The ALDC Showcase! (S1, E5) | Full Episode | Dance Moms — Transcript

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1. 0:00I'm going to give every single one of
2. 0:01you a solo.
3. 0:04Vivian is very uncomfortable with new
4. 0:06choreography. [music]
5. 0:07>> Maddie is doing two solos this weekend.
6. 0:09Everybody should have one solo. Aren't
7. 0:11you happy?
8. 0:13Abby, I think we need to talk.
9. 0:14>> You're not going to ruin this day.
10. 0:15>> Christi, how many times has my daughter
11. 0:17beat your daughter this year?
12. 0:19Coming up on Dance Moms.
13. 0:21>> Moms, you are going to be performing in
14. 0:24the show.
15. 0:26>> [screaming]
16. 0:27>> A major Broadway casting [music] agent
17. 0:28is coming to my studio. My girls better
18. 0:31make me look good.
19. 0:32>> stop. We can stop. We can stop. What's
20. 0:34going on? What's
21. 0:41>> [music]
22. 0:48[music]
23. 0:49>> After the weekend had passed, I really
24. 0:51felt like I needed to call Abby so that
25. 0:53we could clear the air.
26. 0:55Your daughter IS HOLDING A NATIONAL
27. 0:56TITLE AND I WILL TAKE it away in a
28. 0:58minute.
29. 0:59I'M INTOXICATED,
30. 1:01I'M DRINKING.
31. 1:03Seeing how Abby gave her favorite Maddie
32. 1:05two solos last week, I think I had a
33. 1:07right to be upset. I think I deserve an
34. 1:08apology too, but you know what? I'll be
35. 1:10the bigger woman.
36. 1:14Hello. You wanted to see me? Yes.
37. 1:17>> [music]
38. 1:17>> Abby, I came here to try to make amends
39. 1:19with you.
40. 1:21>> [music]
41. 1:21>> I cannot let you on my property
42. 1:24without
43. 1:26this being [music] signed. You need to
44. 1:28sign this. I need to go back to work.
45. 1:29Abby, I was out of line the way I
46. 1:31behaved in that room and I am willing to
47. 1:33take responsibility and apologize for
48. 1:36that. I don't feel that where my
49. 1:38feelings were coming from were wrong
50. 1:40based on things that had happened to me
51. 1:41and Chloe for the last year, two years,
52. 1:44three years. If you weren't happy with
53. 1:45the education, you should have left
54. 1:47after the first month. Chloe would not
55. 1:49be a national title winner. She would be
56. 1:51nothing. You're dumb for letting people
57. 1:53walk out of your studio left and right.
58. 1:55I was trying to be an adult and be a
59. 1:57bigger person and she just wasn't having
60. 1:59it.
61. 2:02White trash.
62. 2:04The contract Abby gave me has incredible
63. 2:07stipulations in it. Things like I'm not
64. 2:08to [music] walk into the den. I'm not
65. 2:11allowed to walk into the dressing room.
66. 2:12That I agree that I'm in the wrong.
67. 2:15>> It's important that Chloe stay at the
68. 2:16studio because she's a title holder.
69. 2:18>> [music]
70. 2:18>> If if we leave, she loses her titles.
71. 2:22You know, do I sell my soul for a crown?
72. 2:28Girls, let's go. Come on, ladies. Come
73. 2:31on, girls. Let's go. Get in here. First,
74. 2:33I want to talk about this past weekend.
75. 2:36I am very disappointed.
76. 2:39>> [music]
77. 2:39>> Every single one of you could have done
78. 2:40better in your solo. Moving on, I want
79. 2:42to forget about last weekend. What's
80. 2:44going to happen this weekend?
81. 2:46It's the ALDC showcase. Thank you. Yes.
82. 2:49The annual Abby Lee Dance Company
83. 2:51showcase
84. 2:53is an event that we do to showcase all
85. 2:56of our competition numbers. This is when
86. 2:59their families, their friends, all of
87. 3:01the people that uh really don't
88. 3:04understand what they do, get to come and
89. 3:07see the end result. [music] And at the
90. 3:09showcase, I watch every solo and every
91. 3:12group number. Then I make a decision on
92. 3:14what's going to go to the next regionals
93. 3:16and on to nationals. We are doing the
94. 3:19new number Sugar Daddies at the
95. 3:20showcase. Maddie, you won the overall
96. 3:23high score at the competition. Boom.
97. 3:25Nia, forgot the solo, kept dancing, made
98. 3:27it up, went on, finished with the music.
99. 3:29Nia was assigned a little bit higher in
100. 3:31the pyramid. I think Nia was very
101. 3:33excited about that.
102. 3:34>> Chloe did a great job. There were some
103. 3:36other situations.
104. 3:38You're here, I want to see that attitude
105. 3:40improve on stage. Yes? You never know
106. 3:42who's watching you.
107. 3:44I honestly wasn't surprised by the
108. 3:45pyramid this week. [music] I knew Abby
109. 3:47was going to punish Chloe because of my
110. 3:49behavior.
111. 3:50All right, I have a few surprises during
112. 3:52the showcase. I don't want to pressure
113. 3:54you, but in the audience at the showcase
114. 3:57is going to be an agent coming to seek
115. 4:00new talent and looking for new clients
116. 4:02to sign.
117. 4:03Yes?
118. 4:07When Abby said that there was a Broadway
119. 4:08talent agent coming to the showcase, my
120. 4:10heart just stopped. I mean, this is
121. 4:12huge.
122. 4:13Moms,
123. 4:15you are going to be performing
124. 4:17in the show as well.
125. 4:20>> [screaming]
126. 4:23>> Oh, Cathy, you're going to be the
127. 4:26choreographer.
128. 4:30You guys are in for trouble. Nationals
129. 4:32are getting closer and closer. [music]
130. 4:34With every competition, you get better
131. 4:35and you get stronger. So, this showcase
132. 4:38is going to be a nice [music] chance to
133. 4:40entertain rather than compete, but it
134. 4:42all is leading up to nationals because
135. 4:44[music] we want to do what? Win.
