That’s exactly what I was thinking. “Young” Katie looks much more frantic and flings her arms and legs more than “current” Katie. (I have zero ballet knowledge beyond what I’ve picked up from this channel so I’m sorry if my terminology is wrong)
Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking. The older one is more youthful in that it seems a little more frenetic, in the way that we all tend to be when we're young. The newer version is more deliberate. Its grace makes me feel more peaceful.
I love how baby Katie's dancing is like a spring chicken, so vibrant and energising. I also love mature Katie's control, elegance and powerful presence. It's like watching young princess Aurora grow into a queen!
Seems I am not the only one who sees a calmer and more controlled dancer in the newer footage. There is a finish now that makes for more elegant transitions between all the shapes and lines you are creating. They might only be microseconds, but it really looks so much smoother. Lovely as always.
@@kathryn_morgan She is true... You're more controlled in the way you choose to express your feelings (maybe cause you're also professional) through dance... I just wanna say .................... Congratulations!! Because it's not easy.
Literally first thing I thought was that you looked a lot calmer/less rushed in the new footage! The video from 10 years ago is beautiful and all (the costumes are truly to die for) but I still found it difficult to take my eye off the new for longer than a split second. You truly are a beautiful dancer! There's a sort of serene effortlessness to you now. I'm not a dancer myself (ballet enthusiast maybe? lol) but I know it's harder than it looks (I did take a few casual classes at 16) and you really do make it look easy!
I feel like your dancing looks more mature and emotional now! Not to say you weren’t great back then, but I can see the years of experience behind your dancing now
I am not a dancer, but I am a retired violinist so I understand body response with respect to music. Sprightly/calm are indeed good comparisons. I would add that your current dancing is more nuanced. You are growing in a lovely direction. Love you so much.
You were beautiful at 22 but there is a softness that speaks of strength, control and maturity in your current dancing, it's wonderful to see. More please!
I appreciate so much that you don’t use clickbait, tacky thumbnails or any similiar bs strategies to get more views! Just an elegant look and the video's content always corresponds to the title
Thank you! On no! To be honest, the backlash was minimal. The outpouring of love and support plus other dancers coming out to tell their stories FAR outweighed any negativity. So that really showed that we needed to talk about it. I didn’t post for a few weeks because I wanted to let that video sit. I didn’t want to take away from it or anyone else’s story. ❤️
This is the actual meaning of strength and power! Power of soul, power of body , sincerely Kathryn you are the strongest person I know. You are our strength ♥️ Our role model and someone to look up to. Thank you 🙏
I feel like the calmness and control you mention is especially noticeable anytime you have a high extension. 2010 Katie hit it hard and fast, while 2020 Katie did what we in animation call an "easing"... which is to say it's just as high, just as powerful, but it hangs at the top a split second longer with more control. Both sides of the arc have more control and float-- overall there's just more style. Both are beautiful on their own, but 2020 Katie is my personal favorite! I hope you do more of these! Great rewatch/engagement potential as I wanted to focus on each side individually!
Something I love about this comparison is that 2020 feels like watching Aurora as the queen she becomes long after the end of the Sleeping Beauty story. 2010 Aurora is the princess: youthful, energetic, even frantic. But 2020 Aurora has a calm confidence surrounding her and an air of wisdom not seen in 2010. She's has experienced life and maybe she's revisiting her younger self by performing this same dance.
there's a certain lightness you have now compared to when you were younger. i'm not sure if you were more focused on the different steps and executing everything perfectly back then but now you look like you're just immersed in the dance, and that is a truly beautiful look :)
Hi Kate! I’m around the same age with you. And I was also diagnosed with a chronic and “invisible” illness in these ten years. Also it took me long time to get the true diagnosis. I also dance, though not professional. So I wanna say I totally understand the “pre-sick” feeling. Things will never be the same since you are sick. Sometimes it’s bitter to think about the beautiful old days. Hang in there!
You’re calmer because you trust your talent. You have established yourself in this industry. You trust your hard work and constant practice. You are a phenomenal dancer. Just wow ❤️
I like the sharp, coltish quality of the 22 year old Aurora and the higher arabesque and higher a la second and better technique. She has more "attack". Sort of Tannaqil Leclerqian. I wish the 32 year old Aurora had the Aurora costume. The chenees are better in the 32 year old Aurora. We love you so much Kathryn!
