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Previously on Dance Moms...
We need to beat Cathy.
She's dirt under your feet.
CATHY: We won last time.
Remember that.
I'm really not sure who I want to use as Rosa Parks.
Let's give it to one of the blondes.
Christi and Kelly are going berserk.
She just threw all of us under the bus.
CATHY: You guys are the best of the best. That's why you're here.
Brooke doesn't know what she's doing.
ANNOUNCER: First place for "Rosa Parks."
(cheering)
Ding-***, the witch is dead.
Every time I've seen your kid, they do the exact same move.
There's nothing different.
ABBY LEE: Coming up on Dance Moms...
Abby, your guest is here.
Yeah.
Oh, oh, there is some hair-ography
going on down there.
RACHELLE: I want you to have a secret. Show...
There's a few of them that have some secrets.
What you got on your finger there?
(singsongy): I got married.
Wait, what?
This is what she does to you every week, and you let her
psych you out.
♪ ♪
JILL: This is your team, these are your girls.
This is your name on their backs.
I'm really nervous.
♪ Get up, get on the floor ♪
♪ My world is with my girls ♪
♪ Livin' on the dance floor. ♪
Let's go.
Now!
All right.
We went to Power House Dance Competition
in Cincinnati, Ohio...
and we won.
(applauding)
The overall high score winners!
Entry number 87, "Rosa Parks."
(cheering)
ABBY LEE: That Cathy's sitting in that audience
having to watch you guys win that overall?
Priceless.
(laughs)
You're only as good as your last win.
So I cannot teach these girls
to rest on their laurels.
This week we will be attending
Dance Expressions
in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Now, let's start the pyramid.
We have Brooke.
Not only did you forget the routine,
but you talked to Rosa Parks.
Why are you talking to Rosa Parks?
BROOKE: I was, like, oh, my gosh, I just messed up so bad.
And she jumped on the thing.
I wasn't reall...
And she's like, "What do I do, what do I do?"
And I was like, "Oh, God."
Kelly, you're
laughing.
(laughing): Because she was funny.
I don't think it's funny.
We could have lost.
Do you have any idea what happened up there?
She forgot.
She's human.
Just like every one of these kids
have forgotten their dances onstage.
So I've come to the conclusion
that you need a break.
I'm dismissing you today.
Go ahead, you can go.
I can't believe that Brooke walked into the pyramid
and is standing in front of me.
Come on, Brooke. You stood
onstage
and wandered aimlessly.
I'm really dismissing Brooke
so that she can go find her brain.
Is she not supposed to come away this weekend?
She is not traveling with us.
She is expected, however, to be in class.
All right.
Next...
I have Mackenzie.
You didn't dance.
Tell me, how's the foot feeling now?
It's getting better.
Have you learned that if you stay off of it
and rest it,
that it will heal?
So, doing swing-through cartwheels
isn't going to help you.
Next...
Nia.
You were outstanding.
I thought you were the right choice,
and I thought that you were beautiful
in the white costume.
I think Rosa Parks would be very proud.
(applauding)
HOLLY: I'm disappointed
that Nia's not on the top of the pyramid
this week, because I think
she danced extremely well.
And if Nia wasn't a convincing Rosa Parks,
that group dance would not have won.
Next...
Kendall.
She was the second overall high score
out of all those juniors.
And that's where she is?
That's where you are.
Next... Chloe.
You were part of a duet.
You won the overall high score
in the duet-trio division.
Did you win? Yes.
Was it your best performance of your life?
No.
Not only is Chloe back on the pyramid,
but she's back in the second row,
so it's a good week for Chlo.
Next...
we have Paige.
You came to me, you asked me for the duet.
I gave you the duet.
That was good.
It's up to you to want it.
And I keep telling you that.
And now, at the top of the pyramid,
Maddie.
This should be...
a standing ovation.
You gave people chills when you were dancing.
That's what it's all about.
And if she does that, you can all do that.
If you're giving your audience chills,
you're doing something right.
Kendall.
You have another solo.
This time we're going to work on your stamina.
Start jogging in place
and don't make a sound.
I have another solo going to Chloe.
CHLOE: This is my first solo back from being
suspended, and I really
want to impress Miss Abby
and prove to her that I do want to be here
and that I do want this.
And I'm willing to work extra hard for it.
And Maddie.
I'm going to change it
up a little bit this week.
And I'm going to kind of...
make you the leader.
So, instead of a solo... you're doing
a duet with Mackenzie.
