Before we know it we are already in 2020, in a new decade. I wish you all a wonderful year. So much is happening in the world right now, who knows what this new decade would bring us? New year is a good time to think, to plan, to have new projects and goals. No... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVueDU8uw1I Due to the strike movement in France but also inside the Paris Opera, all performances after 5th December were cancelled. For me, who was supposed to perform in Raymonda this December, we only did the very first performance on 3rd December, and then all the other 21 shows were cancelled. The employees of the... Continue Reading →
I will be performing in Calais on 8th and 9th January 2020, in 3e Etage's next show in Calais, France. For more information: https://www.calais.fr/fr/Ville-de-Calais/envie-de-bouger/se-divertir/agenda/idees-de-sortie/5d4bf2fb72e7e54f0ba830e2/petites-virtuosites-variees I look forward to performing in Calais and hope to see you there 🙂
It's been 21 days since Opera started going on strike. 50 performances have been cancelled, and the audience must be very disappointed, especially those who came from far away to watch the performances. This social movement has dramatic economic consequences for the Paris Opera, who might just have lost more than 14 million euros...... The... Continue Reading →
Today is already the 10th day of the massive social movement in France. The public transport system is still paralysed, with only a reduced service of certain bus lines, and the metro is almost completely down. The French people seem to get more and more annoyed with the strike, especially when we have no choice... Continue Reading →
Since last Thursday, a massive social movement began all around France to demand withdrawal of the government's latest pension reform. While the details of the plan has not yet been unveiled, Macron's proposal for a single pension system, which would eliminate dozens of separate plans for public sector workers, would force millions of people in... Continue Reading →
Today, following a press release, the French medias published an article about four foreign dancers at the Paris Opera Ballet. I am very honoured to be one of them. It is never easy to quit one's hometown to live in a foreign culture. But it is a largely worthy experience from which we learn and... Continue Reading →
After nearly one and a half month of rehearsals, a part of the Paris Opera Ballet moved to Opera Bastille to perform Raymonda. It is one of Marius Petipa’s classical ballets, certainly not as popular as his other Tchaikovsky ballets (I.e. Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker......etc). Glazunov’s music for Raymonda clearly do not meet Tchaikovsky’s... Continue Reading →
Last Thursday, on 14th November, I was invited to an alumni event organised by my business school, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). Yes! I have become an alumnus and am part of the network now, this seems unbelievable to me. The event was held in the business area of Paris, in La Défense, in the... Continue Reading →
Ballet is known to teach discipline. Some people say that ballet is a lifestyle: Dancers have to constantly stay in shape, the ballet technique is demanding and has different requirements, the quasi-military aspect of certain corps de ballet parts in classical ballets.... It would be easy to understand why ballet requires strong discipline and commitment.... Continue Reading →
Tale of Chun 