Star choreographer Millepied quits Paris ballet Star choreographer Benjamin Millepied said Thursday he was ending his short tenure at the Paris Opera Ballet, after lambasting the ensemble as stuck in the past. In just over a year at the helm, the French former dancer -- husband of Hollywood actress Natalie Portman -- faced stiff resistance to his plans to radically reform the institution, a bastion of classical ballet tradition. The board of the ballet later named former principal ballerina Aurelie Dupont, 43, as his replacement. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES