by Amy Brandt | Dec 18, 2025 | Career, Company Life, Pointe+, Wellness
As I stood backstage in my snow costume, my bodice felt tight. I tried not to panic—I needed every ounce of oxygen to get through the snow scene in Jean-Paul Comelin’s Nutcracker. As an 18-year-old Milwaukee Ballet trainee, this was my first professional production,...
by Amy Brandt | May 11, 2020 | Ask Amy, Career, Training
Sometimes when I perform, I get wrapped up in my nerves and make sloppy technical mistakes—things that I don’t have trouble with in rehearsal. Are there ways to combat this? —Laura You’re not alone—even seasoned professionals struggle with nerves onstage....