I wish Carousel had been taped. People dont fully understand how important it is to tape things. The beauty and all the work could be spread. Not to mention an historical record.
Wait a second Wait a second Wait a second Wait a second Can we all take a moment To appreciate how perfect her arabesque is in the thumbnail? Oh mah God.
@@evancarlson1634 sorry I know this is a year ago, but why a battement? I thought battement is always lower, not about elongating the line quite as much as an arabesque
I love your stories and how you handled yourself in them when others weren't so thrilled. The world needs more people like you. Especially on social media.
I vividly remember when Carousel first came out in that Winter Season and seeing Kathryn Morgan in Carousel for the first time. I simply loved Carousel, especially the brilliant ending, where the boys are the horses and the girls "ride" them. It was so original. It showed what Christopher Wheeldon was capable of, later seen in his Alice in Wonderland for the Royal Ballet.
A t great time to share with someone on social media is really and definitely you Kathy, 😘. I'm a German ballet girl but i enjoy it to train and learn from you... 🦋 🌈🔮✨-i wish you would do training videos for the beginners to the advanced dancer...,,never will miss once, I'm in, fast i can get a chance😍🌟...because after seeing an learn from you is a beautiful and intensly experience, with 😘😘😘your Michelle Yvette
I would love to see a barre for adult beginners. I’m trying to build up confidence to go back to ballet after a very long break! Thanks Kathryn. You are lovely!
I would love a video on back strengthening and stretching! My arabesque is 90 degrees and I'd like it to be higher but I struggle alot. And I'd also like a beginner/intermediate pointe barre! Your last one really helped.
a video on arabesque turns would be so so helpful! I really struggle with those. Also I love these once upon a pointe videos, I'd love to see them more often!
Love this video, Kathryn! I live in England and I love watching Christopher Wheeldon working with the Royal Ballet, so wow! You are a true star, so professional and yet so down to earth! You are such an inspiration to me. Thank you!
Hi! I am a 43 year old dancer who just started pointe in September so, no chance of me ever becoming professional lol, but I love watching your videos and you inspire me to dance for the love of ballet!
Kathryn Morgan we have just started to do pirouettes and other turns and I get so excited when I nail a step, even simple things. I'm in class with all teenagers but they are all so sweet and make me feel totally comfortable.
I'm 45 next week and will be starting pointe hopefully before the summer. Its so hard learning ballet being so much older but my teacher is so supportive, I'm so lucky she is giving me the chance to do something I've wanted to do my entire life but only now getting the chance. I'm so glad to know someone else is having the same adventure☺
Heather Harkins I've been with my current teacher for a year and a half, and started with another teacher for a year or two before that in a class with the teenage girls. The girls were lovely but I was made feel though that I didn't matter by the teacher as I was older, so I'm so grateful to my current teacher for her time and more importantly for her corrections- when she's correcting me I know she thinks I'm worth correcting! She's old school hard core though- she won't let you use toe pads when you start pointe as she says you need to feel the floor in your shoes😨
Listening to this for the 1st time is very heartwarming even more since the Special Gala of 2022 is coming up. Oh I really wish I could see you perform live on a stage. So Proud Of You.😊❤
I always get incredibly impressed with how completely awesome your stories are. This is just amazing. Kudos to you for dealing with the haters as great as you did. Since you may be taking suggestions, I would deeply appreciate tips on grande allegro! Amazing video!
You are a beautiful dancer but you explain things so well and in an interesting way. Young dancers like teens would benefit so much to be taught by you . Not to stop dancing, you are young, but you are so relatable and so easy to follow. They would learn so much. You have so much to offer. Have you written a book of your experiences? So many people would rush to buy it. You a born dancer but also a born coach or teacher and tender hearted . Many teachers are so unapproachable. Anyone, any age, would be lucky to have you. You are so gifted in so many ways.
Thanks for sharing Katie, I really love listening to your stories! Your hard work and dignity really paid off in many situations and it’s so gratifying to hear you speak about it :)
Love hearing these stories. I'd love a new "easy" barre. I've used your old one as a warm up barre or mild workout for years bc it's fabulous, so it would be great to have a new one. :)
So enjoyed this video. I love hearing your ballet stories!! You are so inspiring and so humble. It is amazing. Thanks for sharing with us. I am not sure if you have this type of video up but I would love to see a really comprehensive stretching routine. Also still hoping for that adoption video (my dad was adopted and I always stories of adoption very moving).
