Benjamin Millepied: Who is Benjamin Millepied?

Natalie Portman announced Monday that she was engaged to Benjamin Millepied, and that the couple is expecting.

Benjamin Millepied is a 33-year-old New York City Ballet principal dancer. He is well-known as a choreographer and as a ballet dancer. Millepied met Portman on the set of Black Swan, which he choreographed and has a part in.

The dancer grew up in a small town in France, and has been interviewed by Details magazine and compared to Mikhail Baryshnikov.

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