Honestly there no comparison: Kathryn 2020 dances through the musical phrases with maturity and nuance and understands the significance of each step within the context of the sequence. Her artistry and expression is just lovely and really communicates with the audience. I didn’t want to take my eyes of the screen. Kathryn 2010 is segmented: this step then this step then this step without the understanding of phrasing or breathing or rubato. She anticipates downbeats and rushes rather than allowing the audience to enjoy each movement to its completion. More Katie 2020, please 😁
I think with the calmness there's more room for the story telling aspect of dance. They're both beautiful but I like that you were making more performance choices in your current footage.
The thing that amazed me was the consistency of both artistry and technique. No one would ever know that between these two performances, there were years that you were so sick you couldn't dance Brava! This is truly inspirational.
Your enveloppes are so much better now. They are lived-in, character driven, and your musicality is on point. It makes you look like it's easy, like you walk that way.
To me, your technique was noticeably smoother. More polished than 10 years ago. You've matured in such a positive manner. It benefits you. Thank you, Kathryn. Your performances are so beautiful and so delightful to watch. You give us the power to dream.
still GOT IT!! everything seems so much more fluid now! the same Aurora, but elevated & refined. so beautiful 💖 If I went to recreate my ballet performances from 10 years ago I simply would not have the stamina oooof I am not that kind of dancer anymore 😅😅😅
A word that struck me about your performance at 32 was graceful. As a former ballet dancer myself I know that grace and elegance are the hardest things to master about ballet and it just takes time and patience
I am not a dancer, I have absolutely no knowledge of dance but looking at you dancing at 21/22 and at now 32 I smiled and thought well, there's Aurora the "girl" all excited, spritey, bouncy and a grown up Aurora, a woman. Less rushed, more mature, comfortable with herself, grounded. Loved both!
Both interpretations are so lovely, but today's Aurora has a new sense of poise and elegance. You're right that at 32 there's a calmness to it. You have such musicality. I just love watching you dance.
I agree with lots of the comments here, you look so much calmer and controlled. There’s such a strength that you exude when dancing which is just inspiring!
This is an example when a ballerina have a control with the experience. I think both are beatiful. But I see so control and clean in your body today congratulation and so inspired me. Greetings from Argentina 🌹⚘👑
also, the new clips from the studio look so much more "easy".... like you're just casually dancing a really difficult ballet :) its really cool when someone makes it look so effortless despite it being really really hard
I think your lines, your turn out, your carriage and stage presence are even better now! I really enjoy the fluid quality of your dancing. It’s so nice! 22 is now slouch but I feel the anxiety in that Aurora. You’ve come a long way. Bravo!
I was going to comment but everyone below has already done a really nice job. Gives me hope for the world to see such thoughtfulness and courtesy. Keep going KM, the dance community needs you!
Everyone else has already said it, but yes, your poise and grace has grown, and you are so beautiful to watch. You are such a joy to watch. Thank you for body and mental positivity. YESSS PLEASE TEACH US VARIATIONS 😍 no specifics. Anything and everything.
Gorgeous then and now. 10 years ago had a lovely, youthful innocence... Today has a calm, regal, elegant quality... but still somehow the same Kathryn Morgan. :) Your arms in the vision scene now have even more fluidity and control! This was so fun to watch!
I am in a preprofessional company so I know what it is like to look at my 11 year old self and see how much I have grown and improved in the last year and the one thing I noticed about the new footage is that there a calmness and fluidity to your movement now, and it makes it that much better
I liked a bunch of the previous comments already but came to add that my eye was continually drawn back to the current you dancing because of how you completed and connected every movement with such detail of understanding (technically and lyrically) which breathed life into the character of Aurora. Bravo!!
Both are truly beautiful, but the 2020 one radiates confidence and strength even more than the 2010. Lovely! Thank you for everything! I would love to learn the different fairy variations from act 1!
