The "La Dame aux Camélias" group of dancers is now on a short holiday of 5 days before finishing the last two performances of the series on 2nd and 3rd January. Chun takes this occasion to finish his homework, and to enjoy the beautiful city of Paris before going back to Hong Kong on 4th... Continue Reading →
Pointes shoes, the ultimate symbol and cliché of classical ballet and reserved for female ballerinas, is often a fascinating technique and savoir-faire. Not only is the technique of going on pointe extremely painful and difficult, choosing the right pointe shoes, learning this technique correctly, and even preparing the pointe shoes in a way that's appropriate... Continue Reading →
On Christmas Eve, after a nice usual dinner at home, Chun peered out from the window.... In the building facing him, he could barely listen to some laughters, Christmas carols, and he could recognized nicely decorated tables ready for Christmas dinners, Christmas trees and people having a good time with their family. Chun's family in... Continue Reading →
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 →
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