So after a quite a long time spent in Asia, for two and a half months, I am back to this Parisian-ballet life, back to reading in the metro line number 9 every morning while heading to the Opera, ballet classes and rehearsals at the Palais Garnier, feeling excited at grocery shopping on the way... Continue Reading →
Two days ago, by myself, I walked into the "Departures" gate at the Hong Kong international airport again. After all these years, it was still hard to leave my parents, not knowing in how much time exactly I would see them again. "Paris, again. Eight years ago, I arrived by this very same Charles de... Continue Reading →
Yesterday night, the Hong Kong ballet started its 40th Anniversary Season. The ballet company's new director, Septime Webre, brought his own production of "Peter Pan" to Hong Kong. It was an Asian Première and the audience seemed excited to discover this ballet. Photo area outside at the lobby Septime came out to the stage and... Continue Reading →
My ballet school's annual performance in Hong Kong, Stars of Tomorrow 2019, took place at Shatin Town Hall yesterday evening. This event brought me back loads of good memories of course. I had been performing in it for many years, and it had been for me the end of a wonderful summer where I could... Continue Reading →
During our 4-days trip, we spent most of the time visiting the city of Taipei. Although we can notice the mix of Japanese-Chinese culture, the unique identity of Taiwan, enjoy the night markets (with delicious and cheap street food), certain arty districts..... etc., there was no major surprise inside the city. On our last day,... Continue Reading →
Two weeks ago, my family visited Taiwan for the first time. We went to the capital, Taipei. We wanted to spend some quality time together away from all distractions that we can have in Hong Kong. It is only two hours by plane from Hong Kong, how could we not have visited this place before?... Continue Reading →
Paris Opera Ballet's Asia Tour ended. We performed in Singapore and in Shanghai, each time I discovered a new cosmopolitan Asian city more or less similar to Hong Kong. In front of Shanghai Grand Theatre This tour had been especially satisfying for me. Other than visiting Shanghai and Singapore for the first time, performing in... Continue Reading →
The Paris Opera Ballet is leaving for Singapore this coming Monday. I have been waiting for this Asia Tour for a long time. During the last tour to Japan with the Opera, I was an understudy and didn't get to perform in Tokyo. However, this time I will be performing in Rudolf Nureyev's Swan Lake,... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pr6xRMfJYk Here's a private Youtube video (only visible in this blog), of an extract from a dress rehearsal of Speak for Yourself, in which I recently performed.
To prepare for a ballet performance, apart from the daily training, we rehearse the ballet for a month or two, then we go on stage and perform in generally 5 to 24 shows. Whereas writing a business course report, you'd work on the same subject for a year or two, you write a 50-pages report,... Continue Reading →
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