Learn Ballet Combinations & Choreography Quickly | Kathryn Morgan

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Learn Ballet Combinations & Choreography Quickly | Kathryn Morgan
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I am soloist with Miami City Ballet a former soloist with the New York City Ballet. When I was a young student, I was always looking for insights into the ballet world and how to improve my dancing as well as beauty and lifestyle tips. Now that I am a professional, it is my turn to share.
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@skylarbailey1681 9 лет назад

I had always thought I was a visual learner but when you showed the combination I got almost none of it. It was so much easier for me when you said it. Thank you sooo much this is going to help me a lot.

@abby-bn2se 7 лет назад

Dancer Sky haha same

@alexandrafriedman4 9 лет назад

Definitely an audio learner. Which is weird because I always put so much emphasis on watching and don't often listen! I assumed I was a visual learner. This helped me so much, thank you!!

@yourlovelybabe1 6 лет назад

Love it when you give mini exercises instead of just listing "tips". You're my online ballet instructor!! Thank you :)

@abisharajasuseenthiran1591 8 лет назад

I really like dancing and I am trying to apply for a dance school and I'm trying to brush up on some ballet terms and such. I just discovered your channel and it is very helpful. I realized I am a visual learner. But I was wondering if your could do a video where u show terminology and show the action for things such as Adage work and such. Also dance school auditions and a video about shoes I'm so confused.

@JordanJSparks 8 лет назад

I am so happy for all of your tutorials!! Even just reiterating things I've heard a million times before is extremely helpful. It's like having my own private lesson every time I practice with a video of yours.

@SweetieL27 10 лет назад

I am a visual and kinesthetic learner, I have to do it not only see it ! The audio one i focused for like a second then i just started hearing mixed words ahaha

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Good for you! Glad you know!

@yunnytai3226 7 лет назад

SweetieL27 I'm also a kinesthetic learner

@pinkimishra1428 5 лет назад

Hi can you being my friend, Because you guys are really so good

@Nina-jo8uz 9 лет назад

You are awesome! Just wanted to say that. How many people would actually give me the chance to try out what they've said? None. They would say "and now try it" but tbh I'm to lazy to do this, so when you actually gave examples, I was just like "wow". I have no words to describe how wonderful you are. Keep going, I would TOTALLY be crying without your videos. Love from Germany xx

@lovechronograph 7 лет назад

Wow this made me realize that I should probably actually learn all the terminology for this because that audio had me confused as all hell. Perks of teaching yourself. :(

@adelynnfoglio8661 3 года назад

Yea I’m sorry for most dancers in a studio or company when they tech a new move they teach the name and what it means in French that’s rough

@breezter 6 лет назад

Thank goodness I just miraculously found this. I'm struggling to catch on in my class, everyone knows what they're doing and can do it so fast, but I just stand there like a confused idiot. QAQ

@blaidddrwg24 3 года назад

It sounds bad to say, but I'm glad I'm not the only one -_-

@breezter 3 года назад

@@blaidddrwg24 keep at it! My technique isn’t great, but after being in class for so long, my body knows what to do. But these type of videos helped me immensely

@blaidddrwg24 3 года назад

@@breezter thank you :) I've been rather disheartened lately, but I shall keep at it. You've encouraged me

@lina-j1s9c 3 года назад

@@breezter Same. I just started ballet two weeks ago and i always copied other dancers but yesterday they put me in a place in the barre in which I couldnt see anything, I was so lost and frustrated. I hope I improve.

@breezter 3 года назад

@@lina-j1s9c you got this! I’m nearly 4 years in and I have to say, it takes practice. Learning the musicality of it took me forever, especially to figure out the cues (counting the counts of music in the car helps). It becomes muscle memory after awhile. Technique is tough stuff though! I see why professionals practice their whole lives. But what’s important is to just have fun with it!! It is so fun (and frustrating some days, but it’s a challenge and that’s also fun!).

@coralineduval5540 10 лет назад

I really thought I was visual, but I was so lost when you showed it, and I wasńt when you said it ! So a really big thanks to you who helped me discover how I learn !

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

You are so welcome!

@Nadine-gw5qc 6 лет назад

Coraline Duval same

@miarobbins5652 6 лет назад

Me too!!!

