Amy Brandt

Editor in Chief

A native of Libertyville, Illinois, Amy has been the editor in chief of Pointe since 2014. She danced professionally with the Milwaukee Ballet and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, among others, performing a large repertoire that included 19th century classics and works by George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Jerome Robbins and Alonzo King. Amy also performed in honor of Ms. Farrell at the 2005 Kennedy Center Honors. In 2009, she began writing Pointe‘s “Ask Amy” advice column. Amy graduated summa cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College with a BA in English and World Literatures in 2014, and she has served on the department’s advisory board. She is also senior consulting editor for Dance Teacher. Contact her at: [email protected]

Madeline Schrock

Senior Managing Editor

A native of Floyds Knobs, Indiana, Madeline is the senior managing editor of Dance Media, where she oversees the production of Dance Magazine and is the project manager of DanceTeacher+. She studied ballet at Southern Indiana School for the Arts and was later introduced to modern dance by Bill Evans. While completing her BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography at Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College, she was cast in a historical reconstruction of Alwin Nikolais’ Noumenon celebrating his centennial. Prior to joining Dance Media in 2011, she worked on dance videography projects for Bates Dance Festival and served as marketing and education manager for Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. Contact her at: [email protected]

Catie Robinson

Managing Editor

Catie Robinson is a managing editor at Dance Media, where she works primarily on Pointe, Dance Teacher, and Dance Spirit. She graduated from California State University, Fullerton in 2020 with degrees in Dance and Journalism. She performed in southern California with Anaheim Ballet before completing a yearlong administrative fellowship with Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, MA. She continues to dance in New York City. Contact her at: [email protected]