I feel like I'm the only one here who discovered this solo because of the show Dance Academy. However, I found it so beautiful that I had to find someone else do it to compare. And you're stunning!!! It's amazing!
All the people who insulted you for your weight should see this. This is proof that to be a ballerina you must have expression. I almost cried. This is so gorgeous... Kathryn Morgan at her best!
Seliiiina Gomess Insulted her for weight? Why? Theres nothing wrong with her weight. Beautiful girl beautiful dancer. Theres no way anyone could have a go about her weight. Her legs are so thin!
I had goosebumps... Wow... you're an incredible actress, and the choreography is brilliant!!!! I was convinced that your shoes were controlling your movements. Amazing!
I'm very late to the party. I have seeen other performances of red shoes but the dancers just looked frenetic. Kathryn convinced me those shoes were actually controlling her. She proves there is so much more to dance than just doing steps. I sometimes struggle to appreciate expression in dancers because it comes across as over done or just the same intense emotion whatever the dance (i'm accustomed to watching mostly contemporary but some ballet). I don't have that problem with Kathryn.
So graceful and expressive. Society says models and ballet dancers must be super skinny. To me they look emaciated. Kathryn is so beautiful here. she takes my breath away.
Imagine me giving you a standing ovation in my living room! What a haunting piece. Beautifully crafted and AMAZINGLY performed. Thank you for sharing this!
I had a few times where I had to remind myself that shoes were not in fact actually comtrolling you that was amazing 😱 also that last movement just at the end was 👌🏻 absolutely amazing!!!
There are a lot of dancers out there, but you are an Artist. That is so rare. The ballet world needs you Katie!!! I pray you get better and stronger each and every day, so you can return to your best soon :)
That was incredible! I'd never seen a performance of the red shoes before, and I am so glad it was yours that I saw first. It definitely looked like your shoes were controlling you. What a terrifying ballet!
This was absolutely amazing!!! So glad that you guys filmed the red shoes for those of us who probably can't come see you live. Katie you are a fantastic and extremely talented ballerina and you were incredible in this piece! I loved it!😊💜
I saw the revision video and had to come back to this video afterwards. I can’t believe it’s been 6 years. It’s still my favorite version of the red shoes.
I don't know why I didn't see this before, I've been following your journey for years. This is amazing, you are a truly artist. Watching this today, knowing that you are following again the ballet dream, it's so exciting! Any company would be lucky to have you, Katie. Even though i probably won't be able to watch you perform live (I'm from Argentina), I really want you to be dancing again, because you and the world deserve it. Never give up, we're rooting for you, Katie!!
Hi Katy, You were blessed with beauty, and talent. I loved watching you dance this favorite ballet of mine. From the beautiful flow of your dress,to your hair coming undone...such a beautiful presentation ! Thank You.
When this performance was first published my fascination with ballet which started as a preteen but was suppressed by the thought of "too late" by the end of my teens had just started to reemerge. And while I thought it was interesting I felt like I was missing part of the story. A year and a half later I took the plunge and attended my first adult beginner ballet lesson. Almost exactly 2 years later I just finished my first term of classes en pointe! Rewatching tonight made me realise what I was missing when I first watched this in early 2016... I couldn't appreciate the full story because I didn't truly understand the complexity of what the shoes were "making" her do.
You are a true artist. Divine. Soulful. Beautiful. The best humanity has to offer. Nothing can diminish the incandescent beauty of your soul. Thank you for dancing.
Although I’ve seen the movie many times wasn’t aware there was a ballet of the same name. Ms Kathryn Morgan you brought life to the character you really know how to entrance the one watching. Great talent!
Wow! Just wow! Even her feet were acting in this. I love how the music changed tempo and her feet had become obsessed and the shoes controlled her every move.
Kathryn, you look amazing, your talent and high dance skills are undisputed, your movements are so fluid and highly technical, your artistic stage presence is as strong as your dancing; and your musicality of course is perfect considering that you are a strong pianist. This performance is perfect.
This is amazing. At the beginning of the video when she was in control her reflection on the floor was strong but when the shoes took over the reflection gets duller and a little weaker signifying that she's no long in control ans getting weaker and weaker the more she dances. It was just something I noticed, I might be overanalysing it but it kind of fits in a way. Again great job
I had always begged to be allowed to take ballet lessons, I was denied. My favorite prima ballerina is Moirer Shearer. Beauty and grace. On my bucket list to go to the ballet in new york city and to dance the tango in my fitted long formal dress, with opera gloves and my hair upswept, with a man who knows the American tango at an upscale dinner dance club. Perhaps. Exquisite.