I noticed the control and musicality has improved in the 2020 dance. I prefer the shades and textures of light and dark in your 2020 dance. Your 2010 dance is lovely for sure, but there is a polish and elegance the 2020 dancer has acquired! You should be very proud of both! Brava! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Oh my God, Katie! Not that before wasn't amazing, but what I see (as an amateur only) is that now you have much more control, confidence, calmness and lightness. And to only think about that you haven't danced for so many years! Crazy if you ask me! A true gifted artist, please do more of your current takes and dancing videos, it's such a delight watching you.
I have barely any knowledge in dance except for ballroom, but it is so obvious who is more in control. There is so much calmness now compared to 10 years ago. That being said, I adore both and I love the young and super lively Aurora as well. She is a child after all. 🥰
My first thought after seeing the videos on Instagram is that you give a lot of nuance to the steps and the musicality of your gestures is very pleasant to look at. This side by side video just confirmed that feeling. Your a beautiful dancer!
That was fascinating! Everything flowed so much easier and cleaner and danced through the music rather than on top of it. Both gorgeous but wowzers now!
Katie, you are a true inspiration. Before beginning a career in figure skating, I took ballet for “5” years. Covid has made it quite difficult to skate, though I have found a renewed interest in ballet and began taking adult classes. Our instructor recently mentioned that we should watch your videos for extra training and I’m so happy that I did. Sleeping Beauty is my all time favorite story and, it would be an honor to learn a variation from from you! Particularly that variation that you danced in this video.
I totally agree with you. You look much more calm and balanced, and mature. It looks more "ripe". And honestly, you look gorgeous right now, I don't see much of a difference supercially speaking. You still got it :)
I am a little late but thx for sharing and this is really fun love your vids and FIY ,you have natural beauty so hope I become you when I grow up, thx for inspiring me to try Aurora when I grow up ( if I become a professional
Kathryn, I just want to say thank you so much. You are such an inspiration to me as a dancer and as a woman. I'm 19 and over the past year and a half I've gotten back into dancing after leaving an abusive ballet studio environment. I came across your videos during quarantine when my studios closed, and I loved following along to your barres. Thank you for being so honest and for making a space where ballet can be the beautiful art form that it truly is, thank you for this positive space. Thank you for speaking out. I love you so much! I'm so glad you're back. And both of these performances are beautiful! But I agree, there is a maturity that shows in your dancing now. You aren't rushing to get the movements out, you are feeling them more.
That’s such a cool idea! Both are lovely of course but like most people here I definitely agree that there is more calmness to your dancing now. Also it looks more polished, the way you transition from one movement to the next looks cleaner and well finished. It’s the little details. Well done Kathryn! You’re always a joy to watch and a huge inspiration! ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Love this so much Kathryn. Both ages are wonderful but certainly you can see there is a new lightness to your approach now where you're completely enjoying the moment and relishing in dance as expression. So lovely. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
Both are so wonderful, but I love the maturity and elegance you bring with today's. Like everyone said, there's this calmness about you that is so regal and wonderful to watch. I also love that in this year's, you did the pas de bourree instead of the jete for the entrance😊😊 Amazing as always, Duchess Katie!
That was really fun! Aging is wonderful. At 53 I vicariously live through and empathize with your ballet story (and I have a thyroid condition that's treated). I really enjoy doing your barre without barre beginner levels to get a kitchen workout during COVID times in my sock feet, a chair and leggings.
I don't know why but I got a bit emotional watching this. Maybe because it was a dream to be in NYCB, but for reasons I had to stop dancing in highschool so any chances I had to dance professional were gone. I was already a later starter anyway. I'm about about the age you were when you debuted as Aurora! Also, right when I started to take dancing seriously, you also started your channel. So much has changed since then but you've always been a constant inspiration ❤️ I want to start dancing again because you keep going
Still amazing!!! 🌹🌹🌹 And as you are saying, yes, we can see and feel the calmness and absolute blissful calm feeling you are enjoying through your dancing now 🌹 You are amazing what you doing ...keep going 💪🤗🤗🤗
I love the calmness in the current dream variation 💕it made me think about how Aurora was asleep for about a century, but she has been in a dream realm, alive and growing as a person. She has been ruling there and chooses the prince to wake her because he is someone who sees how much she has grown in this beautiful place of hers, not just some guy who wants to kiss the dead girl. Wow, you just inspired a whole new princess that just so happens to follow your life a bit💜💜💜 Also I would love to learn variations from you!
