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0:02ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Previously on "Dance Moms."
0:04Those two just better back off or Melissa is going to lose it.
0:05Abby, I'm sorry to interrupt you,
0:07but these people are starting this again,
0:09so my kids and I are leaving and we're not going this weekend.
0:12I can't believe that she sent a letter to all of us
0:15from an attorney.
0:16Friends don't sue friends.
0:18It's none of their business, and they
0:19are causing this trouble.
0:21Stop screaming at our kids.
0:22OK.
0:23ABBY LEE (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms."
0:26Uh-oh.
0:27[gasp]
0:27She just twisted her ankle.
0:31As soon as she went down, I was like [gasp]
0:33She can't do it.
0:34We have to pull her.
0:35Everybody else has to learn to adjust.
0:37Well, I was looking at the X-rays.
0:39It looks like a stress fracture.
0:40CHRISTI: She'll have the most attention, the best
0:42choreography, and the most private lessons.
0:44Stop talking about my daughter.
0:46She's nine years old.
0:47We're not talking about your daughter.
0:48We're talking about what you enable to happen.
0:50[THEME - NIKKO LOWE, "LIVING ON THE DANCE FLOOR"]
0:52THEME SONG: Get up.
0:54Get on the floor.
0:56My world is with my girls living on the dance floor.
1:02[music playing]
1:05Come on girls, let's go.
1:08Join the party.
1:10So did everybody have a good time in Chicago?
1:12Yes.
1:14All right, now let's talk about our group dance.
1:16I thought it was beautiful.
1:18[music playing]
1:19(SINGING) I try to [inaudible] can't fight it.
1:24ABBY LEE: I thought the costumes looked gorgeous on everybody.
1:26I gave everybody a challenge with acting.
1:30You all did it.
1:31All right, now Maddie, you did a solo this week.
1:34I know there were some boys you were worried about,
1:36but you beat them.
1:38You can't psych yourself out backstage.
1:40Understood?
1:40Yes.
1:42Nia, I watched the trio and I watched you closely.
1:45I feel that you were a beat behind.
1:47[music playing]
1:48(SINGING) I want whatever I when I want it.
1:51Whatever I want.
1:52It's the difficult technical things
1:54that you have trouble with.
1:56That's what you need to keep working on.
1:58Understood?
1:59Yes.
2:00We have a lot to do.
2:01I'm going to get right to the pyramid.
2:03At the bottom of the pyramid.
2:06Chloe, you were one of the most advanced dancers sitting
2:09in this group but I want more from you.
2:11You need a challenge.
2:13You need to work up to the next level.
2:15Chloe is one of my top dancers, and I have something big coming
2:18up.
2:19So I put her at the bottom of the pyramid
2:20because I need to light a fire under her butt.
2:23Remember, there is no I in team, but there is an M and an E,
2:28and it's all about me.
2:29Understood?
2:30All right, moving on.
2:33Nia.
2:34Nia, that trio, you wanted it.
2:37You got in it.
2:38Like I said, you have the style and the sass,
2:41but the rest of it is a mess.
2:43Paige, you did a great job.
2:46Did your part.
2:47I want more.
2:48Abby says she wants more from Paige.
2:50Well, you know what?
2:50Paige wants more from Abby.
2:52She wants to be more than just a background dancer.
2:54Next I have Mackenzie.
2:58Mackenzie, you continue to improve each week.
3:01Every week I come into the studio, you learn a new trick,
3:04but I don't want it to all be about your gymnastics.
3:06Got it?
3:09And Brooke.
3:11I thought that your part in the group dance was excellent.
3:16Just watch the chin in the chin stand.
3:18No more ickies.
3:20On top of the pyramid is Maddie.
3:23You won the overall high score.
3:26You beat Justice.
3:27You beat all the boys.
3:29Congratulations.
3:30[applause]
3:32Moving on, I need to talk a little bit about this week.
3:36There's going to be a scout from the Joffrey Ballet in Michigan
3:41at Energy Dance.
3:43He is scouting kids to go to an audition for Joffrey.
3:48[gasps]
3:50Wonderful.
3:51The Joffrey is one of the premiere ballet programs
3:54in the country.
3:55Its reputation is unparalleled.
3:57And it really could give one of them an incredible opportunity.
4:01So you need to be your best.
4:03You need to represent the Abby Lee Dance Company
4:06to the best of your ability.
4:07All right.
4:09The group number this week is entitled "Nip and Tuck."
4:12- Hmm. - We need that.
4:14[chuckles]
4:15I know that you talk about having some work done.
4:18Kelly--
4:19What?
4:20ABBY LEE: We all know what you want.
4:21Boobs?
4:22[laughs]
4:23[interposing voices]
4:27ABBY LEE: You all know that you have beautiful, gorgeous
4:29children.
4:31So this is a message about our body image.
4:34It's a message about people that do have work done.
4:38It's kind of eerie.
4:39It's kind of dark.
4:41I think that we're supposed to be trying to teach our girls
4:43to be comfortable in their own skin, not change that skin,
4:47so I'm not sure what kind of mixed messages we're sending.
4:50We have to trios.
4:52I'm splitting the group in half.
