Joffrey Ballet stage managers Mandy Heuermann and Katherine Selig bear the ultimate responsibility for every light cue firing on time, every prop piece placed where it needs to be and every set change going off without a hitch.

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She was in her fifth season as a company artist with the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago and had just competed as a senior soloist in the International Ballet Competition, which she said is like the Olympics for ballet.

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Shortly after, she relocated to New York City to study dance at the Joffrey Ballet School — eventually heading west to Los Angeles in 1994 where she pursued dreams of acting.

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