Learn Ballet Combinations & Choreography Quickly | Kathryn Morgan

Learn Ballet Combinations & Choreography Quickly | Kathryn Morgan
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I am soloist with Miami City Ballet a former soloist with the New York City Ballet. When I was a young student, I was always looking for insights into the ballet world and how to improve my dancing as well as beauty and lifestyle tips. Now that I am a professional, it is my turn to share.
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[@skylarbailey1681]

I had always thought I was a visual learner but when you showed the combination I got almost none of it. It was so much easier for me when you said it. Thank you sooo much this is going to help me a lot.

[@abby-bn2se]

Dancer Sky haha same

[@yourlovelybabe1]

Love it when you give mini exercises instead of just listing "tips". You're my online ballet instructor!! Thank you :)

[@lovechronograph]

Wow this made me realize that I should probably actually learn all the terminology for this because that audio had me confused as all hell. Perks of teaching yourself. :(

[@adelynnfoglio8661]

Yea I’m sorry for most dancers in a studio or company when they tech a new move they teach the name and what it means in French that’s rough

[@alexandrafriedman4]

Definitely an audio learner. Which is weird because I always put so much emphasis on watching and don't often listen! I assumed I was a visual learner. This helped me so much, thank you!!

[@SweetieL27]

I am a visual and kinesthetic learner, I have to do it not only see it ! The audio one i focused for like a second then i just started hearing mixed words ahaha

[@kathryn_morgan]

Good for you! Glad you know!

[@yunnytai3226]

SweetieL27 I'm also a kinesthetic learner

[@pinkimishra1428]

Hi can you being my friend, Because you guys are really so good

[@breezter]

Thank goodness I just miraculously found this. I'm struggling to catch on in my class, everyone knows what they're doing and can do it so fast, but I just stand there like a confused idiot. QAQ

[@blaidddrwg24]

It sounds bad to say, but I'm glad I'm not the only one -_-

[@breezter]

@@blaidddrwg24 keep at it! My technique isn’t great, but after being in class for so long, my body knows what to do. But these type of videos helped me immensely

[@blaidddrwg24]

@@breezter thank you :) I've been rather disheartened lately, but I shall keep at it. You've encouraged me

[@llzamelia4522]

@@breezter Same. I just started ballet two weeks ago and i always copied other dancers but yesterday they put me in a place in the barre in which I couldnt see anything, I was so lost and frustrated. I hope I improve.

[@breezter]

@@llzamelia4522 you got this! I’m nearly 4 years in and I have to say, it takes practice. Learning the musicality of it took me forever, especially to figure out the cues (counting the counts of music in the car helps). It becomes muscle memory after awhile. Technique is tough stuff though! I see why professionals practice their whole lives. But what’s important is to just have fun with it!! It is so fun (and frustrating some days, but it’s a challenge and that’s also fun!).

[@abisharajasuseenthiran1591]

I really like dancing and I am trying to apply for a dance school and I'm trying to brush up on some ballet terms and such. I just discovered your channel and it is very helpful. I realized I am a visual learner. But I was wondering if your could do a video where u show terminology and show the action for things such as Adage work and such. Also dance school auditions and a video about shoes I'm so confused.

[@eleanorweir4795]

I found that I learn the actual order of the steps best audibility but to know the counts and musicality I need to visually see the combination

[@elliecraig94]

Eleanor same!! my ballet teacher is very picky on accents when doing tendus and jetes at the barre. for my recital this year I'm doing a pointe solo and she is choreophing it. I really want to please her so I feel really bad when I get the accents or timings wrong

[@Parnder]

Me too but late

[@JordanJSparks]

I am so happy for all of your tutorials!! Even just reiterating things I've heard a million times before is extremely helpful. It's like having my own private lesson every time I practice with a video of yours.

[@Nina-jo8uz]

You are awesome! Just wanted to say that. How many people would actually give me the chance to try out what they've said? None. They would say "and now try it" but tbh I'm to lazy to do this, so when you actually gave examples, I was just like "wow". I have no words to describe how wonderful you are. Keep going, I would TOTALLY be crying without your videos. Love from Germany xx

[@coralineduval5540]

I really thought I was visual, but I was so lost when you showed it, and I wasńt when you said it ! So a really big thanks to you who helped me discover how I learn !