4:54And the trios will be Mackenzie, Paige, and Nia.
5:00You will be doing a high energy jazz routine, incorporating
5:04gymnastic tumbling.
5:05KELLY: I think Paige feels like she's been downgraded.
5:08Paige is used to dancing with Maddie and Chloe.
5:11You know, normally you try to dance ahead,
5:13and now Abby's bringing her back a step.
5:15Then I have Brooke, Maddie, and Chloe.
5:18You will be doing a contemporary lyrical routine.
5:22Chloe, it's about the trio.
5:25Nia, Paige, and Mackenzie finally
5:27have their special moment, their trio,
5:28and I think that they should have a chance
5:30to win on their own.
5:32Because when you're putting them against Brooke, Maddie,
5:33and Chloe, I mean, it doesn't really
5:35seem like that's going to be too much of a fair fight.
5:38Brooke, you've never done a trio with these girls,
5:40so this is going to be all new for you.
5:43Chloe and Maddie will be doing a solo again.
5:46I'm happy that Maddie has a lot of dancers
5:47this week, being that the Joffrey is going to be here,
5:50so she has three chances to be seen on stage.
5:52However, it's a lot of pressure for a nine-year-old.
5:54I'm excited about going.
5:56I had a great time in Chicago.
5:59I hope this next trip is just as fun without Cathy from Candy
6:03Apple.
6:05But I'll tell you what, she's easy to beat.
6:07The people at this competition aren't
6:10going to be so easy to beat.
6:11All right, moms, you can leave.
6:12Thank you very much.
6:14Girls, spread apart.
6:15We're going to do an entrance.
6:191, 2, 3, 4.
6:22I don't understand why she was at the bottom of the pyramid.
6:25I don't.
6:26I think that she deserved to be in the second row.
6:28MELISSA: I don't know how Kenzie got in the middle,
6:30to be honest with you.
6:31Gee, Melissa, I'm not really sure
6:32why Mackenzie's in the middle of the pyramid.
6:34Maybe because you're best friends with Abby?
6:36Go.
6:37Ba bum.
6:38HOLLY: I just hope that Abby gives enough time and attention
6:41to the choreography equally for both.
6:43Yeah, I agree.
6:44I do agree.
6:44And I have a feeling that--
6:46MELISSA: That won't happen?
6:48--the one trio will be just slapped together and the fun,
6:50contemporary one probably will be a very thoughtful piece.
6:56And I worry about that.
6:57And then when she said that there's two solos as well,
6:59like there's not enough time to choreograph dances in the way
7:03that all five of them should or deserve to be choreographed.
7:07HOLLY: Something is going to lose.
7:08CHRISTI: Abby has a lot on her plate this week.
7:10She is doing a lot of numbers at this competition,
7:12and frankly, I don't know if we have enough time
7:14to give each of those numbers the attention they deserve.
7:17And ultimately, it's going to be the girls who
7:19are blamed if they fail.
7:20[music playing]
7:21(SINGING) Reinvent yourself.
7:23ABBY LEE: Down.
7:24Down.
7:25Here. Down.
7:26Down. Here.
7:27Ledge. Ledge.
7:29Peek.
7:30I keep hearing the moms talk about "work"
7:32they'd like to have done, you know, to retain their youth.
7:36Well, I thought of an idea, "Nip and Tuck."
7:39You know, a little here, a little there.
7:41So I'm going to do a routine based on that theme,
7:45and I cannot wait.
7:46I like to do things that keep the audience guessing
7:49so that the judges have a renewed interest in the piece.
7:53Crawl. Pretty feet.
7:54Turn them out.
7:56Why is Chloe crawling around like she has no arms?
7:58It's "Nip and Tuck."
7:59She lost her arms maybe?
8:00They cut them off?
8:01[laughs]
8:03MELISSA: I never worried that my kids can't handle
8:05a dance or a concept that Abby has to show them.
8:08My girls totally know what liposuction is because I always
8:11talk about it.
8:12I would love to get it.
8:13Well, I'm getting a boob job.
8:14Well, good.
8:15I thought you wanted to do it before.
8:16[interposing voices]
8:17Why are you getting a boob job?
8:18For my 40th birthday, I thought my husband would get it
8:20for me and I thought he would get me my ring.
8:22Well, this year I've decided I'm doing both of them for myself.
8:25I want boobs because I think I need them to balance out
8:28my ass.
8:29I used to have nice D's.
8:31And then I nursed my kids, all three of my kids,
8:33and now I don't have any.
8:34So I told my husband--
8:35Mine was the opposite.
8:36I lost them because I had kids,
8:37so he should reimbursed me.
8:40[laughs]
8:43HOLLY: Return on his investment.
8:44Yeah.
8:45I gave him three beautiful children.
8:46He should give me two boobs.
8:48And then if I like them, then I'll get my ass sucked out.
8:49[laughs]
8:51I know, everybody wants me to do my nose
8:52but I wear this thing like a badge of honor.
8:54MELISSA: I don't really think our kids know
8:56what body image really is.
8:57I think Brooke does because Abby tells her all the time she
8:59has a big butt, and she constantly throws in her face
9:01that Paige has a nice body.
