Jin Xing, the strange destiny of a former colonel of the Chinese army who became a dancer
PORTRAIT - This dancer and choreographer, who performs at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with her contemporary dance company, had several lives before devoting herself to her passion.
Chinese horoscopes are unanimous: people born under the sign of the sheep hate feeling constrained and confined, they are family-oriented and idealistic. They have a predilection for the arts that require precision. This is how Jin Xing, nicknamed "the colonel", born on August 13, 1967 under the sign of the fire sheep is. "Never explain, never complain, never give up", she confesses when asked the secret of her extraordinary destiny. The same one that leads her to produce her troupe of 18 contemporary dancers on the stage of the Théâtre des Champs Élysées in the ballets of excellent Western choreographers.
Sitting at the Lutèce on Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, a glass of Chablis in hand, she radiates in her fitted red silk dress. Paris is the city of her heart. “ From a very young age, I knew I wanted to be on stage without really knowing in which discipline, and at 4 years old I sang and danced as soon as a spotlight appeared, ” she says.
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