BEAUTIFUL!!! I absolutely loved your performance, Katie!! The feel reminds me a bit of the film...I loved the nostalgic "old Hollywood" music and glamour. You are definitely a complete artist. Bravo!!!
I love this piece and Kathryn Morgan did such a fantastic job! I saw the movie when I was 3 and it’s what made me fall in love with ballet. I loved the movie and always wanted a ballet to be done about it and I’m glad it’s finally here!
Someone said, in your Arabian Pas de deux, that it was mesmerising..thats the word...you REALLY are!!! That choreography made my eyes water, you're such an effortlessly beautiful, graceful and special dancer :-)
The horrified expression when realizing the shoes are controlling you gave me chills! Amazing as always, you're such a beautiful dancer. Love from Mexico!
as a young pointe dancer, to be able to do something as beautiful and graceful as this is a dream!! and a nine minute long pointe dance must be so hard! amazing job :)
Kathryn, those shoes seamed truly alive! This is a breathtaking coreography and you act so perfectly! You dance amazing and I am so happy that you are back in the scene. Congrats!!!
This performance is absolutely mind blowing. The choreography is breathtaking. Watching this was the first time in 34 years of life where I was fully transcended by movement. Kathryn Morgan is not the average 100 pound and under dancer. She looks like a real woman you would see on the street but she's so much better than any prima I've ever seen. Just amazing, Bravo!!
This is truly perfection. Exquisite technique completely in service of your artistry. Your soul as you dance, I could just watch you forever. And who cares if you weren't "ballerina thin"? Granted, we all want to be healthy. U get that. But for heavens sake, how sick is it that people would be deprived of artists like you because they dont fit an arbitrary aesthetic? How much talent is lost to the world because of this? I am so grateful that I can watch you dance. You are the only good thing that has happened to me in so long. Your dancing comforts me
This was amazing! Breathtaking! You aren't a ballerina, you are an artist! There are so so so many ballet dancers, but not everyone is able to portray the character like you do, Katie. So strong but yet so light. Haunting! You nailed this 110%! Perfect!! :)
simply amazing. I don't have any background in dance/theater/ballet, but I really see the skill and artistry. Just wow. you really show that ballet is as much a sport as an art!
Not only is your dancing expressive and technically impressive, but you can act! You have this innocence about you that draws me in I can see how you must have excelled in the roles of Juliet and Aurora. I truly enjoyed this performance! And the choreography was fun 😍👏👏
This is absolutely splendid. What a marvellous artist you are. I don't generally leave comments, however I want you to know and feel how very appreciated your dancing was. Thank you for this gift, it was a truly touching performance.
Love your performance and I have never heard this piece by Franz Liszt! I have heard some of his piano works, and maybe one of his symphonic poems! Brava!!👏👏👏👏
gorgeous, haunting, moving, beautiful. i am a student at the washington school of balelr. and i attended your vlass last year,it was an amazing experience. and you are a wonderful dancer and teacher. i would love to come to another class of yours. so o cant waint until you are in the dc area again. once again, simply genius.
One of the most amazing things I've ever seen! That was incredible!!! Can't stop watching it. You are such a wonderful dancer and such a talented actress!
Goosebumps and amazement! Your emotions are just incredible from when the girl is happy and over joyed with her new shoes to the torment of them controlling her! Spectacular, well done! x
Bravo ... Wow ... Cannot wait to see you perform it at the Kennedy Center. I'm a little lost for words, love the way the shoes take over. Scary and eerie ... just amazing!! You tell a story so well.
Omg with this video i remember tara of dance academy
+Catalina Riquelme Thank you! A lot of people keep saying that. :)
SAME! I love dance academy
Yh OMG me 2 I was ( and still kinda am ) addicted to dance academy
Yup
YAS OMG IM NOT THE ONLY ONE
I feel like I'm the only one here who discovered this solo because of the show Dance Academy. However, I found it so beautiful that I had to find someone else do it to compare. And you're stunning!!! It's amazing!
Gigi Grace 😂😂 Dance academy and Tara bring me here too
Gigi Grace same!!! I love dance academy
Gigi Grace ha dance academy brought me here too
Yay Dance Academy fans!
SAME!!
