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0:01[music playing]
0:02ABBY (VOICEOVER): A major Broadway casting agent
0:03is coming to my studio.
0:04We can stop.
0:05We can stop.
0:06CHRISTI: It's our annual Dance Company Showcase.
0:08[applause]
0:10ABBY: What is she doing?
0:11She changed the dance.
0:12KELLY: If she wanted to do a solo
0:14she should have just did it.
0:15Because none of us wanted to do the stupid dance, anyways.
0:17CASTING AGENT: Maddie is a star.
0:18Come with me, Maddie.
0:20CHRISTI: The whole Broadway casting agent thing
0:22was total bull [bleep].
0:24ABBY (VOICEOVER): Coming up on "Dance Moms"--
0:26We are going to Starpower.
0:28This is the last regional to qualify for their nationals.
0:32Oh, my god.
0:33My grandmother just got rushed to the hospital.
0:35My grandma got bad, overnight. (CRYING)
0:37I don't know if I should go.
0:39KELLY: Brooke's costume is awful.
0:41CATHY: Brooke is now wearing Vivi's top.
0:43I'm not happy.
0:44I don't want Brooke wearing the costume.
0:46I don't approve.
0:47My daughter is dancing in three minutes.
0:48Well, I'm sorry.
0:49KELLY: And you're taking the costumer off of her back.
0:50I know. It doesn't fit her!
0:51- Go back to your studio. - You know what?
0:52I'm not.
0:53I'm here to stay, so like it.
0:55[theme music]
0:57(SINGING) Get up.
0:59Get on the floor.
1:01My world is with my girls, living on the dance floor.
1:07[music playing]
1:09ABBY: I want to talk about this upcoming weekend.
1:11It's regionals.
1:13Everybody knows how important that is.
1:15We are going to Starpower.
1:18You know that's one of the toughest competitions
1:20out there.
1:21This week is make or break for nationals.
1:22We've worked for months to get to this point, right now.
1:26This is what's going to happen for this next weekend.
1:29Maddie, new solo.
1:31Brooke, new solo.
1:32Chloe, new solo.
1:35Now--
1:37HOLLY: Once again, here we are.
1:39Nia is never picked for a solo.
1:41I'm losing confidence in Abby because she doesn't believe
1:44in my kid.
1:45ABBY: The age categories are a little different,
1:47so we want to make sure that your dance is about you,
1:50a dancer now, not the beginning of the season.
1:52Every competition's age category is different.
1:55Usually, Chloe and Maddie end up in the same age group
1:57because they're only a year apart.
1:59But this time, at Starpower, Chloe is in the nine to 11
2:02age category and Maddie is in the eight and under.
2:05Chloe deserves a chance to win without the shadow of Maddie
2:08hovering over her.
2:09We are doing a new group routine this weekend
2:11and everybody is in it, the entire cast.
2:15It is called "Where Have All the Children Gone."
2:21This is a routine about children who become missing.
2:24You've all seen the children's faces on the milk cartons.
2:27It's contemporary, it's mature, and it is very dark.
2:30You have to be great actresses to pull it off.
2:33And they're all in white, like they're angels.
2:37I don't want any discrepancies.
2:40I don't want any opinions.
2:42"Where Have All the Children Gone"
2:43is one of those routines that simple and clean,
2:47but it tells a story.
2:49It makes you think.
2:50And that's what people are looking
2:52for in an overall high score winning number.
2:54This is a big regionals for us, and I want them to do something
2:58that nobody's ever seen before.
3:00I want to change it up.
3:01And I don't think any of the moms
3:02would dare say anything to me.
3:04Moms, I'm going to go ahead and dismiss you now.
3:06We have lots of work to do.
3:08Girls, up. Let's get moving.
3:09Let's get moving.
3:10Come on. Let's go.
3:11Let's go.
3:11Let's go.
3:12Let's go.
3:13[music playing]
3:17MAN: (WHISPERING) All the children once running around
3:20have evacuated.
3:22Where have all the children gone?
3:27ABBY: "Where Have All the Children Gone"
3:28is a very haunting, dark piece of music.
3:31When you're out of competition, the dancers
3:34that everybody's talking about the next day, or the pieces,
3:37are the ones that told the story--
3:39the kids that could act as well as dance, the choreographers
3:43that made you think about something,
3:45that made you feel something.
3:46And that's what "Where Have All the Children Gone" does
3:49to people.
3:51MAN: (WHISPERING) This is just a dream.
3:54The original concept is about children that
3:57have gone missing, so the kids on the milk carton, the kids
4:01in the news every night.
4:02But I put a little edge to it as to maybe there
4:05was some bullying involved and it was causing other children
4:09to commit suicide.
4:11That's what the story is about.
4:12MAN: (WHISPERING) We hope they're hiding.
4:16To be honest, I don't really know what the meaning of "Where
4:20Have All the Children Gone."
4:21But Miss Abby said we're giving the message to parents
4:24that this has still been happening
4:27and you should be safe.
4:30But it really like it.
4:32It's really cool and creepy and awesome.
4:34MAN: (WHISPERING) Where have all the children gone?
4:39I love dark stuff because I do dark stuff.
4:42And I even did a missing child thing.
4:44But I don't think that this is age appropriate for Mackenzie
4:47and Vivi, at all. I'm sorry.
4:48CHRISTI: I'm surprised. I'm surprised at this.
4:50Yeah.
4:51I'm-- I'm not happy about that, at all.
4:52KELLY: It is very disturbing song.
4:54My kids are fine with it being dark music.
4:56I don't even think they really listen
4:58to the words of whether the costume or the music--
5:00I mean, it's just, that's the art of it.
5:03CHRISTI: I really worry that this number may be
5:05too heavy for girls this age.