Its actually great that ur going to upload variation tutorials since im looking for tutorial of the pas de classique and kitri,also sugar plum fairy variation hehe
You a have calmness and maturity in the comparison. Your 22 year old self looked energetic and sprite-like. Your turns look more stable now I think. There is a beauty and difference in both. This was a great idea! I need to go back and watch it a couple of times!
I saw your variation vids on IG and they're just so to die for. Just such elegance and calm graceful beauty. I've never had the opportunity to learn many of the Aurora variations, (Act 2 is such a gorgeous variation!) so those would be fun! I have a friend who did Diamond from act 3 and I'd love to learn that as well.
Both of them had a gracefulness to them, however the version you did 10 years later has a gracefulness that comes from experience and knowing how your body moves.
Both are beautiful, but there is a calmness watching the recent version. You’re such a beautiful dancer and watching your journey has inspired me to really think about getting back into dance, I’m still really scared to get into an actual class, but I’m going to start doing your bar warmups
Your channel is so amazingly helpful and you dance so beautifully i was wondering if you could make a video on how to get a full split in sissone and what skills are required
wait omg this was so beautiful 😻 (I’ve watched your younger-video many times prior) and watching it now, you seem, yes, “sprightly” - i.e., a lithe, young talent; you really portrayed the ingenuity of the role Watching your now-video, I think: confident, clean(er) lines 🤩 , and a musicality that still captures the brightness of Aurora We stan!
I love this!! I feel like this is very much a reflection of life in general. Most people have their 20s be a bit more chaotic because they are still finding themselves and then in their 30s they are more sure of themselves and have more control (referring to just life experiences in general). It was great to feel that in your dancing. It honestly shows that it does get better with time.
I felt your recent dancing was so soft and lovely... like a feather flying in the wind. Your younger dancing was very beautiful and musical too but it lacked the softness you have today. Love you!
This is too funny because right after you posted this on Instagram I went back and re-watched all of your Aurora commentary videos! Ditto to what everyone else has said, you and your dancing age well like a fine wine 🍷 thank you for letting us continue to watch you outside of formal performances, I missed that last year!
This was so interesting! "Little Kathy" was a firecracker but you got so graceful and sophisticated! Princess Aurora became Queen Aurora. Such a great example of how dancers (anyone really) changes with years and experience.
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There is a calmness and control to how you dance today. Not to say that both are not beautiful.
Thank you!
That’s exactly what I was thinking. “Young” Katie looks much more frantic and flings her arms and legs more than “current” Katie.
(I have zero ballet knowledge beyond what I’ve picked up from this channel so I’m sorry if my terminology is wrong)
Yeah I feel like she really takes her time now.
Yes! That's exactly what I was thinking. The older one is more youthful in that it seems a little more frenetic, in the way that we all tend to be when we're young. The newer version is more deliberate. Its grace makes me feel more peaceful.
I love how baby Katie's dancing is like a spring chicken, so vibrant and energising. I also love mature Katie's control, elegance and powerful presence. It's like watching young princess Aurora grow into a queen!
That improvement, that control, that is INCREDIBLE.
Seems I am not the only one who sees a calmer and more controlled dancer in the newer footage. There is a finish now that makes for more elegant transitions between all the shapes and lines you are creating. They might only be microseconds, but it really looks so much smoother. Lovely as always.
Thank you!
@@kathryn_morgan She is true... You're more controlled in the way you choose to express your feelings (maybe cause you're also professional) through dance... I just wanna say ....................
Congratulations!!
Because it's not easy.
Literally first thing I thought was that you looked a lot calmer/less rushed in the new footage! The video from 10 years ago is beautiful and all (the costumes are truly to die for) but I still found it difficult to take my eye off the new for longer than a split second. You truly are a beautiful dancer! There's a sort of serene effortlessness to you now. I'm not a dancer myself (ballet enthusiast maybe? lol) but I know it's harder than it looks (I did take a few casual classes at 16) and you really do make it look easy!
Thank you so much! ❤️
I feel like your dancing looks more mature and emotional now! Not to say you weren’t great back then, but I can see the years of experience behind your dancing now
Thank you!
