My Time at SAB, Part 2

[@devansolomon1967]

If you have any of them, you should make a video of you showing all of your old tutus and costumes

[@victoriacollier350]

Company stories please!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Definitely!

[@sfrancies87]

Definitely another company story please! Love the once upon a pointe chalk board how cute. I look forward to these videos so much 😍

[@BlackAcesBlackEights]

Tore three ligaments doing an entirely different sport a few years ago, and the experience just flashed before my eyes, right down to the having "guns" after the first two weeks on crutches. I'm not a dancer, but it's very heartening to hear that you were able to end up a soloist despite having the injury so early in your career.

[@leslic3732]

I love these Once Upon a Pointe stories! It's so fun to get a peek into the world of SAB and NYCB. Your perseverance is so inspiring and encouraging. Thank you!

[@bunheadladymelody3355]

It was good to see you back again and I think it would be interesting to hear company stories. Also I have sort of a Q and A question 2 actually one is have you experience Character dance while continuing your ballet training and how to deal with people who don't understand what being a dancer means to you?

[@bonnielemonzb8459]

I would love to hear more about when you were younger! I always love hearing about professional dancers past and who inspired them to become the dancers they are now💗

[@karennahall2590]

Do you think you could do a video about corps de Ballet work? The hardest thing for me is dealing with the long stands in large ballets like Swan Lake or Les Sylphides. Do you have any tips for that? Loved this video!!

[@missmr4859]

I actually find it really comforting that a pro shares having an “achilles heel” with me. I’m only 13.5, and my left kneecap already got dislocated twice. Besides my mulling over injuries, great video! These are very interesting! I’d personally love to hear about the company stories first, since it was asked.

[@elisiazadravec4372]

Company stories please! And also if you have any old tutus and costumes, I think that would be very fun to see.

[@chloerobinson2088]

Loving these videos! I'm off injured at the moment with a back and an ankle injury and it's so hard, especially when everyone else is dancing and you're sat out :( But it's so nice to hear your stories and have a peek into the ballet world :)

[@anastasiascholtz7063]

Love these , so inspirational and uplifting . Hard work always pays off even after failure work harder till you succeed. It's easy to quit it's harder to fight .

[@ryleewimer7732]

Just got confirmation that my Kathryn Morgan Hall will be here on Monday!!! I can't wait. Thank you so so much!

[@xUhMayZhingx]

I know this is random but I am in love with the color and finish of your new pointe shoes! It's such a silvery toned opaque pink and I cannot stop looking at them. IMO they're much more attractive than the salmon colored pointe shoes with a shiny finish. But great entertaining video as always!

[@savannah409]

I would love to see all of your old costumes and tutus!!

[@lucyfrances6251]

Oddly enough, my freshman year of school I had a severe sprain in my right ankle and I was out of ballet for 4 months and thought I was out for good. However my sophomore year I auditioned in January for the summer intensive with Joffery ballet, and I got in! It really goes to show how it may seem like 1 injury is the end but it may not be.

[@Buttercremee]

i‘d love to hear company stories next! xx

[@fayetipping1270]

Love these story time videos! I think more company stories next! 😊

[@inadelic5147]

I would like you to do the company stories please! These videos are so interesting and also very helpful!💕😊

[@oliviasbowsmore686]

Company stories please!! And if you could do a updated stage makeup routine that would be great. Thanks!!!!! Love your videos💕

[@julierthanjulie]

Company stories!!! Also, can you do a video about foot types and how to work with/improve what you have???

[@katiewengerd7748]

Please make a video on how to correct sickled feet. This is a huge problem for me

[@beckymages-pigott770]

Can you do a video on some of your favourite company memories please!!! Love you 💕💕💕

[@graceduncan248]

Wow I can’t believe that this video came out today!! Yesterday I re-watched all the other Once Upon a Pointe videos and was wondering when this video would come out!! I love these videos!!

[@elisabethm3170]

Please do a once upon a pointe video on the first time you got your pointe shoes

[@idasoranno7653]

Yay! Love there #onceuponapointe videos Katie! Please do more soon!