5:07It might be too depressing, not only for the audience
5:10but for the judges, as well.
5:11HOLLY: To me, it's about child abduction.
5:13Is a message that I know, for Nia, makes her very sad.
5:18And I'm a little uncomfortable with it.
5:21Come in close.
5:21Listen to me.
5:23You're dancing.
5:23You're doing steps.
5:24You're trying to listen to the words.
5:26You're not interpreting the story correctly.
5:29And this is very serious because maybe people in the audience
5:32have had a child that's gone missing,
5:35so you're going to touch somebody's heart.
5:37So this has to be a very serious routine.
5:39And right now you're just doing the steps.
5:42And we need to get past that, and we need to perform.
5:45Do you two understand?
5:47It's very serious.
5:48I am an artist.
5:50And when it comes to complicated choreography, the children who
5:53are the dancers--
5:54they need to become artists, as well.
5:57And I want to teach them to convey the story
6:01with their emotional execution, as well as their dance
6:04technique.
6:06CHRISTI: So guess what tomorrow is?
6:10Kelly's going to be 40!
6:12[laughs]
6:12[cheering]
6:15Lordy, lordy, look who's 40!
6:17I don't quite know how I feel turning 40.
6:19I mean, I'm excited.
6:21I think it's a new chapter of my life.
6:22But then, when I think about, it I think, oh, I'm so old.
6:25CHRISTI: I have something planned.
6:26We're going to go to your house.
6:27I'm going to bring some goodies and some cocktails and--
6:30Aye, aye,
6:31--no babies.
6:32I think that what you guys should do tomorrow
6:34is go get Botox.
6:36Anybody who's 40--
6:37CHRISTI: Oh, I love it! Yes!
6:38Yes!
6:38Do I look that old?
6:39CATHY: Anybody-- well, right here--
6:42anybody who's 40 needs to--
6:43CHRISTI: Yes!
6:44CATHY: --start to think about that.
6:45KELLY: How rude!
6:46CATHY: You could start to get it underneath here because it'll
6:48kind of, like--
6:49I don't know why Cathy is so insecure.
6:50It might be because she is older.
6:52I mean, I think-- doing the math,
6:53I think Cathy may be old enough to be my mother.
6:55Well, I didn't think I was that bad.
6:58HOLLY: I like my wrinkles.
6:59They add character.
7:00KELLY: Good for you, Miss Holly.
7:01[interposing voices]
7:03KELLY: I thought I liked myself, too,
7:04but obviously Cathy doesn't.
7:06[laughter]
7:07CATHY: Kelly is 40 and fabulous, for sure.
7:09But she needs to start to really think about some high end
7:13maintenance.
7:14I'm only 34.
7:15Do you think I need it?
7:16CATHY: Oh, yes. Yes.
7:18That's where my personality happens, up here, because I'm
7:20always making faces at people. KELLY: Yeah.
7:21I ask you a question-- CATHY: And you know what?
7:22Nobody wants to have those frown lines.
7:24KELLY: I think she's trying to tell me something.
7:26CATHY: Christie is a lot younger than all of us.
7:28And, honestly, she has furrows so deep in her brow
7:32that, honest to gosh, we could plant seeds in it
7:34and she could have a little bouquet there if we had to.
7:36You've got the opportunity to look better and look younger.
7:38CHRISTI: Yeah, I agree. - Why not take advantage of it?
7:41I'm in.
7:42I think we should do it.
7:43MELISSA: No.
7:44They're doing gym.
7:46You know, I want-- I want Mackenzie to have fun.
7:47CATHY: You won't be smiling around them all.
7:48Excuse me. I'll be back.
7:49You'll be down stage.
7:50HOLLY: I was incredibly frustrated after chalkboard.
7:52I want the best for my daughter.
7:54I want her to shine and have the same opportunities as the rest
7:56of the girls.
7:57Once again, Nia has been passed over for a solo.
8:00And I'm angry, I'm frustrated, and I'm really disappointed.
8:03I'm really sick of it. ABBY: I want group two.
8:05Can we speak for one second? ABBY: OK.
8:07Really quickly.
8:09How come Nia doesn't have a chance to do her solo?
8:13She's not being stretched. Because, as you said, like--
8:15Well, no. No, no, no.
8:16No, no, no.
8:17--the more exposure-- and the thing is,
8:18I don't want Nia to get to the point where she thinks, oh,
8:20I'm settling.
8:21Oh, it's good I only do two group numbers.
8:23ABBY: All these moms want their kid to be in the spotlight,
8:25but it's just not that easy.
8:26It doesn't work that way.
8:27Not everybody can be in the spotlight.
8:29You have to have the talent.
8:31And some have it and some don't.
8:33I want her to feel successful.
8:34I want her to feel wanted.
8:36I want you in there with her private lessons.
8:37I told you that several weeks ago.
8:39It's the ballet technique.
8:40So it's over and over and over and Nia, come on!
8:43Wake up! What are you doing?
8:45HOLLY: And it's frustrating because she doesn't hear me.
8:47I feel like I'm not being heard, and she just
8:48gives me whatever answers that are hollow.
8:52They-- they don't have any meaning to them.
8:54She's just trying to shut me up.
8:55ABBY: It's not about how many dances is this kid in
8:57and how many is that, and how much is this person paying
8:59and how much is that--
9:00really, Holly, that has very little to do with it.
9:03I don't want you coming back in and saying--
9:04I don't. ABBY: --you're too tough on her.
9:05I don't. ABBY: I want her to know--
9:06duet, trio, is it worth doing the--
9:09putting the time and the energy in.
9:11I want to see action.
9:13Words are lovely, but I want to see action.
9:15I want to see some type of commitment to Nia.