9:02You know what I mean?
9:04Maybe I'm being naive, but I don't think anybody struggles
9:05with body image.
9:06I think they all kind of own it.
9:07HOLLY: No.
9:08I was built like that, you know, like--
9:10KELLY: So was I.
9:11--super skinny.
9:12Yeah, I was, too.
9:13Before we needed a nip and a tuck.
9:15[music playing]
9:19ABBY LEE: More.
9:20Give me more.
9:21Give me something going to the back.
9:23Come on.
9:25How far is Highland, Michigan.
9:2926 hours. CHRISTI: Yeah.
9:30KELLY: Oh god, 28.
9:30CHRISTI: On a bus it's 28.
9:32KELLY: Is this the trio?
9:34CHRISTI: I really wish the two trios weren't competing
9:36against each other.
9:37HOLLY: I really wish they weren't, either.
9:38This week we have two separate trios, aside from the group
9:40dance, and it's kind of weird because you have two families
9:43that are divided.
9:44I don't know why she couldn't have done this trio this week
9:47and that trio the next week. KELLY: I agree.
9:48CHRISTI: They're going to be disappointed because one
9:50of them is going to lose.
9:51KELLY: Right.
9:52MELISSA: Well, I think we just have to tell her.
9:53HOLLY: Look at Nia.
9:54ABBY LEE: Push.
9:55Push.
9:57Uh-oh. [gasp]
9:59She just twisted her ankle.
10:00Oh my god.
10:03Oh my god, Holly.
10:15ABBY LEE: Everything seems to be going, well
10:16and then the girls get to their second jump.
10:18[gasp]
10:19She just twisted her ankle.
10:20CHRISTI: Oh my god.
10:21Nia, boom, lands on her foot and she's down for the count.
10:25Oh my god, Holly.
10:29Can you stand on it?
10:31Nia went down really hard.
10:33I know my child has a high tolerance for pain,
10:35but she's crying.
10:37I know things must be really bad.
10:39When I landed on it, my foot kind of twisted.
10:42You're doing a straddle.
10:42That's the hardest thing to land.
10:44How about trying to stand up?
10:45Here, use your other leg.
10:46Point.
10:47Does that hurt?
10:48It hurts whenever I point.
10:49It hurts whenever you point?
10:51Can you circle it?
10:54Yeah, but it hurts?
10:55Nia has been working really hard this week with the group
10:58number, as well as the trio, and an injury like this
11:01could be a major setback for her.
11:02If it gets worse and she can't do it, we have to pull her.
11:06Everybody else has to learn to adjust.
11:13Nervous?
11:14Your foot's shaking.
11:15No.
11:16I took Nia to the doctor's office
11:17today because I knew that foot had been bothering Nia
11:20and I thought better to get it checked out.
11:22Better safe than sorry.
11:24What's going on with this foot here?
11:26Well, it hurts.
11:27It hurts?
11:28Nia usually has a high tolerance for pain, so usually
11:31don't think much of it.
11:32She can just dance through a lot of it, but.
11:33OK.
11:34And never any problems with the foot before this?
11:36Never.
11:37She's always been fine.
11:38Looking at the X-rays, that looks like a stress fracture.
11:43You can keep dancing, but I want you to tape your toes here
11:46for about three weeks.
11:49So I can still do all my tricks?
11:52Oh no, not so much.
11:53The doctor said it's OK for Nia
11:55to dance if she tapes up her foot,
11:56but she shouldn't do her tricks.
11:58As a mom, this is a really tough decision to make.
12:01Nia really wants to dance and she really
12:03needs to go all out to impress the Joffrey Ballet scout.
12:08[music playing]
12:21This week, I'm doing a contemporary dance called
12:24"Quiet Voices," and I really love the movement to it.
12:28It's kind of awkward.
12:29Miss Abby and I have been working really hard on it
12:32so I can put my best foot forward for the Joffrey Ballet
12:34scout.
12:35[MUSIC - SHARON KENNY, "QUIET VIOLENCE"]
12:36(SINGING) My song.
12:38The questions we ask.
12:40ABBY LEE: Maddie's routine is a little bit darker than usual.
12:43It's about somebody hearing these voices in their head.
12:45She really has to use her emotional connection
12:48to the audience, and I'm sure she will.
12:517.
12:52Breathe.
12:528.
12:53Slow down.
12:541, 2, 3.
12:56I really hope and pray that this passion that Maddie
12:59has for her dancing continues for the rest of her life.
13:03Maddie has this, and that's what you see first.
13:08She loves what she's doing, and her emotions tell the story,
13:14and that's what you fall in love with when she dances.
13:17[music playing]
13:23Bravo.
13:24[applause]
13:29Good girl.
13:33Whoo.
13:35You're getting paid.
13:36You get a raise.
13:39This is really tears.
13:40Da, da, cross.
13:42Don't drop off your right heel.
13:44That's not how you finish a turn.
13:46Chloe has great lines.
13:48She's a great dancer.
13:49But she doesn't give me what I want.
13:52She wants to be a choreographer.
13:53She wants to make it up herself instead of, you know what, kid?