@libertyvictorbishop7695 6 лет назад

I am definitely an auditory learner. I realized I can remember combinations by turning it into a rhyme of sorts. Thank you so much!

@KaseyDarlene 10 лет назад

Thank you SOOO much for posting this one! My slower speed of learning combinations and choreography would have been a major setback for me if God wasn't guiding my life and making everything work out. I have an audition coming up so I'm so thankful you posted this! Thank you!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

You are so welcome! And I totally agree - I am in the same boat, but He is helping me!

@helen937 7 лет назад

I started dancing, jazz and ballet, in my late 20s and it always blows my mind what a different part of the brain it uses. I wrote a 10,000 word dissertation for my degree but I find remembering 90s of dance steps soooo tough! Incredible how the mind works - each class you see the huge difference between the two skills. Thanks for this vid - super helpful! Loving the channel!

@irisdouka4914 10 лет назад

Thank you so much! You are really helpful. No one has ever given me tips like you. I like that you invite us to focus and just observe! (Not only the exercises but also each teacher through time) :)

@eme5745 5 лет назад

I always thought I was a visual learner and didn’t understand why class was so hard for me because I had the technique I just couldn’t remember the combinations. Turns out I learn just from hearing it. Thank you! ❤️

@Celloberry 8 лет назад

Thank you so much!! i only recently restarted ballet and so have been trying to copy everyone else's methods of picking things up (they all seem to be visual learners) but with this I got almost all of the audio one but couldn't even remember the start of the visual one!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is gonna be a total game changer!!

@haileeisabella6481 8 лет назад

THANK YOU! You literally saved my life ! I'm a visual learner.

@fatimawitick7789 10 лет назад

Great tips! I am a teacher and I say these same things to my students! Watch, listen, music!!!! and try pick up patterns!!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Thank you! Hope these tips help them!

@AlleyBetwixt 10 лет назад

I'm absolutely a visual learner. Like you! Always stood at the top of the barre. On the rare occasion that I was late to class, my classmates would still force me to stand at the top as soon as I showed up. Lol. Great tips!

@leilakohn3821 8 лет назад

This helped so much! I couldn't remember a combination for pointe class, but when I watched the teacher (because I'm visual) more I could! Also, could you do a pique turn video? Thanks!

@Julia80488 10 лет назад

Thank you Katherine for sharing this valuable insight! This video helped me not only as a student but as a teacher. As a student, I have always learned better audibly rather than visually. Now I realize how much this has translated into my teacher--I tend to teach more audible than visual. Now, all of a sudden, I can see a lot more clearly why those who tend to learn more visually are slower to pick up my combinations and choreography than the audible learners. I hope you realize how talented you are as a teacher. I really believe that you could become one of the best Master Teachers of your generation. Thanks!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Thank you so much Carole! I so appreciate it! I am so glad this helped you even as a teacher! That means the world.

@eleanorweir4795 9 лет назад

I found that I learn the actual order of the steps best audibility but to know the counts and musicality I need to visually see the combination

@elliecraig94 6 лет назад

Eleanor same!! my ballet teacher is very picky on accents when doing tendus and jetes at the barre. for my recital this year I'm doing a pointe solo and she is choreophing it. I really want to please her so I feel really bad when I get the accents or timings wrong

@Parnder 5 лет назад

Me too but late

@cyannyc 8 лет назад

Hi Kathryn. I took your stare at teacher and tune everything out method and it really worked! I have more confidence now and don't mind standing at the front of the barre. Thanks for such a great channel. Wish you much success, happiness and health!

@Katjahae Год назад

Hey drear Kathryn, I thank you so much for this and all other great videos of yours. You are helping me so much. And it makes so much fun to learn and train with your videos.

@ankymrn 6 лет назад

I'm like an audio-kinaesthetic learner, and not at all visual. Helps with transcribing music, but totally doesn't work in a dance class where teacher only 'shows' combination and hardly ever names what they are doing. I loved that video, thought, thank you, Kathryn!

@saunabelt 7 лет назад

I stopped dancing 5 years ago but I came across this video today and I got curious how I learned combinations during class. Academics-wise, I am a visual learner. I was surprised to find out that I learn dance combinations better when I hear which steps are involved. But I do have to picture them on my head. I miss dancing a lot!

@caityvalentine 3 года назад

Wow! Your eyes are captivating!!! I love the doll-like size of your iris + ... they are SUCH a gorgeous color!

