Tale of Chun
A personal blog of Chun-wing Lam
Category: Chun’s Day-offs / Vacations
Hot bath thoughts…
Remembering the time when we would be fascinated by the simple effect of salt crystals melting into water… Time goes by and a year later, we would not bother giving it a glance……. Do fascinations, passions and wonders in life eventually fade, taken for…
Exhibition Japonisme/Ponti, and Les Troyens at Opera Bastille
Yesterday, Saturday, Chun went to this exhibition Japonisme/Gio Ponti at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs with a friend. Some of his friends told him about this exhibition about Gio Ponti, a renowned Italian architect, and there he was. In the first part of this…
Hong Kong Caprice~
Just after breakfast, sitting at the dinning table just next to Ah Ma (Grandma in Cantonese), Chun looks at his grandma, thoughtful. He asks, – “Ah ma, do you want me to come back to Hong Kong?”, Ah Ma nods simply, eyes looking at…
Home sweet home ~ Photos of La Dame aux Camélias……
Chun is on vacation in Hong Kong, enjoying some precious time with his family and friends in his hometown. That us probably explains why he’s less active here….. Here are all the photos taken during the last production at Opera Garnier, La Dame aux…
Jean-Michel Basquiat / Egon Schiele @Fondation Louis Vuitton
I think Chun has never spent so much time in a single exhibition…. He arrived at 9am at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, a beautiful building by the architect Frank Gehry, and at noon, he had lunch appointment, so he had to leave, but he…
Concert in the Church of Madeleine~
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…
Pointe shoes training and sewing…
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,…
Recent performances:
I will perform in two different ballets in the program LEÓN & LIGHTFOOT / VAN MANEN:
1. Sleight of Hand (trio)
2. Speak for Yourself (solo)
For Sleight of Hand:
April: 18, 19, 20 (14h30 and 20h), 21 (14h30), 27 (20h)
May: 11, 17, 18 (20h), 23
For Speak for Yourself:
Mai: 12 (14h30), 14, 18 (14h30), 20
For more information: https://www.operadeparis.fr/saison-18-19/ballet/leon-lightfoot-van-manen
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