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0:02ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Previously, on "Dance Moms."
0:04MALE VOICE (OVER THE PHONE): [inaudible]
0:05this weekend has been canceled.
0:07Oh my God.
0:08Calm down, calm down.
0:09Nia--
0:10Whatever.
0:11I'll pack my bags and go home right now!
0:13That would not make me happy--
0:15--because that's what I'm doing!
0:16ABBY LEE: And you know who's gonna lose?
0:17I'm sick of this [bleep]!
0:17ANNOUNCER: This is Maddie.
0:18[cheering]
0:19Here we go.
0:20[dramatic effect]
0:21Oh!
0:22I gotta go.
0:23I don't want to make Abby mad.
0:24Jill, you have a big decision to make.
0:26Don't take it lightly. [interposing voices]
0:27I'll discuss it with my daughter, you know?
0:29What we come up with.
0:30JILL: That's just a little something.
0:32ABBY LEE: You know everyone's going hate you
0:34when they see that? - I've got nothing to lose.
0:35[abby lee laughing] Right?
0:36CHRISTI: I think you--
0:37You guys pick on me 'cause you push me out--
0:38I think because you're a diva--
0:40- --that's what you want-- - --table for one.
0:41ABBY LEE: I have had it with you!
0:42What is she saying?
0:44ABBY LEE: You didn't show up the whole month to take class.
0:46Your mother sits out there and screams.
0:47We come to Dance to dance, and sitting there is not dance.
0:50Go.
0:52And I think the guns are, also as moms, it's throwing us
0:54off a bit.
0:55I've done children with guns.
0:56That's what we entered, that's what we're doing.
0:58[gunshot]
1:00[THEME - NIKKO LOWE, "LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR"]
1:01THEME SONG: Get up, get on the floor.
1:05My world is with my girls, livin' on the dance floor.
1:12[music playing]
1:15ABBY LEE: Ladies!
1:16Let's go!
1:16Come on!
1:17We have lots to go over.
1:19It's going to be a busy, busy, busy week here.
1:21No coming late, no leaving early.
1:24Now, Texas.
1:28We had all these plans made to go to New Jersey.
1:31And then, at the last minute, we have to completely flip it.
1:34There's a lot of dance companies in this country that would have
1:37said, fine, we're not going.
1:38And we didn't do that.
1:40We went, some great things happened and some really bad
1:43things happened.
1:46Now, this week, we are going to Hollywood Vibe
1:50right here in Pittsburgh.
1:52[clapping]
1:53I want to see 100% from every single one of you.
1:56Remember, we're in our backyard.
1:58You have a target on your back, so do I.
2:01There's a little bit more riding on Hollywood Vibe
2:05because it's in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2:08The group number is called "Private Eyes."
2:11I'm going to arm you with the secret weapon.
2:14You're going to be using guns--
2:16[dramatic effect]
2:17--in your routine.
2:18When you step on that stage, I want you to kill it.
2:22Understood?
2:23You're going to blow the competition away.
2:25I'm not really thrilled at the idea of my daughter dancing
2:28on stage with a weapon.
2:29Plastic or not, it's still sending the wrong message.
2:31But I'm so used to sending the wrong message at Abby's, I
2:34should really just--
2:36I should give up.
2:37Now we're going to move into the pyramid.
2:40Mackenzie, you went from first to worst in one routine.
2:46You always have to keep working.
2:49Nia, you had a pretty dance.
2:51I thought you did well.
2:52No problem.
2:55Kendall, I understand the costume was an issue--
2:58This is Kendall's costume.
2:59They don't need a $500 costume to win.
3:01I'm sick of this [bleep]!
3:03Jill, I'm sure you have something to say about it,
3:06but I'll tell you what--
3:07it doesn't matter what you wear.
3:09Ultimately, at the end of the day, it's your technique.
3:11That's what you need to work on.
3:14All right.
3:15Next, Maddie.
3:16[dramatic effect]
3:19Maddie, you could have been seriously injured.
3:21[music playing]
3:27Get the pout off your face, Maddie.
3:28You know that you made that mistake,
3:30and that's what you get.
3:32JILL: I don't feel that Maddie should be at the bottom
3:34of the pyramid this week.
3:35I think it's ridiculous.
3:37She fell, things happen, and I'm just glad my daughter's not
3:40hurt.
3:42ABBY LEE: So let that be a lesson to everybody.
3:44Don't change your mind in midair.
3:46Moving on-- Chloe.
3:48Chloe, it was good, but obviously not good enough.
3:52Next I have Brooke.
3:54Great performance, and then forgot the ending.
3:57You didn't know what you were doing and you just fizzled out.
3:59And on the top of the pyramid--
4:01Paige.
4:01[squealing]
4:02[music playing]
4:04Paige, your legs were straight.
4:06Your feet were pointed.
4:07And you went out there and you won it.
4:08Congratulations.
4:09Thank you.
4:11I think everybody in the room just wanted to, like,
4:13jump up and down for Paige.
4:14[laughs] She has never been at the top of the pyramid,
4:17and she really deserves this.
4:20All right, ladies, the group number everyone
4:23will be dancing except Mackenzie.
4:25I'm going to enter a trio--
4:29Chloe, Maddie and Paige.
4:37I'm going to pick you back into the trio
4:39because you're on top of the pyramid.
4:41Kendall, get the look on your face.
4:43I can't take any chances this week.
4:45I need to win.
4:48JILL: Kendall and I decide to stick this out.
4:50We want to make this work.
4:52We are team players.
