* PS - added.
An AMAZING performance by Celine Dion, in her first performance since being diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (a rare degenerative neurological disorder that causes muscles spasm, rigidity and pain), absolutely flawless - who wasn't emotional watching/hearing it?
Simultaneously channeling Edith Piaf and ... well, herself ... Celine Dion closes the opening ceremony by singing "Hymne A L'Amour" in her signature passionate emotive style, from the Eiffel Tower, giving me chills, in the best of ways ...
PS - If you haven't seen Celine's biopic, "I am Celine," I highly recommend it.
In milder episodes, her lungs and throat spasm such that she cannot sing.
However, during a full-blown crisis - which they actually film from beginning to end in the documentary - her hands and feet begin to contract as a warning sign, then her body freezes such that she cannot move a muscle, and then her body begins to tremble in a seizure.
When the seizure ends, every muscle of her body is completely frozen, even her eye muscles. She is literally stuck, with her face in an absolutely terrified position ...
... and then all you can see is a single tear falling from her eye 😢
Super brave of her to share this with us, the non-glamour of it all.
However, she didn't do it for pity, but to explain why she canceled show-after-show, initially hoping she could fight her way back to singing, but ultimately explaining her diagnosis and prognosis, and that her singing for us will become rarer and rarer, going forward.
To see her like that, and then watch her perform as flawlessly as she did, is truly awe-inspiring.
Much love, Celine - what a gift - not just your voice, but you as a person - you're an inspiration to us all - xo.
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