9:18Whatever will get her to that winning place is what--
9:20- OK. - Exactly.
9:21That's what we need. - All right.
9:22Nia is a good dancer.
9:24But is she great?
9:25Not yet.
9:26These moms think that everything should be fair,
9:28but it's not fair.
9:30Life isn't fair.
9:31Every competition has different rules, different age
9:33categories, and I want to put the kids
9:36in that are going to win.
9:43[music playing]
9:46KELLY: We're coming today to get injections for our wrinkles,
9:49because Cathy seemed to think that Christi and I needed
9:52some improvements.
9:53And since it was my 40th birthday,
9:55we decided that we would come and do it today.
9:57Here we go.
9:58Kind of-- it looks like a dentist's office.
10:00Oh!
10:01Well, I'm not a big fan of the dentist, either.
10:02Ew!
10:03I don't like the way it looks.
10:04[gasps] - Oh, my god.
10:05Look at those needles.
10:06Oh, I'm scared!
10:08Yeah, I'm very nervous.
10:09I'm afraid of side effects, like they say you can have droopy
10:12eyelid and things like that.
10:14And I'm just hoping that everything turns out OK.
10:17TECHNICIAN: Just take a deep breath.
10:18Relax.
10:20CHRISTI: This is where we needed cocktails.
10:22Kelly, you're so brave.
10:24Oh, Kelly.
10:25I'm nervous, guys!
10:28MELISSA: Oh, it's going to be easy.
10:29TECHNICIAN: Go ahead and frown.
10:31Frown, frown, frown.
10:32It's going to be three quick pinches.
10:34You OK?
10:36CATHY: That was quick!
10:38Did it hurt?
10:39Not at lot--
10:40like a bee sting.
10:41Oh, in my face.
10:43KELLY: If I could handle it--
10:44[laughs] Kelly went first.
10:46And as I'm watching her, I'm starting to panic because it
10:48looks very painful.
10:49They're going to stick needles in my face.
10:51I don't like needles in my arm, let alone in my face.
10:54She has tons of wrinkles for being only 34.
10:57She really needs help.
10:58KELLY: You have tons.
11:00I have these lines, here.
11:02I guess I scowl a lot and I raise my eyebrows.
11:05And, you know, it's just kind of part of my-- my personality.
11:07But everybody always thinks I'm mad.
11:09I'm really not.
11:10So I guess I have mean eyes. TECHNICIAN: A little pinch.
11:12Ready?
11:13Right between the brows, here.
11:17KELLY: A lot of those wrinkles. Yeah.
11:18It's not too bad, huh?
11:19I can't believe how fast it is.
11:20- I know. - Yeah.
11:21That's why people do it on their lunch hour.
11:23I'll be back tomorrow.
11:24It didn't really even hurt.
11:25I think it hurts more to get your ears pierced.
11:28I was happily surprised.
11:29So a couple little pricks and off we go.
11:32[laughs] I'm afraid I'm losing my mind.
11:36KELLY: Oh, that was great.
11:37CHRISTI: How exciting!
11:39Good morning, ladies.
11:40Good morning!
11:41Everybody ready to go?
11:43This is regionals.
11:43You know how important it is.
11:45All of the experience the kids have had competing weekend
11:48after weekend is all leading up to this point.
11:51So we want to go to Providence, we
11:54want to put our best foot forward and come out on top.
11:57Today counts.
11:58[music playing]
12:04Sauté and coupé, chainés and push, push!
12:08For regionals, Maddie is doing a routine
12:10to the music "Beautiful."
12:12It's a lyrical, contemporary piece--
12:15turns, jumps, leaps-- what she does best.
12:18[music playing]
12:20Get off the floor on that coupé.
12:24MADDIE: I always win first too because I work really hard
12:27in classes.
12:29And I'm usually against, like, seven-year-olds.
12:32There's a lot of times when I get bumped up
12:34and I still get first place, so I don't really get worried.
12:38Every week you have a new routine.
12:41Yes?
12:42What-- what do you think the judges are looking for?
12:45Technique.
12:46Right.
12:47And technique means all the hours you spend in ballet
12:49class, every plié, every relevé, you need to rely
12:53on your technique.
12:54Yes?
12:55Any questions?
12:55No?
12:56Anything you want to go over?
12:58It's good?
12:59OK.
13:00See you on stage.
13:01[music playing]
13:02Here we go!
13:03Scoot, scoot, scoot!
13:06ABBY: Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da.
13:08And a one, two, three, four and five and six and seven, eight--
13:15CHLOE: I'm doing a new solo this week called "Parlez Moi."
13:17And it's a little cute French dance and uses personality.
13:20And I really like it.
13:23One, two, three, four, five.
13:27I'm super nervous.
13:28This is a new solo, and I want to win first
13:31so that I can go to nationals.
13:32ABBY: Up, down, down.
13:35Up, up, down, down.
13:37Look at my baby girl!
13:39Hello!
13:41Baby!
13:42How's the baby girl?
13:44Hello!
13:45Did you get a haircut?
13:47Did you get a haircut?
13:48I heard!
13:49Broadway Baby is my dog.
13:50Hello!
13:51Hello, hello, hello!
13:54She is the best thing in my life.
13:57She doesn't roll her eyes at me.
13:58She is wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
14:02All the way around, go.
14:04That's fine.
14:08[music playing]
14:12KELLY: After we got Botox, Cathy and Christi
14:14and I went to have lunch down the street.
14:16It was fun. - Mm-hmm.
14:17I feel bad that you didn't get it done, though.
14:19- I didn't need it, girls. - [laughs]
14:20But we sure did, didn't we, Cathy?
14:21CATHY: You sure did, that's right.