4:53So we come back, we're part of the team,
4:56and this is how Abby repays us--
4:58by taking Kendall out of the trio.
5:00Chloe, you will be doing a solo.
5:02Maddie, you will be doing a solo.
5:04We're taking two champions that already won at Hollywood Vibe.
5:08I'm telling you, one of you better with it again.
5:10Do you understand?
5:11Yes.
5:12I want to see that champion in the studio.
5:15You're dismissed.
5:16Thank you. - Thank you.
5:17No.
5:18You guys spread apart.
5:19Let's go.
5:19[music playing]
5:23Girls, This is Hollywood Vibe.
5:25The last time you did your group there you didn't win.
5:28It was embarrassing.
5:29ABBY LEE: The group number is called "Private Eyes."
5:31Every so many years I do some type
5:34of Dick Tracy, private eye, "Charlie's Angels,"
5:37something-something.
5:39But I wanted to make it a little edgier, so guns.
5:44I need-- I need spies.
5:46I need detectives.
5:48Well, I'm sure hoping that they're
5:50using just their fingers as guns, because I know those--
5:52I know we're not allowed to use those guns.
5:54Just like you said, they are not related.
5:55It is written--
5:56I don't think we should allow them to use guns.
5:58- Absolutely. - No.
5:59I think at some point we just need to put our foot down.
6:01I don't have a problem with the gun or that idea.
6:04I don't think little girl should be dancing around
6:06on stage with guns in their hands.
6:07CHRISTI: I agree with that.
6:08I think we do have some standards here.
6:08MELISSA: Yes.
6:09HOLLY: And they shouldn't be doing that.
6:11You're going to blow the competition away.
6:12Yeah.
6:13Blow the competition--
6:14[interposing voices]
6:15If you can't beat 'em, shoot 'em.
6:16That doesn't-- yeah.
6:17That doesn't sound like "Charlie's Angels."
6:191, and 2, and 3, and--
6:22So I'm glad Paige is back in the trio.
6:25I am, too.
6:26I know.
6:27JILL: I don't understand why.
6:29I thought for sure she was going to put Kendall back in it.
6:32Paige was at the top of the pyramid this week.
6:34MELISSA: That's why.
6:35She should be doing a solo, not just a trio.
6:37She should be doing a solo.
6:38She's at the top of the pyramid.
6:39Jill's a little upset that the Kendall's not in the trio.
6:41But when Kendall was in the trio and Paige wasn't, Jill
6:44couldn't understand why Kelly would be upset about anything.
6:47So, Jill, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
6:50I'm feeling pretty left out for my child, who has been here
6:54since she was three.
6:55And she's never had a trio.
6:56Holly, maybe if you were here more often--
6:58CHRISTI: [gasps]
6:59--and Abby thought you were more a part of us in the team,
7:02maybe she would get more parts.
7:04I don't want to pay extra for it.
7:05But, yes, I want my child to feel good.
7:07[laughter]
7:08See where you are?
7:09Now go back.
7:11Jill, it looks like Kendall is getting a special little part
7:13in there.
7:14So you ought to be happy about that.
7:16Then pat me on the back.
7:17Maybe I'm doing something money.
7:18Money well spent on those gifts.
7:20You guys always want to jump down my throat.
7:24You act like I've slashed your tires or something.
7:27I've done nothing wrong.
7:29I'm trying to make things better for myself and my daughter
7:32here.
7:33When the gifts don't work-- JILL: That's it.
7:34--watch your tires!
7:39[music playing]
7:45Oh, my goodness.
7:48JILL: I see how presents go over well with Abby.
7:51Just a little something.
7:52We're going to put a little bench in front of the dance
7:54studio.
7:56We're going to spruce it up a little bit.
7:57I hope Abby appreciates it.
7:59Thank you so much.
8:00You're very welcome.
8:01It's beautiful.
8:02You know everyone's going to hate you.
8:07What is that?
8:08Good morning.
8:10KELLY: To Abby Lee--
8:11HOLLY: Oh, good morning.
8:12Oh, my god.
8:14Just a little something we could all appreciate.
8:17Oh, for the love of god, Jill. [laughs]
8:18It's not for Abby.
8:19It's for the studio.
8:21A bench dedicated to Abby--
8:23[sighs] I think I've seen it all now.
8:28Good lord.
8:29HOLLY: It's, like, a shrine to Abby.
8:31Well, it's actually a shrine to Jill.
8:34I thought Melissa was bad.
8:35And the level of brown nosing that Jill has brought
8:38to the table has just raised the ante.
8:40Maybe you'll get to the top of the ass kiss pyramid.
8:43Now Melissa is going to be running around-- how
8:44can I out brown nose this one.
8:46So all bets are off at the Abby Lee Dance company.
8:49You guys could have been a little more receptive
8:51to the bench.
8:51It's not for Abby.
8:52It's not for me.
8:53It's not for the kids.
8:55Except it says, to Abby Lee-- JILL: It's for everybody.
8:56CHRISTI: --love, Jill and Kendall.
8:57Because you guys pick on me.
8:59'Cause you push me out.
9:00That's what you want.
9:01I think because you're a diva, table for one.
9:03Table for one diva doesn't give people things--
9:05Right.
9:06JILL: --and do things for others.
9:07Diva table for one gives--
9:08You would know what that's about.
9:09I don't. - Oh, no.
9:11Because I don't have to buy my way through life, Jill.
9:13CHRISTI: Jill thinks that she can just buy Abby off and get
9:15Kendall special treatment.
9:16That drives me crazy.