[@kathryn_morgan]

You are so welcome!

[@Nadine-gw5qc]

Coraline Duval same

[@miarobbins5652]

Me too!!!

[@lindseygomez8821]

Hi there I have a tip that I know works for me but I'm not sure about others. So you have to look for patterns right? But this is different kinds of patterns. With this, for example that many most likely have done at least once: facing the barre degajes(or tendu jetes), 8 with the right, 8 with the left, 4 with the right, 4 with the left, 2 to the right, 2 to the left, 1 right left right left. It's kinda like searching for different smaller patterns. Pleas let me know if you understood/ do this! :)

[@laurtod6122]

I know this is like 3 years late but at my studio we call this 8844221111

[@KaseyDarlene]

Thank you SOOO much for posting this one! My slower speed of learning combinations and choreography would have been a major setback for me if God wasn't guiding my life and making everything work out. I have an audition coming up so I'm so thankful you posted this! Thank you!

[@kathryn_morgan]

You are so welcome! And I totally agree - I am in the same boat, but He is helping me!

[@savannah68]

I've been trying to figure out how I learn combinations and choreography best and it seems like when I hear the combination I actually register it more. The problem with that is that my main ballet teacher thinks to remember a combination you must follow along with the teacher. He thinks it is disrespectful to just stand there and watch. One day they did not have time to get a substitute teacher for the level 4 and 5 class (There are 6 levels; pre tech, tech 1, tech 2, tech 3, tech 4, and tech 5. I am in tech 3.) so of course there were a lot of people in class and when he was demonstrating I was kind of watching but mostly listening and all of a sudden he stopped and looked at me and said, "Don't just stand there, follow along!" (I could tell he was trying to say it nicely. He has a Russian accent by the way.) I got kind of annoyed and started to follow along limply. Thank you for the video!

[@libertyvictorbishop7695]

I am definitely an auditory learner. I realized I can remember combinations by turning it into a rhyme of sorts. Thank you so much!

[@jara9538]

Actually i couldnt understand all But little. coz my english is bad but it was i wanted tn know almost 10 Years i didnt dance ballet at all since I was get hurt to my leg . And i started it again . I thought i can do it again but... No,I couldnt at all ur video so helpful to me /DID I SAY RIGHT?/ Now i became to your Fan i watched ur tyroid video .IT MADE SO SORRY I Hope you get better soon and go back to stage again . I live far from you so much,AND LIVING ANOTHER COUNTRY,BUT WHEN You go back to stage again some day,I will go there for see your dance as your fan. THANK YOU ALL YOUR VIDEOS . SO MANY HELP TO ME sorry my terrible english Gonna pray for u YOUR FAN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY

[@fatimawitick7789]

Great tips! I am a teacher and I say these same things to my students! Watch, listen, music!!!! and try pick up patterns!!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Thank you! Hope these tips help them!

[@eme5745]

I always thought I was a visual learner and didn’t understand why class was so hard for me because I had the technique I just couldn’t remember the combinations. Turns out I learn just from hearing it. Thank you! ❤️

[@helen937]

I started dancing, jazz and ballet, in my late 20s and it always blows my mind what a different part of the brain it uses. I wrote a 10,000 word dissertation for my degree but I find remembering 90s of dance steps soooo tough! Incredible how the mind works - each class you see the huge difference between the two skills. Thanks for this vid - super helpful! Loving the channel!

[@Marie-dh6mu]

I'm actually a kinesthetic learner when it comes to learning combinations. I need to do the combination with my teacher to get it into my muscle memory, if I don't I have no idea what I'm doing. Here's the link if you don't know what kinesthetic learning is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic_learning

[@kathryn_morgan]

That's great! At least you know it! Some people are. I should have said that. Please keep doing what you are doing! :)

[@Marie-dh6mu]

Thanks you're awesome! I hope to see you perform one day : )

[@leilakohn3821]

This helped so much! I couldn't remember a combination for pointe class, but when I watched the teacher (because I'm visual) more I could! Also, could you do a pique turn video? Thanks!

