by Catie Robinson | Dec 22, 2025 | Health & Body, Pointe+, Wellness
It happens every year: Someone comes to rehearsal with a tickle in their throat, and before you know it, the whole cast has a case of the Nutcracker sniffles. How can dancers avoid illness and help prevent the spread of cold and flu? Pointe spoke to Dr. Philip...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 27, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles, Trending
A couple years ago, if you had told Kathryn Morgan that she’d be a soloist at Miami City Ballet, learning roles like the Firebird, Mercedes in Don Quixote and the Striptease Girl in Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, she would have said you were crazy. But last April,...
by Gianna Forte As Told To Suzannah Friscia | Jul 9, 2019 | Instagram, Training, Wellness
Before I was born, my parents found out that I had a condition called an omphalocele. All of my organs were outside my stomach. I was rushed into surgery as soon as I was born, and they put a little patch in, pushed in my organs and sewed me up. When I was 1 1/2, I...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 11, 2019 | Ask Amy, Health & Body, Wellness
In December, I had pretty much every illness you can imagine: pneumonia, vertigo, flu, stomach virus. I had to drop out of Nutcracker because I kept fainting. Every time I try to come back, I take steps backwards. I’ve tried doing as much as I can in class, and...
by Amy Brandt | Nov 30, 2016 | Ask Amy, Everything "Nutcracker", Health & Body, Wellness
I always get sick during Nutcracker. Help! —Emily Long days, late nights, chilly weather and overworked bodies make the perfect recipe for disaster during Nutcracker season. I’ll never forget burning up with a fever backstage in my Arabian costume, or the time...
by Suzannah Friscia | Nov 24, 2015 | Career, Profiles
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Kathryn Morgan was one of New York City Ballet’s most promising soloists, until her career was sidelined by hypothyroidism. In 2012, after two years of unexplained energy loss and...