9:18Chloe works hard every day and she never
9:20gets special treatment from Abby.
9:21And she deserves it.
9:23Why don't you storm out?
9:24Because we'd like to talk about you now.
9:25Oh, whatever you want to say, say right in front of my face.
9:29I think you're a conniving bitch.
9:31I don't have to sit here--
9:32You're so immature.
9:33It doesn't hurt me one bit. - Oh, my god!
9:34I'm immature? JILL: Yes.
9:35You are the most condescending person I've ever encountered.
9:38You are.
9:39Then you don't get out much, but we know that.
9:41I don't need to--
9:42oh, you better stop right there.
9:45You better stop right there.
9:47[suspenseful music]
9:57Back left, plié, and out together.
9:59Boom.
10:00Again.
10:01ABBY LEE: The competition is three days away,
10:02and I'm still making changes to the number.
10:05Brooke and Nia, switch places.
10:07ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): If I see something wrong,
10:09I have to change it.
10:10And I'm a little worried.
10:115, 6, 7, go.
10:13The dance still is not finished.
10:15And I think what it-- what is done is a little hokey.
10:20Don't you feel like you want to turn this way?
10:22Oh, my gosh.
10:23Look, look, look, look, look, look.
10:24Look at Abby.
10:24CHRISTI: Ooh.
10:25Is that her sexy, come hither look?
10:28I'm thinking that's her sexy look.
10:29[laughter]
10:30If that's her sexy look, .
10:32explain no further why we're not married.
10:33[laughs]
10:36ABBY LEE: Did she bend her knee?
10:3810 push ups. Figure it up.
10:39Go.
10:39[suspenseful music]
10:4420 push ups. Your knee was bent.
10:48Are you paying attention to this in here?
10:50MELISSA: She's doing push ups? - Why is she doing push ups?
10:52What happened?
10:53ABBY LEE: Kendall, remember, we only have three days for you
10:55not to screw this section up.
10:56Do you understand?
10:58KELLY: The circle was too high.
10:59JILL: Soutenu and-- yeah.
11:00CHRISTI: They have circles?
11:01Jill--
11:01KELLY: Ooh!
11:02Good luck, girlfriend.
11:03CHRISTI: May the force be with you.
11:05All right.
11:06I'm going to dismiss them.
11:07Kendall, stay in here.
11:08Yeah. Come here.
11:09I want to see you for a second.
11:11I gave Kendall a special part.
11:13But now she's getting sloppy with it
11:15and she's forgetting what she's doing.
11:16You can't be Mommy, the shoulder to cry on.
11:19You need to be as tough as Abby.
11:21These legs cut to be straight.
11:22Yeah.
11:23I-- I agree.
11:24ABBY LEE: You need to get this kid down in her split.
11:26You need to make sure those legs are straight.
11:28And you need to watch her.
11:29Make sure those steps are squared off.
11:31Get that front leg up on the step,
11:33and get her butt down there.
11:35We're good.
11:35She'll do it.
11:36You can count on her.
11:38Thank you.
11:39JILL: I need Kendall to nail this turn sequence.
11:41If it takes getting her her own little private on it,
11:45then that's what it takes.
11:46And I'm willing to do that.
11:49ABBY LEE: OK, let's go.
11:50Let me see what we have from the top.
11:53I hope you remember it.
11:55The trio this week entitled "Over and Over"
11:57is a contemporary piece.
11:59Now, the girls learn this dance months ago.
12:02So this should just be a refresher course
12:04for Chloe, Paige, and Maddie.
12:06[music playing]
12:07(SINGING) Over and over, this I would do--
12:11ABBY LEE: OK, stop.
12:13Paige, look in the mirror where Maddie's hands are.
12:15Why can't you figure that out?
12:17Why can't you look in the mirror and say, one of us
12:20is different?
12:23Paige, whoa, whoa, whoa.
12:24Where is that foot?
12:25In passé, coupé?
12:26You're too old for these little corrections.
12:28Goodness.
12:30I thought the putting Paige on top of the pyramid
12:32would build up her self-esteem, that that would give that kid
12:36a shot in the arm that she needed to get her act together.
12:39Big mistake.
12:40I've have had it with you!
12:42What is she saying?
12:43You didn't show up for a whole month to take class!
12:46Your mother sits out there and screams!
12:48You know she won't say it to me because she's a chicken
12:50[bleep].
12:51She has to say to somebody who's 10.
12:53ABBY LEE: You should have remembered that trio.
12:56Ridiculous.
12:56Hit play.
12:57Make 'em do it again.
13:00KELLY: I've been with Abby since I was two and a half.
13:02She was my dance teacher, so I understand
13:05how she's hard on dancers.
13:06But, as a mom, it's hard whenever you're watching
13:09your kid down there crying.
13:16ABBY LEE: She's done.
13:17Done.
13:18Stupid is stupid does, and I can't stand it anymore.
13:21It's ridiculous.
13:22There we go again with Kelly--
13:23bad parenting.
13:25Even a preschool mother knows you don't come downstairs.
13:29You don't open the door.
13:31You let the teacher handle it.
13:33Why do you let her bother you?
13:34I just don't get it.
13:36Just-- who cares?
13:37Look at her and be like, who cares, Miss Abby.
13:41KELLY: Paige is a sensitive kid.
13:43That's how I want her to be.
13:44And Abby flips out because she's crying.
13:47You know, she's not professional.
13:48Well, no, she's not professional.
13:50She's a 10-year-old little girl at dance class.
13:52Do you not want to do it?