@dianadiaz3700 10 лет назад

Kathryn thank you thak you soooooo much!!!! Yo don´t really know how much this videos, an all your videos, help me for my ballet classes. I´m from Perú and I started practice ballet two years ago and I really love your videos, thank you so much for your dedication to the channel!!! :)

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

You are so welcome! Thank YOU!

@laughingabovethe49thparall3 6 лет назад

You always put soo much Work! into your videos Kathryn. Thank you. Every detail is appreciated.

@laughingabovethe49thparall3 6 лет назад

From a visual learner lol

@taytayandhayhay8728 8 лет назад

I loved the video will you please do a video on learning more ballet steps because sometimes in class my teacher will tell us the combo and I don't know what the move is until I watch someone else and she picks people to go first I know you can help me!Thank you for your support see you later!!

@nifergold8083 6 лет назад

Nice am both

@BethPizana День назад

I am a visual learner and will have to try some of these tips.

@lindseygomez8821 8 лет назад

Hi there I have a tip that I know works for me but I'm not sure about others. So you have to look for patterns right? But this is different kinds of patterns. With this, for example that many most likely have done at least once: facing the barre degajes(or tendu jetes), 8 with the right, 8 with the left, 4 with the right, 4 with the left, 2 to the right, 2 to the left, 1 right left right left. It's kinda like searching for different smaller patterns. Pleas let me know if you understood/ do this! :)

@laurtod6122 5 лет назад

I know this is like 3 years late but at my studio we call this 8844221111

@Emmelien12345 10 лет назад

i always tought that i am a visual learner but when you showed the combimation i felt like i diddn't remember anything from it. when you said it it was a lot easier for me to remember! i'm defenetly going to try to not mark it when the teacher is thaching the cobination :) thank you your'e amazing and i love your channel!!!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Emmelien Chemouny Thank you so much! Glad this helped you!

@PinkyWong1991 9 лет назад

I am a learner that need to combine audio and visual XP I used to take syllables class, so I am really weak at memorizing combination, but I now changed to the other school which is not focus on exam syllables, so all the exercise are different every class. It is very useful to find out the teachers' teaching pattern and watch their demonstration before you follow them. Thank you for you tips and I am looking forward for more video on turns, Thank you.

@kathryn_morgan 9 лет назад

Wing Sum Wong Thank you so much! I appreciate it.

@sarahcrumrine1644 8 лет назад

Same with me. That's the problem with royal academy of dance training

@carlalove3498 7 лет назад

Thank you so much for this video Kathryn. It only confirms what I already knew, I need to listen to the steps. If I watch you, I need to repeat what I see aloud so I can remember... it's a problem in contemporary dance class. I'm not having a good time at my contempo exams ...

@rachelnyenhuis1533 10 лет назад

Thank you so much for the audio vs visual learning test! I always thought I was a visual learner. However, I was able to repeat the spoken combination perfectly to the music, but when I music started for the visually taught combo, I was lost! As a side note, I read several comments from people saying they're mostly kinesthetic learners. I think that's kind of obvious; dancers are kinesthetic learners by default!

@katieigoe9069 10 лет назад

I just started a new ballet school and the combinations were confusing and I had a hard time picking up the combinations. But these tips have almost helped me catch up with the other students in my class. Thank you so much for your help

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Katie Igoe I am so glad this helped you!

@MJLionnavy 8 лет назад

I'm not very keen with ballet technique but with the audio version I could almost remember everything kinda decently and with the visual version I just got completely lost in the middle of your demonstration, that explains a lot about myself. Thank you!

@sadee.mooretv 2 года назад

Definitely visual! Very helpful videos!!!!

@lu2507 9 лет назад

Omg, I could do almost nothing when you just showed it and remembered everything when you said it. I was so convinced I was a visual learner! THANK YOU!!! This will be so helpful

@paulaborges6657 3 года назад

I am definitely a visual learner! I did the whole combination with no problems for the visual one. But I had no idea what I was doing for the audio one.

