Ep. 31 The Normal World of Kathryn Morgan

In this episode of The Normal World, host Annaleid Bakker interviews Kathryn Morgan about her professional ballet career.Kathryn shares how she fell in love with ballet through her passion for classical music. When she was 9 years old, she saw the Nutcracker danced by New York City Ballet, and she knew, this is what I want to do.She talks about how she joined New York City Ballet at the age of 17 and progressed to being promoted to soloist. After an illness forced her to step away from dancing, she made a return to the stage at age 31, performing as a soloist with Miami City Ballet. She also reflects on her transition to life beyond ballet and how she is currently rediscovering herself. If you're interested in Dream Life Designers (Annaleid's life coaching program), send her a DM on Instagram: @actuallyannaxoKM and friends: https://www.kmandfriends.com/Kathryn's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@kathryn_morganBy sharing her story in this podcast, Annaleid hopes to support other (former) elite athletes or those approaching retirement. She also sees this podcast as a personal healing journey — a way to create something she wishes had existed when she left her elite career behind. Enjoy listening!Want to tell your story in this podcast? Send an email to [email protected] with "Podcast" in the subject.------------------------Music used in the intro and outro of this podcast is We Are Free by Iksonhttps://www.iksonmusic.comThe Normal World - Podcast © 2021 by Annaleid Bakker is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.