Kathryn, the stories of your NYCB days are so enjoyable to hear! I appreciate how you relate all of the Details so Honestly. I had a short dance career and I spent a very BRIEF time with a major dance company (SFB), where, at one point, I was cast to understudy a Soloist while I was still only a scholarship Student. So, I have some crazy "ballet days" stories of my own!😁 Unfortunately, I never got to dance the soloist rôle, as my dance career was cut short by an accident resulting in a back injury. Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Keep up the Good Work!!💙
It's so refreshing to start a morning listening to you! Could you do a quick barre? I was trained in cuban style and since I came back I really miss the speed! I love all your classes, by the way, and I've seen many interesting ideas on here!
I'd absolutely love tips on how to keep your elbows "anti-gravity" and not letting them drop I really struggle with that, especially on turns, my arms throw me off... Thank you!! Love you♥️ xoxo
tips for working with your natural hyperextension!! I'm very hyper extended, and it can be difficult to find my center of balance or pull up out of my supporting leg sometimes.
Happy Easter! Loved the story and would love to see a video on safety in the dance studio. Or maybe stated as - How can I as a dancer keep safe while in the studio. (I'm into safety things and find it interesting.) Thank you!
Hi katie! Thank you do much for doing ballet videos again. Could you do one on Tombe Pas de Bourree? Also, have you ever considered doing videos on more contemporary ballet move, like an angel leap? I think there is another name for it but that's what my studio calls it Thank you!
I know you've already done a petite allegro help video but could you do another one? I just can't seem to get my changement battus and entreche quatres right. Also maybe an intermediate barre and center would be nice and a performance warm-up class too! So excited technique videos are my favourites!
Hi, Kathryn! I don't normally comment because I figured it would just get lost into the sea of comments, but I just wanted to let you know that I am going to get to see you when you come to TX to do pointe shoe fittings at the Suffolk store! I have been watching your videos for a super long time, ever since I was trying to find a decent stage makeup tutorial and found your old classic stage makeup tutorial. I am also using your Sleeping Beauty Wedding Pas de deux as a reference for the one I am doing for YAGP! Anyway, you just inspire me so much and am so excited to get to meet you, even though I am super nervous. 😊 You are amazing! ❤️❤️❤️ Janie Pendleton
Love your videos so much! Beautiful job! For future videos if you could do some that focus on placement and posture would be great. Thank you so much for all of your hard work!
Loved hearing your experiences, Katie! I used to play the soundtrack of "Carousel" all the time when I was a little girl (ahhh ... Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae ... ) Is there any footage of you dancing in this role?
thanks so much for starting your ballet videos!! those are the ones that i love most; i was hoping you could do another ballet barre since ive done them all and i also find your " easy ballet center workout" not so easy so i thought you could maybe do an even easier one? thanks again love your videos so much
I’ll never forget going to see Giselle at abt back in 2011 misty copeland filled in the night I was there for peasant pas de deux such a surprise and I have to say more magical than any Disney show
glissades a la seconde! I can never get a clean weight transfer, I sound like an elephant and my hips are all over the place :) So excited you're doing technique videos again!
second comment, i also have a question. Do you think new york city ballet will ever perform Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? i've been dreaming of seeing that ballet live for YEARS but i can't leave the country, and the only companies performing it that i know of are the royal and national ballet of canada (which would have been possible had i not found out about it a week after they ended their run :P)
I would really like a class on like échappé and with like the front back thingy? (In the Netherlands they call it battement kind of?) i struggle with it so much.... Anyway lots of love from the Netherlands!
Yay! These are one of my favorite videos you make. (Even though I love all of them haha) I think it is really cool to get a inside to a professional's story. It really helps me see more and more that I want to be a professional someday!