[@saunabelt]

I stopped dancing 5 years ago but I came across this video today and I got curious how I learned combinations during class. Academics-wise, I am a visual learner. I was surprised to find out that I learn dance combinations better when I hear which steps are involved. But I do have to picture them on my head. I miss dancing a lot!

[@haileeisabella6481]

THANK YOU! You literally saved my life ! I'm a visual learner.

[@AlleyBetwixt]

I'm absolutely a visual learner. Like you! Always stood at the top of the barre. On the rare occasion that I was late to class, my classmates would still force me to stand at the top as soon as I showed up. Lol. Great tips!

[@Celloberry]

Thank you so much!! i only recently restarted ballet and so have been trying to copy everyone else's methods of picking things up (they all seem to be visual learners) but with this I got almost all of the audio one but couldn't even remember the start of the visual one!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is gonna be a total game changer!!

[@irisdouka4914]

Thank you so much! You are really helpful. No one has ever given me tips like you. I like that you invite us to focus and just observe! (Not only the exercises but also each teacher through time) :)

[@taytayandhayhay8728]

I loved the video will you please do a video on learning more ballet steps because sometimes in class my teacher will tell us the combo and I don't know what the move is until I watch someone else and she picks people to go first I know you can help me!Thank you for your support see you later!!

[@nifergold8083]

Nice am both

[@Julia80488]

Thank you Katherine for sharing this valuable insight! This video helped me not only as a student but as a teacher. As a student, I have always learned better audibly rather than visually. Now I realize how much this has translated into my teacher--I tend to teach more audible than visual. Now, all of a sudden, I can see a lot more clearly why those who tend to learn more visually are slower to pick up my combinations and choreography than the audible learners. I hope you realize how talented you are as a teacher. I really believe that you could become one of the best Master Teachers of your generation. Thanks!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Thank you so much Carole! I so appreciate it! I am so glad this helped you even as a teacher! That means the world.

[@rachelnyenhuis1533]

Thank you so much for the audio vs visual learning test! I always thought I was a visual learner. However, I was able to repeat the spoken combination perfectly to the music, but when I music started for the visually taught combo, I was lost! As a side note, I read several comments from people saying they're mostly kinesthetic learners. I think that's kind of obvious; dancers are kinesthetic learners by default!

[@arabellat5133]

I have a teacher who gets really irritated if we just stare when he shows the combination. He claims that you need to get it in your body.

[@idkkatherine]

Mine does that, I am a visual learner so I have to watch and he just says that I need to go through and mark it. It honestly frustrates me so much.

[@robertmcfarland7466]

There's a huge difference between standing and staring, and actively learning the combination. Try marking with your hands, it works great for engaging your motor neurons which is a tremendous boost in memory, while you get to watch the pattern, (AND it demonstrates to your instructor that you are actively engaged in learning. It should be feasable that you can explain to your teacher that you need to see it to learn. Otherwise you are distracted by trying to anticipate his next movement. Muti-tasking is a myth.

[@agoose2531]

It really depends on the person. As a kinesthetic learner I understand her opinion, but everyone learns differently.

[@kiaratheexplorer4]

that’s really unfortunate 🤨🙁🙁

[@victoriac.attorneyatlaw]

I too learn by doing. Same thing with jury trials. I have done over 35 now and there is no comparison to when I began!

[@ankymrn]

I'm like an audio-kinaesthetic learner, and not at all visual. Helps with transcribing music, but totally doesn't work in a dance class where teacher only 'shows' combination and hardly ever names what they are doing. I loved that video, thought, thank you, Kathryn!

[@paulaborges6657]

I am definitely a visual learner! I did the whole combination with no problems for the visual one. But I had no idea what I was doing for the audio one.

[@sophiapiper4978]

With the audio, I picked it up so easily, it was incredible. But with the video, I had no clue what was going on and kept forgetting what came next! This was very interesting!

[@Emmelien12345]

i always tought that i am a visual learner but when you showed the combimation i felt like i diddn't remember anything from it. when you said it it was a lot easier for me to remember! i'm defenetly going to try to not mark it when the teacher is thaching the cobination :) thank you your'e amazing and i love your channel!!!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Emmelien Chemouny Thank you so much! Glad this helped you!

