the ballet mother, a subset of stage mom, is pushy, striving, ambitious; overinvolved in her daughter’s life and overinvested in her career. Perhaps she herself once aspired to dance; perhaps she regrets the career she never had. (The mothers of Center Stage and Black Swan were thwarted by flat feet and pregnancy, respectively.) She knows where to shop for custom leotards and where to find the best private coaches. She organizes her life around her daughter’s training. She might drive her daughter hours to and from class. She might leave her husband, and even her other children—she might say
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