Hey Katie! I would love if you could do a video on proper core alignment. I constantly struggle with over-arching my back and leaning slightly backward, especially during barre. Thanks for considering xoxo
Hi, Katie! Just wanted to say you’re amazing and to apologize because I accidentally applied to your scholarship several times, (because of Internet connection problems I thought it wasn’t submitted) I’m sorry if that will bother you
Kathryn Morgan I would really like to ask what are you thinking about the variations videos? Are you still planning to do these? That would be wonderful 💕💕
Hey Katie! I would love it if you could make a technique video for help on balancing en pointe. I’m new to pointe but can’t really do much of anything because I can’t get the balance right. Thanks so much! Xoxo
Hi Kathryn, I enjoyed this story so much. I was wondering, do you have a clip of you dancing in Carousel? If you do, could you post it, please? Thank you :)
Could you do another barre focusing on turnout? I do your turnout one that's a couple years old a few times a week and it's helped me so much! I would love some more combinations. Also, I would love a video on grand rond de jambe en l'air and the ones a la seconde. Thanks so much! Love your story videos, Katie!
Hi Katie ILYSM! Please do a video on how to do fast pique turns in a circle because i have to do the on the number count and the and count in my solo, so it would really help! Also please do a video on what warmup u should do before auditions/ how to prepare for auditions! Thanks❤️❤️❤️
please do a video on how to stop your leg from dipping down in grande ronde de jamb! My leg is very high devant, very high a la seconde, and dips quite a bit before coming to my very high arabesque.
I wish Carousel had been taped. People dont fully understand how important it is to tape things. The beauty and all the work could be spread. Not to mention an historical record.
Wait a second
Wait a second
Wait a second
Wait a second
Can we all take a moment
To appreciate how perfect her arabesque is in the thumbnail?
Oh mah God.
ItsAva_ Definitely
I just joined this channel and YES, that arabesque is to die for.
Pretty sure it’s a battement, but still great.
@@evancarlson1634 sorry I know this is a year ago, but why a battement? I thought battement is always lower, not about elongating the line quite as much as an arabesque
I love your stories and how you handled yourself in them when others weren't so thrilled. The world needs more people like you. Especially on social media.
Thank you so much, I appreciate it.
Please do a once upon a pointe on your first pointe shoe fitting and your first pair pointe shoes
I vividly remember when Carousel first came out in that Winter Season and seeing Kathryn Morgan in Carousel for the first time. I simply loved Carousel, especially the brilliant ending, where the boys are the horses and the girls "ride" them. It was so original. It showed what Christopher Wheeldon was capable of, later seen in his Alice in Wonderland for the Royal Ballet.
I was lucky enough to to be in the 4th row at this Gala and you were spectacular.
I can study later😅 katie is more important😂
haha awww
Me too. :)
We would love a Balanchine barre!!!!!
You should start teaching variations!!!!
Definitely going to work on it!
Yesss
Omg yas!!
Yes please!
A t great time to share with someone on social media is really and definitely you Kathy, 😘. I'm a German ballet girl but i enjoy it to train and learn from you... 🦋
🌈🔮✨-i wish you would do training videos for the beginners to the advanced dancer...,,never will miss once, I'm in, fast i can get a chance😍🌟...because after seeing an learn from you is a beautiful and intensly experience, with 😘😘😘your Michelle Yvette
I’m not surprised you got those roles even as an apprentice! clearly they saw your talent and lyrical style and you can’t help that about yourself 😂
I would love to see a barre for adult beginners. I’m trying to build up confidence to go back to ballet after a very long break! Thanks Kathryn. You are lovely!
I would love a video on back strengthening and stretching! My arabesque is 90 degrees and I'd like it to be higher but I struggle alot. And I'd also like a beginner/intermediate pointe barre! Your last one really helped.
same a video on back strengthening for arabesque pleaaase !
She already has back strengthening video
oh right thanks !!
I would love to hear about your experience dancing sugar plum, I remember you mentioned it previously ♡
I could listen to your stories for hours! So interesting
a video on arabesque turns would be so so helpful! I really struggle with those. Also I love these once upon a pointe videos, I'd love to see them more often!
Katie, you are still a legend - their predictions were absolutely correct!
These videos are so so cool! Your stories sound like fairytales:) Thank you for sharing them!
