Yesterday, Chun went to see the last demonstrations of the Paris Opera Ballet School. The demonstrations are more or less a showcase of the students' work at the school. What seemed so phenomenally important all those years ago seems so much less today....
With all the cultural and language barriers, racism could be a natural phenomenon. Supposedly, it's easier to talk with someone who speaks the same language as we do. With the cultural differences, we have different centres of interest, and different subjects of conversation. Thus, integrating into a foreign country, we naturally feels rejected, put aside.... Continue Reading →
Somehow, Chun was asked about racism today. This is his 8th year in Paris, at the moment when he was asked about this, he didn't know what to say. Years of experience in France turned everything into banality. In short, he got used to his surroundings. So he didn't really know what to say. What... Continue Reading →
A friend asked Chun to meet at Fauchon shop at Madeleine church today. Chun is on a day-off, before attacking the intense weekend with four performances of La Dame aux Camélias in 3 days! He thought, "lunch at Fauchon? interesting. I've always seen Fauchon corners at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris selling macarons and... Continue Reading →
Tonight was the 11th performance out of the 19 performances of La Dame aux Camélias that we haven in December! So we've done more than half of it! Chun's partner is such a sweet person who always have a very positive and serious attitude in her work. She spreads her good mood with the other... Continue Reading →
This Monday, Chun attended the official screening of Graines d'Etoile... 5 ans après at a studio at Opera Bastille, organised by Arte. It's been four years since he first danced at Opera Bastille, but he never knew there was such a small studio theatre like this! Bastille is indeed gigantic. Before this screening, Chun had watched... Continue Reading →
This morning, Chun went to POB's men's 11:30 class by Mr. Attilio Labis, Etoile and renowned ballet teacher of the Paris Opera. Mr. Labis said, after we've done our assemblé exercice in the centre: "- Il y a deux types d'assemblé, les assemblés qui se déplacent, et ceux qui restent sur place. Quand on les... Continue Reading →
They're finally here! In the first edition of Graines d'Etoile, a series of short films by Francoise-Marie of ARTE Editions, you will see Chun's first steps into the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet School when he was 14 years old. This first edition (the one on the right), which came out in April 2013, is followed... Continue Reading →
This morning, when Chun saw this, he didn't believe that tonight's La Dame aux Camélias performance would be possible, with this fifth day of "Gilets Jaunes" protests. He left home at 9:55 am and arrived at 11:25 am at the Opera, started his day with a ballet class, then rehearsals..... being whole day inside the... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow will be the fifth Saturday that the Gilets Jaunes (as the French call them, referring to protesters wearing yellow vests), and today, the employees of the Paris Opera received an email from the Direction informing us of its decision of remaining the two theatres (Garnier and Bastille) open during this 5th day of riots... Continue Reading →
Tale of Chun 