[@PinkyWong1991]

I am a learner that need to combine audio and visual XP I used to take syllables class, so I am really weak at memorizing combination, but I now changed to the other school which is not focus on exam syllables, so all the exercise are different every class. It is very useful to find out the teachers' teaching pattern and watch their demonstration before you follow them. Thank you for you tips and I am looking forward for more video on turns, Thank you.

[@kathryn_morgan]

Wing Sum Wong Thank you so much! I appreciate it.

[@sarahcrumrine1644]

Same with me. That's the problem with royal academy of dance training

[@2snowgirl520]

Just a random question. How do you ever learn the steps to some of those Balanchine ballets with music by Stravinsky such as Agon? The music seems so difficult to dance to. I have always been curious about this. I love those ballets by the way, I think it would take me 20 years to learn them lol!

[@gongbuyeayo6970]

I just learned that I am a complete visual learner. Now I really get why my combination memorisation is so inconsistent, it's because we get different teachers, some like to show the routine and whilst most actually don't. Looks like I have to actually do it while she recites so I can get some kind of visual for myself.

[@tanacitydouglas5694]

I got both of them. but I prefer both of them together and I get it right the first time

[@jillianjohnson6921]

I'm going to a dance convention in November. I've gone to this many times but I will be auditioning for dance scholarships and the last time I did that I think I was in the sixth grade. I am now a junior in high school. I'm nervous about my ability to comprehend the combinations with all the pressure I put on myself. I normally pick up things at a normal pace, but i am very nervous because I will be auditioning in the most advanced level due to my age. So if you have any tips for nerves or being comfortable in front of judges I would be more than grateful to hear them. Pleas reply if possible. Thank you for this video because it actually helped a lot.

[@kiaratheexplorer4]

after watching this video, i’m DEFINITELY an audible learner, during the visual one i thought i was done but there was so much more music i got so confused 😹 anyways thank you for these tips it’s really helped a lot!!!!! ily 💗💗💗

[@MJLionnavy]

I'm not very keen with ballet technique but with the audio version I could almost remember everything kinda decently and with the visual version I just got completely lost in the middle of your demonstration, that explains a lot about myself. Thank you!

[@jessicadutoit2827]

I'm still battling to learn my ballet terminology as I've not been exposed to it alot but visual is easier because of it... 😥

[@cyannyc]

Hi Kathryn. I took your stare at teacher and tune everything out method and it really worked! I have more confidence now and don't mind standing at the front of the barre. Thanks for such a great channel. Wish you much success, happiness and health!

[@caityvalentine]

Wow! Your eyes are captivating!!! I love the doll-like size of your iris + ... they are SUCH a gorgeous color!

[@katieigoe9069]

I just started a new ballet school and the combinations were confusing and I had a hard time picking up the combinations. But these tips have almost helped me catch up with the other students in my class. Thank you so much for your help

[@kathryn_morgan]

Katie Igoe I am so glad this helped you!

[@dianadiaz3700]

Kathryn thank you thak you soooooo much!!!! Yo don´t really know how much this videos, an all your videos, help me for my ballet classes. I´m from Perú and I started practice ballet two years ago and I really love your videos, thank you so much for your dedication to the channel!!! :)

[@kathryn_morgan]

You are so welcome! Thank YOU!

[@kiraobermeier3047]

Thanks for this video, it was really helpful! I can't wait to incorporate what I learned the next time I take class! Random request, but could you do a video on tendus in 5th position? I seem to struggle with my weight distribution and would love some pointers and tips. Thanks Katie!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Yes! Great idea! Thank you!