13:56There's lots of time for that.
13:58Do what I'm telling you to do.
14:01Up.
14:021, 2, 3.
14:04Arc that way, Chloe.
14:05Dance, don't just be a stick figure.
14:08Chloe is just not focused today.
14:09She is stumbling over choreography
14:11that she should be picking up like it's second nature.
14:19Listen to me.
14:20Go out, get a drink of water.
14:22Clear your brain.
14:23I decided to give Chloe a little break
14:25so that she can gather her thoughts,
14:27review her choreography, and get her act together.
14:31In the meantime, I want Maddie to perform her new solo
14:35for my senior company.
14:37They need to realize that a little nine-year-old can
14:40learn a whole routine and execute it flawlessly
14:43in one day.
14:44KELLY: Christi, she's running Maddie's solo again.
14:47I can't believe Abby interrupted Chloe's solo
14:49rehearsal just so Maddie could perform
14:51in front of the senior company.
14:52I mean, she's not even trying to hide her favoritism anymore.
14:55It's a slap in the face to everyone, especially Chloe.
14:58It's nice to put all your eggs in one basket.
15:00Yeah, OK.
15:17[music playing]
15:23Abby is trying to turn our kids against your kid,
15:28and you let her do it.
15:29No, I don't.
15:46[applause]
15:56She sits there and she watches the dance.
15:58She knows what people's strengths and weaknesses are,
16:01and she uses that as an advantage for your daughter.
16:08Yes.
16:09Why don't you ever stand up to Abby, Melissa?
16:11You always say that you're her friend,
16:14so you should have a different kind of a connection with her.
16:16So why don't you ever stick up for the kids?
16:18I'm so sick of Christi and Kelly always getting on me
16:21because my daughter has a gift.
16:23I'm sick of hearing the same thing over and over
16:25and over again.
16:26I know, but that's the thing.
16:27And we're sick of it happening over and over and over.
16:30I'll go tell Abby--
16:31Then she'll have her featured in the group dance
16:32and she'll make sure that she wins all the solos,
16:34because she'll have the most attention, the best
16:36choreography, and the most private lessons.
16:39Stop about talking about my daughter.
16:41She's nine years old.
16:42We're not talking about your daughter.
16:43We're talking what you enable to happen.
16:45I'm not talking about your daughter.
16:47I'm talking about you.
16:48OK, so you're going to stick up for my daughter
16:48when Abby's out there?
16:49I stick up for Maddie all the time.
16:51I stick up for every one of those kids, Melissa.
16:52No, you don't.
16:53Oh, I absolutely do.
16:54Melissa, I tell you all the time.
16:56You know what?
16:57Your daughter doesn't need me to stick up for her because you
16:58have her so far in your back pocket she doesn't need it.
17:01I stick up for the kids who need it.
17:02I'm just sick and tired of it.
17:04I'm not going to stick around in this room
17:05and have Christi and Kelly bitch at me for no reason.
17:08CHRISTI: You see what she does to my kid and her kid
17:10and you don't stick up for them.
17:13I am so sick of this.
17:15I'm going to sit here.
17:16Melissa's in there with Abby?
17:18She's going in to tattle on us?
17:20You're not allowed to talk to her till after class.
17:22We're having a disagreement with Melissa,
17:24and this just goes to show how close she is with her.
17:26She goes in and talks to her.
17:27I don't want to dance here anymore, Maddie.
17:29I'm sick of it.
17:30Yeah, I'm sick of it.
17:32They're always attacking you and me.
17:34I mean, it's ridiculous.
17:35It's always about Maddie, and Maddie, Maddie, Maddie.
17:39Hey, Melissa, we weren't done talking to you.
17:41Would you mind coming back like an adult
17:43instead of hiding by Abby?
17:44MELISSA: I'm not hiding. - You are hiding.
17:45MELISSA: Bite my [bleep].
17:46I've had enough.
17:48I don't even want to be in the same building as these women.
17:50I don't like it, either, Melissa, but guess what?
17:51This is what it is.
17:53MELISSA: I'll make arrangements for Maddie to get home.
17:54CHRISTI: As soon as things get ugly, you run and go home.
18:04[music playing]
18:07I don't know if I'm really that hungry.
18:08Oh, I'm starving.
18:10[inaudible] Dance moms are almost always hungry.
18:12I don't want to have to have a nip and tuck.
18:14[laughs]
18:16After the big blow-up with Melissa last night, Kelly,
18:18Holly, and I decided to go to Mohan's.
18:20It's nice to go out with your girlfriends and blow off steam,
18:22you know, especially with people who you can commiserate with,
18:24who understand exactly where you're coming from.
18:26I was just thinking of Abby.
18:28What exactly?
18:29Like how she sits up at night and dreams up all these themes.
18:32Well, she was dreaming big this week.
18:34[interposing voices]
18:36I think she bit off more than she can chew.
18:39The girls work really hard on those dances,
18:41and then someone to get shafted.
18:43There's going to be something.
18:44There's going to be compromise, and it's not
18:46going to be a quality dance, because there is no way she has
18:49enough creative juices in her brain--
18:51Well, we already saw the trio.