I only knew about it because of the show dance academy to but I think that you did amazing
Samee
Yeah thats why I looked it up
All the people who insulted you for your weight should see this. This is proof that to be a ballerina you must have expression. I almost cried. This is so gorgeous... Kathryn Morgan at her best!
+Seliiiina Gomess THANK YOU for this. I truly appreciate it.
+N. Blue Thank you!
was this when you were still losing weight because of your thyroid problem?
Seliiiina Gomess Insulted her for weight? Why? Theres nothing wrong with her weight. Beautiful girl beautiful dancer. Theres no way anyone could have a go about her weight. Her legs are so thin!
Seliiiina Gomess omg!!!!yaas
I had goosebumps... Wow... you're an incredible actress, and the choreography is brilliant!!!! I was convinced that your shoes were controlling your movements. Amazing!
+kellym587 Thank you so much Kelly!
I've just seen this video and think the same as Kelly! It just blew my mind! :O So brilliant in every sense!!!
I'm very late to the party. I have seeen other performances of red shoes but the dancers just looked frenetic. Kathryn convinced me those shoes were actually controlling her. She proves there is so much more to dance than just doing steps. I sometimes struggle to appreciate expression in dancers because it comes across as over done or just the same intense emotion whatever the dance (i'm accustomed to watching mostly contemporary but some ballet). I don't have that problem with Kathryn.
My favourite ballet with my favourite ballet dancer
Mine too.
I just LOVE how that skirt moves! Beautiful choreography all the way!!
Omg she went full on I love lucy😂😂😂😍😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So graceful and expressive. Society says models and ballet dancers must be super skinny. To me they look emaciated. Kathryn is so beautiful here. she takes my breath away.
Imagine me giving you a standing ovation in my living room! What a haunting piece. Beautifully crafted and AMAZINGLY performed. Thank you for sharing this!
I had a few times where I had to remind myself that shoes were not in fact actually comtrolling you that was amazing 😱 also that last movement just at the end was 👌🏻 absolutely amazing!!!
There are a lot of dancers out there, but you are an Artist. That is so rare. The ballet world needs you Katie!!! I pray you get better and stronger each and every day, so you can return to your best soon :)
I've watched this several times. Great.
That was incredible! I'd never seen a performance of the red shoes before, and I am so glad it was yours that I saw first. It definitely looked like your shoes were controlling you. What a terrifying ballet!
This was absolutely amazing!!! So glad that you guys filmed the red shoes for those of us who probably can't come see you live. Katie you are a fantastic and extremely talented ballerina and you were incredible in this piece! I loved it!😊💜
THE TRUE ARTIST !!! absolute PURPOSE !!! astounding stunning !!!! masterpeice , I cried *applauds*
Thank you!
I saw the revision video and had to come back to this video afterwards. I can’t believe it’s been 6 years. It’s still my favorite version of the red shoes.
So beautiful
This is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
+KaeptnNini Thank you!
You are an excellent actress! Your performance is so convincing! Thank you!
I don't know why I didn't see this before, I've been following your journey for years. This is amazing, you are a truly artist. Watching this today, knowing that you are following again the ballet dream, it's so exciting! Any company would be lucky to have you, Katie. Even though i probably won't be able to watch you perform live (I'm from Argentina), I really want you to be dancing again, because you and the world deserve it. Never give up, we're rooting for you, Katie!!
Hi Katy, You were blessed with beauty, and talent. I loved watching you dance this favorite ballet of mine. From the beautiful flow of your dress,to your hair coming undone...such a beautiful presentation ! Thank You.
You are a ballerina and artist at heart!
When this performance was first published my fascination with ballet which started as a preteen but was suppressed by the thought of "too late" by the end of my teens had just started to reemerge. And while I thought it was interesting I felt like I was missing part of the story. A year and a half later I took the plunge and attended my first adult beginner ballet lesson. Almost exactly 2 years later I just finished my first term of classes en pointe! Rewatching tonight made me realise what I was missing when I first watched this in early 2016... I couldn't appreciate the full story because I didn't truly understand the complexity of what the shoes were "making" her do.
Powerful presence and performance! Congratulations, Kathryn! Thank you for sharing with us!
You are so very gifted! I get emotional watching you dance. Stunning!!
Absolutely mesmerizing!
You are a true artist. Divine. Soulful. Beautiful. The best humanity has to offer. Nothing can diminish the incandescent beauty of your soul. Thank you for dancing.
