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Who is Kathryn?

Kathryn Morgan is a modern-day ballerina, blazing a career path for herself outside of the confines of company life. In addition to being a popular performer, teacher, judge, and influencer, Kathryn is the founder of Kathryn Morgan & Friends, a community focused on the joy that ballet can bring to dancers when they are valued for who they are above their level of proficiency.

Kathryn began her professional career in 2006 as an apprentice with New York City Ballet, and was promoted to soloist in 2009. She left the company in 2012 while battling an auto-immune illness, and made an awe-inspiring return to the stage seven years later as a soloist with Miami City Ballet.

She danced with MCB for a year before making a decision to step away from company life in 2020 to pursue dancing on her own terms. As a performer, Kathryn is known for her feminine, artistic quality and musicality; some of her more notable performances include Aurora in Peter Martins’ Sleeping Beauty, Juliet in Peter Martins’ Romeo & Juliet, and the Striptease girl in George Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.

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Awards & Recognition
Featured Roles

Featured Roles at Miami City Ballet 

George Balanchine
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Jerome Robbins
I’m Old Fashioned

Featured Roles at New York City Ballet

George Balanchine
Ballo della Regina
Coppelia (Waltz)
Divertimento No. 15
The Nutcracker (Marzipan, Dewdrop, Sugar Plum Fairy)
Scotch Symphony
Stars and Stripes
La Valse
Western Symphony

Christopher Wheeldon
Carousel (A Dance)
Mercurial Manoeuvres
Scenes de Ballet

 

Christopher Wheeldon
Carousel (A Dance)
Mercurial Manoeuvres
Scenes de Ballet

Jerome Robbins
2 & 3 Part Inventions
Dances at a Gathering
The Four Seasons (Winter)
Les Noces
West Side Story Suite (Maria)

August Bournonville
Flower Festival in Genzano (Pas de Deux)

Sean Lavery
Romeo & Juliet (Juliet)

 

Peter Martins
Mirage
Romeo + Juliet (Juliet)
The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Jewel)
Stabat Mater
Swan Lake (Pas de Trois, Pas de Quatre)

Benjamin Millepied
Why I Am Not Where You Are
28 Variations on a Theme by
Paganini

Principle Guest Roles

Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Acropolis – Athens Greece
George Balanchine’s Who Cares?

Mobile Ballet – Mobile Alabama
Sleeping Beauty (Aurora)
Swan Lake (Odette, Odile)
The Nutcracker (Sugar Plum Fairy)
Snow White – World Premiere (Snow White)

Opera Bastille- Paris, France
Carousel (A Dance)
Divertimento No. 15

Santander & Majorca, Spain
Les Noces

 

Orchard Hall, Bunkamura – Tokyo Japan
Carousel (A Dance)
West Side Story Suite (Maria)

Playhouse Square, Cleveland Ohio
The Red Shoes (World Premiere, choreographed by Donald Garverick
Don Quixote (Kitri)
Swan Lake (Odile)

Theatre

To Dance the Musical – Dancing in the Dark Productions
Galina (Lead)

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Press Highlights & Features

New York Times (2021): What is a Ballet Body?
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The Observer (2020): Dancers Say It’s Time to Talk About Ballet Companies That Body-Shame
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Pointe Magazine (2020): “You Are Not a Failure:” Kathryn Morgan’s Advice to Dancers Who’ve Lost Roles Because of Their Weight
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Dance Magazine (2020): The Comeback: How Kathryn Morgan Beat Incredible Odds to Return to the Stage
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Marie Claire (2019): Kathryn Morgan Returns to the Stage
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New York Times (2014): Betrayed by Her Body, a Dancer Connects Online
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