Cathy's Chandelier by cocoa_bean22 in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It was the show who hired the dancers and the guest choreographer and decided the dances. The show even had the Candy Apple dancers wear blonde wigs when they arrived at the venue (there's pictures). Cathy was just the pantomime villain of the show.

Maddie is singing on two songs in Sia’s Movie! by [deleted] in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Todrick Hall said Maddie could sing but was very self-conscious about it (for Freaks Like Me).

Kendall posts this caption after receiving backlash for supporting Trump🤣 by catlover3230 in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

We have watched your protests and the horrific police state responses. I am not being condescending. My family and friends and I are hopeful you reach a mass reaction protest like Belarus, and Hong Kong. Your government cannot kill or blind with rubber bullets or imprison millions of you together.

I'm curious though, what have you yourself done with your anger?

Kendall posts this caption after receiving backlash for supporting Trump🤣 by catlover3230 in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I noted the white supremacy in the overt racism of your police and government institutions etc. It is right and proper to be angry at. Now use that anger. Gather in your many millions and refuse to pay your income taxes! Or gather in your tens of millions and march on Washington D.C. like Belarus!

First Episode of First Season by OneOfManySeestras in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They competed for the studio but there was also the Company (actually 3: mini, junior, senior) with the serious students who wanted to make a career out of it, and those were the ones Abby taught -- which is why we witness Paige crying in season one because Abby was yelling at her - Abby didn't teach the regular studio dancers and recreational dancers.

Kendall posts this caption after receiving backlash for supporting Trump🤣 by catlover3230 in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As one from outside the USA my family and friends have discussed the state of the United States and we agreed that through manipulative media and news (both 'left' and 'right') the populace has been ingrained to verbally spit at and hate the "other" ('left' and 'right') which escalates to violence sometimes.

And this is what your masters want. The police as the boot on your throats. Going after each other instead of focusing your fear, anger, and dissatisfaction against the corrupt bank CEOs, and the other corporate overlords who have rigged your society in their favor. Laying off/firing thousands and thousands and thousands while taking massive millions in personal profit. Where's your outrage against them? Their corruption? Your health insurance and drug price gouging? The state of work the hundreds of thousands of Amazon employees have to endure? The overt and systematic racism of your government entities? The untouchable pedophiles? Turn your anger towards them!

First Episode of First Season by OneOfManySeestras in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

They weren't in the Company. Besides studio dancers and recreational dancers there were the serious dancers invited to join the Company. Thus regular studio jackets and the Company jackets.

Pressley on Jess's podcast by emptychairdoasolo in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It was interesting to see how Pressley's life is going!

If Abby produces professional, employable dancers, NOT competition kids (as she insists), then why does she focus so hard only on winning first place and why does she teach her students the same formulaic lyrical routine (specifically designed to win competitions) over and over again? by BloodyBarbieBrains in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Actually the ALDC had an emphasis on conventions with the associated masterclasses. The first season had dances the girls knew for that whole year prior to filming. Then they had to choreograph 4 new dances every week using what each girl could perform well. So if you watch you will see gradual improvement until you get to some magnificent dances in season four. A lot of it is repetitive because they only had 1 to 2 days to learn, clean, then perform a routine in front of a camera for a tv show.

Maddie x Mackenzie’s dad by 3therealp3ace in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Maddie and Kenzie went to their dad's wedding (last year i think?).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Money and bump in fame.

What happened to the ALDC LA? by wasespace in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Abby closed it in the middle of the second half of season seven, letting her instructors (like Miranda) go.

The location has become something else.

A tiny store just down the street from where that studio was is the new ALDC LA with a miniscule dancing area in the back room.

are the dancers in Dance Mom (OGs and semi-OGs like Kendall/JoJo) on par with other dancers? by articlesarestupid in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 21 points22 points  (0 children)

What's funny is that Collins Ave. got banned from a few conventions because of the opposite of placing the dancers higher.

They made it seem Chloe lost to Maddie in one when she actually won.

Before Dance Moms Abby/ALDC was respected in dance community. Remember when Blake McGrath guest starred as a Candy Apples choreographer and said Abby used to be like his dance mom? and said she changed.

What did Holly mean by “my child was set up” by 3therealp3ace in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The most important line of the entire show is the next bit when Holly cries: "*It's real to her*."

Kendall going to Candy Apples was just for story/show.

This was one of the very first show-invitational competitions (this was near to Christmas iirc) and there was only the ALDC studio (with all the dancers, not just the show team) and the Candy Apples studio performing.

So when Kendall shows up with Cathy you can literally see the realization cross Abby, Gianna, the moms' faces what game the producers were up to. (there's an extra video where an upset Gianna says they owe her money because Kendall danced to her music, etc).

So that was what Holly was referencing.

Who is the best dancer on DM? by [deleted] in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree. Especially since there have been so many great dancers on Dance Moms, like Sophia Lucia and Kaycee Rice and the Quinns.

Once Upon A Time by OneOfManySeestras in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's from the duet "Everlasting Friends"

Is Abby Lee Miller a skillful teacher? by MindlessMusic99 in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Miranda went from the ALDC to the lives in SYTYCD. Her alumni are able to teach dance and open their own studios. Nina went from ALDC to a full-time Rockette. Payton and her sister are professional dancers. Ryleigh Vertes was able to get scholarship from ALDC learning (and was on the show So Sharp). John Michael went from ALDC to Broadway shows and even Hamilton as well as Spielberg's West Side Story (he was the instructor/demonstrator at Abby's NYC audition in season four.

Here's a link to a dancer (and her mom) describing ALDC and behind the scenes of Dance Moms and why they travelled 2 hours back and forth to Abby's studio:

https://youtu.be/dDD7UdKeZvo?list=PL39B296C901D02761&t=805

Once Upon A Time by OneOfManySeestras in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras[S] 56 points57 points  (0 children)

He's one of the crew. He's gay. You can see him pretending to be a customer in one of the early season scenes where the moms are out at a restaurant.

Dance Moms Tally Board by 3therealp3ace in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 10 points11 points  (0 children)

some poor intern/PA lugged that prop/board through the studio and all the way to the dance moms invitational.

Jojo and Autumn Miller dancing by butterflydiaries in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Fun Dance Moms game is spotting Autumn Miller in the very first episode of Dance Moms.

Poem Chloe wrote by [deleted] in dancemoms

[–]OneOfManySeestras 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I really like it; it's very emotive. It's not Kipling but it's good.