Artistic director Benjamin Millepied is to step down from the Paris Opera Ballet company after just two years in the role. The dancer and choreographer is said to have been frustrated with bureaucratic struggles within the ballet's strict hierarchy; he suggested as much during a controversial interview on French television in December.
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