@natalie.strand 8 лет назад

Thank you so much for these tips. I recently began taking adult classes again after a 10+ year hiatus (and before that, it had been getting on 20 years since my few childhood classes). I was so flustered in my first few classes, and so embarrassed. Thanks to this video and your "Beginning Ballet as an Adult" video, I had so much more confidence/calmness going into class last week. To just stand and watch--without marking along!-- was the best thing I could have heard. Thank you for this video and your channel! I am definitely following :)

@kiaratheexplorer4 3 года назад

after watching this video, i’m DEFINITELY an audible learner, during the visual one i thought i was done but there was so much more music i got so confused 😹 anyways thank you for these tips it’s really helped a lot!!!!! ily 💗💗💗

@feliciaandersson5417 8 лет назад

This helped me so much! I´m mostly a visually learner but hearing what the teacher says help me too. I love your videos, xoxo.

@madisoncox8002 6 лет назад

wow!!! i was absolutely sure i was a visual leaner. but then i found that by hearing it, i got it first try. watching it was like wait what was the combo again? thank you so much for this video!!! love you katy!!!

@vivstreetart6497 9 лет назад

Awesome , thanks katie! I'm an audio learner hehe I didn't know that :) thanks for pointing out tips xxx love u always

@kathryn_morgan 9 лет назад

+Viv Streetart So glad this helped you!

@angelicadiaz4107 6 лет назад

Both, visual and audible! Great video, thank you!

@kiraobermeier3047 10 лет назад

Thanks for this video, it was really helpful! I can't wait to incorporate what I learned the next time I take class! Random request, but could you do a video on tendus in 5th position? I seem to struggle with my weight distribution and would love some pointers and tips. Thanks Katie!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Yes! Great idea! Thank you!

@sophiapiper4978 8 лет назад

With the audio, I picked it up so easily, it was incredible. But with the video, I had no clue what was going on and kept forgetting what came next! This was very interesting!

@brittanyanntbb 10 лет назад

I never took the time to assess my method of learning! When faced with the question, I assumed I would be visual. Turns out I'm audible! Super helpful! I'm very excited to focus on that and see what a difference it makes. Thank you for another lovely video :)

@jillianjohnson6921 10 лет назад

I'm going to a dance convention in November. I've gone to this many times but I will be auditioning for dance scholarships and the last time I did that I think I was in the sixth grade. I am now a junior in high school. I'm nervous about my ability to comprehend the combinations with all the pressure I put on myself. I normally pick up things at a normal pace, but i am very nervous because I will be auditioning in the most advanced level due to my age. So if you have any tips for nerves or being comfortable in front of judges I would be more than grateful to hear them. Pleas reply if possible. Thank you for this video because it actually helped a lot.

@madelinemcalister2115 8 лет назад

Thank you for making these videos! They are so helpful and made my dance life easier! I have improved so much since I started watching your videos! Thx!

@emmalove6408 9 лет назад

This helped so well! i am 12 years old and i want to go into a good ballet camp this summer but i am horrible at picking up combinations. thanks so much

@savannah68 5 лет назад

I've been trying to figure out how I learn combinations and choreography best and it seems like when I hear the combination I actually register it more. The problem with that is that my main ballet teacher thinks to remember a combination you must follow along with the teacher. He thinks it is disrespectful to just stand there and watch. One day they did not have time to get a substitute teacher for the level 4 and 5 class (There are 6 levels; pre tech, tech 1, tech 2, tech 3, tech 4, and tech 5. I am in tech 3.) so of course there were a lot of people in class and when he was demonstrating I was kind of watching but mostly listening and all of a sudden he stopped and looked at me and said, "Don't just stand there, follow along!" (I could tell he was trying to say it nicely. He has a Russian accent by the way.) I got kind of annoyed and started to follow along limply. Thank you for the video!

@hannadysvikstrander939 10 лет назад

I just LOVE your tips! I don't dance ballet anymore, but I did when i was younger, that´s how i found you haha. But to the point, even tough I am not a ballet student, your tips are soo helpful! Like the summer course video, about showing up, paying attention, ask if you have to. It can be applied to any kind of course, not just ballet class. And this video! Like how am I even in college and still don't know how i learn hahaha. Now I do :)) MASSIVE thank you, you are the best! xx

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Thank YOU!!!!! I am so glad you are enjoying my channel. That was a goal of mine- having everyone enjoy it, not just dancers! So I so appreciate it!

@tals28 10 лет назад

Thank you so much for this. It's so helpful. I am definitely a visual learner for the majority of the combinations that I do.

