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Season 1
Country of Origin
United States
No. of episodes
13
Original channel
Lifetime
Previous
N/A
Next
Season 2
The first season of Dance Moms premiered July 13, 2011 on Lifetime and concluded on October 12, 2011.
Contents
- 1 Cast
- 2 Episode Guide
- 3 Specials
- 4 Other Information
- 5 Gallery
- 6 Music Guide
- 7 References
Cast
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Episode Guide
| No. series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | ||||
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| 1 | 1 | "The Competition Begins" | July 13, 2011 | ||||
| Meet dance instructor Abby Lee Miller, the Dance Moms and their daughters as the competition season begins and they travel from Pittsburgh to Phoenix. The Dance Moms will push their young daughters to great lengths to get them to Nationals and Abby reveals big news to her young dance girls. They'll be working all year to get to the big National competition. If they want to win, they've got to work harder than ever. Abby's confident she can get them there, but with a group of dance moms living vicariously through their daughters, this may be more than she can handle, especially when Abby has her first conflict with two of the moms when they cross the line and risk losing it all. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Wildly Inappropriate" | July 20, 2011 | ||||
The moms allow their daughters to wear outfits in a competition that are revealing and the scandal threatens to bring down the house. Abby's attempt to turn up the competition heat blows the audience away with what some may call an inappropriate dance number. She is hoping that this will give them their next big win. But it could backfire. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Cheerleader Blues" | July 27, 2011 | ||||
| The Dance Moms need to win this week's competition to stay in the game, but chaos ensues when Mom Kelly's daughter wants to drop out of dance as she's hurt her hip and she just wants to be a cheerleader. Kelly works hard to convince her daughter to stay in dance, pushing her so far that she risks permanent injuries. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Stealing the Show" | August 3, 2011 | ||||
Abby gives each girl one solo dance for the next competition. However, she gives two solos to her star dancer, Maddie, clearly providing her with an advantage over the others. Christi has seen this too many times and lashes out at Abby with uncontrolled fury. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "When Stars Collide" | August 10, 2011 | ||||
| The Abby Lee Dance Company is on edge after learning a big Broadway casting director will attend their annual Dance Showcase, an exhibition in which she shows off her accomplished dancers. Abby's desire to push the girls to the max could have catastrophic effects if they don't show their best. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Dying to Dance" | August 17, 2011 | ||||
| On their way to a big competition, Christi finds out her grandmother has just been admitted to a hospital. She now must choose what's more important to her – go to the hospital to sit by her grandmother's side or go to the dance competition. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "She's a Fighter" | August 24, 2011 | ||||
Abby's continuous typecasting of little Nia in ethnic stereotype roles sends her mother Holly over the edge. For the first time, Holly takes off the gloves and the fighter in her comes out. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Love on the Dance Floor" | August 31, 2011 | ||||
| Abby plays cupid with Brooke and her duet partner, hoping their off-stage romance will make on-stage drama. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "From Ballerinas to Showgirls" | September 7, 2011 | ||||
| Chloe finds herself at the top of Abby's pyramid for the first time; but is she being set up? Meanwhile, Cathy is secretly readying her Candy Apple dancers to go against Abby's dancers. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Cathy Brings It On" | September 14, 2011 | ||||
In Hollywood Kelly decides to secretly hire choreographers to give Brooke and Paige an edge. To everyone's shock, Cathy arrives with her Candy Apple dancers to go head to head against Abby's dancers. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "It All Ends Here" | September 28, 2011 | ||||
| After competing all season, it all boils down to this – the National Title Competition. Abby's dancers have been on a losing streak and this is their last chance to prove they can win. Meanwhile, Melissa leaves the competition early to go on vacation. Her ex-husband, Kurt, steps in as "Dance Dad", sending Melissa into a panic. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "There's Only One Star" | October 5, 2011 | ||||
| Abby's dancers go from amateurs to professionals after being cast to perform in a Hollywood music video. | |||||||
Specials
| No. in series | Title | Original air date | |||||
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| 13 | "Most Outrageous Moments" | October 12, 2011 | |||||
A one-hour special hosted by the series' infamous dance instructor Abby Lee Miller counting down this season's most talked-about highlights and best moments. The show will also include never-before-seen footage of the cast! | |||||||
Other Information
- Filming for Season 1 started the week beginning April 4th and concluded sometime in early August.