136. 4:46You got it. All right. I think Abby lays
137. 4:48in bed at night and thinks up this
138. 4:49stuff. We're going to be on stage like
139. 4:51the hippos in Fantasia. Go ahead, you're
140. 4:54dismissed. Guys, up. Sugar Daddies.
141. 4:57All right, let's go. Okay, okay, you're
142. 4:59like mosquitoes. Get away. Get away. Get
143. 5:00away.
144. 5:05Come on, girls.
145. 5:07Do something with [music] your face.
146. 5:09Come on. Sugar Daddies is a pop jazz
147. 5:12routine and
148. 5:13>> [music]
149. 5:13>> they use props. They're rectangular in
150. 5:16shape and they're they're big. It's just
151. 5:18[music] kind of a nightmare.
152. 5:20Girls, can I see some emotional
153. 5:23execution?
154. 5:27After the pyramid, we're sitting
155. 5:29upstairs in the viewing room and it's
156. 5:31very awkward and uncomfortable.
157. 5:33Let's go in the hallway.
158. 5:35>> I'm not going anywhere. Just one. My
159. 5:36daughter's happy.
160. 5:37>> Let's go in the hall. Do you want to
161. 5:38talk about all the things that need to
162. 5:40be talked about? Christi, I think that
163. 5:43she's a beast. She is extremely jealous
164. 5:47of Maddie and Melissa was definitely a
165. 5:49victim at that point.
166. 5:51>> I have had some time to reflect and I
167. 5:53just wanted to apologize to you [music]
168. 5:55three and Holly as well. It just wasn't
169. 5:57my finest moment as a an adult, as a
170. 6:00person or as a parent. You know, I I
171. 6:02hope that we all can move past this. I
172. 6:04hope you won't hold it against me. I
173. 6:05made a mistake. As far as the fight goes
174. 6:08with Abby and Christi, [music] I'm
175. 6:09neutral. I see things Christi agrees
176. 6:11with and same with Abby.
177. 6:13Well, I just want to apologize to
178. 6:14everybody for for that because
179. 6:18>> It was just [music] awful.
180. 6:20I don't even want to talk about it. I
181. 6:22just wanted to put it behind us.
182. 6:24The thing with Melissa [music] is she
183. 6:26doesn't like confrontation. So, when you
184. 6:28finally confront her, you know, Oh, no,
185. 6:30everything's fine. Let's move on.
186. 6:31Everything's great.
187. 6:32>> So, we'll put on the nice front [music]
188. 6:34and you know, underneath, I think all
189. 6:36those emotions are still there. We have
190. 6:37a long history [music] and I absolutely
191. 6:40think Abby and Melissa owe me an
192. 6:42apology. I'm the one who's apologizing,
193. 6:43but [music] you know what? They were
194. 6:45just as wrong as I was. I think we just
195. 6:47need to move on and
196. 6:48forget [music] about it.
197. 6:52I think we should go down and see how
198. 6:53much longer they're going to be. Okay.
199. 6:57Back leg is not high enough.
200. 7:02Hold it. Hold it. Hold it.
201. 7:15I was [music] really happy that Abby
202. 7:16chose me to choreograph a moms dance.
203. 7:20My vision is that I give them very
204. 7:22simple [music] choreography that is
205. 7:25going to make them look good because I'm
206. 7:27sure that all of them have two left
207. 7:29feet.
208. 7:30Hello.
209. 7:32Hi.
210. 7:33Hello. Are you guys ready? I don't know
211. 7:35if we'll ever be ready. I was one of
212. 7:37Abby's students years ago, so it's weird
213. 7:39for me to be in the studio as a dancer
214. 7:41again and not as a dance mom. And one
215. 7:43and two, sit three, four, go five, go
216. 7:45six, go seven. This is so embarrassing.
217. 7:49Stay in a one, two, three, four, five,
218. 7:51six, seven, eight. Hi, Holly.
219. 7:54>> Hi, Cathy. You look like you're ready to
220. 7:56dance. We're still missing Christi,
221. 7:58obviously.
222. 8:00We had a rehearsal call time that I had
223. 8:02scheduled. Christi, however, was not
224. 8:04there and seems like at every turn,
225. 8:06there's a dramatic issue with her. Walk
226. 8:09step,
227. 8:09ball change.
228. 8:14Gosh, I'm so glad that you decided to
229. 8:15finally grace us with your presence.
230. 8:19Christi came in very late. We had very
231. 8:21little time to prepare for this and I
232. 8:23expect you to be on time to get the job
233. 8:25done. All right, so you watch what we're
234. 8:26doing, Christi, and try to take notes.
235. 8:29One and two, ball change. Lindy.
236. 8:32>> [music]
237. 8:32>> I'm not interested in dancing. My ship
238. 8:35has sailed. I don't want to be on stage
239. 8:37and not only do I have to perform this
240. 8:39dance that I really don't want to do,
241. 8:41but then I have to
242. 8:43let Cathy be in charge of me. I mean, I
243. 8:45have to do it or Abby's going to punish
244. 8:47Chloe whether it be for me and my
245. 8:48actions or just in general. And I didn't
246. 8:51feel like putting a bull's eye on Chloe
247. 8:52this week and that's exactly what she
248. 8:53would have done. You're going to do it
249. 8:55one at a time.
250. 8:57I I Cathy, this is not funny to me. Like
251. 8:59this is humiliating. We like to be a
252. 9:01group. I know, but it's very important
253. 9:03that we can show that we can go out and
254. 9:05do something on our own. Shoulders. That
255. 9:07could be 16 counts, too.
256. 9:09I can go all the way with my leg.
257. 9:11Six, seven, go. [music]
258. 9:13One, two, three, four, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN.
259. 9:18>> [laughter]
260. 9:19>> OH MY GOD, MY MOM SAID SHE USED TO BE A
261. 9:21GOOD DANCER.
262. 9:22>> [laughter]
263. 9:23>> Things have changed.
264. 9:29>> [laughter]
265. 9:30>> I never really took dance as a kid.
266. 9:32Maddie makes it look so easy. I just
267. 9:34thought it would be a breeze.