13:54KELLY: OK.
13:58KELLY: Get control of yourself and go ahead in.
14:00And if she says you're done, walk out and I'll walk in.
14:05It's not worth it.
14:06It's a stupid dance.
14:08If she tells you to leave then say, you know what?
14:10Good.
14:11Give it to somebody else to learn.
14:12[crying]
14:17CHRISTI: Don't you let her win.
14:18You're bigger than her.
14:20Not by size, but you're-- you're better than her.
14:22CHRISTI: It's your trio.
14:23Don't you let her kick you out of it.
14:25- All right. - Go ahead, Paige.
14:26- Go ahead. - Take a breath.
14:27This is your--
14:28Paige, this is your dance.
14:29PAIGE: I think Abby was being a little bit too
14:31hard for our trio rehearsals.
14:33I don't like when she yells at us because it makes
14:36us feel really nervous.
14:37And if we do it wrong, we're going to get it.
14:40ABBY LEE: Hollywood Vibe is three days away.
14:42So suck it up and don't leave again,
14:44because there's another kid waiting to get in here.
14:46Go.
14:475, 6, 7, 8--
14:49(SINGING) --waiting for you.
14:51I can see--
14:52Ding-dong!
14:52Look!
14:541, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7--
14:568 would be the second, not 8 and a 1, 2.
15:00Whew.
15:01This is a routine they learned three months ago.
15:05They didn't forget it all because they're kids.
15:07They forgot it because they're irresponsible dancers.
15:10They screwed up.
15:12They were supposed to practice it on their own.
15:15That is a waste of my time and their time.
15:18Chloe, don't cry.
15:19Be smarter!
15:208 means 8, not 9 and 1/2, not 10.
15:228!
15:24Can't count to 8?
15:26She's not even listening to what I'm saying.
15:28Think about Hollywood Vibe.
15:29Because I can call them right now and try to get our money
15:31back if you don't want to go.
15:33Because I'm not going to go there and let what happened
15:36to that trio in St. Louis happen again.
15:40You're going to go into your solo and be fabulous,
15:42and you're going to do your solo and be fabulous and screw
15:44the trio and screw the group?
15:46No!
15:47I want everything to look great.
15:49Do you understand?
15:50So you're done. Go ahead.
15:52Use that door.
15:52Goodbye.
15:53ABBY LEE: Was I politically correct?
15:55No.
15:56Was I furious?
15:57Yes.
15:58I want them to go home.
15:59I want them to get some sleep.
16:01They're yawning in my face.
16:03They're distracted.
16:04They don't know what-- their right from their left.
16:05They can't count to eight.
16:07They need to go home before somebody gets hurt.
16:09Girls, I don't need the tears!
16:10You're 9, 10 and 11 years old.
16:12Exactly!
16:16ABBY LEE: Every kid makes mistakes.
16:18These mothers are enabling their children
16:21to make mistakes and not own them.
16:24My daughter was at the top of the pyramid, and she's--
16:26I love you.
16:27--leaving the studio crying.
16:29This is why I say [bleep] the pyramid.
16:31Ooh, yay.
16:33Are all the tears over?
16:34KELLY: School tomorrow.
16:35What are all the tears about?
16:36I don't understand.
16:38Why you are crying?
16:39You don't understand?
16:40No.
16:41Because you you're screaming in little kids' faces.
16:43(MOCKINGLY) Little kids' faces!
16:44CHRISTI: Yeah, little kids' faces, Abby!
16:46Grow up!
16:46You grow up!
16:48MELISSA: Abby's the best.
16:49The girls-- they were just being taught the things that they
16:52forgot about the trio.
16:54It was no big deal.
16:55I think the moms need to get a grip.
16:58You know what, Abby?
16:59ABBY LEE: I wouldn't yell at her!
17:00You should be so lucky to have Chloe is your student.
17:01Because she's a great dancer, and everybody
17:03knows it except for you.
17:05I made her!
17:06I know it!
17:07CHRISTI: No, you did not make her!
17:08Were you pregnant for nine months?
17:09I made her!
17:10You know what?
17:11You couldn't have given a [bleep]
17:12about her for so many years when I sat up there
17:14and I told her what to do.
17:15Because you are too busy looking at everybody else!
17:18Oh, who else was I looking at?
17:19Oh, let me guess! KELLY: Everybody.
17:20[laughs] - Who?
17:22Who else?
17:23CHRISTI: Abby does not put any value
17:25on any child in her studio except for Maddie.
17:28And those kids know it.
17:29And it is a shame.
17:30[suspenseful music]
17:31Disrespectful.
17:36Well, my mother would have came in
17:37and beat my butt when I couldn't count to eight!
17:40She would have been mortified!
17:43White trash.
17:45I didn't sign up for this.
17:51Let's go.
17:52One more time, let's clean up the turns.
17:54Move up stage!
17:56After the big blow up with Abby last night, you know,
17:59everyone went home.
17:59They got a good night's rest.
18:00We tried to refocus.
18:02Because talking to Abby is like talking to a brick wall.
18:04I might as well just save my breath.
18:06[music playing]
18:10Oh, look, there's guns.
18:13At this point, with the guns, I
18:16hope we go and we get disqualified,
18:18just to piss Abby off.
18:20I know the difference between a fake gun and a real gun.
18:23And I would never touch a real gun.
18:27But since we're using it in a dance, as a prop,
18:30I'm fine with it.
18:32Be strong with that gun!
18:34CHLOE: Miss Abby said that for our group
18:36dance, "Private Eyes," we were going to use plastic guns.