14:23KELLY: Yeah.
14:24Never had any intentions of getting Botox until we met her.
14:26Yeah.
14:27But I can tell you right now, you
14:28are going to be junkies with it.
14:29So you're good. - I better keep getting Botox.
14:31[laughs]
14:32I don't want anybody to think I'm Chloe's grandma.
14:33[laughs]
14:34CATHY: That's right.
14:36And with that nose of yours--
14:37[laughter]
14:42Cathy kept telling me all the other cosmetic procedures
14:44I needed, like I needed a nose job.
14:46Thank you, Cathy.
14:47I'm quite comfortable with the way I look.
14:49She was acting like a junior high girl.
14:50And, you know, for somebody of that age,
14:52you'd think she would have grown up by now.
14:54Do you guys golf?
14:55- I used to be in a golf league. - Oh, my god.
14:57What?
14:58Oh, my god.
14:59What?
15:01My grandmother just got rushed to the hospital, again.
15:05During lunch, I got a text message
15:07that my grandmother was taken back to the hospital, again.
15:10CATHY: What's going on with her?
15:11Has she had problems?
15:13Yeah.
15:14She's-- she's 87 and she has, like,
15:18COPD and congestive heart failure.
15:21CATHY: Oh, god.
15:22I am very close to her, and I was very close
15:24to my grandfather, as well.
15:25So when you get that news it's not the same as somebody
15:27saying, like, oh, your grandmother is sick.
15:29It very much is--
15:30it's my mother.
15:32She'll be fine.
15:33Why is she like your mom?
15:35I-- I don't have a good relationship with my mother.
15:38My mother had me when she was very young.
15:41And my grandparents were my parents, more or less.
15:45You may just have to go-- go to her instead of your other
15:49obligations at the dance studio.
15:50Yeah.
15:52Going in the hospital is not uncommon for her.
15:54But something about this one felt a little different.
15:57But I got to run. I got to go.
16:06[music playing]
16:08CHRISTI: My grandmother is sick and she's in the hospital.
16:10It's very hard.
16:11I'm very, very close with her.
16:13She's been the most important mother figure that I've had.
16:16She's amazing.
16:17Thanks for coming with me there, kiddo.
16:19CHLOE: No problem.
16:20CHRISTI: When I was a little girl,
16:22I dreamed of taking dance lessons.
16:23And I lived with my grandparents.
16:26I moved back and forth, on and off,
16:27and I really want Chloe to go to the house where I grew up in,
16:31where I danced on the lawn and I dreamed of having a life
16:35like she does.
16:36I'm excited to bring you here.
16:37This is the base.
16:41Yeah.
16:42My house is right here, but that's not
16:44what my house looked like.
16:46I used to make Jody, my little sister,
16:48do recitals in the front yard all the time.
16:50We used to go like this. Wait.
16:52You ready? Come in.
16:53And I used to go--
16:54I'm going to spin you out and spin you back in.
16:57[laughs] My poor sister.
17:00And then I used to try to do this crazy lift.
17:02Here, jump up.
17:03You ready?
17:03[laughter]
17:05Oh, we almost got it!
17:07Stop!
17:08You're showing the neighborhood my Spanx.
17:10Go ahead, get in the car.
17:12It's so important for me to have Chloe have an opportunity
17:15to shine and show what she can do, what she's worked hard for.
17:19And every competition is a chance for her to do that.
17:23Although I didn't have all those same opportunities that Chloe
17:26had, my grandparents were able to give me
17:29something that my mother didn't, and that
17:30was unconditional love.
17:38[music playing]
17:39ABBY: Right, left, turn.
17:42Push!
17:47This week, for, regionals I'm doing a solo called
17:50"Supermodel."
17:51And it's an acrobatic and contortion number.
17:53ABBY: Don't run out of steam.
17:55Breathe.
17:56If I win regionals, then I qualify for nationals.
17:58And that's what we've been aiming for all season.
18:04[music playing]
18:06You ran, you ran, and you stop.
18:08And you're like, ooh!
18:09Give me a hand.
18:10Give me a fish.
18:11Ooh!
18:12"Where Have All the Children Gone"
18:14is a very haunting, dark piece of music.
18:17And I love to use stuff like that.
18:19At some competitions you'll see a lot of dark things,
18:21and in others it's your typical upbeat, fun, tap, jazz
18:25whatever.
18:26So I try to get my kids to do everything.
18:28Ooh, like you're trying to grasp on to stay alive.
18:32We already know that they can jump and kick and leap
18:34and turn. That's not in question.
18:36But can they convey this story to the audience--
18:39a story which some of them don't even understand.
18:42Paige, figure where you're supposed to be.
18:47PAIGE: I think "Where Have All the Children Gone"
18:49could win because it's a good number.
18:53And we normally don't do scary numbers like that.
18:56We normally do more numbers with face and personality.
19:00Where have all the children gone?
19:05[music playing]
19:08MELISSA: Happy birthday!
19:09KELLY: Hello, Miss Holly.
19:11HOLLY: Happy birthday. CHRISTI: We missed you!
19:12HOLLY: How does it feel to be 40?
19:13Terrible.
19:14[laughs]
19:15It's my birthday this week.
19:16I'm turning 40.
19:18And Christi has invited herself to my house
19:21with the girls for a party.
19:22CHRISTI: Oh, cheers!
19:23Oh!
19:24Happy birthday!
19:25Happy birthday!
19:26Oh, I love it!
19:27This is for you and Randy.
19:32[screams]
19:34[laughter]
19:35If you eat candy off of Randy, I'm going to lose my [bleep]..
19:40HOLLY: What's coming up next?
19:42[laughter]
19:44CHRISTI: Melissa is, like, the dirty one in the group.
