Même si je reconnais le haut niveau esthétique et et la manière innovante de revoir ce classique, je ne suis pas exactement fan de la mise en scène « zen » de Robert Wilson. Néanmoins, même pour moi, qui préfère toujours les décors flamboyants, le suicide de Cio-Cio-san à la fin de l’opéra représente l’apogée de toutes les mises en scène modernes.

Since that night, in the glow of the stars, the enchantment resides eternally in the soul.

Today is yet another ordinary day. Avoiding those dirty streets, her camera captures the melancholic street view of Paris through her window, which speaks of two hundred years of history. After living here for five years, she has become a part of Paris.

In Béjart’s creations, it is the shifting of the group of dancers, body movements, particularly the arms, and the lighting design that establish the illusion of animality and the wildness within humans.

Dance is a kind of language without a voice. Up in the box seat on the fourth floor, the facial expressions of dancers are unclear unless with binoculars. Nonetheless, these dancers on stage have delivered us strong emotions of the characters in Mayerling.

After finishing writing two dissertations these two years, my master’s degree in France has ended, and I can finally look back on my improvement and progress in my French academic writing.

It was the face of a killer – of a tiger. He yelled:
‘You damned interfering mudering lousy little worm!’
He hurled himself forward, his fingers stretching, and curling, his voice raving curses, as he fastened his fingers round Hercule Poirot’s throat…

“Bravo! Stéphane!” The auditorium room sparkled while glitter fell down endlessly on stage. The standing ovation lasted for almost twenty minutes because audiences were not prepared to say goodbye to this marvellous étoile.

It seems like I belong to the covert society in the opera house, and have the privilege to enter a secret space.