18:53I know.
18:54Maybe she's saving all her creativity for the solos.
18:57I try really hard to stay neutral and objective
19:00and stay out of the way, but I want Nia to do well
19:03for the Joffrey Ballet scout, and I just
19:05don't think Abby's giving her enough time or attention.
19:07Abby helped Maddie's solo and Chloe has nothing.
19:10Why doesn't she think about all the other kids?
19:11They don't count.
19:12I mean, I keep thinking, like finally someone's
19:14going to catch a break. It's not right.
19:16No.
19:17I feel very defeated.
19:18I think Abby spread herself too thin this week.
19:20And I think that we all know that she's going to be focusing
19:23most of her attention on Maddie because she wants her
19:26to impress the Joffrey scout.
19:27And then what kills me is Melissa
19:29plays the I'm so nice part, and she's the sneakiest, most
19:32underhanded person of them all.
19:33She's the one who takes music producers out for coffee.
19:36She takes the judges out for lunch.
19:38Yeah.
19:39She sends gifts to every competition in America.
19:41Be prepared for this weekend because I'm certain that it's
19:44going to be a collaborative effort to do everything
19:47possible to make sure that Maddie gets back on top.
19:53Girls, one day.
19:54[MUSIC - CASSANDRA KUBINSKI, "SOMEBODY TOLD ME"]
19:56(SINGING) Somebody told me I'd be fine.
19:58ABBY LEE: Maddie, Chloe, and Brooke's trio
20:00is called "Somebody Told Me."
20:01It's pretty.
20:03It's nice.
20:04I think any judge would love to see this number on stage.
20:09Watch your feet.
20:10Sickled feet, Maddie.
20:13I really like doing solos, but I'm also
20:15doing a trio and a group dance, and it's going to be a lot.
20:21Ugh, sloppy, girls.
20:27I have no idea what's going on with Maddie.
20:29She just seems a little off right now.
20:33It's just a mess.
20:35You're marking the side aerial.
20:36You're sloppy out of every turn.
20:39Normally, Miss Abby is tough, but now that the Joffrey Ballet
20:43guy is here, she's going to be even tougher.
20:46[music playing]
20:49Come on, girls.
20:51Hello, sir, how are you?
20:53We're on our way to Highland, Michigan for the Energy Dance
20:56competition.
20:57We have a plateful of routines to do today.
21:00All the more chances for the Joffrey Ballet scout
21:03to see my kids perform.
21:04Bus driver, we're going to stop at my house
21:07and pick out my dog, OK?
21:08Oh, I don't think we can deviate from the route.
21:11Oh, yes, we can.
21:12I'm the boss.
21:13I'm the captain of this ship.
21:15- Oh. - Oh.
21:17Go, Jim.
21:17There you go, Jim.
21:19Abby Lee Miller's on the name.
21:21That's why you're our favorite bus driver.
21:23The bus driver absolutely refuses to stop and pick up
21:26Abby's dog, and we just love it, us moms, because when somebody
21:31puts Abby in her place, it is just like, love it.
21:38ABBY LEE: Oh, come on.
21:40Jim, you're killing me.
21:42Kelly, can you come here?
21:43I bought you a present today.
21:45Oh my god.
21:45You did not buy me a bra.
21:48You idiot.
21:48Thank you.
21:49I guessed your size.
21:51Oh, you guessed right.
21:53Look how little it is.
21:54[laughs]
21:55Oh my god, it looks really little.
21:56Typical Melissa.
21:58You know, one day she's swearing that she's quitting for good
22:00and she's never coming back.
22:01The next day, she's handing out gifts.
22:03Whack-a-doodle-do.
22:04[music playing]
22:14Hey.
22:15Here we are at the Energy Dance Competition.
22:18My girls are going to have to step it up
22:20if they want to impress that Joffrey Ballet scout.
22:24All right, girls, now listen to me.
22:26First we have Maddie's solo and the two trios, then
22:30Chloe's solo.
22:31Chloe, Maddie, tights, shoes.
22:35Yes?
22:36Understood?
22:37I'm very excited about my solo this week
22:40because I love the song, but I'm very tired.
22:43Just remember, smooth transitions.
22:48[inaudible] happy, pretty.
22:51Maddie and Chloe are both doing three dances this week.
22:53They're both doing a solo, a trio, and a group number.
22:56And frankly, I don't know if Abby has spent enough time
22:59with Chloe so that she feels prepared,
23:01and I'm really worried.
23:03[music playing]
23:04[inaudible]
23:07Stretch the back of the knee.
23:08That's a développé.
23:09Lengthen the back of that knee.
23:10I don't know what's going on with Maddie today.
23:12She is usually cool as a cucumber,
23:15but she is prancing around this dressing room
23:17in a frenetic state.
23:19She needs to calm down and go out there and do what Maddie
23:23does--
23:23win.
23:24Make sure her tights are not sticking out.
23:26[crying] What's wrong?
23:27What's wrong?
23:28What's wrong, Maddie?
23:28Something just stabbed me.
23:29OK.
23:30OK, let go. It's OK.
23:32Don't cry, Maddie.
23:33Don't.
