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 →
The results were announced. I was ranked 4th in my class and since there were two places for promotion this year, I was not promoted this time. Feeling disappointed is inevitable. But there's another part of the "results", it's the fact that I tried my best, worked really hard for it, was satisfied with my... Continue Reading →
Napoli Variation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4LSq_XL5Jw Romeo and Juliet Variation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfP2kSMKNMo
During the past three weeks, the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet had been busy preparing for their Concours de Promotion 2019 while having the usual rehearsals and performances. I myself was no exception, that's why I have been off from this blog for quite some time. The Concours took place last Friday, on 8th... Continue Reading →
This year's Promotional Contest officially started its preparation at the Paris Opera Ballet. It will take place on 6th and 8th November on the stage of the Palais Garnier. We're back to booking studios by sticking a little piece of paper on the studios' door! For the Quadrille men, this year's compulsory variation happens to... Continue Reading →
Here's a short article by Business Cool about my recent graduation at Grenoble Ecole de Management, a semi-private business school in Grenoble, France. http://business-cool.com/vie-etudiante/portraits-etudiants/chun-wing-lam-opera-paris-grenoble-ecole-de-management/ Who would have thought that I would one day do an interview in French? This is the very first one I guess. Thank you Maximilien for this article! Business may seem... Continue Reading →
This afternoon, we finished our 5th performance of the program Sugimoto/Forsythe in Palais Garnier. In total, we will have done 17 performances, so 12 more to go! After our Première (first performance/ opening), we were invited to a cocktail in the Rotonde du Glacier which is a nice little circular hall in the Palais Garnier.... Continue Reading →
Tale of Chun 