[@natalie.strand]

Thank you so much for these tips. I recently began taking adult classes again after a 10+ year hiatus (and before that, it had been getting on 20 years since my few childhood classes). I was so flustered in my first few classes, and so embarrassed. Thanks to this video and your "Beginning Ballet as an Adult" video, I had so much more confidence/calmness going into class last week. To just stand and watch--without marking along!-- was the best thing I could have heard. Thank you for this video and your channel! I am definitely following :)

[@lu2507]

Omg, I could do almost nothing when you just showed it and remembered everything when you said it. I was so convinced I was a visual learner! THANK YOU!!! This will be so helpful

[@MrToast999]

Hi Kathryn! I was just wondering if you could do an all about arabesque video. Flexibility, strength, proper form, etc. That would be really great if you could!

[@kathryn_morgan]

anna davtyan Yes! For sure!

[@shanice.mitchell]

Hi, Kathryn! I am participating in a pre-education program for dance and ballet is one of the classes I'm taught in. My teacher explains the combination once, divides the group in two or three and then almost directly we start dancing. I am a beginner (and a visual learner) when it comes to ballet. Do you have any recommandations on either looking first or dancing along immediately? Thank you for your helpful videos. Greetings from the Netherlands - Shanice

[@madibrooke6145]

I'm actually visual and audible or kinesthetic it's very easy for me to pick up things quickly anyway, I got both the visual and audible combinations perfectly so that's good!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Good for you! I should have mentioned the kinesthetic. But I am so glad you are a quick learner!

[@brennak2053]

Wow, I'd always thought I was a visual learner! I used to watch my teacher and memorize what she/he did and imagined it in my head. But I got so confused with the visual and it was really easy with audible!

[@madisoncox8002]

wow!!! i was absolutely sure i was a visual leaner. but then i found that by hearing it, i got it first try. watching it was like wait what was the combo again? thank you so much for this video!!! love you katy!!!

[@carlalove3498]

Thank you so much for this video Kathryn. It only confirms what I already knew, I need to listen to the steps. If I watch you, I need to repeat what I see aloud so I can remember... it's a problem in contemporary dance class. I'm not having a good time at my contempo exams ...

[@TheRosebudjr]

I laughed when you made the "stare" face ....my dance teachers say I do that all the time too!!! Even when I was little lol :)

[@kathryn_morgan]

Haha YES! I always do that.

[@Katjahae]

Hey drear Kathryn, I thank you so much for this and all other great videos of yours. You are helping me so much. And it makes so much fun to learn and train with your videos.

[@little0lillie]

Thanks for this great video. I didn't know I was equally an audible and visual learner. This question is for Conversations with Katie: Do you wear makeup to ballet class or rehearsals? What do recommend for our sweaty faces to prevent breakouts? Thanks!

[@kathryn_morgan]

GREAT question! Thank you!

[@brittanyanntbb]

I never took the time to assess my method of learning! When faced with the question, I assumed I would be visual. Turns out I'm audible! Super helpful! I'm very excited to focus on that and see what a difference it makes. Thank you for another lovely video :)

[@AllieHutchins]

Today I learned I'm definitely not a visual learner.. I had the audio combination perfectly but the visual one was gone as soon as the music started...

[@kathryn_morgan]

Awww well now you know! Glad this helped!

[@amycool14]

the audible was very easy and to it perfectly. The visual was very hard at first and I didn't get it until you showed the second side

[@rowantree7218]

So I have lots of questions haha. Here we go; 1: how do you deal with having off days? (Bad turning days, period days, days where you have the teacher you don't like etc.) 2: what do you about pointe shoes that die really fast (I.e. How do you preserve them?) 3. How do you deal with having a studio that isn't professional enough (not serious training)? My parents don't what me to move away for another year but I feel like I'm losing valuable and important time. 4. What do you think of ballet competitions as a way to get noticed and get into good schools? (Yagp especially) 5.what do you do about non dance friends who don't understand why you're always busy and can't hang out with them? 6. Where can I get both a professional quality dance education and a high quality school experience? I know you can't answer all if these but I thought I would throw them out there. Thanks so much for this video! It's super helpful!

[@kathryn_morgan]

All great! If I can't get to them this time, I will keep them for next time!!! Promise!

[@emmalove6408]

This helped so well! i am 12 years old and i want to go into a good ballet camp this summer but i am horrible at picking up combinations. thanks so much

[@sadee.mooretv]

Definitely visual! Very helpful videos!!!!