The name of your duet...
is called
"Run from Mother."
(laughing)
Now...
the name of the group routine I will tell you,
but that's all I'm telling you.
'Cause there's a big surprise element involved.
The name of the group routine is "Gold Digga."
All right?
Why don't we start our warm-up
and everybody start jogging.
Moms, I'm dismissing. You got to go.
Now, the name of this group routine
is called "Gold Digga."
You think about a woman looking for a guy
that has money to spend on them.
She doesn't really
like the guy, she doesn't really think he's cute.
Oh, she just likes him for his money.
Aha.
ABBY LEE: We call this routine "Gold Digga."
The girls are flirty with the audience.
And... there's some Fosse moves.
A one, a two... stay in plié.
JILL: "Gold Digger."
Um... what you got on your finger there?
MELISSA (singsongy): I got
married.
Yay!
Congratulations!
Can you tell us about it?
What do you mean, you got married?
I got married.
And my best girl was Paige.
JILL: Was it quick and dirty?
Wait, what?
Did you wear your gown?
I did. I wore my dress.
Stop. What?
Rewind.
On Monday.
And how about, um...
How good am I at keeping a secret?
KELLY: Thank you.
I knew, 'cause Paige was there.
CHRISTI: Did you know you were getting married
on a Monday in your living room?
Like, we just went dress shopping.
Why were you trying on, like, gowns?
HOLLY: Aw, that's a pretty picture.
MELISSA: 'Cause you guys wanted me to.
Abby is the queen of subtleties.
Do you think that "Gold Digga"
is a tribute to one of the moms?
Hit, ball change...
GIANNA: Abby...
your guest is here.
She's here.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll stay in here, so...
...just go grab her.
MELISSA: What's our surprise?
I'd like to know what our surprise is.
Hello, everybody.
Hi.
This is your surprise.
Hello.
Surprise!
HOLLY: Who is it? Do you know who it is?
Who is it?
Wait, I know exactly who that is.
Is it the girl from Flashdance?
KELLY: I'm built just like her
underneath of this outfit I have on.
HOLLY: That is definitely her,
Wow.
This is Rachelle Rak.
Uh, a dear, longtime-- I'm not going to say old friend.
No, old friend.
A dear, longtime friend of mine
who is from Pittsburgh
and made it to Broadway.
RACHELLE: Yeah!
ABBY LEE: Yes.
And she's really well-known
for her Fosse style.
Right now she is currently
in the tour of Flashdance.
You did?
Well, good, I'm going to give you
a lot of Fosse, a lot of...
You can call me Rachelle or Sas.
My nickname is Sas.
ABBY LEE: I invited Rachelle to choreograph
the group dance this week.
With this particular Abby Lee Dance Company
competition team, we do all the choreography in-house.
But I'm making an exception.
Because I want my girls to work with a professional.
A professional
Broadway veteran.
I just hope Rachelle can live up
to my expectations.
Pinch your blades-- good.
These are your shoulder blades.
Nice, now pull it up, not so turned in.
Open your feet up a little bit.
Good, now let's rock.
Right, left, small, right, left.
And now I want you to do this little hip move.
And I want you to have a secret.
Can you show me that you have a secret?
Oh,
there's a few of them that have some secrets.
That's what I want to see.
Feet together.
Here we go, four birdie arms
into snooty walk.
A five, six, seven
and down, down, good.
Maybe this is Abby's way of taking a vacation this week.
That's what I said-- she's, like, down there on her phone.
JILL: Yeah, maybe she's taking a page out of Cathy's book.
Oh, I'll just hire a choreographer,
sit on my butt, they can do all the work.
Oh, I think it's great,
it's a great change for the kids.
RACHELLE: So, all the things that I've been talking to you about--
finding, standing in your... everything.
In walking through your legs, walking through...
Doing the turns, putting you on the spot, making you...
These are the things I want to do for you, Paige,
because I want to pull you out
and give you some features in this number.
This is such an exciting moment for Paige.
I wish Brooke was
here to see it.
RACHELLE: You know, sometimes a choreographer will say,
"Rachelle, what-what do you have?"
Well, I would say this is what I have.
Here you go, you want to see it?
Ba-dah. Ha!
Sit. Reach.
Head, yes?
(Abby Lee whooping)
Bravo.
Oh, oh, there is some hair-ography
going on down there.
Paige can do that.
Four, five, six, seven.
Give me a little more sass there.
