Early Life
Millepied was born in Bordeaux, France and raised in Dakar, Senegal. He is the youngest of three sons. His ballet training started at the age of eight with his mother Catherine, a former ballet dancer. Between the ages of 13 and 16 he studied with Michel Rahn at the Conservatoire National in Lyon, France.
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