[@kathryn_morgan]

I will!

[@bonnieshen406]

I love these story time videos, thanks for sharing them!! Please do company stories next!

[@andreamaritz993]

I think it would be lovely if you could alternate your starting ballet videos and your company videos, but name then as two different series! Love you xx

[@haileyh730]

I can’t wait for more of these!! Been rewatching them all lately :)

[@davidawilliams8603]

Go way back and unlock the mystery of getting into a good school and getting into auditions and getting into a school like SAB.

[@emmacrow9921]

Company stories please. I love your videos and channel!!!!

[@louisabl128]

Loved it!!! I wanna hear company stories next please!!

[@lubeeluonline]

I ruptured my right calf muscle landing a grand jete in 2012, and it still plays up to this day. I was in a cast for 7-weeks & the muscle wastage I suffered not using it has caused my calf to now look like a shelf! My students think it is so funny 😂 They call it my twingy leg.

[@lizasmelyanska8712]

Company Stories please!!! Also, I have a question... I am 17 years old, and inmy junior year of highschool and i still train at a small local ballet studio and im trying to get into a major ballet school, do you think it is too late for me? Thank you! ❤️

[@harleyquinn9682]

I love these stories and I would love to hear company stories! I have a sprained ankle so I'll be on crutches for a few days 😑

[@lilybourne1410]

Company stories next please!! dying to hear these!

[@haleyfravel8985]

Oh my goodness! I had the same thing happen for one of my group routines my senior year of high school. A girl couldn't perform (I can't remember why), and I had to take her spot which did all of the steps in the opposite direction, as well as changing where I was on the stage (by a lot!). This was the Monday before the performance on Saturday, and we didn't have any practices in between. It was terrifying!

[@wizzteck07]

I love to hear your stories! Thank you for sharing them:)

[@izabellag6365]

ballet company stories!

[@madara_roz]

Stories when you were little and how you started! :)

[@annaoneal1100]

Can you do a video on how to tell when your pointe shoes are dead?

[@nancy8070]

definitely stories of being in the company...thanks!

[@melaniegill196]

I would love to hear about your journey as a tinny dancer and how you came to be! I have a young dancer right now and love to hear how professionals went about growing and learning before making it big!

[@ellagordon1892]

Company stories next please!! Love you Katie!!!

[@ellieharkness2156]

I would love to see how you started off at ballet, as if I remember you started at a older age? and I feel like it would help a lot of people that are in the same situation you were in and how to progress! xxxxx

[@hannahnordhoff8772]

Your videos are so inspiring! I would absolutely love to start ballet, but I'm already fifteen and any classes I try to get into have eight and nine year olds in them. I think I found a good academy and I'm going to start taking lessons this summer. Is there any chance that I could get into SAB in the future?

[@Walkinthewoods-u2q]

Can we request BOTH Baby Katie and company stories?? #OnceUponaPointe is the best!

[@naomyperea3412]

Do a video talking about your first year in the NYCB ✨

[@gojl5567]

For girls night awhile back, we watched Center Stage. I know that it probably has very little truth in it. Have you ever watched it? What do people who have attended SAB think? What strikes you as the funniest/most annoying parts?

[@nevroth]

Love these videos as I do all your vids! I'd definitely love to hear more company stories and have a request- can you do a video explaining what petit allegro jumps can beat and how do to them? Maybe even exercises to help? We don't do a lot in my adult classes and those who know go for it, and I'd like to go for it too! (eventually haha)

[@bridgetronning2568]

I am the last person in my friend group to get point shoes, and I am doing my exercises twice a day. I REALLY want my point shoes, and my teacher says that I need to work on alignment, toe strength, and ankle strength especially. Do you have any tips? Please help!!!!!

[@sophiameyers6431]

Later on would be so great to hear from you!!!

[@VayaP]

How does the company feel about you being so open about your time there? Thanks for the stories!

