March-April 2016 | Ballet Scene | Making It

Some dance parents know nothing about dance; others “know it all.”Then there is Kimberly Falker. A dance mom whose personal journey in ballet was limited to a few childhood classes, Falker realized she didn’t have enough firsthand knowledge to guide her dreaming-of-a-professional-career daughter. She wondered: who would know what it takes to become a professional dancer? Why, a professional dancer, of course.So Falker created Balancing Pointe Podcast, in which she asks dancers,