Famed Canadian singer Céline Dion is not letting anything keep her down.
After sharing her Stiff-Person Syndrome diagnosis in 2022, Dion took extra time to rest and heal, which required her to cancel big tours.
Dion performed once in 2024, but she returned to the stage last month.
In March 2026, the singer announced 10 shows in Paris and later added more dates, bringing the total to 26 performances.
Dion showed resilience after a quick fall on stage during her Wednesday, Oct. 7 performance at the Plénitude Arena in Nanterre.
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The 56-year-old sang her upbeat 1998 song “Dans un autre monde” while dancing with confidence.
As she hopped on one leg in heels while pumping her arm in the air, she slipped on her own feet. Dion ended up falling down sideways on the stage in a viral clip.
A closer look at a fan-recorded video suggests her flared pants slipped under her heel, causing the fall. The mishap happened so quickly that anyone who blinked might have missed it.
She quickly got to her knees and gave the audience a thumbs-up. She then got back on her feet and kept going.
The incident did not deter Dion from keeping up the same energy she had before. She continued marching and moving on stage, and at some point she twisted her leg in a dancing motion.
Fans responded to the quick fall by cheering on Dion.
One person supporting the way she got up said, “Recovered like a champ.”
Another fan sharing kind words to her typed, “I hope she’s okay. Shows her dedication to not let that slip hold her back from continuing with the show. Such a talented singer.”
A third person joked about how seamless the fall was. “If she wouldn’t never threw her up she could’ve played it off as part of a dance move,” added one person. Another said, “That was scary.”
A fourth person applauding Dion wrote, “She’s in great shape and that was a very elegant “fall.”
Dion has split her 26-show residency into two parts and she has performed 11 shows so far.
The fall run started Sept. 12 and will end next weekend on Oct. 17.
She will start part two next year on May 8, 2027 until May 28, 2027.
Back in 2021, Dion delayed her Las Vegas residency after experiencing severe muscle spasms.
The next year, she canceled the North American part of her World Tour to be “treated for severe and persistent muscle spasms” which prevented her from performing.
She initially noticed issues from Stiff-Person Syndrome in 2008 when she realized she could not control her voice from skidding.
Years later, she was prescribed high doses of Valium to try to treat the continuous muscle spasms, but unfortunately she wasn’t able to recover as quickly as she was hoping to.
In December, she finally shared her SPS diagnosis with the world and canceled the remainder of the world tour in May 2023.
In a 2024 interview with Today’s Hoda Kotb, she detailed how the condition affected her singing.
“It’s like somebody is strangling you. It’s like somebody is pushing your larynx, pharynx this way,” she said, then pressed her throat to demonstrate the weak sound that comes out when she tries to speak.
“It’s like you’re talking like that, and you cannot go higher or lower,” she said, “and it’s a spasm.
As far as it affects her physically, Dion said, “If I point my feet, they will stay [in that position], or if I cook, because I love to cook, my hands will get in a position where you cannot unlock them.”
She also said her spasm became so severe at one point that it caused her to have broken ribs.
SPS is a rare condition that affects one to two people in a million, according to John Hopkins University. It most commonly develops around the age 40 to 50 and can cause symptoms like difficulty walking, rigid posture, chronic pain, shortness of breath, and more.