[@taijasandoval1938]

I got into the Joffery Ballet at NYC Ballet, will you be teaching at all this year?

[@calculusfan1]

Do ballet dancers ever tape their ankles or knees for support when injured or does it impede range of motion too much?

[@matildakokora4120]

I also sprained my right ankle this fall but luckily it healed really well and I've been fully back for a while. I'd be really interested in hearing what happened next!!

[@yiudiumui]

later on in the company for sure!

[@mettek2802]

LOVE these videos!!

[@cristinac.m.523]

I'd love to hear about how you staretd ballet! : ) Looking forward to more vlogs. xx

[@olistar3388]

I actually got the exact same injury on my left foot almost two months ago by doing brises. I had just been cast as Clara for my final nutcracker too. I took two weeks off, going to acupuncture and physical therapy almost daily. I was able to perform as first cast still but the injury is definitely still an issue unfortunately.

[@mcgil8891]

Oooh 😰 take good care

[@jessicaparr8207]

I’d love to hear about both!

[@edsrules1]

Dear Katie, I have a teacher who makes at least one student cry after each class. She laughs at us when we do a step incorrectly. How do you deal with a teacher like that? I feel like she is helping me improve immensely, but she creates a hostile environment. Please help! Emma

[@kaylamarchbanks1836]

That's a strict teacher , it's good it might seem harsh but that's why you see improvements the ballet world is tough you'll be laughed at and told worse things once you become professional.

[@milkweedlake]

I would find a new teacher. You don't want to be in therapy years from now trying to recover your self-esteem. If you look at Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir who just won Gold in ice dancing, their coaches are super nurturing and kind, yet they are the best in the world. If you are internally motivated you don't need a mean teacher to whip you into shape. It's just not worth the potential toll on your psychological health. It doesn't sound like she's just being strict but that she has personal issues that she's taking out on the children. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIK8d5euls6fsMk

[@Chels-fz5uq]

@@kaylamarchbanks1836strict and a bully are two very different things

[@rengirl94]

Hi Kathryn, can you do a video about how to improve musicality in terms of dancing? It's something I really struggle with, even outside of dancing I just generally have no rhythm

[@gillianharris-swem589]

Do you have any tricks to strengthening when you're not in class? I only have about four classes a week and feel worried that I won't be able to be a professional of I don't start now. It's become hard to believe I can go pro when I'm seeing people who are already pro at not much older than I am

[@isabellagarcia5935]

Company stories! Also could you do some more summer intensive videos I loved the ones that you've done❤️️❤️️

[@malcolmmoran7873]

Hi Kathryn! Are more people accepted from the Winter term audition that happens in September, or being brought in from the summer program?

[@cgoh59]

Afew months ago i rolled my ankle, it popped and tore 2 ligaments too... and i was on a boot for a month and in still not abl to dance 😢 . I keep going for physiotherapy and it still didnt work 🤔 Any tips?

[@BlackAcesBlackEights]

I'm not a dancer, but you're at the beginning of a long road, OngNiel... but you can get there! Don't give up on the regular physical therapy - it's going to take longer than a few months, but this is the most important time to keep it up.

[@julianavanessabryk367]

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[@virginiaking689]

Would love if you did stories on your time in the company!!!💓

[@tinydancerrach]

I love your channel! I just started one to share my dance journey too. Just finished a contract with The Met. Thank you for sharing your experiences. It is so helpful to fellow dancers who want to do the same someday

[@ozlem7932]

what did you used to do on your free time to stay in such shape/get into really good shape ? what sort of diet did you follow and what exercises (besides class) did you do ?

[@ginatalarico8587]

Company story next!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@dominikaafanasenkov1777]

I would like to see what it was like for you when you were 13, 14 years old because that is my age and I am interested where you went for summer and stuff like that! Love ya ❤️

[@kaylamarchbanks1836]

Dominika Afanasenkov watch part 1 of this , she talks about her beginning ballet there at age 13

[@dominikaafanasenkov1777]

Kayla Flowers thank you 😊

[@kristinespring7056]

I love these story time videos! I know you mentioned that the adoption story was on hold because something happened, which is 110% understandable! Will that still be happening? You’re just a fantastic storyteller! Also, are you still doing vlogs on the other channel? 😊❤️

[@isabellasacca2038]

Company stories would be awesome!!!!