268. 9:37Oh my god, Holly,
269. 9:39you are amazing. Let's do it together.
270. 9:42Holly had some African dance in college
271. 9:45and she had a real easy rhythm about
272. 9:48her. Like she was like a lioness. So, I
273. 9:50was very excited to utilize Holly and
274. 9:54what she could do.
275. 9:57Oh my gosh.
276. 9:59I don't want to do this.
277. 10:00>> Oh, if you would just stop worrying
278. 10:02about it, you might have fun. I don't
279. 10:04want to have fun. I like being
280. 10:05backstage. Nobody wants to see a fat ass
281. 10:08old mother on stage dancing.
282. 10:09>> Then you know what? This dance is here
283. 10:11to try and lift your spirits and give
284. 10:13you a little bit more confidence cuz
285. 10:14clearly you're lacking in it.
286. 10:20Morning moms, I have a big announcement
287. 10:21to make.
288. 10:23We have a casting associate from Telsey
289. 10:25and Company coming right here to my
290. 10:28studio to look at all of you. They are
291. 10:31casting the new production of Annie
292. 10:33that's [music] going back to Broadway.
293. 10:37I think Maddie is definitely prepared
294. 10:39more than [music] the other younger
295. 10:40girls because she's been to several
296. 10:42Broadway auditions and she does take
297. 10:43voice lessons every week. Caesar is the
298. 10:46representative that will be in town.
299. 10:48He wants you to have a picture and
300. 10:50resume. Apparently Cathy and [music]
301. 10:52Holly have somewhere better to be. So
302. 10:54please make sure they know what's going
303. 10:55on. I don't want their kids to be left
304. 10:57out because they're not here. Okay moms,
305. 10:59you're dismissed and let's get back to
306. 11:01Sugar Daddies. Let's go. I do want to be
307. 11:04on Broadway someday [music] cuz lots of
308. 11:06people will come
309. 11:08just to see that one person and that
310. 11:10might be me. Let's go. Places. This is
311. 11:13the first time Chloe is one-on-one with
312. 11:15a Broadway casting agent and I'm dying.
313. 11:17It finally gives her a chance where she
314. 11:19can shine and she's not being upstaged
315. 11:21by Maddie. Straight arms, let's do it.
316. 11:31A casting director is going to be coming
317. 11:33[music] to the showcase and everybody
318. 11:36was supposed to have their resume and a
319. 11:38headshot prepared to give to him. Girls,
320. 11:41let's go.
321. 11:42The most important thing to bring to an
322. 11:43audition would be your resume, your
323. 11:46headshot and of course your talent.
324. 11:49One, up.
325. 11:53Point those feet, come on.
326. 11:56To put head,
327. 11:58relevé, stick [music] your butt out,
328. 11:59flip, flirty, both arms reaching.
329. 12:04Uh
330. 12:05delete. The girls have one shot with
331. 12:07this talent [music] agent and the photos
332. 12:09need to be perfect. Do it again.
333. 12:14Supporting foot turned [music] out,
334. 12:15supporting foot turned out.
335. 12:21That leg is not high enough. 10 times.
336. 12:2410 times on soda.
337. 12:26There's lots of things that can go wrong
338. 12:27with the number when you use props.
339. 12:29These Sugar Daddy lollipops can break.
340. 12:32You can injure yourself with them. You
341. 12:34can injure [music] somebody else next to
342. 12:35you with them.
343. 12:37Too far stage right, no one's going to
344. 12:39see you.
345. 12:42They're really heavy.
346. 12:43They're really heavy?
347. 12:45Yeah, it hurts their wrist. If any of
348. 12:47you ever work professionally, a comment
349. 12:50like that is going to get you fired.
350. 12:53Deal with it. Let's go from the top. The
351. 12:56Sugar Daddy props were
352. 12:57>> [music]
353. 12:57>> bigger than I was, so they were really
354. 12:59hard to dance with.
355. 13:01Left leg higher on the strut. One, up,
356. 13:04two, up, one, two
357. 13:15What happened?
358. 13:24All by herself?
359. 13:26She was right behind me and the Your
360. 13:28back hit her stick. Yeah, and then it
361. 13:30hit her in the mouth.
362. 13:32Let me see. Is it bleeding?
363. 13:35Are you all right?
364. 13:36It just feels weird, huh? Cuz it's
365. 13:38swollen? No, it burns. It hurts.
366. 13:41Okay, well,
367. 13:42stop crying and run your dance, okay?
368. 13:46The show must go on.
369. 13:47>> [music]
370. 13:48>> Come on. Remember, you're the role model
371. 13:50here.
372. 13:53When we're dancing and you get hurt all
373. 13:56the time, but you just have to keep
374. 13:57dancing. Make sure you don't skip that
375. 13:59foot.
376. 14:01If I were a cheerleader, I would never
377. 14:03get hit in the face with a pom [music]
378. 14:04pom.
379. 14:14Hello. Would you like to take a flyer
380. 14:16for our dance recital this weekend? Abby
381. 14:18put Christi and I in charge of the PR
382. 14:20for the showcase, [music] so we're
383. 14:21walking the streets handing out flyers.
384. 14:23Bring all your friends. I don't know why
385. 14:25Abby would put Christi and I as the PR
386. 14:28people for the showcase. It has to be
387. 14:30some kind of punishment.
388. 14:32Abby made us come here today. She thinks
389. 14:34that she can control everyone. I don't
390. 14:36want to dance. I don't want to wear
391. 14:37costumes. I don't want to do it. Hello.
392. 14:41Oh, you guys don't know what you're
393. 14:42walking into. Can we
394. 14:44No, thank you. Do you want a flyer?
395. 14:47Do you want a flyer?
396. 14:48Just take it. Aw, I've never been
397. 14:50rejected by three men at once.
398. 14:53My god, it's a dance recital. There's
399. 14:55rhinestones and sequins. We're in Shady
400. 14:57Side. Like, come on, where's all the gay
401. 14:59men? Hello. Can I give you guys a flyer
402. 15:02for our daughter's dance recital this
403. 15:03weekend? Do you dance?