Love this video, Kathryn! I live in England and I love watching Christopher Wheeldon working with the Royal Ballet, so wow! You are a true star, so professional and yet so down to earth! You are such an inspiration to me. Thank you!
Is she really THAT good or did she get lucky?
Love these stories. 💞💞 What an incredible career you had with NYCB. You should write a book one day. ❤️
You are so talented, and thank you so much for making videos for us!!
Thank you Lexi!
Hi! I am a 43 year old dancer who just started pointe in September so, no chance of me ever becoming professional lol, but I love watching your videos and you inspire me to dance for the love of ballet!
Thank you so much for sharing that with me Heather! Good for you! How is pointe going?
Kathryn Morgan we have just started to do pirouettes and other turns and I get so excited when I nail a step, even simple things. I'm in class with all teenagers but they are all so sweet and make me feel totally comfortable.
I'm 45 next week and will be starting pointe hopefully before the summer. Its so hard learning ballet being so much older but my teacher is so supportive, I'm so lucky she is giving me the chance to do something I've wanted to do my entire life but only now getting the chance. I'm so glad to know someone else is having the same adventure☺
Maybelline66 you must be so excited! How long have you been taking ballet?
Heather Harkins I've been with my current teacher for a year and a half, and started with another teacher for a year or two before that in a class with the teenage girls. The girls were lovely but I was made feel though that I didn't matter by the teacher as I was older, so I'm so grateful to my current teacher for her time and more importantly for her corrections- when she's correcting me I know she thinks I'm worth correcting! She's old school hard core though- she won't let you use toe pads when you start pointe as she says you need to feel the floor in your shoes😨
Wish you could have put the actual ballet of you dancing in Carousel.
I literally stopped what I was doing to watch this video.
Aww thank you. xo
Me too!
Hey Kathryn! I would love to see a full barre routine again. Lots of love, Hanna
Definitely
Wow. This sounds like a plot of some inspirational movie. I love and adore this story.
Can you do a video about manèges and how not to get out of your line?It would really help since I am struggling with it! Love you Katie!!!
I danced for 15 years and watching your videos make me miss dancing so so so much!!! I feel all the nostalgia 😭❤️ good mems. Loved this video!
Can you do a video on developing musicality in terms of dancing? Even by non dancer standards I have no rhythm 😅
Listening to this for the 1st time is very heartwarming even more since the Special Gala of 2022 is coming up. Oh I really wish I could see you perform live on a stage. So Proud Of You.😊❤
Could you maybe do a video on gargouillade i have been having trouble on it?❤️
Could you do a video on “making your feet more flexible” and/or making the metatarsal joints more flexible and working on improving plantar flexion.
Hi Kathryn, I was wondering if you would be able to show how to do ballottés/ballonés. And how you should hold your upper body doing them.
A beginner's barre for adults and others who aren't currently training as dancers, but love to reminisce with your videos!
Maybe something that really focuses on reminding us about proper alignment and technique?
I always get incredibly impressed with how completely awesome your stories are. This is just amazing. Kudos to you for dealing with the haters as great as you did. Since you may be taking suggestions, I would deeply appreciate tips on grande allegro! Amazing video!
You are a beautiful dancer but you explain things so well and in an interesting way. Young dancers like teens would benefit so much to be taught by you . Not to stop dancing, you are young, but you are so relatable and so easy to follow. They would learn so much. You have so much to offer. Have you written a book of your experiences? So many people would rush to buy it. You a born dancer but also a born coach or teacher and tender hearted . Many teachers are so unapproachable. Anyone, any age, would be lucky to have you. You are so gifted in so many ways.
Can you please please please make a video on extensions and core strength?
Thanks for sharing Katie, I really love listening to your stories! Your hard work and dignity really paid off in many situations and it’s so gratifying to hear you speak about it :)
Love hearing these stories. I'd love a new "easy" barre. I've used your old one as a warm up barre or mild workout for years bc it's fabulous, so it would be great to have a new one. :)
So enjoyed this video. I love hearing your ballet stories!! You are so inspiring and so humble. It is amazing. Thanks for sharing with us. I am not sure if you have this type of video up but I would love to see a really comprehensive stretching routine. Also still hoping for that adoption video (my dad was adopted and I always stories of adoption very moving).