- Abby has discussed how many of the routines from the first six episodes were previously known, with music dubbed in post-production.[2]
- Episode 10 (Cathy Brings It On) was actually filmed the week after the Nationals shown in It All Ends Here. It is believed that this was done in order to set up the ALDC vs CADC rivalry, as this episode marked the studio's first appearance.
- The season had an average viewing rate of 1.329 million.
Gallery
To view the gallery for Season 1, click here.
Music Guide
- Music Guide Season 1
References
- http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/dance-moms/episodes/season-1
- ↑ http://www.allstarpics.
net/data/7463946/dance-moms-cast-and-crew.html - ↑ https://youtu.be/Iq4TugS40lM?t=1m21s
Season 1 | Dance Moms Wiki
| Cast • Birthdays • Episodes • Events • Galleries • Guides • Polls • Pyramid • Songs • Spoilers • Studios • External Links • Aid Wiki |
|---|
Season 1
Country of Origin
United States
No. of episodes
13
Original channel
Lifetime
Previous
N/A
Next
Season 2
The first season of Dance Moms premiered July 13, 2011 on Lifetime and concluded on October 12, 2011.
Contents
- 1 Cast
- 2 Episode Guide
- 3 Specials
- 4 Other Information
- 5 Gallery
- 6 Music Guide
- 7 References
Cast
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|
Episode Guide
No. inseries | No. in season | Title | Original air date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "The Competition Begins" | July 13, 2011 | ||||
| Meet dance instructor Abby Lee Miller, the Dance Moms and their daughters as the competition season begins and they travel from Pittsburgh to Phoenix. The Dance Moms will push their young daughters to great lengths to get them to Nationals and Abby reveals big news to her young dance girls. They'll be working all year to get to the big National competition. If they want to win, they've got to work harder than ever. Abby's confident she can get them there, but with a group of dance moms living vicariously through their daughters, this may be more than she can handle, especially when Abby has her first conflict with two of the moms when they cross the line and risk losing it all. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Wildly Inappropriate" | July 20, 2011 | ||||
The moms allow their daughters to wear outfits in a competition that are revealing and the scandal threatens to bring down the house. Abby's attempt to turn up the competition heat blows the audience away with what some may call an inappropriate dance number. She is hoping that this will give them their next big win. But it could backfire. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Cheerleader Blues" | July 27, 2011 | ||||
| The Dance Moms need to win this week's competition to stay in the game, but chaos ensues when Mom Kelly's daughter wants to drop out of dance as she's hurt her hip and she just wants to be a cheerleader. Kelly works hard to convince her daughter to stay in dance, pushing her so far that she risks permanent injuries. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Stealing the Show" | August 3, 2011 | ||||
Abby gives each girl one solo dance for the next competition. However, she gives two solos to her star dancer, Maddie, clearly providing her with an advantage over the others. Christi has seen this too many times and lashes out at Abby with uncontrolled fury. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "When Stars Collide" | August 10, 2011 | ||||
| The Abby Lee Dance Company is on edge after learning a big Broadway casting director will attend their annual Dance Showcase, an exhibition in which she shows off her accomplished dancers. Abby's desire to push the girls to the max could have catastrophic effects if they don't show their best. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Dying to Dance" | August 17, 2011 | ||||
| On their way to a big competition, Christi finds out her grandmother has just been admitted to a hospital. She now must choose what's more important to her – go to the hospital to sit by her grandmother's side or go to the dance competition. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "She's a Fighter" | August 24, 2011 | ||||
Abby's continuous typecasting of little Nia in ethnic stereotype roles sends her mother Holly over the edge. For the first time, Holly takes off the gloves and the fighter in her comes out. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Love on the Dance Floor" | August 31, 2011 | ||||
| Abby plays cupid with Brooke and her duet partner, hoping their off-stage romance will make on-stage drama. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "From Ballerinas to Showgirls" | September 7, 2011 | ||||
| Chloe finds herself at the top of Abby's pyramid for the first time; but is she being set up? Meanwhile, Cathy is secretly readying her Candy Apple dancers to go against Abby's dancers. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Cathy Brings It On" | September 14, 2011 | ||||
In Hollywood Kelly decides to secretly hire choreographers to give Brooke and Paige an edge. To everyone's shock, Cathy arrives with her Candy Apple dancers to go head to head against Abby's dancers. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "It All Ends Here" | September 28, 2011 | ||||
| After competing all season, it all boils down to this – the National Title Competition. Abby's dancers have been on a losing streak and this is their last chance to prove they can win. Meanwhile, Melissa leaves the competition early to go on vacation. Her ex-husband, Kurt, steps in as "Dance Dad", sending Melissa into a panic. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "There's Only One Star" | October 5, 2011 | ||||
| Abby's dancers go from amateurs to professionals after being cast to perform in a Hollywood music video. | |||||||
Specials
| No. in series | Title | Original air date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | "Most Outrageous Moments" | October 12, 2011 | |||||
A one-hour special hosted by the series' infamous dance instructor Abby Lee Miller counting down this season's most talked-about highlights and best moments. The show will also include never-before-seen footage of the cast! | |||||||
Other Information
- Filming for Season 1 started the week beginning April 4th and concluded sometime in early August.
