Today is 17th January 2021 already. It took me 17 days to write and to wish you a happy new year 2021! After a very special 2020, with this unprecedented global pandemic, may this new year be more peaceful and most importantly, good health. The sanitary situation is not so well in France. The numbers... Continue Reading →
In order to complete my master degree course, it is required that we complete a 3-months internship in a company. So in September 2020, thanks to a friend of mine, I got the opportunity to work in a governmental organisation, Vallée Sud Grand Paris. Unlike last time, this one is a real internship with a... Continue Reading →
During the past two weeks, the Paris Opera Ballet have been preparing for a "come-back" series of La Bayadère performances at Opéra Bastille. In French government's last press conference, Emmanuel Macron planned to reopen the cultural institutions including museums, cinemas, theatres and concert halls on 15th December. After almost an entire year without performing on... Continue Reading →
After almost 8 months of work and preparation, it is finally here! Yesterday, on 1st December, the entire film "Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune", a collaboration with the pianist Alexandre Tharaud, was published on Warner Classics' YouTube Channel. Feeling excited to present this work, I am grateful for this opportunity and am curious to know... Continue Reading →
This second confinement in France is starting to show its effectiveness and since about a week, the numbers here are stable and began to go down. We now have around 20 000 confirmed cases daily (we hit as many as 80 000 cases per day a few weeks ago!) The shops, restaurants and bars who... Continue Reading →
https://www.facebook.com/harpersbazaarhk/videos/386933389219312 In March 2019, when Harper's BAZAAR HK's team was in Paris for the fashion week, they needed an interpreter (Cantonese-French) in order to carry out a random street interview about fashion, skincare and French lifestyle. I accepted the job and worked for the first time in my life as an interpreter! It was a... Continue Reading →
Today is already the third day of the new lockdown. The government announced on Wednesday evening a confinement for the whole country for at least 4 weeks, until 1st December. Unlike last time, this time the restrictions are much more flexible. While the non-essential shops (including bars and restaurants) must close down, the schools remain... Continue Reading →
On 18th October 2020 (Sunday), for the first time since March, we did a gala near Paris without masks. In order to do that, all ten of us did two Covid tests during the week before the show. We performed once again the program Joyaux du Ballet with the company 3e Etage, with a few... Continue Reading →
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 →
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