18:39And then she said we were going to blow the competition away.
18:42And I don't--
18:43I-- I really hope she doesn't mean literally.
18:45Because we could get disqualified.
18:47I think common sense tells you when something is not
18:50a good idea.
18:51I think the choice of having girls performing with guns
18:54is a poor one.
18:55I don't support it.
18:56I think the dance doesn't need it.
18:58I just don't think it's appropriate for girls,
19:00or any child, to be playing with guns on stage.
19:02Oh.
19:03That's where they were, the yellow and the pink.
19:05All right. What's going on, ladies?
19:06Because I got to run.
19:07We've been watching the dance.
19:08And I know you're going to say we're not dance teachers
19:10and we're moms.
19:11But I know you want to win this weekend.
19:14The caliber of the piece--
19:16it doesn't seem as high as what you normally put out there
19:20for the girls.
19:21I think the guns are also-- as moms,
19:22it's throwing us off a bit.
19:24It seems a bit aggressive.
19:25I've done children with guns, and it won everything.
19:28It was a piece of brilliant work.
19:31ABBY LEE: Besides shaking the mothers up a bit,
19:33guns are often used in choreography, like the Broadway
19:37show "Chicago."
19:38I wanted those girls to walk into a Pittsburgh competition,
19:42armed and dangerous.
19:43I want to do fast.
19:44I want to do high energy.
19:45I want to do entertainment.
19:47That's what we entered.
19:49That's what we're doing.
19:52[music playing]
19:53Up, ball change, then go to grandé.
19:56[piano music]
19:59Stop.
20:00You're not taking enough room.
20:02You're doing that whole jump right there.
20:03ABBY LEE: Chloe's dance is "Please."
20:07(SINGING) My blue balloon--
20:11Much better.
20:12ABBY LEE: When Chloe does a lyrical routine she second
20:15guesses herself.
20:16She needs to step out on that stage
20:18like she is in total control.
20:20Ooh, that was pretty.
20:22CHRISTI: As I'm watching Chloe rehearse her solo,
20:24I really think it has a lot of potential.
20:25It's really different than what she normally does,
20:27and there's a lot of opportunity for, like, emotional portrayal
20:32or acting in it.
20:33Make that big and complete, and it's moving.
20:36Turn, turn.
20:37That looks better.
20:38Yeah.
20:39I like that dance.
20:40It's pretty.
20:41Hey, Maddie, are you ready?
20:43ABBY LEE: Maddie's solo is a contemporary piece called
20:46"Every Little Step."
20:47It's extremely mature in the choreography.
20:49(SINGING) Only without you--
20:54Shoulders-- posture there.
20:55ABBY LEE: It's elegant as well as entertaining.
20:58Up, up, down, down, big jump!
21:03MELISSA: I was watching Maddie work on her solo
21:05and I thought it was really beautiful.
21:07Maddie just has to work hard, like she normally
21:09does, and, you know, just try to keep it together
21:12and to get back on top of the pyramid.
21:14Your jump is going, like, boom, boom, instead of--
21:18ABBY LEE: Every kid needs to win and every kid needs to lose.
21:23Maddie needs to be on the bottom so she can work harder
21:27to get to the top.
21:29I do not want you on the bottom of the pyramid.
21:31Do you understand?
21:32Yes.
21:33I want you stepping it up, every little step.
21:36You got that? - Yes.
21:38All right.
21:39Top of the pyramid.
21:40ABBY LEE: As long as she goes out there and does what she's
21:43been taught to do, she'll be right on top.
21:46[music playing]
21:49Understand the music is called "Over and Over,"
21:51so there's a lot of repeats in it.
21:53That's why it's good for a trio.
21:54Kendall, the music is just as important.
21:57Don't daydream over there.
21:59When I look at you and go, stop, you need to hit it.
22:01JILL: Here's poor little Kendall,
22:02who needs practice and needs to work.
22:04She's doing their music.
22:06Yeah.
22:07That's unfortunate.
22:08I'm so upset that Kendall is spending all her precious dance
22:13time, which she does not get much of, sitting on the floor,
22:17running the music for three dancers.
22:20This is ridiculous.
22:21OK.
22:22Let's go from the top and see what we have.
22:23[music playing]
22:29I can't believe it!
22:30What the heck did Kendall do or I do that she has to sit there
22:34now and do-- and do the music?
22:36CHRISTI: Uh, threw a show?
22:37JILL: She could be in another room.
22:38Pardon me? - Threw a shoe.
22:39Are you kidding me?
22:40Well, but you're saying what did I do
22:42or what did my daughter do.
22:43Well, you threw a shoe and your daughter
22:44still wasn't at the bottom of the pyramid.
22:46CHRISTI: I'm pretty sure if I had thrown that shoe at Abby,
22:48my daughter wouldn't have even been on the pyramid.
22:50She would have been on the floor and Abby would have been, like,
22:52snuffing out like a cigarette.
22:53Go away, Chloe, go away.
22:55Catch this leg and hold it.
22:57Three--
22:59JILL: Their time is precious.
23:01They have very little time to waste it.
23:04Sitting around pushing a button for music is really a shame.
23:08[music playing]
23:13Kendall!
23:15Come on!
23:17Are you learning something by being in here?
23:20Yes?
23:21Because this is how a trio works.
23:23Do you see what they're doing?
23:24Play it right there.
23:26The problem is, is that if you interrupt this class
23:29she's going to be livid.
23:31JILL: My objective is to get my child out of there--
23:34Mm-hmm.