@isabellamcgowen2529 10 лет назад

Thanks! This is just what I needed! I am definitely a visual learner!

@joselynmq4 7 лет назад

Omg once you started the audio I forgot everything you said.Then you showed the visual and I got it and only messed up like twice. Thank you so much

@sabrinamiller498 10 лет назад

This will be so helpful! Thank you for making it! I will try all this when I take my next class or rehearsal!

@jara9538 9 лет назад

Actually i couldnt understand all But little. coz my english is bad but it was i wanted tn know almost 10 Years i didnt dance ballet at all since I was get hurt to my leg . And i started it again . I thought i can do it again but... No,I couldnt at all ur video so helpful to me /DID I SAY RIGHT?/ Now i became to your Fan i watched ur tyroid video .IT MADE SO SORRY I Hope you get better soon and go back to stage again . I live far from you so much,AND LIVING ANOTHER COUNTRY,BUT WHEN You go back to stage again some day,I will go there for see your dance as your fan. THANK YOU ALL YOUR VIDEOS . SO MANY HELP TO ME sorry my terrible english Gonna pray for u YOUR FAN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY

@SG-lc5bw 9 лет назад

This definitely helped!!! I always thought I was a visual learner but now I know that I was definitely wrong!! I'm an audible learner! Thank you so much I'm going to focus more on listening to the combinations in class tomorrow

@arabellat5133 9 лет назад

I have a teacher who gets really irritated if we just stare when he shows the combination. He claims that you need to get it in your body.

@idkkatherine 9 лет назад

Mine does that, I am a visual learner so I have to watch and he just says that I need to go through and mark it. It honestly frustrates me so much.

@robertmcfarland7466 6 лет назад

There's a huge difference between standing and staring, and actively learning the combination. Try marking with your hands, it works great for engaging your motor neurons which is a tremendous boost in memory, while you get to watch the pattern, (AND it demonstrates to your instructor that you are actively engaged in learning. It should be feasable that you can explain to your teacher that you need to see it to learn. Otherwise you are distracted by trying to anticipate his next movement. Muti-tasking is a myth.

@agoose2531 4 года назад

It really depends on the person. As a kinesthetic learner I understand her opinion, but everyone learns differently.

@kiaratheexplorer4 3 года назад

that’s really unfortunate 🤨🙁🙁

@victoriac.attorneyatlaw Год назад

I too learn by doing. Same thing with jury trials. I have done over 35 now and there is no comparison to when I began!

@rominag1049 9 лет назад

Thank you so much for this awesome video ! I still have some trouble with picking up combinations quickly but it did help !! Thanks :)❤️

@legendarypotato0868 5 лет назад

I am the same as you, such a visual learner!

@shanice.mitchell 8 лет назад

Hi, Kathryn! I am participating in a pre-education program for dance and ballet is one of the classes I'm taught in. My teacher explains the combination once, divides the group in two or three and then almost directly we start dancing. I am a beginner (and a visual learner) when it comes to ballet. Do you have any recommandations on either looking first or dancing along immediately? Thank you for your helpful videos. Greetings from the Netherlands - Shanice

@avakaras1036 10 лет назад

This is a miraculous video! I have a question regarding the difference of the "dance" and "learn". Do you suggest that we mark the arms and the upper body? Thank you for another great video!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

You can- just make sure you are watching the teacher. I should have said don't mark while looking at yourself in the mirror! Oops. Anyway, Yes! Still mark with your body, just make sure you are watching them!

@katherineheckman6886 10 лет назад

I love your videos! I teach Barre Fitness at a gym, but the ballet portion was lacking. Your videos have helped me gain a ton of knowledge and technique to pass on to my students. Keep making them!!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Katherine Heckman Thank you so much!

@gongbuyeayo6970 Год назад

I just learned that I am a complete visual learner. Now I really get why my combination memorisation is so inconsistent, it's because we get different teachers, some like to show the routine and whilst most actually don't. Looks like I have to actually do it while she recites so I can get some kind of visual for myself.

@brennak2053 9 лет назад

Wow, I'd always thought I was a visual learner! I used to watch my teacher and memorize what she/he did and imagined it in my head. But I got so confused with the visual and it was really easy with audible!