404. 15:05I get down in the club.
405. 15:07Hey, me too.
406. 15:09Hey Kel, let's go grab a refreshment.
407. 15:12I would love to know how we got this job
408. 15:14because We're being punished. Melissa's
409. 15:16the friendly one. Mhm.
410. 15:19Cheers.
411. 15:20Ooh, that's refreshing. I'm afraid
412. 15:23somebody's going to walk in here that I
413. 15:24know.
414. 15:26It's like, what are you doing drinking
415. 15:27in the middle of the day? Yeah.
416. 15:31Nobody will know any different. It looks
417. 15:33like iced tea.
418. 15:34Let's go get these people out here.
419. 15:35Hello. Hello. Come here. Let's go.
420. 15:38Hello.
421. 15:40You guys look like the perfect kind of
422. 15:42people we're looking for. Wouldn't you
423. 15:43love to come to a dance recital this
424. 15:45weekend?
425. 15:46I'm actually a dancer, too, so
426. 15:49Have you auditioned for anything lately?
427. 15:50Uh yeah, I just called Naked Boys
428. 15:51Singing.
429. 15:53>> [laughter]
430. 15:55>> I'm sorry.
431. 15:57It's really funny.
432. 16:01We're out of flyers. We're out of
433. 16:03flyers? That must mean it's lunchtime.
434. 16:06>> [laughter]
435. 16:10>> One line on the front line, one line on
436. 16:11the back line. Hey girls, how we doing?
437. 16:14Chloe, let's put the hair up.
438. 16:16I told her four times. You told her four
439. 16:18times [music] to get it up? Push-ups,
440. 16:20go. 25.
441. 16:22Can't listen to your teacher?
442. 16:24Every dance studio has rules. Chloe
443. 16:26broke the rules.
444. 16:28Rules are for safety, safety for the
445. 16:30dancer, safety for those around her.
446. 16:32Two, straighten your bottom knee.
447. 16:35Every dancer knows you come with your
448. 16:37hair up to class.
449. 16:40You're not going to start tanning again
450. 16:42with your hair still down.
451. 16:43For real?
452. 16:46Leave the room, get the hair up and
453. 16:48don't come back until it's up.
454. 16:58Chloe, here.
455. 16:59It's all over. Why didn't you open your
456. 17:01mouth and ask me?
457. 17:03Ridiculous.
458. 17:04Could have asked for a rubber band at
459. 17:05the front desk, right? Why she was
460. 17:07crying, I don't know.
461. 17:10Kids should cry when their arm is broken
462. 17:12and it's hanging off or somebody died.
463. 17:14That's it.
464. 17:15We're working on turns and it's taking
465. 17:17you 20 minutes to get your hair up.
466. 17:22A Broadway talent scout is coming here
467. 17:24tomorrow. I don't have time to be nice
468. 17:26and sweet.
469. 17:32We are turning these girls into
470. 17:34athletes, not pageant queens. Five, low
471. 17:38arabesque turn, six.
472. 17:45>> [music]
473. 17:51>> Hello. Thank you. Let's go ahead and
474. 17:53start to recap what we did. Me doing a
475. 17:56two-minute dance on stage wasn't worth
476. 17:58taking [music] the heat. I stayed in
477. 17:59because I really thought about it and I
478. 18:01need to pick my battles with Abby
479. 18:03Miller. I know that you guys [music]
480. 18:04probably remember the combination. Where
481. 18:07is Holly? Where is Holly? As we're
482. 18:10starting to go over our choreography,
483. 18:11[music] I'm thinking there's somebody
484. 18:13missing and lo and behold, Holly is not
485. 18:16here.
486. 18:18Hello. Hi Holly, this is This is Cathy.
487. 18:21You know I'm here for rehearsal because
488. 18:23we are dancing tomorrow night.
489. 18:27I will not be at the showcase this
490. 18:28weekend. Abby may not be happy about it,
491. 18:31but I'm graduating and she's not the one
492. 18:33who's just earned her doctorate.
493. 18:34>> Listen, Holly, we really need to keep
494. 18:36you in this number, okay? Because you
495. 18:38are like the best at the walk.
496. 18:43Holly is not [music] dedicated to dance
497. 18:46and I think that it's very reflective on
498. 18:48the way that Nia dances. How are we
499. 18:50supposed to go on if she's not here? Do
500. 18:52you guys realize we're dancing tomorrow
501. 18:54night?
502. 18:58Girls, let's go. Come on, we're going to
503. 19:00be here all night.
504. 19:03A major Broadway casting agent is coming
505. 19:05all the way from New York City to my
506. 19:07studio. This is unheard of.
507. 19:10Stop talking and leave me alone. I'm
508. 19:11trying to clean my desk. I'm trying to
509. 19:12look at the floor.
510. 19:13I have a beautiful facility. I take
511. 19:15pride in this building and when people
512. 19:17walk in, I want it to be spotless. I
513. 19:19want it to be perfect.
514. 19:21Abby freaked out when she came into the
515. 19:23studio. It was a complete mess. All of
516. 19:26you GIRLS, 5 MINUTES TO LEAVE ME ALONE.
517. 19:28WHAT?
518. 19:30YEAH, go ahead and go. This talent scout
519. 19:32will be judging my girls on their
520. 19:34dancing, singing and acting. [music]
521. 19:36So this is a really big deal and he
522. 19:38takes ordinary children and makes them
523. 19:41into Broadway stars. Impress him
524. 19:43so that he wants to come back for people
525. 19:46years
526. 19:47This could be somebody's big break. Hi.
527. 19:50Hi.
528. 19:51I'm so excited that the casting agent
529. 19:53New York is here to see Maddie. [music]
530. 19:55I think that she's going to blow him
531. 19:57away.
532. 19:57>> Guys, look who's here.
533. 19:59Hi, how are you? I I know most of you,
534. 20:02some of you know I work for Telsey and
535. 20:04Company. We cast [music] Wicked, In The
536. 20:06Heights, South Pacific. We were always
537. 20:08looking for young talent.