23:34Don't.
23:35Don't cry. Let's go.
23:36Come here.
23:37OK, come on.
23:37Come.
23:38You keep jabbing her over and over.
23:40- No, I don't. - Stop.
23:41I'm not jabbing her. I have my finger.
23:42Put your hand in here.
23:43I have my hand on the pin.
23:44Put your hand there.
23:45You put your hand there.
23:46Walk.
23:46I have my hand on the pin.
23:48I accidentally stuck Maddie with a pin.
23:50She's fine.
23:51I just think the stakes are really high this week
23:53and she's really getting stressed out.
24:00[music playing]
24:08I've been working really hard on my solo this week,
24:10so I'm not going to let Miss Abby down.
24:12ANNOUNCER: Please welcome to the stage
24:13Maddie with the solo performance "Quiet Voices."
24:17[cheering]
24:21[MUSIC - SHARON KENNY, "QUIET VIOLENCE"]
24:29(SINGING) you hit me with words you don't say, it still hurts.
24:37So I'll hit you back by biting my tongue, and we'll have a war
24:47without any volume.
24:52I will remember, I'll just remember the sounds
24:56we used to make.
25:00But memories have no noise.
25:03I like watching my big sister dance.
25:05I might not be as good as her, but I'm working on it.
25:08(SINGING) Memories have no voice.
25:13Maddie's solo this week was one of my favorites
25:15that she's ever done.
25:16She had a lot of feelings, and I was very impressed.
25:19I was very happy with her dancing.
25:22(SINGING) Voice.
25:23Voice.
25:25She had the entire audience in the palm of her hand.
25:29You could hear a pin drop in that place.
25:31And that's what Maddie does.
25:33It's here and it's here, because she loves to dance
25:38and her home is on the stage.
25:50[applause]
25:51[cheering]
25:56Amazing.
25:57I loved it.
25:58MADDIE: That was amazing.
25:59What did you think?
26:02Yes, it was good.
26:03This is a kid that could go on to great things.
26:06I need to make sure that she's in it for the long haul.
26:09The turns were good.
26:10Did you hear people coughing?
26:12Yeah, that was me.
26:13[laughs]
26:16I thought Maddie's solo was fabulous,
26:17and I really think that it should
26:19be because she's the one whom Abbey spends the most
26:22time with.
26:23[music playing]
26:29I'm really excited to do a trio with Maddie and Brooke
26:32in front of the Joffrey Ballet scout
26:34because Brooke and Maddie are really good dancers,
26:37so I think we'll do really good.
26:40ANNOUNCER: Please welcome to the stage
26:42Brooke, Chloe, and Maddie with the trio performance "Somebody
26:45Told Me."
26:46[cheering]
26:51[MUSIC - CASSANDRA KUBINSKI, "SOMEBODY TOLD ME"]
26:53(SINGING) Somebody told me I'd be fine.
26:57Shook her head, smiled, and wiped off mine.
27:00And so I saw the sight of strength
27:04and heard the sounds of healing.
27:08I learned to read it like a sign.
27:12She was beside me.
27:14I was fine.
27:20The music's beautiful.
27:21The choreography is absolutely beautiful.
27:24It's more mature, and I think the girls worked together
27:27the entire time.
27:28(SINGING) And I'll go on, for I have always more to give,
27:34and this I know, 'cause somebody told me so.
27:48ANNOUNCER: Very cute, ladies.
27:49Great job.
27:51Overall, I thought the trio was beautiful,
27:54elegant, feminine.
27:56They nailed it.
28:00I've been icing my foot, but I hope it doesn't hurt while I'm
28:03dancing.
28:04ANNOUNCER: Please welcome to the stage
28:06Mackenzie, Nia, and Paige with a trio performance, "Girlfight."
28:10I'm waiting in the crowd for the trio to come on
28:13and I'm incredibly worried.
28:15I know somewhere in this crowd is a Joffrey ballet scout,
28:18and I also know that Nia is not 100%.
28:20[music - b.ill, "girl fun"]
28:22(SINGING) Uh-uh-uh.
28:22Uh-uh-uh.
28:25Come on, girls, we're going to have a good time.
28:30Uh-uh-uh.
28:33Come on, girls, we're going to have a good time.
28:39Gotta get my friends on the phone.
28:40Tell the girls it's time to party.
28:43Gonna find that funky song.
28:45Spin around and shake our bodies.
28:47Everybody wants a good time.
28:49Everybody wants to play.
28:51Everybody knows that girls are the only ones that
28:56say uh-uh-uh.
28:59Come on, girls.
29:01Overall, I really think the trio was great this week.
29:04It was very age-appropriate, for a change.
29:07It was cute, and the girls did some really hard tricks
29:10that a lot of girls their age can't do.
29:13(SINGING) Uh-uh-uh.
29:16I was sort of worried about my foot, but when I hit the stage,
29:19I didn't worry about my foot at all.
29:22(SINGING) Come on, girls, we're going to have a good time.
29:26[cheering]
29:33I think the mothers thought that these two trios, being
29:36in the same age division, would be a conflict of interest,
29:40but it happens all the time.