THIS.
There’s an elegance about your movement now that is less Balanchine and more Royal Ballet to me. Brava. I prefer you now. 👏
I definitely agree with the Royal Ballet vs. Balanchine comparison! So elegant
You’re definitely still Aurora!
I am not a dancer, but I am a retired violinist so I understand body response with respect to music. Sprightly/calm are indeed good comparisons. I would add that your current dancing is more nuanced. You are growing in a lovely direction. Love you so much.
You were beautiful at 22 but there is a softness that speaks of strength, control and maturity in your current dancing, it's wonderful to see. More please!
There is a beautiful classical elegance and control now, but without losing the spark ❤️
I appreciate so much that you don’t use clickbait, tacky thumbnails or any similiar bs strategies to get more views! Just an elegant look and the video's content always corresponds to the title
Thank you Ann! That’s a HUGE pet peeve of mine. So I would never want to do that to all of you! ❤️
I'm so glad you're back! I was worried that you were discouraged by the backlash, but I'm so happy to see you again. You look amazing.❤👑💎
Thank you! On no! To be honest, the backlash was minimal. The outpouring of love and support plus other dancers coming out to tell their stories FAR outweighed any negativity. So that really showed that we needed to talk about it. I didn’t post for a few weeks because I wanted to let that video sit. I didn’t want to take away from it or anyone else’s story. ❤️
This is the actual meaning of strength and power! Power of soul, power of body , sincerely Kathryn you are the strongest person I know. You are our strength ♥️ Our role model and someone to look up to. Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much!
Aurora the vision scene 😍
I feel like the calmness and control you mention is especially noticeable anytime you have a high extension. 2010 Katie hit it hard and fast, while 2020 Katie did what we in animation call an "easing"... which is to say it's just as high, just as powerful, but it hangs at the top a split second longer with more control. Both sides of the arc have more control and float-- overall there's just more style. Both are beautiful on their own, but 2020 Katie is my personal favorite! I hope you do more of these! Great rewatch/engagement potential as I wanted to focus on each side individually!
I'd love to learn Lilac Fairy variation from Sleeping Beauty!
Something I love about this comparison is that 2020 feels like watching Aurora as the queen she becomes long after the end of the Sleeping Beauty story. 2010 Aurora is the princess: youthful, energetic, even frantic. But 2020 Aurora has a calm confidence surrounding her and an air of wisdom not seen in 2010. She's has experienced life and maybe she's revisiting her younger self by performing this same dance.
there's a certain lightness you have now compared to when you were younger. i'm not sure if you were more focused on the different steps and executing everything perfectly back then but now you look like you're just immersed in the dance, and that is a truly beautiful look :)
Hi Kate! I’m around the same age with you. And I was also diagnosed with a chronic and “invisible” illness in these ten years. Also it took me long time to get the true diagnosis. I also dance, though not professional. So I wanna say I totally understand the “pre-sick” feeling. Things will never be the same since you are sick. Sometimes it’s bitter to think about the beautiful old days. Hang in there!
You’re calmer because you trust your talent. You have established yourself in this industry. You trust your hard work and constant practice. You are a phenomenal dancer. Just wow ❤️
I like the sharp, coltish quality of the 22 year old Aurora and the higher arabesque and higher a la second and better technique. She has more "attack". Sort of Tannaqil Leclerqian. I wish the 32 year old Aurora had the Aurora costume. The chenees are better in the 32 year old Aurora. We love you so much Kathryn!
Honestly there no comparison: Kathryn 2020 dances through the musical phrases with maturity and nuance and understands the significance of each step within the context of the sequence. Her artistry and expression is just lovely and really communicates with the audience. I didn’t want to take my eyes of the screen. Kathryn 2010 is segmented: this step then this step then this step without the understanding of phrasing or breathing or rubato. She anticipates downbeats and rushes rather than allowing the audience to enjoy each movement to its completion.
More Katie 2020, please 😁
I think with the calmness there's more room for the story telling aspect of dance. They're both beautiful but I like that you were making more performance choices in your current footage.
The thing that amazed me was the consistency of both artistry and technique. No one would ever know that between these two performances, there were years that you were so sick you couldn't dance Brava! This is truly inspirational.