19:46She really is.
19:48And it was hysterical because everything she's pulling out
19:49of the bag, she was trying to slip behind the pillow
19:51and take home later.
19:52Kelly, look.
19:53Have you ever faked an orgasm?
19:55No!
19:56She's never had one.
19:57[laughter]
19:59The moms always get along.
20:01You know, we argue, we fight.
20:02I don't know about-- MELISSA: I love it.
20:04CHRISTI: But I think this was a really good night for us
20:06because we kind of laughed.
20:07We put everything aside.
20:08We just enjoyed each other's company.
20:10- Oh, that's cute. - Cute.
20:11I really like that one.
20:12I had a great time.
20:13MELISSA: Cheers to the rest of season, girls,
20:15and I love you all.
20:16Cheers.
20:17May we all come out survivors.
20:19MELISSA: Yes.
20:22[music playing]
20:24ABBY: How we doing, ladies?
20:25KELLY: Can you try to keep those straight up?
20:27Thanks.
20:29ABBY: Today we're on our way to Providence, Rhode Island,
20:30for Starpower Regional Competition.
20:32Providence is an hour outside of Boston,
20:35and wicked, wicked competition.
20:38And we hope to qualify all of our routines.
20:40Get your stuff, babe.
20:41I have got to get my stuff out the back.
20:43OK?
20:44Chloe and I arrived at the dance studio
20:46to board the bus to get ready to go to Rhode Island.
20:48And I got a call from my cousin.
20:51And she had said overnight that my Gram had gotten worse,
20:55and she was now on a ventilator.
20:59What's going on?
21:04My grandma got bad overnight. (CRYING) She's not conscious,
21:08and they had to put her on a ventilator.
21:17I don't know if I should go.
21:20I can't imagine, you know, living my life without knowing
21:23my grandmother's here.
21:25Even if I don't see her or talk to her everyday,
21:27just knowing that she's there--
21:31I don't know.
21:32It gives me strength.
21:33And to think about her not being here anymore, you
21:36know, it just-- it's very hard.
21:39I'm very, very close with her.
21:41You have to do what makes you feel good.
21:43I know.
21:45If you feel like you need to be here, then stay.
21:47Chloe will be fine.
21:49CHRISTI: At this point, I just don't
21:51know what I'm going to do.
21:52How am I supposed to choose between two people I love so
21:54much?
22:00[music playing]
22:03If you feel like you need to be here, then stay.
22:04Chloe will be fine.
22:06I know.
22:07I know.
22:08BROOKE: Do you know how to French braid?
22:09I do.
22:10CHRISTI: I'm absolutely conflicted about what
22:11to do-- if I should go on this dance trip, which at this point
22:14is so not my priority, or if I should go to the hospital.
22:19It's bad enough that it's going on,
22:21and now you're leaving.
22:22But I know what my grandmother would tell me to do.
22:25She would tell me to go get on the plane.
22:27Yes, she would.
22:28My grandmother has been an incredible supporter of Chloe
22:32since day one.
22:33And my grandmother would have said, don't be ridiculous.
22:35You go get on that plane and do what you need to do for Chloe.
22:37You come back and see me. I'll be here.
22:43[music playing]
22:51[cheering and applause]
22:55ABBY: Starpower is a big competition.
22:57The judges will be looking for technique, choreography,
23:01performance, costume.
23:03I feel great.
23:04I think we're very well prepared and we're ready to go.
23:07Can I have everybody gather up so I can talk to everybody?
23:09I want eye contact, here.
23:11There's people here from all over the place.
23:13And the reason is, this is the last regional
23:15to qualify for their nationals.
23:17So I need you to be on the A game today.
23:21You have a new solo today.
23:22You have a new solo today.
23:24You have a new solo today.
23:25I was going to have you dance in whatever the next age group is,
23:28nine to 11.
23:29You've had a really easy year.
23:31You're on eight and under and you're eight.
23:33You're at the top of the age scale.
23:34Yes?
23:35Everybody else is at the bottom of their age scale.
23:37So we're to bump you up and put you on the youngest side,
23:40just so we see how it is.
23:41All right?
23:42I can't believe Abby bumped Maddie up
23:43into Chloe's age category.
23:45It's just typical Abby.
23:46She can't let Chloe just have her day.
23:49She always has to make it about Maddie.
23:52CHLOE: I really don't want Maddie bumped up into my age
23:54category.
23:56Because I feel like I have a better chance
23:57of winning first place if we were in separate categories.
24:02OK.
24:03But we have to get ready. - We have to get ready.
24:05Yes.
24:10Ew.
24:11MELISSA: That looks like Mackenzie would wear that.
24:13That--- Brooke's costume is awful.
24:16It was hot pink, and it had red polka dots on it
24:21that were stickers.
24:22It was just terrible.
24:23I don't know how we're going to come up with another costume,
24:26but Brooke is not wearing this costume onstage.
24:28That is just ugly.
24:30Does it look like 13 to 15-year-old age?
24:31No.
24:32She looks like Pennywise the clown.
24:38[chatter]
24:44CATHY: Brooke gets handed her costume.
24:46It is probably the ugliest costume I have ever seen.
24:49And all eyes fall on Vivi's top.
24:53And all of a sudden, Brooke is now wearing Vivi's top.
24:58I like the top.
25:00CATHY: Vivi finally gets a costume that
25:03is a custom made costume, and we have to now share.
25:07I'm not happy.
25:09[music playing]
25:10[cheering and applause]
25:12ANNOUNCER: [inaudible] hip-hop nine to 11-year-olds.
25:16Dancer number two, put your hands together for [inaudible]..
25:19[cheering and applause]
25:20Break a leg.
25:21And I love your veil.
25:22You're so sassy.