29:42So I wanted to let them do their thing,
29:44let them have their moment.
29:45I want them to shine.
29:47HOLLY: I bet the audience liked it.
29:48[cheering]
29:49You did perfect.
29:51Hey, girls.
29:52Good job.
29:53I thought it was entertaining.
29:54It was exciting.
29:55It was fun.
29:57There's not a lot of gymnastics on the stage, today
29:59so I think they really entertained the audience.
30:03What?
30:04What jump?
30:05Your grand jete?
30:06You were good.
30:07You have to watch your back foot coming in.
30:08Do you have anything else to say for Nia?
30:10No, it was good.
30:11I thought it was good.
30:12You guys want all this big description
30:13for a two-minute, 10-second dance.
30:15Well, you know, they don't have a whole lot of time
30:17on stage, so when they go, it's nice to get some feedback.
30:20Well, you'll have to get all those judges of all
30:21these competitions that they go to and listen to them.
30:24It's incredibly frustrating to sit and watch and not
30:29get any feedback, constructive criticism.
30:32My child gave her all.
30:33She went out there and performed,
30:35and she didn't get any type of feedback from Abby.
30:38Nia came back from an injury and Abby just did not care.
30:41[music playing]
30:46ABBY LEE: Listen to the music.
30:47Chloe, you're rushing.
30:48Chloe's in the dressing room going over her routine,
30:50and I'm watching her out of the corner of my eye.
30:52She keeps forgetting one part of the number.
30:55So I said, Chloe, stop.
30:56Let me fix that part and let's do it over and over so you get
30:59it in your mind.
31:01I saw Chloe starting to really doubt herself in Miami,
31:04and now I see it even more.
31:06I want her to see that innocent person,
31:09and so I would rather be the bitch
31:10and protect her and fight for her
31:13and let her maintain that innocence.
31:15Remember, it's not about winning, OK?
31:18It is about you going out there and doing it to the best
31:21that you can do it, OK?
31:23All right.
31:25I love you.
31:27Chloe, listen to me.
31:28When judges go to break, do not step out on that stage
31:30till every judge is seated and has attention on that stage,
31:34because they could still be eating or getting their coffee
31:37or figure out where the papers are.
31:40Do you understand me?
31:41Yes.
31:42Love you.
31:43[music playing]
31:48ANNOUNCER: Welcome to the stage Chloe from the Abby Lee Dance
31:51Company with the solo performance "Watercolors Fade."
31:54[cheering]
32:03[MUSIC - APRIL HIGUERA, "WATERCOLORS FADE"]
32:09(SINGING) You painted what you wanted to see,
32:13a canvas covered with your dreams.
32:18The sky was so blue and the sea was green,
32:23and I was dancing on your shore.
32:27Through your scenery, yeah, I was
32:31everything you wanted me to be.
32:36When watercolors fade, dreams melt into tears,
32:43and tears turn into rain.
32:45Will it wash it all away?
32:49Does anything remain when watercolors fade?
32:57I'm sitting in my seat watching Chloe on stage.
32:59She's performing.
33:00She looks beautiful.
33:02Everything's great.
33:03And then here I go, I'm watching her,
33:06and here's the part that she kept forgetting
33:07in the dressing room.
33:08Boom.
33:09Forgets it on the part.
33:10I mean, come on, kid.
33:11What are you doing?
33:13Chloe looked horrified when she forgot part of her dance,
33:16and I know how important this Joffrey opportunity is to her.
33:20And I just want to say to her, Chloe,
33:21you are so much better than you think.
33:30[music playing]
33:31(SINGING) Wash it all away with watercolors.
33:37Of all the times for Chloe to forget part of her dance,
33:39of course it's when the Joffrey scout is here.
33:42I can only hope that he didn't notice.
33:45[applause]
33:47This is one of the reasons I hate to watch my kids dance.
33:50I mean, I'd rather stand out in the hallway and pace.
33:53I mean, come on, Chloe.
33:54You worked for this.
33:55You've earned it.
33:56You're getting to do a solo.
33:57And you just blow it?
34:03Everybody blanks, but you stay on stage.
34:06You keep dancing.
34:07You figure it out and get back on the music.
34:09When Abby's talking to Chloe after she forgot part
34:11of her solo, all I'm thinking to myself is, you know, maybe
34:14if you gave her the same amount of attention
34:16as you do to everyone else, she wouldn't forget.
34:18Nia, did you learn something from that?
34:21[music playing]
34:22(SINGING) [inaudible]
34:26There are a lot of circumstances surrounding that.
34:29It wasn't just all about Nia.
34:30That was a whole other can of worms.
34:33Abby's just digging.
34:34There's no other reason why Abby needs
34:37to comment on Nia forgetting her dance several weeks ago.
34:40Nia, just so you know, it's a lot better
34:42to do what Chloe did than to just stand there and freeze
34:45and run off and cause all the hoopla.
34:48To the group. Group.
34:49Group.
34:50Girls, I'm running the group.
34:52Let's go right now.
34:54Paige, are you in a diagonal line?
34:56I feel that the girls really have to act in this group dance
34:59this week.
35:00It's not just beautiful hands and beautiful feet.