- Abby has discussed how many of the routines from the first six episodes were previously known, with music dubbed in post-production.[2]
- Episode 10 (Cathy Brings It On) was actually filmed the week after the Nationals shown in It All Ends Here. It is believed that this was done in order to set up the ALDC vs CADC rivalry, as this episode marked the studio's first appearance.
- The season had an average viewing rate of 1.329 million.
Gallery
To view the gallery for Season 1, click here.
Music Guide
- Music Guide Season 1
References
- http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/dance-moms/episodes/season-1
- ↑ http://www.allstarpics.
net/data/7463946/dance-moms-cast-and-crew.html - ↑ https://youtu.be/Iq4TugS40lM?t=1m21s
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In 2011, Lifespan Network graced the world of Dance Moms, a reality show that followed in the footsteps of other successful shows starring young girls and their pushy, squabbling mothers.
I guess tots & tiaras with franchise flavors real housewives mix in for good measure. Moms in Dance revolves around Abby Lee Miller of the "Pittsburgh" studio of the Abby Lee Dance Company (ALDC), and her junior elite standings. What drives the show is the consistent yelling and insane demands from Miller, coupled with Mom's drama. The series presents a behind-the-scenes look into the world of dancesport, while lighting a steady dose of over-the-top chaos.
From the beginning, many dance mom fans were wondering if certain aspects of the show were being rolled out on camera. How entertaining, how dramatic can it be, how real is it? Conflict on the series as a choreographer, like his performances? Let's find out what's really going on behind the scenes at one of life's most lucrative programs.
Show choreographer drama
It's not rocket science to the viewers that "reality" TV is not entirely authentic. Reportedly, elements of many programs are improved to keep viewers interested, and life seems to feel free to use this method.
Dancer Kalani Hilliker opened OK! A magazine that in some situations were staged during the season 5 finale.
As a rule, the girls at the show are required to perform every week for a new competition. Sometimes, if they land on Miller's good side, they get the opportunity to showcase a solo. During the finals, Miller had Hilliker and ballet dancer Nia Frazier compete against each other in a fight to the death to determine who would get the chance to perform solo at the Nationals. In the end, Frazier was declared the winner of the challenge. Naturally, Miller's decision caused an air of rift between the dancers' mothers.
However, a few key components of such a tense situation were reportedly omitted from the footage that was shown on TV, such as this important piece of information: "I did do a solo on the Nationals," Hilliker said in a buzzword. "It just wasn't on TV." Yes, all that TV drama was ostensibly for nothing, since both girls got their moments in the spotlight.
While it's fair to say that a staged version of this story sounds much more interesting than the so-called truth, fans want to keep this tale alive next time Moms in the Dance tries toying with the audience's emotions.
His big stars say it's fake
Dancer Maddie Ziegler became a worldwide sensation after starring in Dancing with the Stars. She demonstrated her abilities for five seasons before taking on an international title for herself as the heroine of Asya's "Chandelier" video. Miller's mom and bandwagon certainly catalyzed Ziegler's career, but despite acknowledging the show's impact on her life, Ziegler also confirmed that more than just dance moves are being performed on the show. “It's hard to do a reality show when there are so many tears and drama. Manufacturers tweak it to make us all yell at each other,” Ziegler told USA Today. “Moms fake sometimes fight. Then they just start talking and laughing about it.”
Even Miller's boss says the show team has gone too far.
“They're just spurring people on. They push you to the brink of exhaustion and the brink of going insane," she told TMZ. “I just don't think the show should be played. I think we should just let things happen."