@jaynefriscia901 10 лет назад

Thank you for all these wonderful videos! Through your test I was able to figure out I was more of an audio learner. I applied your tips today in class and found I was able to retain combinations easier and also think through the ones I hadn't learned 100%! I know this will be sort of a tough question to answer textually, but I would love any advice you are able to offer! I am going to be performing Lilac Fairy variation soon and I was wondering if you have any tips on this variation? I really love all your videos and I can't wait to see more!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Great question! I am thinking of doing some variation videos where I break them down and give thoughts on them, but for Lilac (Good for you btw! SO HARD) remember she is both a fairy yet the leader. So she has a lightness yet a regal-ness to her. I would work on relevees to build up strength rolling through as well. Let me know how it goes!

@jaynefriscia901 10 лет назад

Thank you so much for your advice! I would absolutely love if you did variation videos, and I will definitely be applying your tips! I've watched your pointe work and foot strength videos, but are there any specific exercises you would recommend to help build up strength to roll through my shoes?

@MrToast999 10 лет назад

Hi Kathryn! I was just wondering if you could do an all about arabesque video. Flexibility, strength, proper form, etc. That would be really great if you could!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

anna davtyan Yes! For sure!

@ivymalfoy8637 6 лет назад

I never new I could learn audibly because I’m pretty bad with terminology but I found it so much easier!

@clairezavoyna7067 10 лет назад

Thank you! This will definitely help me!

@hannahmckelvey1767 10 лет назад

I am definitely an audible learner!!! Thank you for doing this! I do have one question; what about marking with hands? I know I just automatically start doing the combination with my hands. Do you think that could be distracting like marking with the legs?

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Not at all! I should have said that. What I meant was that many people STARE at themselves in the mirror while the teacher is giving the combination. You can absolutely mark just- watch the teacher! :)

@2snowgirl520 10 лет назад

Just a random question. How do you ever learn the steps to some of those Balanchine ballets with music by Stravinsky such as Agon? The music seems so difficult to dance to. I have always been curious about this. I love those ballets by the way, I think it would take me 20 years to learn them lol!

@Beautyandlearn1o1 10 лет назад

Thankyou so much for the very helpful tips!!!!

@amycool14 9 лет назад

the audible was very easy and to it perfectly. The visual was very hard at first and I didn't get it until you showed the second side

@tyrasmith2528 6 лет назад

This is really helpful! Thank you!!

@elizabethc5149 Год назад

What is this gorgeous music you used? Amazing video

@margoth3847 10 лет назад

What a great video with tons of really good tips! Can't wait to practice these. I took class yesterday and really focused on concentration like you mentioned in your learning combinations video and it really, really helped, especially for tricky and fast combinations! I always thought I was a visual learner (because I'm a visual arts person) but oddly enough, I turned out to be an audible learner! ps. I would love it if you could highlight on your blog (or video) your ballet dvd/videos library and even your favorite versions of the classics. I thought it would be interesting to see your own "favorites of all time" for ballets like Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Swan Lake, etc...

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Margot H That is a FANTASTIC idea. Thank you so much! And I am so glad the video helped you!

@1Stardust00 5 лет назад

I'm definitely visual thank you so much this will really help.

@dsears36 8 лет назад

Great video! One suggestion: it would help if the visual learning exercise were shot from behind. We are usually behind the teacher when we learn a combination. It is much more difficult for me to learn when I also have to reverse everything (mirror image). Also: the usual expression is "auditory learner," not "audible learner."

@Marie-dh6mu 10 лет назад

I'm actually a kinesthetic learner when it comes to learning combinations. I need to do the combination with my teacher to get it into my muscle memory, if I don't I have no idea what I'm doing. Here's the link if you don't know what kinesthetic learning is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesthetic_learning

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

That's great! At least you know it! Some people are. I should have said that. Please keep doing what you are doing! :)

@Marie-dh6mu 10 лет назад

Thanks you're awesome! I hope to see you perform one day : )

@madibrooke6145 10 лет назад

I'm actually visual and audible or kinesthetic it's very easy for me to pick up things quickly anyway, I got both the visual and audible combinations perfectly so that's good!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Good for you! I should have mentioned the kinesthetic. But I am so glad you are a quick learner!

@whatdoyousuppose 6 лет назад

I’m not super visual I guess! I had a harder time with the visual, the music and counts and hearing the verbal steps and repeating them myself help me the most. The audial one was surprisingly a lot easier, even if I didn’t see the combination at all! That really did help me figure out which one I am!

