‘Art transcends race’: Paris Opera Ballet’s first Asian etoile ballerina | Malay Mail

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SEOUL, Oct 18 — When Sae Eun Park auditioned for the world’s oldest ballet institution, her Paris hotel room was so small she could not fully stretch her legs. A decade later the South Korean has become the first Asian ballerina to reach the top “etoile” — or “star” — rank in the...

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SEOUL, Oct 18 — When Sae Eun Park auditioned for the world’s oldest ballet institution, her Paris hotel room was so small she could not fully stretch her legs.

She is one of only two current foreign-born etoiles at the renowned company, defying years of different training, a language barrier, injury and the POB’s notorious competitive exams, which determine all but the highest promotions through its rigid five-rank hierarchy. “I became the first Asian ballerina to be an etoile and it’s very much become a talking point, but I think of it as something that’s very natural.

“A lot of emotions were overlapping — I was so happy, and so grateful, and thought there really is such a day,” Park recalled. At the time she was particularly praised for her technique, such as leaps and turns, but Park says she always wanted something more and found her inspiration in YouTube videos of POB dancers, including its current director Aurélie Dupont.

Park — who comes across as perceptive, humble and genial in equal measure — trains for up to nine hours a day. “It can make you feel completely shattered,” he said. “The very last survivors of that gruelling process become etoiles. I think she has accomplished something that’s impossible.”

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