538. 20:09>> [music]
539. 20:10>> Caesar is interesting looking. He had a
540. 20:12big mohawk that went straight up and
541. 20:14everyone thought it was really cool. And
542. 20:16even for like you guys, we just did a
543. 20:17movie where we found a little kids for
544. 20:19Disney films. So, you know, you never
545. 20:21know when we're going to find that next
546. 20:22[music] star. I think it's a big deal
547. 20:24because I would really like to be on a
548. 20:26Broadway show. You know which one you're
549. 20:28going to read?
550. 20:29Would you mind to be yourself? And I
551. 20:30know I shouldn't like but and I know I
552. 20:32shouldn't like but
553. 20:33>> It's understandable that the children
554. 20:34would be nervous. This is a big time
555. 20:36casting agent. I mean, this is huge. For
556. 20:39him to come to Pittsburgh and be in my
557. 20:40studio, I was a nervous wreck. An 8 and
558. 20:431/2 by 11. Your mom has her doctorate,
559. 20:45measure it. I specifically said don't
560. 20:47bring me an 8 and 1/2 by 11 piece of
561. 20:49paper. Before the casting director came,
562. 20:51Abby just exploded. It just added
563. 20:53[music] so much stress to everyone.
564. 20:55Everybody was nervous about the audition
565. 20:56to begin with and then she just flipped
566. 20:58out so it just made everybody on edge.
567. 21:00My legs won't stop shaking. My
568. 21:03I'll call the list below.
569. 21:06Right, we're ready to begin.
570. 21:08Let's go. Chloe. [music] Abby made Chloe
571. 21:11go in first because she's her guinea
572. 21:12pig. You know, she wanted her to go in,
573. 21:14she wanted her to see everything that
574. 21:16went on [music]
575. 21:17so she could go out and give the other
576. 21:18kids notes.
577. 21:19>> Chloe, you're fine. Go. Chloe, don't
578. 21:22cry.
579. 21:24Stop crying.
580. 21:30Hey, how are you? I'm good. How are you?
581. 21:31Good, what's your name? Chloe. Hey
582. 21:33Chloe, nice to meet you.
583. 21:34>> I've never danced in front of a Broadway
584. 21:36agent before
585. 21:37and I really want to do good for Miss
586. 21:39Abby and my mom.
587. 21:42I hope Chloe does great in front of the
588. 21:44casting director. She has a a cute
589. 21:45personality, you know, a talented dancer
590. 21:48but sometimes, you know, when the
591. 21:50pressure's on, I I have seen Chloe
592. 21:52either rise to the occasion or kind of
593. 21:53crumble under the pressure. So, you
594. 21:55know, it's always a toss-up.
595. 22:01Good job. Cool, Chloe. Thank you. Thank
596. 22:04you. Nia, let's go. It's really scary
597. 22:07auditioning for [music] the first time.
598. 22:09I wish my mom were here.
599. 22:10>> Do you sing?
600. 22:11Um, a little bit.
601. 22:18I was doing my best but I just got
602. 22:20nervous.
603. 22:28Let's stop. We can stop. We can stop. We
604. 22:29can stop. We can stop. Just stop. Yeah.
605. 22:32Brooke and Paige [music] are performing
606. 22:33in front of Caesar and I'm a nervous
607. 22:35wreck. We have not had a lot [music] of
608. 22:37time to prepare. Abby's on a rampage. I
609. 22:39just hope that they're performing okay
610. 22:41for Caesar.
611. 22:41>> Are you Paige's sister? Yes. How is it
612. 22:43dancing with your sister? She gets
613. 22:45rather annoying. She does? I'm really
614. 22:48nervous [music] because he's a real
615. 22:49Broadway casting agent. Take a Take a
616. 22:52breath before you start. If I eat one
617. 22:54more brussels sprouts, I'm never
618. 22:55cleaning my room again. I'm going on
619. 22:57strike. Try to bring your eyes up more
620. 22:58so I I can make a
621. 23:00>> [clears throat]
622. 23:00>> so I can see you. Just cuz I
623. 23:02This is what I'm seeing right now. I am
624. 23:04very disappointed in my girls at the
625. 23:05audition. It should have been a piece of
626. 23:07cake for them. But instead, they got in
627. 23:10there and acted like
628. 23:11they had no idea what they were doing in
629. 23:13front of Caesar. Listen to what I'm
630. 23:14telling you and this is not Abby Lee
631. 23:16Miller's problem. [music] This is your
632. 23:17school teacher's problem.
633. 23:19You didn't read the sentence. Do you
634. 23:21have reading comprehension at school?
635. 23:23This is way beyond the realm of dance
636. 23:25teacher.
637. 23:27Abby got mad at the girls for the
638. 23:29reading comprehension but she always
639. 23:31says dance needs to come [music] before
640. 23:32school. So, I kept saying our girls
641. 23:34don't even go to school. They miss
642. 23:36school all the time for dance. McKenzie,
643. 23:37do you want to sing? You're going to
644. 23:38sing, honey. But honey, why? I don't
645. 23:41want to sing.
646. 23:42Are you going to sing, McKenzie? Then go
647. 23:44in the car. Get the keys, sit in the
648. 23:46car.
649. 23:46But you're That's why we're here to
650. 23:48sing. I spend all this money for you to
651. 23:50sing every week. Uh-uh.
652. 23:57Come here. You have to sing or Abby's
653. 23:59going to flip out. Oh my god.
654. 24:01McKenzie, come here. Where's Vivi-Anne?
655. 24:04No matter what they ask you, yes.
656. 24:08Put the S on it. Let me hear it. Yes.
657. 24:10Yes. Can you sing?
658. 24:13Yes. Can you dance? Yes. Hey ladies, how
659. 24:16are
660. 24:16>> This is McKenzie Ziegler and this is
661. 24:18Vivi-Anne. McKenzie.
662. 24:20Can I take your picture?
663. 24:22Have fun, okay?
664. 24:33I don't know why everybody else was
665. 24:34stressing. I thought that Vivi did
666. 24:36great. I have a question. Do either of
667. 24:38you sing? McKenzie, do you want to sing
668. 24:40a little bit?
