Dancing Dewdrop

[@laurene1389]

Another famous Katie quote, "I have big feet and they don't move fast." 😊 I would love to have been able to see you dance Dewdrop. I've seen a few different Dewdrops at City Ballet and to me, sometimes it can be danced almost too sharply, too accented, too frenetic, to the point where it detracts from the role.

[@CorinnePina]

I have a hard time with speed too. My street shoe size is 9.5😢

[@siobhanmacandrew7068]

Just a thought … I would love to hear your thinking during the design process for the studio. What decisions did you make, and why? What defines a great studio space? Do you address details about the changing rooms for instance? Did you have your barres made to your specifications with gorgeous materials? How about colours? This suggestion is a bit off-piste, but I bet there are some stories where your style and attention to detail express themselves architecturally …

[@LisaMichele]

I love this suggestion

[@beckybeckyblahblah]

I agree with this suggestion!

[@misskyliesue]

Just from an audience stand point, when it comes to Balanchine's version, I much prefer watching Dewdrop than Sugarplum. Which is saying a lot, because flowers is usually one of my least favorite dances. 😆 Something about Balanchine's version is just so beautiful though.

[@kathryn_morgan]

I can absolutely see that! ❤️

[@leoswift6938]

Dewdrop is actually the reason why I love NYC ballet’s the Nutcracker so much!

[@jsanturio3544]

Hello, A video about trying on costumes and the whole costume department at NYC Ballet would be really interesting.

[@mzwandileloyiti7986]

I feel like nycb is the best company with giving corps dancers opportunities and chances to do big roles

[@jennifersanders6558]

I'd love to see some video footage of you performing this with City Ballet, if possible!

[@karenkaren3189]

Dewdrop is magnificent when well danced. Luminous and incisive at the same time

[@katherineohara6943]

Balanchine Waltz of the flowers is my favorite!!!

[@happycommuter3523]

Those pink costumes are amazing!

[@judithricca6915]

Katie, this video is one of your best. I am speaking as a member of the audience; I know I do not want to see cookie cutter performances. I just wanted to add that as a person who has seen NYCB’s Nutcracker, Dew Drop has a special place in my heart.

[@shespeex8413]

Love this video! As a 40 year old teacher, it's also hard for me knowing how many of my teachers and even thanks to Covid, contemporaries, are now gone. In many ways, I feel so thankful for the gift that is video and pictures, as we can preserve so much of their talent, passion, expertise, and artistry. Thanks to this media, so many more are able to learn from masters they'd otherwise never have the chance to train alongside. Loving your perspective on wanting to train the next generation of dancers to be "better" than us in that they have the technical proficiency we were taught, alongside the mental and emotional intelligence to care for themselves in dance and beyond. ♥

[@lutzbutz2687]

Yay another Once Upon A Pointe!!!! You once said you'd do some stories about touring with NYCB, would love to hear those stories on either OUAP or the Podcast!

[@pamm9439]

I missed these!! Please keep this series up, love listening to them

[@ericagoggans7189]

I would be proud to have my "hot mess" days look as beautiful as yours! 😊

[@kathryn_morgan]

Awww thank you!

[@mariguimars]

Katie, I love your Once Upon a Point stories! I feel so happy for you now opening your studio and how you care for us adult ballet dancers! ❤️ wishing you all the best :)

[@lollylula6399]

Great advice for life too, bring yourself/what you have to offer to whichever roles and experiences we're part of it 🙌🏼💗💗💗✨

[@marr7186]

Can't wait to see this. I perform this year as dew drop in my studios nutcracker. You've been a very big inspiration and can't wait to see the video 😊

[@ballerinafromtheblock]

Love that dropped this today! Since I started dancing en pointe Dewdrop has been my dream role. As I get better en pointe I feel like I’m closer every year!! Hopefully they’ll let a male tackle it.

[@nnargh]

The message you convey in this video is so important. I don't dance, and it still hit home. Thank you for having been so persistent in your life, it's been a privilege to see how your wings have carried despite all the hardships, and landed you where you are now. Best wishes from Finland. 🙏

[@Amy-gq7ft]

You had mentioned once talking about some of the traveling you did with the company. Are there any stories there?

[@kathryn_morgan]

Ooh yes! Thank you!

[@Yidenia]

I just watched your rehearsal and then Ashley Boulder's version lol. It's funny how I can watch her version and be like "Yeah, this IS Dewdrop" but then watch your version and feel like "Wait…THIS is Dewdrop" and your Dewdrops clearly have different personalities. She was pretty electric, like you said, so it's easy to see why others would want to emulate her, but yours works with the nature of the accompanying music and how stately it is as a waltz. It's interesting how they both work.

[@JackieOstick]

Love what Benjamin said to you! That’s so lovely!