I don’t know if this makes sense but your port de bras seems a lot more mature and refined now! Both are beautiful :)
Your enveloppes are so much better now. They are lived-in, character driven, and your musicality is on point. It makes you look like it's easy, like you walk that way.
To me, your technique was noticeably smoother. More polished than 10 years ago.
You've matured in such a positive manner. It benefits you.
Thank you, Kathryn.
Your performances are so beautiful and so delightful to watch.
You give us the power to dream.
still GOT IT!! everything seems so much more fluid now! the same Aurora, but elevated & refined. so beautiful 💖 If I went to recreate my ballet performances from 10 years ago I simply would not have the stamina oooof I am not that kind of dancer anymore 😅😅😅
A word that struck me about your performance at 32 was graceful. As a former ballet dancer myself I know that grace and elegance are the hardest things to master about ballet and it just takes time and patience
10 years ago you felt like a light little princess, now you have the presence of a queen!!!!! LOVE YOU!!!!!!!
I am not a dancer, I have absolutely no knowledge of dance but looking at you dancing at 21/22 and at now 32 I smiled and thought well, there's Aurora the "girl" all excited, spritey, bouncy and a grown up Aurora, a woman. Less rushed, more mature, comfortable with herself, grounded. Loved both!
Both interpretations are so lovely, but today's Aurora has a new sense of poise and elegance. You're right that at 32 there's a calmness to it. You have such musicality. I just love watching you dance.
I agree with lots of the comments here, you look so much calmer and controlled. There’s such a strength that you exude when dancing which is just inspiring!
This is an example when a ballerina have a control with the experience. I think both are beatiful. But I see so control and clean in your body today congratulation and so inspired me. Greetings from Argentina 🌹⚘👑
also, the new clips from the studio look so much more "easy".... like you're just casually dancing a really difficult ballet :) its really cool when someone makes it look so effortless despite it being really really hard
Baby Kathy was amazing!! But I couldn't take my eyes off of today's Kathy! 💛
Btw. The fairies' solos would be fun
There is much more maturity and introspection in your dancing now. You also look so much more self confident dancing it now. Love it!
Musicality and grace comes with maturity. I love age 32 version.
I think your lines, your turn out, your carriage and stage presence are even better now! I really enjoy the fluid quality of your dancing. It’s so nice! 22 is now slouch but I feel the anxiety in that Aurora. You’ve come a long way. Bravo!
I was going to comment but everyone below has already done a really nice job. Gives me hope for the world to see such thoughtfulness and courtesy. Keep going KM, the dance community needs you!
Those 10 years have been very kind to you.
Everyone else has already said it, but yes, your poise and grace has grown, and you are so beautiful to watch. You are such a joy to watch. Thank you for body and mental positivity.
YESSS PLEASE TEACH US VARIATIONS 😍 no specifics. Anything and everything.
Gorgeous then and now. 10 years ago had a lovely, youthful innocence... Today has a calm, regal, elegant quality... but still somehow the same Kathryn Morgan. :) Your arms in the vision scene now have even more fluidity and control! This was so fun to watch!
Wow..... amazing choreography and what a control and balance on your body...... amazing video,.........☺️👏💃
I am in a preprofessional company so I know what it is like to look at my 11 year old self and see how much I have grown and improved in the last year and the one thing I noticed about the new footage is that there a calmness and fluidity to your movement now, and it makes it that much better
I liked a bunch of the previous comments already but came to add that my eye was continually drawn back to the current you dancing because of how you completed and connected every movement with such detail of understanding (technically and lyrically) which breathed life into the character of Aurora. Bravo!!
Both are truly beautiful, but the 2020 one radiates confidence and strength even more than the 2010. Lovely! Thank you for everything! I would love to learn the different fairy variations from act 1!
I noticed the control and musicality has improved in the 2020 dance. I prefer the shades and textures of light and dark in your 2020 dance. Your 2010 dance is lovely for sure, but there is a polish and elegance the 2020 dancer has acquired! You should be very proud of both! Brava! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Oh my God, Katie! Not that before wasn't amazing, but what I see (as an amateur only) is that now you have much more control, confidence, calmness and lightness. And to only think about that you haven't danced for so many years! Crazy if you ask me! A true gifted artist, please do more of your current takes and dancing videos, it's such a delight watching you.
