Drew Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Congratulations to her. What a huge accomplishment after having to take so much time away. Link to comment
Deflope Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Really happy and Miami should be a great fit for her. Link to comment
nanran3 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 On 4/15/2019 at 3:34 PM, balletforme said: wow! that's great! What rank? I was thinking the same thing. What rank will they give her? She got to soloist at NYCB... There is nothing yet on the MCB website, so we'll just have to wait... Link to comment
Deflope Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 She said in one of her Instagram stories that she’ll discuss the details when the announcement is made. Link to comment
DC Export Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 She will join at the rank of soloist: https://www.miamicityballet.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FINAL-2019-20-MCB-Company-Roster-Announcement-04-16-19.pdf Link to comment
ABT Fan Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Wow, this is amazing news. Congratulations to her! Link to comment
Fleurfairy Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 This is fabulous. I am so happy for her because god knows she's worked hard enough and wanted it more than anyone. Link to comment
Phrenchphry11 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Wow, I don't think I've ever heard of a story like this. So inspiring, and so awesome that Miami City Ballet took her in as a *soloist* even after so many years offstage. It's no secret she worked so hard for this, it's great to see a story of hard work paying off as well as it did here. I do hope she'll be able to continue her vlog once she joins the company, though I can understand if it'll be limited in the future. Link to comment
Emma Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 I'm hopeful her blog will continue: MCB did cite that she has 152,000 instagram followers in its press release. Link to comment
balletforme Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Emma said: I'm hopeful her blog will continue: MCB did cite that she has 152,000 instagram followers in its press release. Most people write their own bios. I could be wrong but 9 times out of 10 the bio you read has been drafted by the dancer and then approved by PR. Link to comment
McJagger Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 What a wonderful story. It's nice to see a talented person who encountered hard times turn it around. I wish her all the best. Link to comment
tutu Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 So happy about this. I'll admit, I was a naysayer -- I thought there was no way she'd make it back. I'm delighted to have been proven wrong! Link to comment
cubanmiamiboy Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) Ok people. I'll be reporting. We all know she will be under a microscope. If anything, I believe she'll benefit from the general atmosphere of MCB, where mutual help, camaraderie and lack of drama has been the norm for years. MERDE to you, Kathryn! Edited to add: MCB has never been a "stick thin" ballerinas company, nor tall ones. She will fit right in, aesthetically speaking. Edited April 18, 2019 by cubanmiamiboy Link to comment
balletforme Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 4/18/2019 at 1:04 PM, tutu said: So happy about this. I'll admit, I was a naysayer -- I thought there was no way she'd make it back. I'm delighted to have been proven wrong! The jury is still out. We haven't seen her dance. . . . Link to comment
tutu Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 CNN's just published a great article about Morgan's journey away from and back to the stage. Quote In the fall of 2014, ballet dancer Kathryn Morgan thought her comeback arc was almost complete. Once a soloist at New York City Ballet with an auspicious future, she was forced to leave the company in 2012, felled by an autoimmune disease that saw her hair fall out, her weight rise and her balance disappear. Two years later, however, she convinced herself she was ready to return to the stage. She told fans on her YouTube channel that she'd be performing again by the spring. She gave motivational interviews to the New York Times and Teen Vogue, telling the latter, "If you don't get something, you have to keep going, just because you love it." "It was wishful thinking," she told CNN last month, five years after she first announced her comeback. What Morgan initially believed would be a few months of recovery became a nine-year ordeal: of doctors who dismissed her, of surrendering a dream, of personal turmoil and a life repeatedly upended. And, now, as she prepares to return to ballet on her own terms, a rebirth, one worthy of the swans and spirits and sleeping beauties she'd danced on stage. Some nuggets: Morgan had to go to eight (!) different doctors to get her correct diagnosis of Hashimoto's disease; by 2017, she hadn't intended to return to the professional stage or to a professional career; there's still a risk of relapse, so Morgan's planning to take her career in Miami "one day at a time." The whole thing's a good read! Link to comment
balletforme Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 12:36 AM, Josette said: MCB isn't the jury? The paying audience is the jury IMO. Link to comment
NinaFan Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 6/19/2019 at 12:54 PM, balletforme said: The jury is still out. We haven't seen her dance. . . . But Lopez did! That's good enough for me! Quote from CNN article link above- "I don't want to say she got her talent back, because I don't think she ever lost it," Lopez said. On 6/20/2019 at 12:36 AM, Josette said: MCB isn't the jury? I'm with Josette on this one. On 7/13/2019 at 7:22 PM, balletforme said: The paying audience is the jury IMO. I can't wait to see this beautiful ballerina dance again. Link to comment
pherank Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 (edited) Obviously the A.D. makes the decisions about who is dancing for the company. If for some reason a dancer looked particularly 'displeasing' to the audience there would probably be some bad press, but the A.D. is still likely to notice the issue long before the audience does - and do something about it. Edited July 17, 2019 by pherank Link to comment
NinaFan Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 1 hour ago, pherank said: Obviously the A.D. makes the decisions about who is dancing for the company. If for some reason a dancer looked particularly 'displeasing' to the audience there would probably be some bad press, but the A.D. is still likely to notice the issue long before the audience does - and do something about it. I agree Link to comment
vagansmom Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Hmmm, I can think of at least one dancer at another major company for whom there is "bad press," but who continues to get plum roles. Link to comment
balletforme Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Yes Vagansmom. . . . Yes. PR and other things sometimes do win the day. I do look forward to seeing Morgan on the stage. She shares that soloist rank with several very talented folks. It will inspire her for sure. Edited July 18, 2019 by balletforme Link to comment
wonderwall Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Kathryn posted that she is learning a “gift of a role,” which she later hints at being Firebird in the comments. Sounds like she is slated to dance it later this season! Link to comment
sohalia Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 She just posted this little video of her dancing Dewdrop at MCB on her Instagram, and I just had to share. It's like she never left. Her arms and her musicality are fantastic. I wish I still lived in Miami so I could go and watch her dance. Link to comment
Balletwannabe Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Looking amazing! Link to comment
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