@strawberry1025 7 лет назад

Merciful hour! I am a choral singer and I love having a score in front of me. I will end up knowing the piece intuitively; notes, dynamics, rhythm etc but could not manage a vast repetoire of choral work without scores. Dancers are amazing that they can manage without this. Is there any way ballets can be notated or is it all past down the years from person to person without any hard copy record?

@clairedellapenna 8 лет назад

I was better visually. And thanks for making this video this was so helpful I want to audition for national ballet school O Canada but I'm nervous for the audition BECAUSE of my terrible combination learning aha

@gabrielagarciagarzon3806 8 лет назад

Thanks, the video help me a lot

@little0lillie 10 лет назад

Thanks for this great video. I didn't know I was equally an audible and visual learner. This question is for Conversations with Katie: Do you wear makeup to ballet class or rehearsals? What do recommend for our sweaty faces to prevent breakouts? Thanks!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

GREAT question! Thank you!

@elinashikomba654 9 лет назад

great video Kathryn, definitely an audio learner. do you know where I can download instructional audio ballet lessons??

@JeniSanMusic 8 лет назад

Thank you! I'm an audio learner!

@TheRosebudjr 10 лет назад

I laughed when you made the "stare" face ....my dance teachers say I do that all the time too!!! Even when I was little lol :)

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Haha YES! I always do that.

@tanacitydouglas5694 8 лет назад

I got both of them. but I prefer both of them together and I get it right the first time

@FaidraP. 10 лет назад

you are awesome! thank you!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

Memory memory Thank you!

@alanahglbrt7739 8 лет назад

What is the ideal height for a female ballet dancer? I'm 13 and my height is 5"2 I don't think I'll keep growing but if you have any tips about growing more or what the perks are please let me know! Thank youuu

@abigailwalsh191 8 лет назад

audio learner! xx thank you xxx

@abigailwalsh191 8 лет назад

but what if the teacher does not say the correct terms etc. For example some teachers tend to skip some terms whilst demonstrating the combination

@rowantree7218 10 лет назад

So I have lots of questions haha. Here we go; 1: how do you deal with having off days? (Bad turning days, period days, days where you have the teacher you don't like etc.) 2: what do you about pointe shoes that die really fast (I.e. How do you preserve them?) 3. How do you deal with having a studio that isn't professional enough (not serious training)? My parents don't what me to move away for another year but I feel like I'm losing valuable and important time. 4. What do you think of ballet competitions as a way to get noticed and get into good schools? (Yagp especially) 5.what do you do about non dance friends who don't understand why you're always busy and can't hang out with them? 6. Where can I get both a professional quality dance education and a high quality school experience? I know you can't answer all if these but I thought I would throw them out there. Thanks so much for this video! It's super helpful!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

All great! If I can't get to them this time, I will keep them for next time!!! Promise!

@zourdoudaki 9 лет назад

loved your video, I've always had trouble remembering combinations, it's so tricky even after years of practising... well maybe I've always thought I have a shallow memory and relied on my classmates in case I missed out on a step (I know, cheating). Thanks for this, I am probably more visual than audio and sometimes I need to try one or two things shown kinesthetically (musle memory, I am really good at immitating movement, so this helps). A kind request: I could really use tips on pointe bourrees (not as much posture but more of technique on pointe to do really quick and strong bourrees without them seeming like lunging in the pointe shoe, possible metatarsal movent in the shoe and so forth). Cheers!

@zourdoudaki 9 лет назад

and by bourrees I mean the pas de bourrée couru en cinquième (or suivi for the Vaganova fans). Also by metatarsal movement I mean that it's not a simple sequence of pointed feet going up and down, right? Isn't there a release-pointe movement within the pointe shoe? And if so, in what sequence? Thanks again!

@EllaRose05 6 лет назад

I am both but I always have to mark it with them

@InsideMyBalletWorld 10 лет назад

i am an audible learner, which is kind of bad many teachers just do the combination without talking much so i have to add a voiceover in my head. i love the music at the start what is it? thank you for the video!!

@kathryn_morgan 10 лет назад

It is actually me playing the piano. I use all of my play ballet class music which I have used in all of the barre workouts so far. So it is an excerpt from that! :)