You do seem more calm with the dance 10 years later. You look so graceful in both 😍
I have barely any knowledge in dance except for ballroom, but it is so obvious who is more in control. There is so much calmness now compared to 10 years ago. That being said, I adore both and I love the young and super lively Aurora as well. She is a child after all. 🥰
My first thought after seeing the videos on Instagram is that you give a lot of nuance to the steps and the musicality of your gestures is very pleasant to look at. This side by side video just confirmed that feeling. Your a beautiful dancer!
There is more maturity and elegance in your movements as older Kathryn, especially in your port de bras IMHO. Both are such a joy to watch!
The Lilac Fairy Variation would be amazing to learn. Your dancing was very beautiful in both clips.
That was fascinating! Everything flowed so much easier and cleaner and danced through the music rather than on top of it. Both gorgeous but wowzers now!
It’s so crazy that you danced that 10 years ago!!! Love you katie 💗
Katie, you are a true inspiration. Before beginning a career in figure skating, I took ballet for “5” years. Covid has made it quite difficult to skate, though I have found a renewed interest in ballet and began taking adult classes. Our instructor recently mentioned that we should watch your videos for extra training and I’m so happy that I did. Sleeping Beauty is my all time favorite story and, it would be an honor to learn a variation from from you! Particularly that variation that you danced in this video.
I totally agree with you. You look much more calm and balanced, and mature. It looks more "ripe". And honestly, you look gorgeous right now, I don't see much of a difference supercially speaking. You still got it :)
Ahhh the idea of doing Sleeping Beauty with you is amazing!
There is more story, fluidity, and elegant finish to the newer version. 😊 Beautifully danced.
32 is just as beautiful Kathryn :) Your dancing is so magical, then and now
YEEASSSS variation!!!! Woooo hoo!!!!!
I am a little late but thx for sharing and this is really fun love your vids and FIY ,you have natural beauty so hope I become you when I grow up, thx for inspiring me to try Aurora when I grow up ( if I become a professional
OMG so gorgeous! You are so much stronger and such elegance. Beautiful regardless, but you have grown so much. Love, love, love!!!
Kathryn, I just want to say thank you so much. You are such an inspiration to me as a dancer and as a woman. I'm 19 and over the past year and a half I've gotten back into dancing after leaving an abusive ballet studio environment. I came across your videos during quarantine when my studios closed, and I loved following along to your barres. Thank you for being so honest and for making a space where ballet can be the beautiful art form that it truly is, thank you for this positive space. Thank you for speaking out. I love you so much! I'm so glad you're back.
And both of these performances are beautiful! But I agree, there is a maturity that shows in your dancing now. You aren't rushing to get the movements out, you are feeling them more.
she's still got it 😊
That’s such a cool idea! Both are lovely of course but like most people here I definitely agree that there is more calmness to your dancing now. Also it looks more polished, the way you transition from one movement to the next looks cleaner and well finished. It’s the little details.
Well done Kathryn! You’re always a joy to watch and a huge inspiration! ❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The second one you showed would be so nice to see you teach us!! you're gorgeous!
Love this so much Kathryn. Both ages are wonderful but certainly you can see there is a new lightness to your approach now where you're completely enjoying the moment and relishing in dance as expression. So lovely. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
Both are so wonderful, but I love the maturity and elegance you bring with today's. Like everyone said, there's this calmness about you that is so regal and wonderful to watch. I also love that in this year's, you did the pas de bourree instead of the jete for the entrance😊😊
Amazing as always, Duchess Katie!
Really nice idea!!! We evolve and change and is important to look back sometimes to understand better where are we now ✨🩰
Beautiful preformance!!! 💖Aurora is one of my favorite dances!
Loved Monday's ballet class💜
Always love ya Kathryn ❤️😍
Thanks Joudy! ❤️
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That was really fun! Aging is wonderful. At 53 I vicariously live through and empathize with your ballet story (and I have a thyroid condition that's treated). I really enjoy doing your barre without barre beginner levels to get a kitchen workout during COVID times in my sock feet, a chair and leggings.
