Project premiere is on September 22 and will kick off the 10th-anniversary season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center
Tracks
1. Petrushka - Igor Stravinsky - Chicago Symphony - Sir George Solti conductor
2. America - Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story)
3. Goldberg Variations - JS Bach - Glenn Gould piano
4. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
5. Ballade No 1 - Chopin - Vladimir Horowitz piano
Transcript
Mathieu Schreyer: Hi I’m Mathieu Schreyer from KCRW and I’m here with ballet dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied. He starred in the movie Black Swan and he’s the founder of the LA Dance Project. Today, we will be playing excerpt of songs he’s selected that have inspired him over the years as part of KCRW’s Guest DJ Project.