Kathryn, the stories of your NYCB days are so enjoyable to hear! I appreciate how you relate all of the Details so Honestly. I had a short dance career and I spent a very BRIEF time with a major dance company (SFB), where, at one point, I was cast to understudy a Soloist while I was still only a scholarship Student. So, I have some crazy "ballet days" stories of my own!😁 Unfortunately, I never got to dance the soloist rôle, as my dance career was cut short by an accident resulting in a back injury. Anyway, I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Keep up the Good Work!!💙
It's so refreshing to start a morning listening to you! Could you do a quick barre? I was trained in cuban style and since I came back I really miss the speed! I love all your classes, by the way, and I've seen many interesting ideas on here!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I LOVE CAROUSEL OMG ITS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.
Hi Katie, can you do a more advanced pointe barre? Or work follow along workout to improve extensions?
Can you please do another barre for turnout, because I love your first one!
Lit, i woke up to see this, breakfast can wait
I'd absolutely love tips on how to keep your elbows "anti-gravity" and not letting them drop
I really struggle with that, especially on turns, my arms throw me off...
Thank you!!
Love you♥️
xoxo
Anne Harrison
Thanks!!
Yeah, I like to think of that too, but in a while it gets loose... idk I really have a problem with that :(
I would love to see a video of all things ballet turns!
Could you do a "I have no time" barre for beginners??
Wow! So honest, detailed, and beautifully-told. I love hearing your stories and can't wait to watch more!!
I love your haircut and makeup!
Awe those pictures of you at the luncheon are too cute!! ❤
I would love to see a technique video on posè turns Katie xx
I will add it to the list!
I LOVE your new intro it is gorgeous!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
tips for working with your natural hyperextension!! I'm very hyper extended, and it can be difficult to find my center of balance or pull up out of my supporting leg sometimes.
You are so incredibly humble and such a wonderful role model 💖 I love hearing your stories and watching your ballet commentaries 💫💫
Loved your I-A class. Can't wait to take it again!
Happy Easter! Loved the story and would love to see a video on safety in the dance studio. Or maybe stated as - How can I as a dancer keep safe while in the studio. (I'm into safety things and find it interesting.) Thank you!
Hi Kathryn I would very much like a waltz video going over that step if at all possible! Love you!
Could you do another ballet center? Especially with petit allegros 😜
Thanks for sharing your stories with us, #onceuponapointe is so fun!
I'm so excited in going to Saratoga springs summer intensive this summer
Tips for hyper extended knees how to be safe and keep balnce with supporting legs
Loved your story!
Wonderful stories! Enjoying them so much! Have you posted footage of you in Carousel?
Hi katie! Thank you do much for doing ballet videos again. Could you do one on Tombe Pas de Bourree?
Also, have you ever considered doing videos on more contemporary ballet move, like an angel leap? I think there is another name for it but that's what my studio calls it
Thank you!
Another center or a floorbarre would be nice.
You are a very special person Katie💙
I know you've already done a petite allegro help video but could you do another one? I just can't seem to get my changement battus and entreche quatres right. Also maybe an intermediate barre and center would be nice and a performance warm-up class too! So excited technique videos are my favourites!
Hi, Kathryn! I don't normally comment because I figured it would just get lost into the sea of comments,
but I just wanted to let you know that I am going to get to see you when you come to TX to do pointe shoe fittings at the Suffolk store! I have been watching your videos for a super long time, ever since I was trying to find a decent stage makeup tutorial and found your old classic stage makeup tutorial. I am also using your Sleeping Beauty Wedding Pas de deux as a reference for the one I am doing for YAGP!
Anyway, you just inspire me so much and am so excited to get to meet you, even though I am super nervous. 😊
You are amazing! ❤️❤️❤️
Janie Pendleton
Thank you for all of your wonderful videos! I'd definitely appreciate a video with some tips on brise vole. :-)
I would love to see a balanchine class!! I love this video Katie!!
Hi Katie!! Would you mind doing a video on hand shaping and tips to deepen and widen Demi pliés please? Thank you xxxx
Love your videos so much! Beautiful job! For future videos if you could do some that focus on placement and posture would be great. Thank you so much for all of your hard work!
