Two days ago, I was back on this stage, this beautiful and raked stage of the Palais Garnier. The rake seemed steeper than in my memory. Anyway, there's still something magical about this stage. We were having our first stage rehearsal of BlakeWorks I, that we will be shortly performing in the program Sugimoto/Forsythe in... Continue Reading →
Last Tuesday, the partnership between the Paris Opera and Le Coq Sportif was officially launched over a cocktail party at the headquarters of the French sportswear brand. Le Coq Sportif created a new collection of sweatsuit that is designed for dancers. We first received Le Coq Sportif products for our last tour to Asia. The... Continue Reading →
8th September at 20:11, at the airport of Düsseldorf, waiting for boarding: At this moment of time, I just turned 23. I only acknowledge my birthday by now, now that all the work is done and that there's a moment of calmness, waiting in front of gate B79. Indeed, most of my birthday was spent... Continue Reading →
Weather is very pleasant in Paris this week: Sunny, the sky is blue, 22 to 24 degrees, perfect. After class this morning at Palais Garnier, I went to the Berthe Morisot exhibition at Musée d'Orsay. Visitors admiring the artworks Berthe Morisot is a female impressionism painter (1841 - 1895). She was a member of the... Continue Reading →
If ballet is an art from, it is also extremely demanding physically. Dancers must regularly train their body in order to maintain a certain technical level. Through this training process over the years, there's at least one thing that I learnt from my own experience: The path to get to the goal may seem discouragingly... Continue Reading →
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 →
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