248: Prima Ballerina Gets Back Up After Potentially Crippling Illness
Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love
Don Hutcheson
5.0 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2016
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Kathryn Morgan began studying ballet at age three. By age eight she knew she wanted to be a professional dancer. At age eleven she beat out much older dancers in a heated competition at the New York City Ballet. She won the coveted role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty at 21. Then, overnight, this gifted performer could no longer physically endure even one hour a day of practice. Promoted to soloist in 2009, Kathryn was stricken with an autoimmune illness in 2012 and left the company. Her health restored, she performs again and also reaches out to others through YouTube and social media.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, world. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 248. |
| 0:16.9 | I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison. |
| 0:19.4 | Every day, I interview from around the world who has |
| 0:22.3 | discovered her talents to do work she loves, to create a life of success, satisfaction, and |
| 0:27.9 | freedom. Catherine Morgan began studying ballet at age three. By age eight, she knew she wanted to be |
| 0:34.4 | a professional dancer. When she was 11, she beat out much older dancers in a heated competition at the New York City Ballet. |
| 0:41.0 | At 21, she won the coveted role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty. |
| 0:46.1 | Overnight, this gifted performer could not spend even one hour a day practicing her art, |
| 0:51.1 | where before, she worked tirelessly for 10 to 12. |
| 0:54.7 | Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Katie Morgan. |
| 0:58.8 | Welcome, Katie. |
| 1:00.0 | Hi, Don. |
| 1:00.6 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:01.7 | It is our pleasure. |
| 1:03.0 | Katie, are you using your talents doing work that you love? |
| 1:06.5 | I really am, and I hope that it's not only beneficial to me, but I really try and help other people |
| 1:12.0 | too. I'm sure that is true. We look forward to hearing the whole story. Katie Morgan began |
| 1:16.8 | studying ballet at age three in her hometown of Mobile, Alabama. She joined New York City Ballet as |
| 1:23.7 | an apprentice in 2006. In October of 2009, she was promoted to soloist. She left the company |
| 1:31.6 | due to an autoimmune illness in 2012. She has since regained her health and currently performs, |
| 1:38.4 | teaches, and speaks around the country, runs two highly successful YouTube channels, has her own app, and is currently |
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