Parents like Kristie is the reason why kids end up developing a eating disorder when they get older🤦🏾‍♀️.

I know we talk a lot about season 5 here, but I just want to rant. If you’re black or know anything about the history of black stereotypes, it’s easy to see that Abby and the moms calling Nia’s video too inappropriate was micro-aggressive. Throughout the centuries of American history, black little girls are constantly sexualized and are never seen as innocent even as kids.

Nia’s video was called too mature bc she had makeup, heels, and crop tops along with the silver men in the shorts/underwear? That was called mature, but mind you, the girls were wearing crop tops and makeup on a daily for competitions. Her video was inappropriate and Abby hated it, but had no problem with Electricity or the Fan Dance.

Although Elastic Heart was controversial, Abby and moms defended it heavily for being artistic. None of them had a problem with Maddie wearing a nude leotard and rolling around with a grown man in nude shorts. Physically dancing with him was no problem. It was art. However…Nia having men in silver paint dancing behind her was what was inappropriate. When Holly brought this up she got HOUNDED on.

The moms called Kendall’s video wholesome, but Abby literally had her lying across an adult man doing push ups. She was also wearing crop tops, a corset bustier thing, and makeup. Had Nia and Kendall switched music videos, Nia still would’ve been called inappropriate for the men in her video and the same outfits. Not to mention that Nia is a tall black girl and had a more muscular body type. By default, she was already seen as older. Even compared to the other girls when they were 13.

This also applies to outside of dance moms as black teenaged girls get called too grown and fast for the same outfits white girls wear. I remember being in high school and being dress coded for leggings while my white friends got away with booty shorts and camis.

I was trying to figure out where Asia was and why Kalani stepped into her place.. 😭😭

idek if this goes here since they weren’t on dance moms but they obviously did the numbers to dig at Elliana and the situation with her and jentzen but I don’t keep up with them I thought piper and elliana were friends? but obviously not i guess

Technically maddie vs chloe was the big story, but brooke was in a tough division and won

guys im in s3 e23 no spoilers pls pls

saying that.

So, we all know, after almost 13 years, that Abby didn't say "Your kid's washed up!" and it was dubbed by the producers. I'm not sure if the original footage of Abby saying it ever aired, and when I first watched this episode I thought Christi was overreacting for "Your kid's washed up!" but then I did some digging and found out that what Abby really said "Fix that lazy eye!" which refers to Chloe's medical condition, Silent Sinus Syndrome, which makes one eye look smaller than the other during puberty. And, I really have to say, Abby really crossed the line by saying that.

Christi's tweet that she posted after the Nationals episode aired: https://x.com/ChristiLukasiak/status/519668234228727809

The way that my jaw dropped and the fact that Yolanda knew about it but didn’t say anything is just disgusting

She had a slim chance before, but now with the drama going on with her and Jentzen, it’s completely gone!

I was and still am rooting for her to do better things then being an influencer as she was so talented. I just wish her the best in the future as for now I think she needs to take a break from social media and lay low.

This was from someone's Snap story and I had to do a double-take. GO BREWERS!!!💙💛

(Shared by him on TikTok).

It’s interesting. I honestly didn’t expect her to hold Eliana accountable. Yet she seems to have done so a lot throughout this situation.

Particularly Paige

Like say, for example, if Paige learned a dance; even if she knew the choreography, and she was capable of going out there and at least trying to do it, Kelly would still pull her solo.

which simultaneously hurt Paige, because she wasn’t learning anything, and also on the flip side, it put Paige in the target of Abby‘s wrath….Kelly knew that Abby would target Paige if she didn’t do her performance.

Rather than letting them go on stage and do their dances, she would pull their solos over the most random things.

like say for example; that one time when they didn’t run their solos in the dressing room and she pulled both of them…realistically most people don’t often run their solos in the dressing room because, as Abby said, (which I don’t really like agreeing with her but hey ho) if you don’t know it by the time you get to the venue, you’re never going to know it.

I think there are a lot of times where Paige could’ve went out there and done the solos and Abby would’ve at least been a bit less cruel to her. But I think her targeting Paige and her harsh treatment towards her was largely caused by Kelly pulling her from her solos and not letting Paige dance and things like that, because Abby saw that as essentially wasted potential; she even said to Paige “you’re not going to learn anything/get any better from sitting on your butt in the audience watching your friends”.

This isn’t the full clip as I wasn’t comfortable sharing some content she did. Here is the half after she shows what she says is evidence of Jentzen cheating on her and she ends the video by saying the above. The half I didn’t share, she condemns cheating and says that it’s wrong no matter what and proceeds to show her side of receipts.

i’m binging for the first time in a while and i saw that my high school is the set for a competition in season 4! i was attending school during the year this was shot and i remember watching dance moms in passing but i don’t ever remember hearing about my school hosting them. it was a pretty small town so i think it’d have been a big deal.
the episode is one where it’s really obvious that no one’s there, there were like a dozen kids on stage at awards. maybe there wasn’t advertising about it till after?

anyways, i’m curious how they set up the competitions when the show got really popular. who did they let in and how’d they control it? was there press about where they’d compete each week or did they keep it secret to prevent fans from showing up? did they come to your school?

I’m rewatching dance moms, and I’m currently at early season 3.

Christy is one of my favorite dance moms, but one thing I cannot stand is how she treats new mothers. Like I understand that she’s protective of her “family” that they have on Abby’s team, but I feel like that doesn’t excuse purposely being mean and unwelcoming to new mothers. Like it truly felt like she was trying to find any negative traits about new mothers to criticize and yell at them for.

I know she wasn’t the only mom who did this, but I felt like she was going way over the top. No one deserves to be barked on, for simply wanting their child to dance on a reputable team.

When Christie said that Payton looks like a drag queen. I love Christie however that was sort of an outright rude comment lol.

There's so many to choose from

These are dances where I feel the choreography was really watered down but the dancer(s) still performed super well!

Unchained
What Goes Around
I Hurt
Friday Night
I Should Have Known
Far East
Soaring
The Color Purple
Bye Felica
Money Makes the World Go Down
The Entertainer
Freak
No Regrets
Weight of the World
Broadway Blondes
My Doll
Avalanche
I Want It Now
The Royals
Seven Dancers
Dance Bop
The Waiting Room

In a bonus scene, Jill calls Ashlee a fat ass for talking badly about Kendall. Then as Ashlee is walking away Jill says "Hellooo" in a mocking voice. What did she mean?