669. 24:41Yeah. No?
670. 24:42You can sing anything. You If you don't
671. 24:44want to sing, you don't have to.
672. 24:45You don't want to? Didn't we just have a
673. 24:47little chat in the other room about if
674. 24:49you ask you anything, you say yes.
675. 24:51I'll tell you what, your mother, her
676. 24:53money that she spends on voice lessons
677. 24:57Yeah, Abby can just I I appreciate you
678. 24:59bringing them in. Just if you can step
679. 25:00out just cuz they get nervous. Next time
680. 25:02I see you, you're going to sing for me,
681. 25:03right? You promise? Here, McKenzie goes
682. 25:06into an audition with the biggest
683. 25:07casting agent in New York City and
684. 25:09McKenzie wouldn't sing. I was very
685. 25:11frustrated because I pay for her to get
686. 25:13voice lessons every week. McKenzie, we
687. 25:15just went over it. You just sang it in
688. 25:17there.
689. 25:18No more.
690. 25:19Not paying.
691. 25:23Okay, kids. Okay. Okay, walk away from
692. 25:25me, please.
693. 25:29Maddie.
694. 25:43Shake it out. I know you I know you're
695. 25:45nervous. Just breathe. Breathe. So,
696. 25:47don't be so nervous. You just come in,
697. 25:49have fun, be yourself, okay? Thank you
698. 25:51so much, Maddie.
699. 25:51>> Thank you.
700. 25:55Bye-bye. Good night. Good night. We'll
701. 25:57see you at the showcase. I was not
702. 25:59pleased with my girls' audition. They
703. 26:01need to step it up and bring their A
704. 26:03game right onto that stage when Caesar
705. 26:05comes to see the performance. What
706. 26:08What?
707. 26:09Singing?
708. 26:10What?
709. 26:11Dancing?
710. 26:14Oh, don't cry, Maddie.
711. 26:17Go out here now. We're not crying.
712. 26:18Absolutely not.
713. 26:22There were so many things that I could
714. 26:23have done better. I wish [music] my mom
715. 26:25could have been here.
716. 26:27My head hurts. My stomach hurts bad.
717. 26:33>> [music]
718. 26:38>> Oh my gosh, look at this place. This
719. 26:41place is adorable.
720. 26:43Melissa's taking me to a little boutique
721. 26:45that has jewelry that we're going to be
722. 26:47able to use for our costumes. Do you own
723. 26:49this place? Yes. Oh my gosh, you need to
724. 26:51franchise it to Ohio? I don't think that
725. 26:53[music] Melissa is at my level of style.
726. 26:56But she's the only one that volunteered
727. 26:59to go shopping with me today. We have um
728. 27:01costumes for this recital that we're in.
729. 27:03>> So, this is nice cuz it's going to
730. 27:05camouflage everybody's hips, you know,
731. 27:07especially Christi because she's got a
732. 27:08big butt. And um
733. 27:10>> [laughter]
734. 27:12>> she's not here to defend herself.
735. 27:13>> I love her handbags and I so love the
736. 27:15way she dresses. She looks so cute every
737. 27:17time I see her. This is really cute and
738. 27:19look at this. This looks like me. That
739. 27:21looks like me. That totally looks like
740. 27:23you. I am the handbag queen. I need to
741. 27:26stay in here and look around. I really
742. 27:28do.
743. 27:28I have time to brighten up.
744. 27:31Look at that. I don't care about the
745. 27:32rehearsal right now. I'd rather buy
746. 27:34handbags. Yay, we'll order I'd rather
747. 27:36buy handbags.
748. 27:37I would say next to the dance studio,
749. 27:39that shopping is like my all-time hobby.
750. 27:42>> [music]
751. 27:42>> When
752. 27:44I'm shopping with people and they're
753. 27:46done, I've got four more hours to go in
754. 27:48high heels. My bunko friends call me the
755. 27:51purse
756. 28:03We only have a one number change.
757. 28:06>> It's our annual dance company showcase
758. 28:08and it's every mother's nightmare.
759. 28:10This dress rehearsal and in the
760. 28:11showcase, it's insane. I mean, we're
761. 28:13running down the hallway, bobby pins are
762. 28:15flying, kids are out of breath, people
763. 28:17are frustrated and upset. It's madness.
764. 28:18>> Thanks.
765. 28:21Okay, places, girls. Let's do this
766. 28:23again.
767. 28:24The showcase week is really more
768. 28:26stressful than the competition because
769. 28:28everybody is doing every number. We do a
770. 28:31dress rehearsal all day and during the
771. 28:34dress rehearsal, I call the show. I'm
772. 28:36calling the curtains. I'm calling the
773. 28:37sound. I'm calling the lights. I'm
774. 28:39calling who enters, who exits. So, I sit
775. 28:41up in the booth, I watch the show from
776. 28:43the top and I control everything that's
777. 28:45going on. And we have to stop and start
778. 28:47and stop and start to make sure it's
779. 28:48right. If everybody's doing their job,
780. 28:51things go off without a hitch. Christi,
781. 28:53I need you in 2 minutes.
782. 28:55Can you tell me how soon it is to Honey
783. 28:56Bun?
784. 28:58No, stage left. Stage left. Stage left.
785. 29:00>> [music]
786. 29:00>> Go.
787. 29:04Okay. Come on, girls.
788. 29:07I am behind schedule already. You need
789. 29:09to be on stage, ready to go. That's what
790. 29:11a call time is. Ready to dance, hair and
791. 29:14makeup, not just walking in the door.
792. 29:16Yes?
793. 29:18Nia, where is your mother? She's at
794. 29:19work.
795. 29:20Abby.
796. 29:21She's been at work all weekend and she's
797. 29:23not dancing today in the moms' dance.
798. 29:26She's not? No.
799. 29:28Cathy, I know you're upset.
800. 29:29>> I'm a little upset because I had to
801. 29:31re-patinate and I'm not sure that we are
802. 29:34totally comfortable with it.
803. 29:35I have a brilliant idea.
