This photo was taken earlier this week, it is how the mythical stage of the Palais Garnier looks like now due to the renovation. It was indeed a good decision of the Paris Opera to do the renovation of the two stages (Garnier and Bastille) in this period of uncertainty and when the performance schedule... Continue Reading →
The Paris Opera Ballet finally is performing again! Even though it is only with a small number of principals and soloists for now, the French audience seems to be very eager to be back in Opera Garnier to watch ballet performances. Because the company decided to renovate the stages of both Palais Garnier and Opera... Continue Reading →
Another gala done this weekend in Anglet with my colleagues of 3e Etage. During this period of unprecedented uncertainty, I am extremely grateful to be part of the lucky artists to have the opportunity to be on stage in front of an eager audience. We originally planned to do only one show, on 27th September.... Continue Reading →
This weekend's weather in Paris is still unusually pleasant. I am entering my 10th year in France and in the past 9 years, I have never had a 28-degrees and very sunny weather in September. Normally by the end of August, we would already feel that summer is leaving and the weather slowly gets windier... Continue Reading →
Just back from a roller-coaster weekend in Nancy. We had two performances on Saturday evening and Sunday matinée. The preparation of this gala had been especially complicated, we only had two weeks' time to rehearse, a program that we were supposed to do in March 2020, but it was then cancelled because of the lockdown... Continue Reading →
After more than 6 months without performing on stage in front of a proper audience, if the conditions permit, I will go to Nancy (France) next weekend to be part of a ZD Productions gala performance, in the program Joyaux du Ballet. To make this happen, we are particularly careful during the preparation of this... Continue Reading →
We did it!!! This weekend, we finally finished the filming of the music video for Alexandre Tharaud's own piano transcription of Prélude à l'après-midi d'un Faune by Debussy (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun). With Alexandre, we have been imagining and discussing about this project since the beginning of 2020, for almost half a... Continue Reading →
胎死腹中 is a Chinese expression translated as "Stillbirth" or "Fetal death during pregnancy" in English. Apart from its literal meaning, some people would use it to describe the failure of a project: The process of "pregnancy" being the preparation/working phase, the final product of the project being the "baby". You might be able to guess... Continue Reading →
The Paris Opera Ballet is supposed to be back into the studios tomorrow, after all this time: Confinement since mid-March, a short period of ballet classes back in the studios with social distancing until beginning of July, then summer vacation until now. Yet, the spread of coronavirus has not yet been controlled... with more than... Continue Reading →
Last September, on the day of my 23rd birthday, I was in Dusseldorf, Germany, for a music video shooting with my "師姐" Wun Sze Chan. It is finally out! The music video was filmed at Cubic Studios Düsseldorf, and is called "Winter", a shortfilm by Rosah Sahin, Wun Sze Chan & Leopath featuring Gosia Rogala.... Continue Reading →
