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Celine Dion showed her sense of fun when she put on a very animated display with her bodyguard at her Paris hotel after her triumphant comeback gigs.
The singer, 58, wore a brown knitted hooded top and a matching skirt which had a split going up the back as she playfully boxed with him.
Her caramel coloured locks were styled into her trademark bun and she pulled a series of exaggerated moves as she danced with fans, blowing kisses and doing the 'call me' symbol.
Celine has been courting attention every night after her Paris shows as she meets her fans outside the Royal Monceau hotel after a battle with Stiff Person Syndrome which has affected her voice.
One night, she climbed atop a car and danced and sang with her fans to her 1995 hit song, Pour Que Tu M'Aimes Encore.
Celine Dion boxed with her bodyguard as she put on a VERY animated display at her Paris hotel on Wednesday after triumphant comeback gigs
The singer, 58, wore a brown knitted hooded top and a matching skirt which had a split going up the back
Celine has been courting attention every night after her Paris shows as she meets her fans outside the Royal Monceau hotel after a battle with Stiff Person Syndrome which has affected her voice
The superstar is in the French capital for a five-week residency – her first run of concerts since she was forced to cancel the remainder of her Courage world tour in 2023.
She recently shared that she has decided to make her devastating health battle 'my reason for living.'
The singer revealed in December 2022 that she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, or SPS, which causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms.
At its worst, the debilitating condition left her unable to walk properly or use her singing voice as she once had.
In 2024, Celine made a promise: 'I’ll sing again'.
After delivering her first song of her first comeback show, On ne change pas (We don't change), she said: 'I had promised myself not to cry. Here we are… I'm standing on stage in this city that I love so much, thanks to your support and your love.
'I have to admit, though, that the road was rocky. The journey was longer than expected, with unplanned stops along the way.
'But I hung in there. A faint ray of light in the distance, deep in the mountains. I believed in it. And here it is. The sun – the sun is here. The sun, right in front of me.'
Her caramel coloured locks were styled into her trademark bun and she pulled a series of exaggerated moves as she danced with fans, blowing kisses and doing the 'call me' symbol
She recently shared that she has decided to make her devastating health battle 'my reason for living'
The superstar is in the French capital for a five-week residency – her first run of concerts since she was forced to cancel the remainder of her Courage world tour in 2023
She has been incredibly well received by her fans two years after she vowed to sing again despite her debilitating health battle
Celine's intense rehabilitation programme has seen her try out new medication, physical therapy, vocal therapy and immunotherapy
Speaking of the uphill battle she waged with her health, she said: 'By living with it day in and day out, I've come to terms with it. And I've decided to make it my reason for living'
The residency will see her take to the stage for 16 shows in autumn 2026 and 10 additional dates in May 2027
She continued: 'I made a promise to be back on stage. So here I am, singing for you and singing for me, singing live! Thank you so very much for your support, your patience and if I may say so, I am everything I am because you loved me,' she then said in English.
Speaking of the uphill battle she waged with her health, she said: 'By living with it day in and day out, I've come to terms with it. And I've decided to make it my reason for living.'
She continued: 'But look around here – all around you, right here in this room – we don't know what the person next to us is going through.
'There are people going through hardships, grief and sorrow. There are people radiating energy and joy. So let's take that energy and share it. That's what music is for. Tonight, we'll sing, we'll dance and we'll celebrate.'
Celine's intense rehabilitation programme has seen her try out new medication, physical therapy, vocal therapy and immunotherapy.
In order to ensure she's physically able to perform, Celine has been working on her strength with 90-minute Pilates sessions three times a week as well as twice-weekly ballet and barre classes.
Her home gym is also decked out with weights, a treadmill and a reformer machine, with Celine revealing her flexibility has increased since she started her new exercise regime.
Speaking to Harper's Bazaar about her new regime, she described it as falling and getting back up repeatedly, adding that she was proud of herself for achieving something that her body wasn't 'born to do'.
'It is a progressive condition,' she noted. 'I don't like to say 'disease.' Disease makes you go like this,' she said, scrunching her nose and saying, ''Kevin, you're such a disease.''
Celine laid bare the brutality of the condition in her 2024 documentary, I Am: Celine Dion.
Yet in recent days she has looked in high spirits while out greeting fans in Paris ahead of her shows.
The residency will see her take to the stage for 16 shows in autumn 2026 and 10 additional dates in May 2027.
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