Here's a short presentation video edited by the Alumni teams of my business school GEM. Imagine the emotions that I had when I watched this for the first time just before giving my speech during the dinner!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9JpQY0Cw2Y&feature=youtu.be
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GEM Graduation on Chinese New Year
Last Saturday, 25th January 2020, was a day of unbelievable coincidence: - It was the first day of the Chinese New Year of the Rat (me being a Rat in Chinese Zodiac and a "petit rat de l'Opéra")- and the day of the graduation ceremony at my business school, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM). Moreover,... Continue Reading →
Free concert protest in front of Palais Garnier~
After 12 days of holiday, the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet started rehearsing again this week. For me, I am understudying the role of the "4 dancers" in Balanchine's Sérénade, which will be the first ballet presented in a Balanchine program in Opéra Bastille. Sérénade is mostly composed of female parts, so I have... Continue Reading →
Gala in Calais, France
The Paris Opera Ballet is now on vacation. As usual, after December's intense period of performances, we would have a short break. This time was an exception though, because since 5th December, we have not be performing. I decided to prepare for a gala performance in Calais, France during this empty period. Calais is a... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year 2020!~
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 →
Full length – Special demonstration of the Paris Opera Ballet
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 →
My next performance in Calais
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 🙂
Strike continues at the Paris Opera
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 →
Strike continues…. my most unusual week in France!
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 →
Massive strike in France and cancelled performances
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 →