[@maraflowerinclubpenguin]

I think Im a visual learner when a combination is said to me i visualize it in my head and memorize it (not that im that good at memorizing) when visually i just memorized it and said it in my head

[@whatdoyousuppose]

I’m not super visual I guess! I had a harder time with the visual, the music and counts and hearing the verbal steps and repeating them myself help me the most. The audial one was surprisingly a lot easier, even if I didn’t see the combination at all! That really did help me figure out which one I am!

[@legendarypotato0868]

I am the same as you, such a visual learner!

[@laughingabovethe49thparall3]

You always put soo much Work! into your videos Kathryn. Thank you. Every detail is appreciated.

[@laughingabovethe49thparall3]

From a visual learner lol

[@joselynmq4]

Omg once you started the audio I forgot everything you said.Then you showed the visual and I got it and only messed up like twice. Thank you so much

[@dsears36]

Great video! One suggestion: it would help if the visual learning exercise were shot from behind. We are usually behind the teacher when we learn a combination. It is much more difficult for me to learn when I also have to reverse everything (mirror image). Also: the usual expression is "auditory learner," not "audible learner."

[@melinac767]

I'm definitely visual, but center combinations don't seem to bother me, just across the floor. I tend to get nervous and think that I'm going to forget the combination. Also, when a combination is a fast allegro I completely forget the whole thing, and end up hopping all over the place. I'm better at adagio. I hope getting the choreography quicker will come with time

[@ivymalfoy8637]

I never new I could learn audibly because I’m pretty bad with terminology but I found it so much easier!

[@avakaras1036]

This is a miraculous video! I have a question regarding the difference of the "dance" and "learn". Do you suggest that we mark the arms and the upper body? Thank you for another great video!

[@kathryn_morgan]

You can- just make sure you are watching the teacher. I should have said don't mark while looking at yourself in the mirror! Oops. Anyway, Yes! Still mark with your body, just make sure you are watching them!

[@jaynefriscia901]

Thank you for all these wonderful videos! Through your test I was able to figure out I was more of an audio learner. I applied your tips today in class and found I was able to retain combinations easier and also think through the ones I hadn't learned 100%! I know this will be sort of a tough question to answer textually, but I would love any advice you are able to offer! I am going to be performing Lilac Fairy variation soon and I was wondering if you have any tips on this variation? I really love all your videos and I can't wait to see more!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Great question! I am thinking of doing some variation videos where I break them down and give thoughts on them, but for Lilac (Good for you btw! SO HARD) remember she is both a fairy yet the leader. So she has a lightness yet a regal-ness to her. I would work on relevees to build up strength rolling through as well. Let me know how it goes!

[@jaynefriscia901]

Thank you so much for your advice! I would absolutely love if you did variation videos, and I will definitely be applying your tips! I've watched your pointe work and foot strength videos, but are there any specific exercises you would recommend to help build up strength to roll through my shoes?

[@feliciaandersson5417]

This helped me so much! I´m mostly a visually learner but hearing what the teacher says help me too. I love your videos, xoxo.

[@hannadysvikstrander939]

I just LOVE your tips! I don't dance ballet anymore, but I did when i was younger, that´s how i found you haha. But to the point, even tough I am not a ballet student, your tips are soo helpful! Like the summer course video, about showing up, paying attention, ask if you have to. It can be applied to any kind of course, not just ballet class. And this video! Like how am I even in college and still don't know how i learn hahaha. Now I do :)) MASSIVE thank you, you are the best! xx

[@kathryn_morgan]

Thank YOU!!!!! I am so glad you are enjoying my channel. That was a goal of mine- having everyone enjoy it, not just dancers! So I so appreciate it!

[@SG-lc5bw]

This definitely helped!!! I always thought I was a visual learner but now I know that I was definitely wrong!! I'm an audible learner! Thank you so much I'm going to focus more on listening to the combinations in class tomorrow

[@alanahglbrt7739]

What is the ideal height for a female ballet dancer? I'm 13 and my height is 5"2 I don't think I'll keep growing but if you have any tips about growing more or what the perks are please let me know! Thank youuu

[@deanlaur1]

I definitely tend to me more audible than visual - if a teacher is doing a combination full out, then I will say it to myself while they're demonstrating and repeat it while I'm doing it and be totally fine. If it's a sort of visual short-hand with no audible, I am totally lost! My only problem with this video is that I don't know if I actually did the audible combination correctly :)

[@JeniSanMusic]

Thank you! I'm an audio learner!