25:23All right.
25:24Good luck, have fun!
25:25It's really important that they make my mom proud of me.
25:28And when I'm dancing, I always look for her in the audience.
25:33ANNOUNCER: It's the Musical Theater category, nine to 11.
25:36Please welcome to the stage, Chloe, in "Parlez Moi."
25:39[cheering and applause]
25:41[music playing]
25:42[singing in french]
25:57CHRISTI: When I watch Chloe dance,
25:59it is such an amazing feeling for me.
26:01It's.
26:02Like magic she is my little girl.
26:04I-- I love her more than words can say.
26:06And when she's on stage, she's perfection.
26:08[singing in french]
26:16[cheering and applause]
26:21MADDIE: "Beautiful" is kind of a difficult dance
26:23and I really like the challenges.
26:25And I'm not afraid of competing against older girls
26:29because I'm used to winning every dance I do.
26:32ANNOUNCER: Coming up right now, judges, is 27-A.
26:3527-A, this is Maddie with a contemporary age nine.
26:40It's "Beautiful."
26:42[music playing]
26:54CHRISTI: There's other kids on the team who have worked hard.
26:56And Abby should have left Maddie in her own age category.
26:59Because then Maddie could have done that category,
27:01Chloe could have done this one, Brooke
27:03could have done the next one.
27:04She moved Maddie up so that she would make sure
27:07that Chloe didn't win.
27:09(SINGING) Didn't I-- oh, didn't I tell you
27:12when you took me that far?
27:16[cheering and applause]
27:20(SINGING) So beautiful.
27:34[cheering and applause]
27:40ANNOUNCER: All right, folks, here's your top five.
27:42[cheering] Here we go.
27:43In third place, entry number 24.
27:46MELISSA: The stakes are really high because this is regionals.
27:48And we have to do really well because this has to qualify us
27:51for nationals.
27:52Ladies and gentlemen, by less than one point
27:54separates second from first.
27:56Second place, entry number 25.
27:58That's Chloe from Abby Lee Miller.
28:00[cheering and applause]
28:02And, ladies and gentlemen, your Power Division nine
28:05to 11 soloist and they win the check, the plaque-- your winner
28:08will be Maddie Ziegler with "Beautiful."
28:10[applause]
28:12CHRISTI: Maddie beat Chloe by half a point.
28:14They shouldn't have even been competing against one another.
28:16I mean, this is kind of getting ridiculous.
28:18Chloe's constantly being set up to lose.
28:20It's not fair.
28:21CHLOE: I don't think it's fair that I didn't get first.
28:23I lost by half a point.
28:25CHRISTI: She's at least able to compete at nationals.
28:28Tell everybody your name one more time.
28:30Maddie. ANNOUNCER: And what studio?
28:31Abby Lee Dance Company.
28:32And who was your choreographer?
28:34MADDIE: Abby Lee.
28:35ANNOUNCER: Girls, guys, take them out!
28:36[cheering and applause]
28:37MELISSA: Maddie won first place for her solo.
28:38She's definitely going to nationals.
28:40[cheering and applause]
28:45Let's get some glitter.
28:46HOLLY: You're going to put glitter and get glitter
28:48on Cathy's costumer?
28:50KELLY: Oh, screw Cathy.
28:51I ain't afraid of her. HOLLY: Ooh.
28:52[laughs]
28:53[music playing]
28:56How did it go?
29:02--Paige-- Paige-- what's your kid's name?
29:04Brooke.
29:05Move, please.
29:06I don't want Brooke wearing the costume.
29:09I'm sorry.
29:10I just-- I thought about it and I saw you over here floundering
29:13the way you were sewing that.
29:14And it's not going to look the same tomorrow
29:16and we just need to come up with something else.
29:18Whatever, Brooke.
29:19Take the costume off.
29:20You know what, Cathy?
29:21If you don't want to be part of our group--
29:23CATHY: You know-- - --don't come to our studio.
29:25CATHY: Kelly, it has nothing to do with--
29:26Get the costume off.
29:27CATHY: It has nothing to do with being part of your group.
29:28My daughter is dancing in three minutes.
29:29CATHY: Well, I'm sorry.
29:30KELLY: And you're taking the costume off of her back.
29:32I know, but it's ridiculous that you guys aren't prepared.
29:32Whatever, Cathy.
29:33Come here.
29:35Yeah. You know what?
29:36Come back here, Kelly. We need to talk.
29:37KELLY: Leave our studio.
29:38CATHY: I don't need to leave your studio.
29:39My daughter has to go on stage.
29:40CATHY: No, I want-- I want-- no.
29:42I think we need to talk.
29:43Cathy is way out of line coming up to me three numbers
29:45before my daughter is going on stage
29:47and having her take her costume off.
29:48And I think it's [bleep].
29:49It's ridiculous.
29:51I never saw such disorganization in all my life.
29:53KELLY: Yeah.
29:54Well, it isn't my disorganization, is it?
29:55CATHY: Well, you know what? - But it'll hurt my daughter.
29:57You know what?
29:59I think that from now on when Abby insists on ridiculousness
30:01like this, that you stand up for yourself.
30:03Go back to your studio!
30:04You know what?
30:05I'm not.
30:06I'm here to stay, so like it.
30:11My daughter has to go on stage.
30:12I think we need to talk.
30:13No.
30:14Cathy is definitely not a team player.
30:16She's just looking out for herself and her daughter.
30:19You're doing it to show Abby something,
30:20and my daughter gets hurt. - No, I'm not.
30:21I'm not doing it to show Abby anything.
30:23Whatever, Cathy.
30:24CATHY: It's just that I haven't come and asked you
30:25for costumes. How did we even--
30:26No. But everybody else--
30:27CATHY: How--
30:28That's what we do as a group, Cathy.