804. 29:37Would you please do the honors? Dance
805. 29:39with Oh, come on.
806. 29:42No, actually insurance-wise, I can't.
807. 29:44There was no way that I could have
808. 29:46stepped on stage,
809. 29:47>> [music]
810. 29:47>> and then still queued everybody for what
811. 29:49they needed to do. Plus, I don't do my
812. 29:51own choreography, let alone somebody
813. 29:53else's. And remember, we have an agent
814. 29:55in the audience. So, if you think you're
815. 29:57fabulous,
816. 29:58then be fabulous again.
817. 30:01If you weren't fabulous, let them see
818. 30:03what you can do.
819. 30:05I'm so excited that the casting agent
820. 30:06from New York is here to see Maddie. I
821. 30:08think that she's going to blow him away,
822. 30:10and maybe he'll see me in the mom dance
823. 30:12and cast us in something together.
824. 30:15Safety first, and no bare feet.
825. 30:22SWITCH HER. SWITCH HER. SWITCH HER.
826. 30:28>> [music]
827. 30:36>> I'm really freaked out about these cuz
828. 30:37they're
829. 30:38a mess. Oh my god, they're a mess.
830. 30:40>> [music]
831. 30:40>> Abby told us that the girls in the Sugar
832. 30:42Daddies dance needed to have a lollipop
833. 30:45prop as a prop, [music]
834. 30:46and it was an issue from the get-go. She
835. 30:49gave us something that was awful to work
836. 30:52with. They kept breaking.
837. 30:55What?
838. 30:56Oh, it's in my
839. 30:57pants.
840. 31:09Can you hold that right there for a
841. 31:10second? If we had straight pins, we
842. 31:12could pin that in. As far as being the
843. 31:14studio owner of Candy Apples Dance
844. 31:16Center, we would never ever go to dress
845. 31:19rehearsal, let alone the performance,
846. 31:21and our props would not be done. [music]
847. 31:23They are done weeks beforehand.
848. 31:30But I am sick [music] and tired of
849. 31:32policing them about every little thing.
850. 31:34Can't their mothers do anything right?
851. 31:36Where Where is the adult in the
852. 31:38situation? You know guys, [music]
853. 31:40everybody thinks I'm the one at the last
854. 31:41minute. These have been done. I told
855. 31:44your children to take them on Friday
856. 31:45night and pitch in [music] and get them
857. 31:47done. All I need these mothers to do is
858. 31:49make sure their daughters are on stage
859. 31:51with props.
860. 31:54Easy, right? No, not with these mothers.
861. 31:57It's always something.
862. 32:08Today is it.
863. 32:10Everybody's worked really hard. This is
864. 32:12the showcase.
865. 32:14You know what? I I need you to rotate to
866. 32:15give me that shiny side out.
867. 32:17The good news is Caesar is here to see
868. 32:20the performance. So, he is going to get
869. 32:22to see them on stage.
870. 32:24Doing the annual showcase is stressful
871. 32:26enough, but then having a Broadway agent
872. 32:28in the audience,
873. 32:30it's like my head's going to explode. I
874. 32:31just want my kids to make an impression.
875. 32:36>> [music]
876. 32:37>> And now, the Abby Lee Dance Company
877. 32:40proudly presents We Love to Dance.
878. 32:45>> [applause and music]
879. 32:48>> Two minutes, call everyone. We have two
880. 32:49minutes until we go on stage.
881. 32:55I use the showcase as a viable way to
882. 32:59see what we're going to spend money on
883. 33:01to take to nationals. When I sit in the
884. 33:03light [music] booth, I see the overall
885. 33:05picture that I don't normally get to see
886. 33:07at a competition. So, I really get a
887. 33:09great view of who's on, who's off, who
888. 33:12needs private lessons, who doesn't, and
889. 33:14what numbers really are going to do well
890. 33:16at nationals.
891. 33:19The moms are next. The moms are next.
892. 33:21Can we Can we talk through the dance?
893. 33:23Yes, let's talk through the dance. At
894. 33:25this point, I am so nervous. [music] I'm
895. 33:26a nervous wreck backstage. By the way,
896. 33:28moms are next. Okay, we're we're going
897. 33:30to just talk through it.
898. 33:30>> need to be backstage? Oh, no, wait.
899. 33:33No, this dance is over. Crap.
900. 33:38We step out on stage and the lights hit
901. 33:40us, and I'm blinded, and I'm in the
902. 33:41middle of my worst nightmare. I have
903. 33:43dreams about stuff like this. I don't
904. 33:45want to do this. Ugh. We're walking out.
905. 33:51>> [applause]
906. 33:54>> That lass has class. [music]
907. 33:57This chick is hip.
908. 34:01And if she takes you on her ride,
909. 34:03[music] it's a real [singing] crazy
910. 34:05trip. Those lips, those hips,
911. 34:09beyond compare,
912. 34:12that sway so gently as they twist.
913. 34:18The moment [music]
914. 34:19that she
915. 34:20passed my way.
916. 34:23But when she [music] smiled, she said
917. 34:27She changed the dance. I pretty much
918. 34:29took center stage, and I [music]
919. 34:32improvised, but I think that the moms
920. 34:34probably should have expected that being
921. 34:37a dance teacher, I was going to put some
922. 34:39of my own thing into it to jazz it up.
923. 34:41They should have expected that, and if
924. 34:43they didn't, then they got caught with
925. 34:44their pants down.
926. 34:46She's doing a solo out there.
927. 34:48WHAT IS SHE DOING?
928. 34:53She changed the dance. She's doing a
929. 34:55solo out there.
930. 34:57What is she doing?
931. 34:59>> [music]
932. 35:04>> She's trying to upstage everyone.
933. 35:07>> [music and singing]
934. 35:20[laughter]
935. 35:22[cheering]
936. 35:26>> Cathy was in her little like candy apple
937. 35:29heaven.
938. 35:32I'm going to kick out music. Cathy used
939. 35:34us so she could audition for the
940. 35:36Broadway talent scout. Good luck to you,
941. 35:38Cathy. I hope you enjoy playing Auntie
942. 35:39Mame on Broadway.