I don't know why but I got a bit emotional watching this. Maybe because it was a dream to be in NYCB, but for reasons I had to stop dancing in highschool so any chances I had to dance professional were gone. I was already a later starter anyway. I'm about about the age you were when you debuted as Aurora! Also, right when I started to take dancing seriously, you also started your channel. So much has changed since then but you've always been a constant inspiration ❤️ I want to start dancing again because you keep going
Still amazing!!! 🌹🌹🌹
And as you are saying, yes, we can see and feel the calmness and absolute blissful calm feeling you are enjoying through your dancing now 🌹
You are amazing what you doing ...keep going 💪🤗🤗🤗
I love them both, but I particularly love that the second video shows your perserverance, despite some huge challenges.
2010 Aurora was a young girl, 2020 Aurora is a young princess. Both are beautiful :D
I love your musicality in the new one. You hold on to every note.
I love the calmness in the current dream variation 💕it made me think about how Aurora was asleep for about a century, but she has been in a dream realm, alive and growing as a person. She has been ruling there and chooses the prince to wake her because he is someone who sees how much she has grown in this beautiful place of hers, not just some guy who wants to kiss the dead girl. Wow, you just inspired a whole new princess that just so happens to follow your life a bit💜💜💜
Also I would love to learn variations from you!
Its actually great that ur going to upload variation tutorials since im looking for tutorial of the pas de classique and kitri,also sugar plum fairy variation hehe
You a have calmness and maturity in the comparison. Your 22 year old self looked energetic and sprite-like. Your turns look more stable now I think. There is a beauty and difference in both. This was a great idea! I need to go back and watch it a couple of times!
I saw your variation vids on IG and they're just so to die for. Just such elegance and calm graceful beauty. I've never had the opportunity to learn many of the Aurora variations, (Act 2 is such a gorgeous variation!) so those would be fun! I have a friend who did Diamond from act 3 and I'd love to learn that as well.
Your lines you create are so incredibly amazing!!!
Both of them had a gracefulness to them, however the version you did 10 years later has a gracefulness that comes from experience and knowing how your body moves.
Both are beautiful, but there is a calmness watching the recent version. You’re such a beautiful dancer and watching your journey has inspired me to really think about getting back into dance, I’m still really scared to get into an actual class, but I’m going to start doing your bar warmups
Your channel is so amazingly helpful and you dance so beautifully i was wondering if you could make a video on how to get a full split in sissone and what skills are required
Both renditions are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
wait omg this was so beautiful 😻
(I’ve watched your younger-video many times prior) and watching it now, you seem, yes, “sprightly” - i.e., a lithe, young talent; you really portrayed the ingenuity of the role
Watching your now-video, I think: confident, clean(er) lines 🤩 , and a musicality that still captures the brightness of Aurora
We stan!
I love this!! I feel like this is very much a reflection of life in general. Most people have their 20s be a bit more chaotic because they are still finding themselves and then in their 30s they are more sure of themselves and have more control (referring to just life experiences in general). It was great to feel that in your dancing. It honestly shows that it does get better with time.
I felt your recent dancing was so soft and lovely... like a feather flying in the wind. Your younger dancing was very beautiful and musical too but it lacked the softness you have today. Love you!
Absolutely beautiful! The Aurora back then has become a Queen now! Can you sometimes do a video on how to do Giselle’s/Willie’s hairstyle please?
Act 3 aurora variation!! 💕 you are such a beautiful dancer and I love your channel!
I can see the maturity in the 10 year later. I like it.
This is too funny because right after you posted this on Instagram I went back and re-watched all of your Aurora commentary videos! Ditto to what everyone else has said, you and your dancing age well like a fine wine 🍷 thank you for letting us continue to watch you outside of formal performances, I missed that last year!
This was so interesting! "Little Kathy" was a firecracker but you got so graceful and sophisticated! Princess Aurora became Queen Aurora. Such a great example of how dancers (anyone really) changes with years and experience.
Equally beautiful and graceful!
Wow! Your envlelopes are so controlled now! Both were beautiful. Excited for variations!
This was so much fun! You look and sound so relaxed and happy here. Love seeing laid back Kathryn. ❤️
Thank you!
you look amazing as always ! I really enjoyed watching the them side by side