23:35--and do something productive, whether it's dance--
23:37Mm-hmm.
23:38--which is what I pay Abby for, or her homework.
23:41I just--
23:42I think that's going to--
23:43I think that's gonna backfire.
23:45JILL: I can't believe I'm a nervous wreck
23:47to talk to my dance teacher.
23:48I should not have these feelings.
23:50I should be able to go down and have a conversation with her
23:54without all kinds of drama.
23:56But I know it's not going to happen.
23:59ABBY LEE: All right.
24:00Play it right there.
24:01JILL: I was thinking maybe Kendall could be more
24:03productive doing her homework.
24:06ABBY LEE: She's the swing for this number.
24:07It's been an hour, Abby, that she's
24:09been sitting on the floor.
24:10ABBY LEE: She's helping me.
24:11JILL: Abby, I want her to dance.
24:12I don't pay tuition for her to be out here sitting
24:14on the floor.
24:16I want you to teach her to dance.
24:19All those things you said to me yesterday--
24:21she needs to work on her stretch, her this, her turns--
24:24why are you not teaching her?
24:26Why aren't you helping her with this?
24:27Well, because I'm choreographing a trio, Jill.
24:29OK.
24:30So how much longer do you think this trio is going to take?
24:32Because it's been over an hour now.
24:34Is she yelling?
24:35Jill's yelling?
24:36She took her 900 voice off for Abby now.
24:38She flushed that down the toilet, that voice.
24:40She doesn't do it anymore.
24:41Yes, she does.
24:42She still says, (WHISPERING) guys--
24:43We come to dance to dance.
24:45And sitting there is not dance.
24:47Go.
24:49ABBY LEE: Jill needs to watch out, I'll tell you why.
24:50That kid of hers, Kendall, is adorable.
24:53I don't want to see anything bad happen
24:55to her because her mother's not playing by my rules.
25:00I'm not putting up with that crap anymore.
25:08[music playing]
25:10It's always important for Abby Lee Miller's students
25:13to perform well at a competition.
25:15Now, remember, the competition starts right now.
25:18There could be a judge right around this corner.
25:21But it's in our own backyard.
25:23Everybody in Pittsburgh is out to get us.
25:25[suspenseful music]
25:29Don't rush your music.
25:31Don't anticipate it.
25:32ABBY LEE: I'm really worried about Chloe's competition.
25:35That intermediate age group is a tough category to be in.
25:38I want to see your face.
25:39Don't clink down too fast.
25:41Got it?
25:44Maddie, every step you take, make sure that ankle is pressed
25:47forward.
25:48Get those knees together at the end of the floor.
25:50Squeeze those feet.
25:53Watch those fingers, that right hand.
25:55CHRISTI: I really hope for this week
25:57that the girls pull this off.
25:58Because nobody wants to incur the wrath of Abby again.
26:02You can do it.
26:03Doesn't matter how old the kids are.
26:05Understood?
26:05Yes?
26:06Just give your best performance.
26:08[music playing]
26:14[chatter]
26:18I'm really excited for myself this week,
26:20and it's lyrical contemporary.
26:22And I think it's going to be a good solo for me.
26:26ANNOUNCER: Next up, ladies and gentlemen,
26:28this is an Intermediate Lyrical Solo, "Please."
26:31[cheering and applause]
26:35[music playing]
26:37[vocalizing]
26:43(SINGING) My blue balloon just flies ahead of me.
26:52I tried to take it down, but it just moves away.
27:00Please, you're falling this girl to her knees.
27:07Please--
27:09I thought her solo was probably her best
27:11solo that she's done to date.
27:13I thought it was amazing.
27:14(SINGING) You're falling this girl to her knees.
27:20Please.
27:24Please.
27:25[cheering and applause]
27:27ANNOUNCER: Please.
27:28That is act number 18, an Immediate Lyrical Solo.
27:34Chloe did an amazing job on her solo.
27:37Her emotional execution was the best I have ever seen it.
27:42[music playing]
27:43Last week, when we were in Texas,
27:45I did a front aerial in my solo and I fell in my hip.
27:49And this week I'm scared I'm going to do it again,
27:52and I hope that I won't mess up.
27:54ANNOUNCER: Next up is act number 23, "Every Little Step."
27:58[cheering and applause]
28:01(SINGING) To hold you, to touch you, to look in your eyes,
28:07to hear you, to feel your heartbeat--
28:12to feed you, to heal you, to hurt when you cry--
28:17When I see Maddie on stage, all the blood, sweat,
28:20and tears--
28:21it's all worth it.
28:22(SINGING) Every little step, every little crawl--
28:27I never will forget even if it's small.
28:32And I don't want this fantasy no more made without you.
28:44Without you.
28:52[cheering and applause]
28:58She hit everything she needed to.
29:01I think Maddie was amazing.
29:02[cheering]
29:05You did fabulous.
29:06Woo-hoo!
29:10Best emotional execution you've had doing a solo.
29:13Thank you.
29:13Yes.
29:14You changed with the music.
29:17You changed your face.
29:18You looked at the judges.
29:19I have been on our back about watching those judges,
29:22and she certainly did that.
29:24That is a big jump for that kid.
29:28Your quality of your dancing was very mature.
29:32You were great.
29:33I think I can see myself moving up
29:35the pyramid a little bit.
29:36[music playing]
29:39[applause]
29:41The trio is the hardest thing to space.
29:44Be conscious of each other on stage.
29:45Yes?
29:46I'm a little bit nervous for performing at Hollywood Vibe,
29:48because they're really good there.