Although I’ve seen the movie many times wasn’t aware there was a ballet of the same name. Ms Kathryn Morgan you brought life to the character you really know how to entrance the one watching. Great talent!
Wow! Just wow! Even her feet were acting in this. I love how the music changed tempo and her feet had become obsessed and the shoes controlled her every move.
Kathryn, you look amazing, your talent and high dance skills are undisputed, your movements are so fluid and highly technical, your artistic stage presence is as strong as your dancing; and your musicality of course is perfect considering that you are a strong pianist. This performance is perfect.
This is amazing. At the beginning of the video when she was in control her reflection on the floor was strong but when the shoes took over the reflection gets duller and a little weaker signifying that she's no long in control ans getting weaker and weaker the more she dances. It was just something I noticed, I might be overanalysing it but it kind of fits in a way. Again great job
That's brilliant. It really looks like you don't dance on your own ,but the shoes do. Never seen such a controlled separation from legs and upper body
I had always begged to be allowed to take ballet lessons, I was denied. My favorite prima ballerina is Moirer Shearer. Beauty and grace. On my bucket list to go to the ballet in new york city and to dance the tango in my fitted long formal dress, with opera gloves and my hair upswept, with a man who knows the American tango at an upscale dinner dance club. Perhaps. Exquisite.
BEAUTIFUL!!! I absolutely loved your performance, Katie!! The feel reminds me a bit of the film...I loved the nostalgic "old Hollywood" music and glamour. You are definitely a complete artist. Bravo!!!
+Melody Chan Thank you so much!
I love this piece and Kathryn Morgan did such a fantastic job! I saw the movie when I was 3 and it’s what made me fall in love with ballet. I loved the movie and always wanted a ballet to be done about it and I’m glad it’s finally here!
That was absolutely beautiful. Kathryn Morgan danced this beautifully. Such a fabulous performance☆
Someone said, in your Arabian Pas de deux, that it was mesmerising..thats the word...you REALLY are!!!
That choreography made my eyes water, you're such an effortlessly beautiful, graceful and special dancer :-)
Simply A M A Z I N G!! 💗
The red shoes is such a beautiful and difficult and magnificent dance. It's truly wonderful.
You are just. out. Of. This. World. Youre so down to earth and so brilliant at the same time!
The Red Shoes was one of my favorite fairy tales when I was little and this piece is a lovely rendition!
I just love your dancing, your expressions,... all of it!🙏🙏💜
Thank you!
Haunting performance, Katie. Well done/Bravo! Can't wait to see it live.
+Maureen Seel Thank you!
Wow! No words.... Just lovely!
+Constanza Lavín Thank you!
wow! so moving!
I just started to watch this. I love that moment at 1:45. I can definitely see Karen. “Pretty? I’m more than that. I am BEAUTIFUL!”
This is a stunning work of art. Props to you & the choreographer for combined storytelling prowess.
The horrified expression when realizing the shoes are controlling you gave me chills! Amazing as always, you're such a beautiful dancer. Love from Mexico!
Really lovely. I really had the sense the shoes were enchanted. One of my favorites stories...one of my favorite movies, too.
This was so captivating. Such artistry.
as a young pointe dancer, to be able to do something as beautiful and graceful as this is a dream!! and a nine minute long pointe dance must be so hard! amazing job :)
Es hermoso! Muchas gracias por compartir tu arte :)
I loved! Unique
Kathryn, those shoes seamed truly alive! This is a breathtaking coreography and you act so perfectly! You dance amazing and I am so happy that you are back in the scene. Congrats!!!
I remember a book like this, you are an incredible dancer and I love your emotion and technique
The best Red Shoes solo I have ever watched. I am stunned. Beautifully done!
Splendid.
Love this interpretation and performance of the story
This performance is absolutely mind blowing. The choreography is breathtaking. Watching this was the first time in 34 years of life where I was fully transcended by movement. Kathryn Morgan is not the average 100 pound and under dancer. She looks like a real woman you would see on the street but she's so much better than any prima I've ever seen. Just amazing, Bravo!!
Look at that power! The emotions of the dance really comes across! Seriously amazing! Woohoo! !
I love that you kept dancing through all the hard times and feeling/being so ill. Amazing artistry and skill!
This is truly perfection. Exquisite technique completely in service of your artistry. Your soul as you dance, I could just watch you forever.