Practice (and reshoots) to make it perfect
When it comes to TV shows and movies, it's not unheard of for a scene to be shot multiple times from different angles, but where does the line lie with reality TV? You may have heard of Kim Kardashian requesting that her marriage proposal to basketball player Kris Humphreys be re-shot for E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but did you know dance moms are too much, even with actual dance competitions?
According to Radar Online, "everything I had was recorded several times to ensure that the producers got the maximum take for the show.
" As a result, the days were long and the young people were often exhausted. The show may air for a 60-minute block, but daily shoots reportedly can last as long as nine hours. The girls allegedly got multiple opportunities to perform dances too in the competition, which definitely doesn't sound fair to other teams. "Dance mom stars got a few chances to perfect their dances," Radar reports. "The other participants in the competitions were allowed only one performance."
Still in denial? Reportedly attended by a reporter from Business International once one of the contests for girls in 2014 and checked the inequality. "I can confirm clicking on [the show] does not represent a typical event," the journalist said. "Not only is the number of participants noticeably less than average...the production and single-handedly pushed back the start time of the competition are awaiting the arrival of the OANRC's group."
Competition manipulated
The seemingly exhausting pace of life for the dancers on the show raised eyebrows among the audience. The OANRC girls attend a new competition every week and somehow manage to win with honors in the vast majority of them. How do the kids pull off such memorable performances, as well as filming shows, attend school, and try to lead pretty normal lives?
Manipulating reality, of course! From the moment the girls arrive at the competition, the whole stage turns into an organized event. According to the International Business Competition time shown on the program, there is often not enough real competition. "OANRS LA swept the devotion competition 2 dance [season 6] but that's not certain because they were the 'cream'," NTT reports. "Looks like [Miller's] two teams were the only groups to compete.
" In the addition of a farce cast, the contestants are reportedly given a reserved seat for the competition, and the crowd's reaction is allegedly staged too, because they were filming separately from the actual performances.
And it turns out like this: bossy Miller, they say, they don't talk much because of the music and choreography that you see on the show. While viewers tune in for a week to watch her coach the girls on a gorgeous routine, the network reportedly selects and approves all of the music and dance featured on the show.
Not all girls are loyal members of the OANRC
If the reality show was going to call itself "Dancing with the Stars", one would assume the dancers and their moms would be full members of the dance studio, but you know what they're saying about assumptions?
The Hilliker dancer has been an asset to the Pennsylvania OANRC studio since she jumped on our TV screens, but you knew she was trained at a club dance studio in Mesa, Arizona.
before joining mom in dance and, at the time of this writing, continues to be an active member of the dance club? According to USC Annenberg media, Hilliker only trains with OANRS when filming is shown; during the off-season, she returns to Arizona to resume training with club dances. Ballet dancer Ziegler told the International Business Times that Hilliker "don't go to the [OANRS] studio". Hilliker isn't the only one hiding a dick at the dance moms part of the time. Season 5 addition JoJo Siwa is also reported to train with Miller only during filming.
So why throw these outsiders around? Drama, of course. "These new moms of girls usually start problems with the original mothers, claiming that their kids will keep the spots of the originals," USC Annenberg told media. "Once again, all hell breaks loose."
Fan favorite Mackenzie Ziegler, superstar Maddie Ziegler's younger sister, isn't even a member of OANRC's most elite team. Sis is reportedly just joining Maddie and the rest of the elite squad for filming.
"I don't really dance with them," McKenzie told the International Business Times. "I'm dancing with another group, it's completely different." In reality, little Mackenzie spends much of his time with dancers his own age. Sorry guys, photos this time.
Game Over
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No matter how much the dance mom tries to produce suspense, the ratings say viewers can see through the façade and move on. During the show's fifth season, ratings began to drop after several stars, including showgirl Chloe Lukasiak and mom Christy Lukasiak as well as sisters Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler and their mother, Melissa Gisoni. The aforementioned ladies seemed to take a lot of unmissable drama with them as they left.
To stir up interest, the series refocused on a cold, hard dose of truth: the coach's legal troubles. At the time of this writing, she is facing federal charges of fraudulent bankruptcy and money laundering. According to the Post-Gazette of Pittsburgh, Miller is "accused of withholding $755,000 in assets from her television shows from bankruptcy proceedings.