Loved hearing your experiences, Katie! I used to play the soundtrack of "Carousel" all the time when I was a little girl (ahhh ... Shirley Jones and Gordon MacRae ... ) Is there any footage of you dancing in this role?
tips on grand battements would be very helpful! front side and back, especially back
Love story time katie!!
thanks so much for starting your ballet videos!! those are the ones that i love most; i was hoping you could do another ballet barre since ive done them all and i also find your " easy ballet center workout" not so easy so i thought you could maybe do an even easier one? thanks again love your videos so much
I love these story time videos!!
I’ll never forget going to see Giselle at abt back in 2011 misty copeland filled in the night I was there for peasant pas de deux such a surprise and I have to say more magical than any Disney show
glissades a la seconde! I can never get a clean weight transfer, I sound like an elephant and my hips are all over the place :) So excited you're doing technique videos again!
Omg you are so nice and modest!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
second comment, i also have a question. Do you think new york city ballet will ever perform Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? i've been dreaming of seeing that ballet live for YEARS but i can't leave the country, and the only companies performing it that i know of are the royal and national ballet of canada (which would have been possible had i not found out about it a week after they ended their run :P)
This was the best story!
Can you do a variation breakdown or a Balanchine barre? Love these Once Upon A Pointe videos!
I would really like a class on like échappé and with like the front back thingy? (In the Netherlands they call it battement kind of?) i struggle with it so much....
Anyway lots of love from the Netherlands!
Julia Suijker are you talking about Sous-sus Changé? Where you sous-sous but when you go up your feet change places?
Are you talking about changement?
another advanced ballet barre would be lovely! And also maybe some exercises to improve Balance and turns. lots of love 💗😊
You are amazing! Please do a story on getting the magazine covers!!!;
Yay! These are one of my favorite videos you make. (Even though I love all of them haha) I think it is really cool to get a inside to a professional's story. It really helps me see more and more that I want to be a professional someday!
Hey Katie! I would love if you could do a video on proper core alignment. I constantly struggle with over-arching my back and leaning slightly backward, especially during barre. Thanks for considering xoxo
Hi, Katie! Just wanted to say you’re amazing and to apologize because I accidentally applied to your scholarship several times, (because of Internet connection problems I thought it wasn’t submitted) I’m sorry if that will bother you
No problem at all! And thank you!
OMG!! I love your videos♥️♥️ Your stories are AMAZING and I really admire you and your career!!
Thank you so much!
Kathryn Morgan I would really like to ask what are you thinking about the variations videos? Are you still planning to do these? That would be wonderful 💕💕
I would love a video on exercises to help with foot articulation/strength in petit allegro in pointe shoes
Hey Katie! I would love it if you could make a technique video for help on balancing en pointe. I’m new to pointe but can’t really do much of anything because I can’t get the balance right. Thanks so much! Xoxo
Could you do a video for us dancers with scoliosis? I have an S curve and would love some pointers and exercises. Thank you!
Loved this story! Could you please do a video about how to not twist your back/ribs in arabesque?
i love these so so so so so much, you're the sweetest person and i watch everything and i don't even dance :')
Hi Kathryn, I enjoyed this story so much. I was wondering, do you have a clip of you dancing in Carousel? If you do, could you post it, please? Thank you :)
Could you do another barre focusing on turnout? I do your turnout one that's a couple years old a few times a week and it's helped me so much! I would love some more combinations. Also, I would love a video on grand rond de jambe en l'air and the ones a la seconde. Thanks so much! Love your story videos, Katie!
Can you help with Flick Flacks I cant get the hang of it!!!
Hi Katie ILYSM! Please do a video on how to do fast pique turns in a circle because i have to do the on the number count and the and count in my solo, so it would really help! Also please do a video on what warmup u should do before auditions/ how to prepare for auditions! Thanks❤️❤️❤️
yes please
please do a video on how to stop your leg from dipping down in grande ronde de jamb! My leg is very high devant, very high a la seconde, and dips quite a bit before coming to my very high arabesque.
I would love a pre performance or exam warm up♥