[@Shazy1212]

I’m recovering from ankle surgery right now due to torn ligaments. I did a year of PT and cortisone injections, but it kept getting worse to the point I couldn’t walk without pain and I kept falling. Four weeks of no weight bearing, I’m getting buff from using a walker/crutches. I call myself a flamingo doing everything on one leg lol 🦩

[@reddingmartinson-bequette9516]

I love these videos! Keep it up!

[@maddiebasford6117]

company stories!!

[@perigoldblatt7486]

going on into the company... I'd love to hear what your career was like. Loveyou

[@cocolinabt]

I'm a part-time teacher and a conversation with my students about discipline and punishment yesterday prompted a couple of questions I'd love to have your answers to. I was wondering- how was disobedience or being unprepared to work or any stuff like that handled at SAB? I kind of can't imagine a whole bunch of teenagers never ever stepping out of line. Even if you're set on a goal at that age students probably aren't always perfectly behaved... I'd love a comment on what was expected of the students in general and what the consequences were for misbehaving... like not showing up to class, not doing your school work not checking out when you left, disrupting class, being cheeky... maybe if you did another Q&A you might be able to cover that

[@nataliacontrerase4020]

Company stories!!!💕

[@lecrae4123]

Company stories please

[@lindseybelsky4065]

can you do how you started ballet when you were little? Loved this video!! Much love! I am so glad I watch your video! They are so informative and AMAZING!💖

[@rachelcohen9932]

‏Hey thank you for your videos!! if you can make a video about Cabriole , I searched all the youth and no one has made a video about it ‏And exercises for feeling the feel of the cabriole

[@kipklop975]

I have a question: why isn't bouree fantasque done at nycb anymore as you mentioned?

[@annakenyan8764]

How to improve grand allegro!! Please!!!💖💖

[@complaintresisterservice1894]

Mam I have hypothyroidism and I am taking thyrox 125 I see your previous video of hypothyroidism journey .I always feel very low and some time I feel faint and palpitations can you help me what I do I am very depressed.plz

[@kaylamarchbanks1836]

How did you balance life ( dating , friends, relationships ) and ballet

[@thomasheasley7477]

Is there a good method to send questions to you?

[@tessadas1368]

Hi, I love your channel, I am 15 yrs old and just starting ballet, I was wondering would it be possible to quickly learn pointe and possibly become a company dancer.

[@gibsongirl9046]

I never hear dancers mention acupuncture or getting sprains cupped. It's wild to undergo cupping from old sprains.

[@sandralinares1579]

Uggh we must never dwell on hypotheticals, but imagine if Kathryn never had a thyroid issue and got to continue her career with NYCB... Kathryn morgan sounds like a household american ballerina name

[@lillabetyoucan]

Baby Bambi Katy!!

[@LifeAsGabi]

Company stories!!!!!!

[@ninaphair]

Would love to hear company stories!

[@lilliansoltis9131]

When did you get on pointe?? I just got on pointe and I want to know how you handled it and I do want to hear how you started ballet.

[@giselehannahsingerdancer7768]

kathryn please do more advanced ballet class videos please ❤

[@nishaarora5818]

I still have so many questions so can you do a Q&A video please?

[@Capaya8690]

Dear Katie, I have a request for a technique video: I am struggling a lot with soutenues on pointe. My feet are looking super weird and not pointed when going up. It would be awesome to hear some tips from you! I hope you're doing well :)

[@elizabethodonnell5708]

I recently quit ballet, but I still kind of miss it. But I know that if I took up ballet again, i would want to quit again. Does anyone have any advice?

[@victoriacollier350]

I love these videos!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@kathryn_morgan]

Thanks Victoria!