Since launching her comeback concerts in Paris, Celine Dion has continued to delight fans gathered outside her hotel.
The 58-year-old singer was full of energy on Friday evening, dancing barefoot atop a car before stretching out across its bonnet.
In one of her liveliest fan interactions yet, Dion waved to the adoring crowd and even took a bow from the front of the vehicle.
She opted for an effortlessly stylish look, wearing a khaki-green bomber jacket with black trousers and her hair swept into a low bun.
After removing her shoes, Dion climbed onto the car to wave to supporters gathered farther away.
The star is currently in Paris for a five-week residency, marking her first series of concerts since illness forced her to cancel the rest of her Courage world tour in 2023.
Celine Dion, 58, danced barefoot on a car before lying across the bonnet during her energetic Friday-night appearance
The singer paused to rest on the bonnet after completing her show
During the opening night of her Paris residency last weekend, Dion revealed that she had chosen to make her difficult health battle “my reason for living” in an emotional address to the audience.
She announced in December 2022 that she had been diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome, a rare condition that can cause severe muscle stiffness and painful spasms.
At the height of her illness, the debilitating disorder affected her ability to walk normally and prevented her from using her singing voice as she once did.
Following her opening performance of “On ne change pas” (“We Don’t Change”), Dion told the crowd: “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.”
She added: “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.”
Dion 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 said in English.
Reflecting on the long struggle with her condition, 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.”
Dion gave her most animated greeting yet, waving to enthusiastic fans before bowing from the front of the car
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She paired a khaki-green bomber jacket and black trousers with a relaxed low-bun hairstyle
The singer went barefoot as she climbed onto the car to greet fans in the distance
Dion’s five-week Paris residency is her first concert run since she had to cancel the remainder of her Courage world tour in 2023
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
Celine’s intense rehabilitation programme has seen her try out new medication, physical therapy, vocal therapy and immunotherapy
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.