And who cares if you weren't "ballerina thin"? Granted, we all want to be healthy. U get that. But for heavens sake, how sick is it that people would be deprived of artists like you because they dont fit an arbitrary aesthetic? How much talent is lost to the world because of this? I am so grateful that I can watch you dance. You are the only good thing that has happened to me in so long. Your dancing comforts me
Stunning, Kathryn Morgan! We love Don's vision and know our shows at The Kennedy Center will be sold out!
Absolutely brilliant Kathryn. I loved this so much! I'm catching up on videos today. This was such a treat. Thank you for posting. Jennifer Scott xx
Thank you so much Jennifer! I truly appreciate it. xo
I was absolutely captivated. Especially between 6:16 - 6:28, that was just stunning!
This was amazing! Breathtaking! You aren't a ballerina, you are an artist! There are so so so many ballet dancers, but not everyone is able to portray the character like you do, Katie. So strong but yet so light. Haunting! You nailed this 110%!
Perfect!! :)
Beautiful!
One of the most beautiful things I've seen in a long time
Wow, amazing! So elegant! It's an astonishing metaphor of what ballet does with a lot of dancers.
That end!
My daughter's favorite parts: 4:25-4:56, 5:08-5:19, 5:40-6:40, and 7:33-7:46! Thank you for posting this video!
simply amazing. I don't have any background in dance/theater/ballet, but I really see the skill and artistry. Just wow. you really show that ballet is as much a sport as an art!
That was BREATHTAKING!!!!!!
Bravo Brarvo kathryn , thank you ! You are amazing!
Seriously so incredible!!!!! Congratulations on everything you have been accomplishing lately!
Breath taking piece of ART.❤️😍😍😘
+Mia As Thank you Mia!
omg this dancing is so beautiful !!! and also the acting, no words left. btw the dress is so beautiful
Not only is your dancing expressive and technically impressive, but you can act! You have this innocence about you that draws me in I can see how you must have excelled in the roles of Juliet and Aurora. I truly enjoyed this performance! And the choreography was fun 😍👏👏
That was amazing!!!!!!
I don't know how many times I hit replay. Outstanding performance!
Kathryn, you can move. I love the possession, clarity and precision that starts at about 4:30.
This is absolutely stunning, the storyline, the dancing, everything!!!
This is absolutely splendid. What a marvellous artist you are. I don't generally leave comments, however I want you to know and feel how very appreciated your dancing was. Thank you for this gift, it was a truly touching performance.
You are absolutely stunning you look gorgeous well done such a classical , elegant dance preformed gorgeously by you
I finally just watched this. I saved it until I had a bad day and needed something beautiful to cheer me up! It's magical!!! xoxoxo
I know there’s a follow up explanation video for this one but I would love to hear a commentary of the red shoes!
Beautifully danced, unique choreography, and I love the way this is shot.
Love your performance and I have never heard this piece by Franz Liszt! I have heard some of his piano works, and maybe one of his symphonic poems! Brava!!👏👏👏👏
You are so light, beautiful dance. 👌👏👏👏👏. I love it, keep your good job up.
My jaw literally dropped. That was amazing, Katie!
gorgeous, haunting, moving, beautiful. i am a student at the washington school of balelr. and i attended your vlass last year,it was an amazing experience. and you are a wonderful dancer and teacher. i would love to come to another class of yours. so o cant waint until you are in the dc area again. once again, simply genius.
I loved this so much! And I love the idea of the shoes turning against her it's so fun and different ❤👍
Brilliant! Gorgeous! Amazing choreography and dancing!
You did and incredible job, Kathryn!!!! Thank you for posting!
I remember reading this story when I was a little girl. I wanted to do ballet so badly, but we couldn't afford it. I still love watching tho
One of the most amazing things I've ever seen! That was incredible!!! Can't stop watching it. You are such a wonderful dancer and such a talented actress!
Goosebumps and amazement! Your emotions are just incredible from when the girl is happy and over joyed with her new shoes to the torment of them controlling her! Spectacular, well done! x
This is amazing! Your performance is so convincing!
Bravo ... Wow ... Cannot wait to see you perform it at the Kennedy Center. I'm a little lost for words, love the way the shoes take over. Scary and eerie ... just amazing!! You tell a story so well.
+Robyn Thompson Thank you Robyn! Don is truly a genius.
You are giving us so much hope and inspiration. THANK YOU!
This was AMAZING Katie! No words. No words.