Overview
- Dion, speaking to Harper’s Bazaar in an interview published Tuesday, said she will begin a multi‑week residency in Paris in mid‑September and has added extra dates in May 2027 because of high demand.
- She disclosed that doctors formally diagnosed her with stiff‑person syndrome in 2022 after roughly 17 years of unexplained symptoms that intensified around the start of the COVID‑19 pandemic.
- Since the diagnosis Dion has pursued new medications, immunotherapy, physical therapy and vocal therapy and documented her struggles in the 2024 film I Am: Céline Dion.
- To prepare for the Paris shows she follows an intensive training plan that includes 90‑minute Pilates sessions three times a week and regular ballet work as part of ongoing rehabilitation.
- Stiff‑person syndrome is a rare, likely autoimmune neurological disorder that causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms with no approved cure so current care focuses on symptom control and research funded in part by her foundation.