35:03It's more precise.
35:04It shows their technique a lot, and it just
35:07shows that they have different sides of themselves
35:09as a dancer.
35:10Count, ladies.
35:12Count.
35:13Feet.
35:13Watch your supporting foot.
35:14Don't let it sickle when you turn around.
35:16I see air between your insteps on the floor, Paige.
35:20As I'm watching the girls run through the dance
35:22"Nip and Tuck" in the dressing room,
35:24it is obvious they just did not have enough time
35:27to really learn that dance.
35:30You think they know it well enough?
35:32I think legs straight, feet pointed are a given.
35:35When they do a side aerial, it should be perfect if you
35:39remember the choreography or if you don't.
35:41These girls need to understand, when they graduate and leave
35:44my studio, the pressure is going to be that much more intense.
35:48They need to turn it on right now
35:51because the man from the Joffrey Ballet
35:53is looking for real dancers.
35:55We have one number.
35:57HOLLY: Oh my gosh.
35:58ABBY LEE: Have fun.
35:59Go.
36:00[music playing]
36:06ANNOUNCER: Please welcome the girls from the Abby Lee Dance
36:08Company with the group performance "Nip and Tuck."
36:11[cheering]
36:14The girls come out, and normally they come out
36:16real pretty, but they're coming out like doo, doo, doo, doo.
36:19I loved it.
36:20It sucks me in.
36:25[MUSIC - ROBBIE NEVIL, "REINVENT YOURSELF"]
36:26(SINGING) [inaudible] Reinvent yourself to the one
36:33that you wanna be.
36:36Reinvent yourself to the style that you wanna see.
36:43You can reinvent yourself [inaudible]..
36:50Reinvent yourself.
36:53Re-re-re.
37:10I'm watching the girls perform "Nip and Tuck" on stage
37:12and they look absolutely amazing,
37:14and I'm hoping that the Joffrey Ballet scout also
37:17is equally impressed.
37:18[music playing]
37:30[applause]
37:37I thought the girls did a great job,
37:38but I'm more concerned with what the Joffrey Ballet
37:41scout thought of my dancers.
37:42[music playing]
37:43[cheering]
37:45ANNOUNCER: We're going to get right to it.
37:48Junior Division.
37:50In first place in the Junior Division--
37:53can I get a drum roll, please?
37:57Entry number 39B, "Quiet Voices," Maddie.
38:00[cheering]
38:03Chloe didn't place.
38:04She forget part of her dance, but she kept dancing.
38:07So I really hope that she learns from this experience
38:09and becomes better for it.
38:12ANNOUNCER: Awesome job.
38:13I am so happy that I won first place.
38:16It feels really good.
38:17ANNOUNCER: We have a top five in our Power Junior Duo/Trio.
38:21Third place going to entry number 99, "Fly on the Wall,"
38:24Cathy's School of Dance.
38:25[cheering]
38:27Second place goes to entry number 127,
38:30"Crazy Little Thing Called Love."
38:32[cheering]
38:34And our top scoring Power Junior Duo/Trio, entry number 130A,
38:41"Somebody Told Me," Abby Lee Dance Company.
38:43[cheering]
38:47The overall went to the group who
38:49did the lyrical contemporary routine.
38:51It showed more technique.
38:52Don't forget, they didn't have a seven-year-old in their number.
38:59Once again I'm torn.
39:00I am so happy for Brooke.
39:02They got first place.
39:03But then, you know, I have to look at Paige
39:05and be like, sorry.
39:08ANNOUNCER: Moving on to our Power Junior small groups,
39:11we have two high scores, two top scores.
39:14In second place, entry number 116, "TV Land," studio 3.
39:18[cheering]
39:21First place is entry number 131A, "Wipe Them Out,"
39:26[inaudible].
39:27[cheering]
39:34If these girls would wise up and realize
39:38that working together as a team is
39:41what it's going to take to win the overall,
39:45we'll win the overall.
39:46You are never going to win the overall group doing a group
39:52team that's not together.
39:55We're sitting in the green room
39:57and all we keep thinking is, you know,
39:58what's going to happen with this Joffrey audition.
40:00Are we even going to be invited to go?
40:02And what I'm thinking is, what if we had more time?
40:10[music playing]
40:11- Who's this gentleman? - Hi.
40:13Hi.
40:13Hi.
40:14Brian McSween from the Joffrey Ballet School.
40:16The reason I wanted to come in and talk to you
40:18is because next Friday we are having an open audition in New
40:21York City for a full scholarship to the Joffrey Ballet School,
40:24and we would like for you to join us for that audition.
40:2720,000 dancers every year audition
40:30for Joffrey Summer Program.
40:32This is big time.
40:34It's intense.
40:35If one of my girls receives a scholarship,
40:38that's going to be amazing.
40:40[cheering]
40:43The bottom line is my girls have undeniable talent.
40:47We may not have won all the trophies
40:48we wanted to here at Energy Dance,
40:51but we got something better.
40:53We're going to the Joffrey.
40:55Yay.
40:57It's the absolutely most amazing thing
41:00I think that has happened for our girls.
41:02[cheering]

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