[@kristinmoreno9203]

Great Message ( "Be Yourself"!) Thank you! LOVELY 🌹

[@ayawhite2023]

You definitely need to do a video about how to be promoted from apprentice/trainee position to a corps member! Or at least some tips, from personal experience :D

[@HeadphonesGal215]

Waltz of the Flowers might be my favorite music from nutcracker, and I LOVE Dewdrop, so I would’ve loved to see you do it and your interpretation of it, I’m sure it was stunning!

[@getnetball]

I so enjoy hearing these amazing stories.

[@hannahrutledgegreene988]

This year I got mouse king (my dream role) and we do waltz soloist im in there too im sooooo exited!!!!!!!! you inspire me to work hard and im very grateful for your videos!

[@MrRKWRIGHT]

Hello Katie. Excellent video. Thank you for sharing.

[@xUhMayZhingx]

Please tell the story of getting your corps contract and finishing your apprenticeship!

[@kathryn_morgan]

OHH forgot that one!

[@dancer2189]

Dew is the greatest role in nut period. Thanks for sharing queen

[@hannahkirkpatrick5442]

I have some the problem with moving fast 🤣 I'm tall and have long feet so its really awkward for me to move with fast on pointe

[@mfranziska1656]

Could you pleas do a ouap about your first time dancing swan lake? It is one of my all time favorites ❤️ also i admire you soooo much😍

[@felicityengel8812]

AHHHH this makes me so excited to watch Nutcracker this year

[@deborahswet1652]

I’m not a professional dancer but if I were I’d really appreciate the advice and insights you offer.

[@isabelle8836]

I met you back stage when you are warming up in 2008, while my school was giving a tour backstage in the winter.

[@bordesgirls319]

Thank you so much! This is so great.

[@beatrixflynn5126]

Could you explain the NYCB flowers costumes. ive always wondered about the little, almost bags that sit on either side in between the tiers. Do you have any insight into what those are or what they're there to communicate? Also I find it so interesting when you talk about what different ballets are like for dancers, such as your video about your first time dancing Nutcracker. So it would be very cool if you did something like "Swan Lake: Explained" where you cover what the show as a whole is like as a dancer/its reputation within the ballet community. For example how Peter Martins (or anyone elses, i dont really know famous ballet choreographers) choreo differens from Balanchine and how dancing romantic vs classical is different.

[@comet77779]

I would LOVE to see a video! Do you have any from when you were at NYCB?

[@Ms.Opinionated]

Kathryn- you look great. Don't shirt changed yourself. How did you learn to teach/coach? What were the reasons you started doing it?

[@eleanorjayne323]

Would love to see a commentary on this!

[@darcygraceswatercolorstudi4220]

Yay! Can’t wait!

[@natalied8179]

YAY!!

[@lissyanna7683]

hello, i have a question could u make a video about trends in ballett, for example movements which have changed a little i have noticed that every dance school has many different variants of holding the fingers in detail or turning with the food when they are standing in arabesque. i hope u know what i mean. sorry that my english is maybe not the best. best wishes for you!

[@JackieOstick]

This is awesome!!!!!!

[@cocolinabt]

Can you do dewdrop as a studio version at some point? I would love to see that!

[@rafaelasabchucalovato9439]

Yeeeeeeeeeeees the thing I always asked foooor

[@fairylights2632]

"I flailed around" I think Sean is rubbing off on you!

[@kathryn_morgan]

TOTALLY

[@Kafoo_X]

In the profession world, is it only the corps who plays multiple parts in one showing (Parents, Snowflakes, Flowers all in one showing of Nutcracker)? I'm just curious because at my dance school growing up, all of the 2 highest level classes would do Snow, and would be double cast in Flowers and act 2 soloist roles (so one year I did snow in act 1, and do either flowers or a soloist role in act 2 depending on the show).

[@Chelsea_HHF]

Can’t wait to see your new studio!

[@natalied8179]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@peachiethecat]

I love these stories!

[@Allthingsdance]

Please upload a dewdrop performance!

[@juliannefowler150]

I love your hot mess natural look!

[@jackiebeans2689]

💕💕💕💕💫

[@jianqiuli]

I saw Katie in this clip at 3’59

[@CorinnePina]

I think you are amazing at everything , but everyone has their own strengths and those should be amplified in the roles. It’s so important to #beYourself.

[@cristinacavalli97]

Can you upload the performance from NYC Ballet?

[@martyjones5750]

6:00 am…?..🥴🥰❤️😂

[@kaileygoderis9212]

3pm my time zone

[@kathryn_morgan]

This is not live - pre recorded! I've always tried to post at 9am EST :)

[@juliannefowler150]

Did you ever do Waltz of the Flowers? That’s my favorite!

[@martyjones5750]

@@juliannefowler150 oh my, yes! Flowers and Snow..💐❄️❤️

[@jendesimone9053]

This is “hot mess” Katie? I’ll take her any day of the week.

[@kathryn_morgan]

❤️❤️❤️

[@sunnygem21]

What great advice to make a role your own. +