29:50But we have some of the same judges we did last time.
29:53So, hopefully, they remember us.
29:55ANNOUNCER: Next up, ladies and gentlemen,
29:57coming to our stage is act number 34, "Over and Over."
30:01[cheering and applause]
30:06[music playing]
30:18I look up and the spacing is off.
30:21And I'm like, oh, jeez.
30:22Abby's going to freak out on the girls.
30:23(SINGING) Over and over, know this is true.
30:29ABBY LEE: I don't know what those girls were doing.
30:31They got out there and blew it.
30:33What was I expecting?
30:34They couldn't even remember the choreography in class.
30:36How could they get out there and do it perfectly on stage?
30:38Frankly, I was afraid to even watch the trio.
30:41(SINGING) Over and over for you.
30:48Over for you.
30:54[cheering and applause]
30:56ANNOUNCER: "Over and Over."
30:58[music playing]
31:03Third place, number 21, "Armed."
31:06[cheering and applause]
31:08Second place winner, number 18, "Please."
31:12[cheering and applause]
31:15Great job.
31:18Solo Division-- first place trophy overall
31:21goes to act number 23, "Every Little Step."
31:26[cheering and applause]
31:31MELISSA: Maddie deserved this win at Hollywood Vibe.
31:34She's been working very hard on her solo.
31:36She was at the bottom of the pyramid,
31:38and she worked her butt off.
31:39So she is where she belongs.
31:41ANNOUNCER: Junior Overall High Score Duo/Trio--
31:45second place winner Intermediate Duo/Trio is "Over and Over."
31:50[applause]
31:51ABBY LEE: A trio coming in second place means they lost.
31:56Remember, second place is the first loser on stage.
31:59CHRISTI: Because I think that the color was pretty.
32:01- Hey, hey. - Hello.
32:03What did you think?
32:03[suspenseful music]
32:07Maddie, you were great.
32:10Paige, were you late at the beginning?
32:13No.
32:14No?
32:15There was a big gap there.
32:17You were a little late on those coupé turns.
32:20I wasn't happy with how you did.
32:22KELLY: Abby will never take responsibility.
32:24It's always somebody else's fault.
32:26Either it's the girl's fault or it's the mom's fault.
32:29It's anybody's fault but Abby's.
32:31You at least got to give some positive to those kids.
32:34I just don't like enabling kids to keep--
32:37Abby, I support that.
32:39But I think you can prepare kids to take ownership of mistakes
32:44without belittling them. Kids should--
32:45But that's not Abby Lee Miller.
32:47Kids should-- I know, but Abby--
32:48That's not my way.
32:49That's not my nature.
32:50HOLLY: They should own their mistakes.
32:50ABBY LEE: I don't sugar coat it.
32:52I have the success rate I have with producing
32:56professional dancers--
32:57HOLLY: Absolutely.
32:57--because of the delivery.
32:59Everyone forgets that I've been doing this for 31 years.
33:02There's a whole lot that goes into training a child.
33:06These moms need to understand this is not a dance camp.
33:09It's not fun for everyone.
33:10Isn't there something, like, to having hope?
33:13Like, if you have hopes and dreams, you work towards them.
33:17If you keep crushing them down just because your kid isn't
33:20the best turner and this kid is-- if you keep crushing
33:22this one down, they're never going to become good.
33:24If that kid loved to dance, she'd
33:26have remembered that trio.
33:28Whatever.
33:30ABBY LEE: These mothers pass the buck onto somebody else
33:33for their children's mistakes.
33:36So, you know what?
33:37Own it.
33:39I had a bad day.
33:40My kid screwed up.
33:41CHRISTI: You made my daughter cry, and you're--
33:44She didn't remember the number!
33:45Abby! How many dances--
33:46KELLY: Maybe 'cause you didn't run it!
33:48--does that kid remember every week and go out there
33:49and deliver 'em?
33:49ABBY LEE: I don't know!
33:50But you know the one I remember?
33:52The one where she forgot her dance on stage at nationals
33:55and ran around to music.
33:57That's the one I remember.
33:58Of course it is, because you are Negative Nellie, glass half
34:01full.
34:07I saw Jill, at the competition,
34:09talking to people from her old studio.
34:11Jill, have you seen some of your old studio friends?
34:14Just a few.
34:15Yeah.
34:16Keeping your tabs on that old studio.
34:18Absolutely. Why?
34:19Are you guys not allowed to, like--
34:20- No. - No.
34:22JILL: --fraternize with the enemy?
34:23CHRISTI: No, absolutely not.
34:24That's crazy.
34:25Why?
34:26She wants to discourage studio hopping.
34:28I am not surprised at all that she has been in contact
34:30with her old studios.
34:31That's what Jill does.
34:33She always looks for where the grass is greener,
34:34and that's where she goes out to pasture.
34:36You know what?
34:37Always got to keep your options open.
34:39Is-- is that the reason why you were out there
34:41chit-chatting with all your old friends,
34:43'cause of the way this one's going?
34:44It's actually none of your business, but yes, I'm--
34:45Well, it's my business, because--
34:46Who I talk to is your business?
34:48I don't think so.
34:49Oh, no, no.
34:50It's my business if you're only here
34:51to gather information and go back to your old studio.
34:53That's my business because it affects my daughter.
34:55You guys sit here and you complain and you complain
34:58and you bitch at Abby, but you never move.
35:00Pick up and move!
35:01Maybe you will find something else.
35:03You really, really, really like to change studios.