[@EllaRose05]

I am both but I always have to mark it with them

[@elizabethc5149]

What is this gorgeous music you used? Amazing video

[@vivstreetart6497]

Awesome , thanks katie! I'm an audio learner hehe I didn't know that :) thanks for pointing out tips xxx love u always

[@kathryn_morgan]

+Viv Streetart So glad this helped you!

[@madelinemcalister2115]

Thank you for making these videos! They are so helpful and made my dance life easier! I have improved so much since I started watching your videos! Thx!

[@angelicadiaz4107]

Both, visual and audible! Great video, thank you!

[@AzAries]

I kinda figured going into this I would be a visual learner sometimes a teacher will be marking what there gonna give us and I figure it out I do have to mark though or I won't get anything

[@alyssamkellner]

Hi :) I'm Eva. I know this video is from a while ago. But i am definitely a visual learner. I have a hard time in class because my teacher says the combination but doesnt show it.

[@janeyannachicken9053]

Holy shit, I'm an audio lerner O.o I always thought I learned visually and by half-assing the exercise while it's being shown and that I just was pretty shit at it. Turns out I was just focusing on the wrong thing. This is going to be so helpful! Thank you so much for this :))))

[@tals28]

Thank you so much for this. It's so helpful. I am definitely a visual learner for the majority of the combinations that I do.

[@davidawilliams8603]

I am an audio learner because I just discovered that my brain turns off when I see it but audio forces me to remember at least bits and pieces. If it goes too fast and the teacher gets lazy and not attempt to be clear, then I become quickly lost.

[@strawberry1025]

Merciful hour! I am a choral singer and I love having a score in front of me. I will end up knowing the piece intuitively; notes, dynamics, rhythm etc but could not manage a vast repetoire of choral work without scores. Dancers are amazing that they can manage without this. Is there any way ballets can be notated or is it all past down the years from person to person without any hard copy record?

[@katherineheckman6886]

I love your videos! I teach Barre Fitness at a gym, but the ballet portion was lacking. Your videos have helped me gain a ton of knowledge and technique to pass on to my students. Keep making them!!

[@kathryn_morgan]

Katherine Heckman Thank you so much!

[@jacobfulcher1083]

Goossh I wish I would have seen this video before....Well, I guess I will start now.

[@lt351]

What's the music for the audio learning sequence?

[@melantha1000]

I was fascinated by this as currently very frustrated ,I was a dancer,dance teacher and award winning choreographer,NOW, I'm almost always in bed,certainly 22/24 hours most days:(BUT I have a Facebook page called The fantastic ballet creation" there people are supposed to try out my ideas,and put up films etc of themselves,alas, no one really does,yet still people go there, I think it's because,there is no audible or visual, just notes people struggle with!Also oddly enough I have always forgotten my own dances,when choreographing them,and used to rely on others showing me,so without this constant visual stimulus for ME, I'm struggling !!ideas ?

[@sabrinamiller498]

This will be so helpful! Thank you for making it! I will try all this when I take my next class or rehearsal!

[@isabellamcgowen2529]

Thanks! This is just what I needed! I am definitely a visual learner!

[@InsideMyBalletWorld]

i am an audible learner, which is kind of bad many teachers just do the combination without talking much so i have to add a voiceover in my head. i love the music at the start what is it? thank you for the video!!

[@kathryn_morgan]

It is actually me playing the piano. I use all of my play ballet class music which I have used in all of the barre workouts so far. So it is an excerpt from that! :)

[@chocolatepuppy2129]

I need practice with both, with the audio, sometimes I forget what this term is and with visual I do something else but similar to something I did before ;-;

[@clairedellapenna]

I was better visually. And thanks for making this video this was so helpful I want to audition for national ballet school O Canada but I'm nervous for the audition BECAUSE of my terrible combination learning aha