30:29CATHY: How did we even come to that?
30:30We always share costumes.
30:32I mean, that's what a group is about.
30:33CATHY: They haven't had a new costume--
30:34- Whatever. - --the way everybody else has.
30:36Well, why didn't you tell me this earlier--
30:37CATHY: How many new costumes--
30:38--so I could have got my costume from Maddie.
30:39Kelly how many new costumes have you had?
30:41It doesn't matter. - Go back go your studio!
30:43CATHY: You know what? I'm not.
30:44I'm here to stay--
30:45KELLY: Yeah.
30:45--so like it.
30:46KELLY: Yeah, I don't. CATHY: OK.
30:48KELLY: Neither does anybody else.
30:49CATHY: Well, that's your problem.
30:50That's your problem.
30:51You need to like it.
30:52Well, here's your costume and you can sew it yourself.
30:57Hire one of your sewing ladies to sew it.
30:59Well, I intend to.
31:05She ripped the costume off of her,
31:07and she had the audacity to throw it at me.
31:11My daughter is going to dance in her leotard and tights,
31:13and I'd like to have one of your kids from your studio
31:15out there dancing against her. - Well, you know something?
31:17- Because I can guarantee you-- - You know what?
31:18- --she will beat their ass-- - Oh, I doubt it.
31:19--wearing a [bleep] leotard.
31:21- I-- I doubt it. - Watch.
31:22- I doubt it. - Let's go.
31:23I doubt it.
31:24Your kids all have sickle feet, and it blows my mind.
31:26Yeah.
31:27CATHY: Because that's all you hear is--
31:28KELLY: Yeah, Cath. Sure.
31:29CATHY: --sickle feet, sickle feet, sickle feet.
31:30And they all have them.
31:31Let's bring your studio-- CATHY: You know what?
31:32Bring it on, babe. - --to a competition we go to.
31:33CATHY: Bring it on. - Bring it on, Cathy.
31:34CATHY: Bring it on.
31:39Do not let it upset you.
31:41OK?
31:42You look fine.
31:44You don't need a costume to win.
31:45The costume looked nothing like what Vivi's was going to look
31:48like tomorrow for the duet.
31:50It was a totally different look.
31:52She just didn't want Brooke to wear the costume.
31:54I just think it was totally wrong, and very unfair
31:56to my daughter.
31:57And I did not appreciate it.
31:59ANNOUNCER: From Acro/Gymnastics category, 12 to 14--
32:02BROOKE: I'm not really mad at Cathy.
32:04I wish you just would have told me
32:05I wasn't allowed to wear it earlier because she took it off
32:08like two numbers before I went onstage.
32:10So I was really nervous and, like,
32:11didn't know what the judges were going to think.
32:13Because I'm supposed to be a supermodel and I was wearing,
32:15like, a crop top and booty shorts.
32:17[cheering and applause]
32:18[music playing]
32:29(SINGING) Tonight I look like something right out
32:32of a magazine.
32:33And everybody stares when I step up on the scene.
32:38I'm looking like a supermodel, a supermodel.
32:41I'm looking like a supermodel, a supermodel.
32:46(SINGING) And I love to get all the attention.
32:50(SINGING) Tonight I look like something right out
32:53of a magazine.
32:54[cheering and applause]
32:57(SINGING) I'm looking like a supermodel, a supermodel.
33:02I'm looking like a supermodel, a supermodel, a supermodel.
33:08[cheering and applause]
33:12[music playing]
33:16BROOKE: There was so much drama going on backstage that I think
33:19it kind of messed up my dance a little bit because I was so
33:22nervous.
33:23Good job, Brookie!
33:25MELISSA: You did great, honey.
33:26CHRISTI: You did great.
33:27KELLY: Brooke went on stage, she did fine.
33:29I think Brooke dances well enough that she doesn't need
33:32rhinestones and costumes.
33:33CHRISTI: You did great.
33:34HOLLY: Aw.
33:35Why are you crying?
33:36Because Cathy just got me so pissed off.
33:38And, you know, you did-- went out, you did great.
33:42Great.
33:44[music playing]
33:50CATHY: This morning, when we walked into our dressing rooms,
33:54I had no idea where my costume was.
33:56Where's your mom?
33:57Because I need my top.
33:59Last night I told Kelly that she had to fix Vivi's costume
34:02since she tore it to pieces.
34:04And she was still working on sewing the rhinestones on.
34:07MELISSA: If you want to put your--
34:08CATHY: Vivi dances at 10:22. MELISSA: If you want to go do--
34:09CATHY: And I'm not--
34:10I'm not like you guys.
34:12I don't run to the stage after her with a darning needle.
34:14I will have it ready.
34:15But I'm not like you, who takes it from the kid five minutes
34:17before they go onstage.
34:18Maybe that's when I should give you yours.
34:20CATHY: I'm a lot more prepared than you are.
34:22So, Brooke, did you do well last night?
34:24Oh, congratulations, Brooke.
34:26I'm sorry.
34:26Oh, she got sixth.
34:28Ooh.
34:28Yeah.
34:30Brooke won sixth place not because of the costume.
34:35Because there were five other girls
34:37that were better than her.
34:39All right, Cathy, here's your costume.
34:41I hope the rhinestones give your daughter some luck.
34:44I hate Cathy.
34:45I ended up fixing Vivi's costume.
34:47You couldn't tell I had touched it, at all.
34:50Cathy just needs to keep her mouth shut.
34:56Have you heard anything about your grandma?
34:59No.
35:00And, you know, I'm kind of looking at it like, you know,
35:03no news is good news.
35:04Yeah.