943. 35:42I'm not a dancer.
944. 35:44Guess what? I'm a proud mom. Cathy knew
945. 35:46that Caesar was in the audience, and she
946. 35:47made us look like idiots out there.
947. 35:49Mom.
948. 35:50We have four lollipops. We have five
949. 35:52kids. What are we doing?
950. 35:53>> No, Maddie. Cuz she's right in the
951. 35:54middle. Are they backstage? Yes, [music]
952. 35:55they're backstage.
953. 35:57I really don't think that anybody's
954. 35:58going to have an issue with Maddie not
955. 36:00having a lollipop cuz it looks like
956. 36:02she's not supposed [music] to because
957. 36:03there's two girls on each side, and then
958. 36:05Maddie's in the middle.
959. 36:06>> Listen, Maddie does not have a pop. Yes,
960. 36:09there's only four, so
961. 36:10Go. She's coming.
962. 36:14>> [applause]
963. 36:21[music]
964. 36:31[music]
965. 36:48>> Apparently, one of the Sugar Daddy
966. 36:49lollipops broke or [music] something.
967. 36:51So, of course, the special one in the
968. 36:53dance who doesn't have to dance with the
969. 36:54giant stick is Maddie [music] because
970. 36:56she's the center, and she's the special
971. 36:59one with no props. So, naturally, your
972. 37:00eyes go to her. That's the way things
973. 37:02go.
974. 37:05>> [music]
975. 37:12[cheering]
976. 37:13[applause]
977. 37:15>> Obviously, Maddie stood out because she
978. 37:17didn't have a lollipop, but I think she
979. 37:19really made the dance because she really
980. 37:21used her facial expressions, and I think
981. 37:23she was just adorable in the dance.
982. 37:35>> [music]
983. 37:38>> I was a little nervous to perform in
984. 37:41front of Caesar.
985. 37:44I just wanted to make sure that I knew
986. 37:46my dance and I remembered my dance.
987. 37:49>> [singing]
988. 37:51>> I honestly don't [music] remember how
989. 37:53well I did because I was so nervous.
990. 37:59>> [applause]
991. 38:00[music]
992. 38:04>> Miss Abby says that the New York agent
993. 38:06is looking for girls to put on Broadway.
994. 38:09I think it's a big deal because I would
995. 38:11really like to be on a Broadway show.
996. 38:46>> [applause]
997. 38:51[music]
998. 38:52>> Caesar Rocha, an agent from Telsey and
999. 38:56Company Casting, was in the house
1000. 38:59tonight.
1001. 39:01>> [music]
1002. 39:02>> Having Caesar come here was a great
1003. 39:04honor. It was fun. It was exciting.
1004. 39:06[music]
1005. 39:07I was thrilled to have him here. Hi. Hey
1006. 39:09girls, good job.
1007. 39:12You guys are so good. Congratulations.
1008. 39:14You were so good. Thank you.
1009. 39:16>> Hi, congratulations. Thank you. You guys
1010. 39:17are so good. Come with me, Maddie. She's
1011. 39:19going to chat with Maddie over here for
1012. 39:20a second.
1013. 39:22Can I come?
1014. 39:22Yeah, of course. You want to come? Let's
1015. 39:24go here.
1016. 39:27Coming from New York, Maddie's a star.
1017. 39:30Maddie is It's unreal how good she is,
1018. 39:32and she's the face on stage. All the
1019. 39:33girls are very good, but Maddie just
1020. 39:34stood out for me. She has that glimmer,
1021. 39:36that sparkle. I would love like if
1022. 39:37you're ever in New York, just come in
1023. 39:39and like let me know you guys are there,
1024. 39:41and I would love to like just chat so
1025. 39:43the office can get to meet you. And like
1026. 39:44I said, we're doing a bunch of stuff
1027. 39:45with kids now, so it'd be great. And
1028. 39:46just like keep in touch. And I can see
1029. 39:48her on stage, I can see her on
1030. 39:49television, I can see her as one of the
1031. 39:51kid actors that we see in New York all
1032. 39:52the time. Her picture actually was
1033. 39:53great, so that's good. It's old, but
1034. 39:55Abby wanted that one.
1035. 39:57As soon as we found [music] out there
1036. 39:58was a talent agent from Talent Ink
1037. 39:59Company coming, we knew that the focus
1038. 40:01was going to be on Maddie. And I know
1039. 40:03that Abby probably promoted her before
1040. 40:05anybody else. She's so good. She's so
1041. 40:08good. She's just She's unreal. She's
1042. 40:10smart. Yeah, and to take a a strong
1043. 40:12dancer amongst the other girls. And
1044. 40:13naturally when he came out and he wanted
1045. 40:14to talk to somebody the talent he pulls
1046. 40:16aside is Maddie. And [music]
1047. 40:19I don't know, what did you say? You said
1048. 40:21you're not upset, but it hurts. Yeah.
1049. 40:23Yeah.
1050. 40:24>> [music]
1051. 40:24>> Maddie, you look beautiful on stage.
1052. 40:26Thanks. I knew Caesar would love her.
1053. 40:28It's kind of a given. And she has a cute
1054. 40:30little personality, she's not a brat.
1055. 40:31Christi is jealous of my 8-year-old
1056. 40:33daughter and I think it's totally
1057. 40:35ridiculous. It's because [music] my kid
1058. 40:36is the star. She is the most talented
1059. 40:38girl there and Abby knows that she has a
1060. 40:40future.
1061. 40:41I don't know how much longer I can put
1062. 40:43up with Abby. The whole Broadway casting
1063. 40:45agent thing was total bull. We all know
1064. 40:47why this guy came in and it was for her
1065. 40:48precious little Maddie, no one else. I
1066. 40:51might have agreed to play by Abby's dumb
1067. 40:52little rules, but no more. I'm not
1068. 40:55keeping my mouth shut and it's on.
1069. 40:56[music]
1070. 40:57Thank you. Thank you. It was nice to
1071. 40:59meet you.
1072. 40:59>> you, too. Nice to meet you, Maddie.