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My Grandma used to often remind me,
“If something is meant for you, it will stay with you. What isn’t meant for you will eventually find its way elsewhere. So, stay true to your path and be kind.”
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Last moments in Opera Garnier
Tomorrow, I will start rehearsing for La Bayadère. As I am writing this post this evening, I am feeling quite emotional about it. It will be my last moments dancing in the studios of the Palais Garnier. In less than two weeks’ time, I will have to say goodbye to these ballet studios, as we…
Ending my incredible and magical journey at the Paris Opera Ballet
I started blogging here back around 2012–2013, when I was still a student at the Paris Opera Ballet School. Feeling quite lonely, and a little lost, I didn’t speak much French, and found myself among students for whom this world was native. I wanted to journal my thoughts and what I was going through. After…
“Criticism is easy, but art is difficult.”
Two days ago, I finished a long series of Giselle performances — twenty-six in total, including four in the demanding “pas de deux des vendangeurs” (pesant pas de deux). What stayed with me from this run is a phrase I first heard from my French host family when I arrived in France about fifteen years…
Tale of Chun 