35:05I can't allow myself to think like, you know,
35:08that she's mortal and that someday she's
35:10not going to be here. I mean, I--
35:11Yeah.
35:12I mean, she is, what, 80--
35:13She's 87.
35:14Seven.
35:15She's getting up there.
35:16CHRISTI: But I need her. KELLY: I know.
35:17Like, she's my mom. Like, I need her.
35:19I'm not ready not to have my mom.
35:21Let me see if I can call her.
35:23[phone ringing]
35:25Aunt Jackie?
35:26AUNT JACKIE (ON PHONE): Hi.
35:27Hi.
35:30What's going on with Gram?
35:42Oh, good.
35:46Aw.
35:47I'll be there.
35:48I'll be there tomorrow.
35:50CHRISTI: My grandmother's condition
35:51has improved, significantly.
35:53And I feel so much better.
35:56I feel so relieved.
35:57And now I know that I made the right decision on coming
35:59to the competition with Chloe.
36:01I would try to leave early tomorrow.
36:02I'm going to go.
36:03Get an earlier flight.
36:04I'm going to go as soon as I can.
36:07I'm so relieved.
36:08KELLY: I know.
36:09Give me a hug.
36:11Don't worry about it.
36:13Up!
36:16Inside.
36:18Today's group number is "Where Have All the Children Gone?"
36:21It is a dark topic that has to do with children that have gone
36:24missing.
36:25Choreographically, there is an edginess to it
36:29and it's very subtle.
36:30So I don't even know if the judges will
36:31see all of that happening.
36:33MAN: (WHISPERING) --flesh of their sons and daughters.
36:35Where have all the children gone?
36:40HOLLY: I think artistically it's a beautiful piece.
36:43Yeah.
36:44HOLLY: But it's pretty somber to see a child choking themselves.
36:48I am always a big believer that Abby always
36:50has a strategy in mind that she doesn't share with everybody
36:53else.
36:54She's the expert, I'm not.
36:55And that's what we're paying her to do,
36:56and I have to trust that she knows what she's doing.
36:58It's jarring.
37:00I don't know.
37:00It's just plain creepy.
37:01It is a little creepy because it's death.
37:03HOLLY: But I think some of it's-- it's death
37:05and it's violent.
37:06CHRISTI: I'm not really sure about "Where Have All
37:07the Children Gone?"
37:09It's really dark.
37:11I mean, we have little kids on stage handling an issue
37:14that's--
37:15that's too dark for most adults.
37:16I don't think Abby wants to hear anything we have to say.
37:20No, please.
37:21If we tell her that we're disturbed,
37:23she'll shabby chokey us.
37:26HOLLY: I know, exactly.
37:27[music playing]
37:31ABBY: It's a heavy topic.
37:32I know that.
37:33But I'm trying to challenge than to emotionally execute
37:38the concept along with their dancing.
37:41ANNOUNCER: OK.
37:42Please welcome to the stage, "Where Have All
37:44the Children Gone?"
37:46MAN: (WHISPERING) The creaking silence of age echoes
37:51through the streets.
37:53Sounds like old wooden floors under heavy feet.
37:57All of the children, once running around, have evacuated.
38:03Or maybe they just disappeared.
38:07Where have all the children gone?
38:11Just yesterday they were tying ribbons in trees
38:14and swinging from the branches.
38:18Maybe this is just a dream.
38:22Maybe they're sleeping in rooms filled with metal shelves.
38:30If we put our ears to those shelves,
38:33where have all the children gone?
38:39But we know this is really happening.
38:45Where have all the children gone?
38:52[cheering and applause]
38:53HOLLY: The dance was amazing, although disturbing.
38:56I'm glad my child was a part of that.
38:58It really did stretch her, as a dancer.
39:01ABBY: I don't think that anyone would say
39:03it's too heavy and too mature.
39:05Now maybe some of the moms thought that,
39:07but once again, I'm not out to please the moms.
39:09I'm out to please the judges.
39:11ANNOUNCER: We're going to find out the 11 and under highest
39:13scoring routine of the day.
39:16If we were at nationals, this would be your 11 and
39:19under Victory Cup winner.
39:22Ladies and gentlemen, the highest scoring routine
39:24of the day went to entry number 25, "Where Have All
39:31the Children Gone?"
39:33Congratulations, guys, all of you.
39:36Congratulations goes to you.
39:38CHRISTI: I questioned the dance from the beginning,
39:40but Abby was right.
39:42She pulled it off. ANNOUNCER: Good job!
39:43Take a bow!
39:44Thank you, girls!
39:45MELISSA: Our girls didn't qualify for nationals,
39:47so we are going to nationals.
39:49[cheering and applause]
39:50ABBY: There were over 280 acts, and they
39:53were first, the highest scoring number
39:56in the entire competition.
39:57I knew this would be a risk, but it was definitely
40:00a risk I was willing to take.
40:02It made everybody stop and pay attention to my dancers.
40:05I'm Abby Lee Miller.
40:06That's what I do.
40:07Congratulations!
40:08[cheering and applause]
40:10Aren't you guys so excited?
40:11Oh, I'm so proud of all of you!
40:14The girls won the top award that you could win,
40:16and they deserved it.
40:17Things are looking really good for nationals.
40:19Now I have a better idea of what we're going to take.
40:21We just need to figure out how we're
40:22going to get that swing there.
40:23But this isn't the end.
40:25It's only the beginning.
40:26We have a long road before we get to nationals.
40:29[cheering and applause]
40:32All right. I'm think--
40:33Can we go to the mall now?
40:34Can you go to the mall now? Yes.
40:36I think you can go to the mall now.
40:37They think things are tough now, but just wait.
40:40Things are about to get a lot tougher.
40:42Let's go.

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