As an independent wealth management advisor, I receive all kinds of invitations, from investment funds, insurance companies, real estate firms, from anyone looking for advisors to distribute their financial or insurance products. In the past, while I was working full time at the Paris Opera as a ballet dancer, I refused almost all of them:... Continue Reading →
After my first ballet-free summer in twenty-two years, I have just finished my very first week of work without ballet, running my wealth management firm, Wing Patrimoine. To be honest, I felt a little pressure during the summer, thinking about all the work and the clients waiting for me, and about all the projects I... Continue Reading →
In the past fifteen years, by the end of August, I would already be back in Paris, or preparing for my new season, or the season would have started already and I would have been back in the studios for ballet classes, and perhaps my first rehearsals. But this time, I don't have to go... Continue Reading →
Tomorrow, I will start rehearsing for La Bayadère. As I am writing this post this evening, I am feeling quite emotional about it. It will be my last moments dancing in the studios of the Palais Garnier. In less than two weeks' time, I will have to say goodbye to these ballet studios, as we... Continue Reading →
Two days ago, I finished a long series of Giselle performances — twenty-six in total, including four in the demanding “pas de deux des vendangeurs” (pesant pas de deux). What stayed with me from this run is a phrase I first heard from my French host family when I arrived in France about fifteen years... Continue Reading →
A ballet career is intense and deeply demanding. While caught up in the whirlwind of rehearsals and performances at the Opera, we often operate in a kind of survival mode — with little mental space to think, and even less energy to move forward on anything outside of the stage. The unexpected downtime from my... Continue Reading →
Finally, I am back to my Sunday morning routine—comfortably seated in front of my computer, with a sunny Parisian view through the window—ready to reflect and blog about the past two weeks. These last 14 days have been quite intense! I managed to complete my piano and dance performance in Lisbon, which I had organized... Continue Reading →
Today, it's my grandma Ah Ma's birthday. She would have been 99 years old. Since I moved to France, I used to go back to Hong Kong to see my family at least once a year, often during summer break. The global pandemic in 2020 broke this habit, and by March 2023, when I suddenly... Continue Reading →
Hello my dear subscribers! First of all, I sincerely hope that this new year of 2025 started well for you and that this finds you well, happy and healthy. I am part of those who enjoy having new year resolutions very much and this year is no exception. Apart from the boring ones (i.e. being... Continue Reading →
Since I last wrote on this blog, so SO much happened. Tomorrow, it will be my first barre work since 10 months. Yes... 10 months without ballet, a first in my life since a started ballet at the age of 7. Never have I stopped dancing completely for so long. Here's the story. Before last... Continue Reading →
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