35:06So maybe you ought to change back and go back to Studio 19,
35:09if it was so great.
35:10You know what?
35:11Maybe it is.
35:12Kelly and Christi are stinking up the place.
35:14All this bitching is flying around,
35:16and I really need to get out of here.
35:19CHRISTI: Don't let the door hit ya!
35:20I can't take you guys anymore. I can't take this.
35:21What a surprise.
35:22Jill stormed out of a room, once again.
35:25[music playing]
35:27I want you to come armed and dangerous.
35:29I want you to walk out there like you're somebody.
35:32I want you to kill it.
35:35I don't have a--
35:35I think your clip.
35:38I think Nia's is broken.
35:39What did you think you were going to wear in your hair?
35:41I didn't know that you were asking for a clip.
35:43When has Abby Lee Miller ever put a number on stage
35:46without some type of headpiece?
35:48I was having a good old time shooting up
35:51the moms in the dressing room.
35:53That was like, a fantasy.
35:54Whose gun?
35:55Brooke, do you have a gun?
35:56Ladies you have all those hours you sit upstairs
35:59in that mezzanine.
36:00Make a list of what your kid needs.
36:03And if you don't have a check mark next to it,
36:05come and ask me or send the kid in.
36:07Abby is having a ball with the guns.
36:09I think the guns are really for Abby, more so than the girls.
36:13ABBY LEE: That's do it.
36:14We're in Pittsburgh.
36:16Come on!
36:18[music playing]
36:21ANNOUNCER: Next to the stage, ladies and gentlemen
36:23here at Hollywood Vibe, please welcome "Private Eyes."
36:26[cheering and applause]
36:28[music playing]
37:07HOLLY: I thought the group looked fantastic on stage.
37:10They had incredible energy.
37:12I wish I could say I was horrified by the guns,
37:15but they were better than I thought.
37:17[music playing]
37:28[cheering and applause]
37:29ANNOUNCER: "Private Eyes!"
37:31ABBY LEE: I was beaming.
37:32I thought they looked gorgeous on stage.
37:35Finally, they had a group number that
37:37was dancing like one person, instead of
37:41six different soloists out there.
37:43ANNOUNCER: Third place goes to act number 21, "Arms."
37:46[cheering and applause]
37:48Second place trophy goes to act number 19A, "What Do I
37:54Want to Do?"
37:55[cheering and applause]
37:57First place winner is act number 3, "Private Eyes."
38:02[cheering and applause]
38:04Congratulations.
38:06I was very confident that the girls would win first place
38:09in the Jazz category.
38:10There were lots of other great numbers there.
38:13But they were so clean and so professional,
38:15they had it in the bag.
38:17ANNOUNCER: Uh-oh-- Overall High Scoring Group.
38:20My hopes are that this group number wins first overall.
38:24And it's time for these girls to bring home a win.
38:27CHLOE: I think the group number's
38:28do-- going to do pretty good.
38:30I mean, we've got guns.
38:32What else could go wrong?
38:33ANNOUNCER: $200 going out to act number 22, "War."
38:38[cheering and applause]
38:41ABBY LEE: The group dance did not win the overall.
38:43I thought for sure, with the level of difficulty,
38:47that they were going to win that.
38:48And they didn't.
38:50Hey, hey.
38:51Hi.
38:52Did you see that gold on that stage?
38:53It just-- JILL: Gorgeous.
38:55It popped.
38:56I didn't think it had it all together at the beginning
38:57of the week. And seeing it on stage--
38:59Oh, they were fabulous.
39:00--I have to admit I was wrong.
39:02ABBY LEE: They looked like they were in a show.
39:03It was great. - It was really good.
39:04Don't your stomachs get full eating crow week after week
39:07after week?
39:08I thought the number looked great on stage.
39:10But maybe if you did more turn--
39:12more group turns made it so dynamic.
39:15I just think that this group of kids
39:17were not all used to their fullest potential.
39:20Maybe Maddie was.
39:21I know for a fact Kendall wasn't used to her fullest potential.
39:25ABBY LEE: Jill is certainly not learning from her mistakes.
39:27She comes at me in a combative way, rips on my choreography.
39:32Jill, butt out, follow the rules,
39:36and let me work with Kendall.
39:37You were all excited to give her a special part,
39:40and there was no special part.
39:42She did what everybody else did, and less than some.
39:45I think Jill's idea of a special part
39:48is everybody else stands on stage and poses,
39:51then Kendall dances in the middle.
39:53Jill, Kendall is a beautiful girl.
39:56She picks up very quick.
39:58Does she need technique?
39:59Yes.
40:00Do all of them?
40:01Yes.
40:02That's a growing process.
40:03It takes years to develop.
40:06And I don't think you should run your studio like that.
40:11I produce employable, working dancers, not competition kids.
40:19You need to keep your eye on the ball in the big picture.
40:21What is my big picture?
40:23Every weekend, do I have to look forward
40:25to coming, dancing behind Maddie and Chloe,
40:28and never being put in a trio, never doing the solo?
40:31I get nothing, Abby!
40:32You're telling me look at the big picture.
40:34And I am, and I don't like it!
40:36ABBY LEE: I don't know.
40:37I don't know what is wrong with her.
40:39It's going to all shake out in the wash for Kendall,
40:42but I don't know if she's going to make it that long.
40:43Because the mother is out to destroy her.
40:47Give her a solo, Abby!
40:48Let her do a trio!
40:49Give her something!
40:51ABBY LEE: Don't worry.
40:52I have something perfect in mind for you.

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