ABBY LEE: Rachelle has great energy.
I mean, she's a "guest."
It's like a substitute teacher,
but, Rachelle, you better speed it up and teach this number,
or you're never gonna get it finished.
Same thing, all right? Feet together,
turned in, pigeon-toed.
Eyes front.
This is hurting Chloe right now to be pigeon-toed.
Yeah, does Abby see
that she's teaching them to turn their feet in?
I don't know.
HOLLY: Abby's a control freak.
She never brings in guest choreographers.
And I hope that Rachelle's choreography is
good enough for the girls to win this week.
Hello.
Brooke, hurry up.
You're already eight minutes late for class.
Then drive to my house
That's not the way it works.
Tell her to call a taxi; she's 14.
Nobody ever has the week off.
So let's just make sure that Brooke
is in all the senior company classes
that she's supposed to take.
She's an (bleep).
CHRISTI: It was 15, yes.
(bleep)
ABBY LEE: Now, Kendall, late, late,
late, always late.
Kendall, what are you waiting for out there?
You keep waiting for your mother to get places,
you're gonna be late for the rest of your life.
Kendall, good afternoon to you, too, huh? (laughs)
(footfalls approaching)
Don't slam my door.
I'll slam whatever I want.
What, honey?
KELLY: Come here, Paige. Make sure
in the beginning, when you do that, like,
Come on, girls, let's go.
It's supposed to be little.
Come on, come on, come on.
Ooh, this is heavy.
I want to start right into the group routine.
How was working with Rachelle last night?
It's a lot different than what we usually do,
so it was kind of fun learning, like,
new steps that we don't do a lot.
That's Bob Fosse or that's Rachelle Rak.
That's what they want.
So it's important as a professional dancer
to give the choreographer and the director
and the producers what they want.
You know, I wish there was a magic pill
that I could that I could look like Rachelle in a leotard.
At 40-some...
I actually have something we could do.
To look like her?
I don't know if we're gonna look like her.
Yeah, it's called, it's called wiring your jaw shut.
It's called wiring
There are these wraps, and
it's, like...
12 different
plant extracts, and they're on, like, a piece of fabric.
And you, like, put the fabric on your belly,
and then you wrap yourself in cellophane.
And you leave it on
And what's it do?
And it tightens your skin
and flushes the toxins
and stuff out of your body.
Did it make everything tighter?
It seems to.
They say you should do it four times.
And then you just follow up
once a month after that.
CHRISTI: Okay, my problem area starts
about here, and it goes all the way down, to about the bottom.
I-I don't have a problem area; I'm a problem.
♪ You wade through muddy waters... ♪
Chloe, you're opposite Nia,
don't remem... forget that.
I did not choreograph this routine-- Rachelle did.
Now that puts me in a difficult place
because I'm trying to clean up, make corrections,
change some of the spacing around.
Rachelle only came in for one night
and worked with these girls.
The rest is on me.
♪ For singing out the blues ♪
♪ Not content with a silver lining... ♪
Stop.
Mackenzie.
Watch my head.
I'm really concerned about Mackenzie in this group routine.
She draws your eyes in a negative way.
She has a duet to do with Maddie.
I'd rather her concentrate on the duet
and forgo the group.
KELLY: I don't think she should take Mackenzie out.
I think she's doing fine.
CHRISTI: Poor Chloe hasn't done that part
one time because everybody is in...
Mm-hmm.
Where are you supposed to be, Chloe?
Opposite Nia? Stop.
Nia, go introduce yourself to Chloe.
She forgets who you are.
She's been suspended for a while.
Go introduce yourself because she's supposed
to be opposite you.
You're opposite her.
The only reason I moved there was
because for the circle, she had Maddie and I opposite,
Well, I just changed it.
I have my reasons-- let's go.
KELLY: I think Abby is changing up Sas' choreography
because Abby can't handle
that someone came in and completely choreographed
a dance and Abby had no say-so in it.
All right, that's it-- you're dismissed.
Let's have Maddie and Mackenzie for the duet.
(crying): And I really thought then
that's how the choreography was.
You keep your chin up.
This is what she does to you every week
and you let her psych you out-- don't give her that control.
You'll be okay, okay?
Don't give her the satisfaction of seeing you cry, Chloe.
All right?
Okay?
Because Chloe hasn't had a solo in so long,
I am a little nervous that she's rusty.
But, you know, that's okay.
I just want her to get back out there,
I want her to do a solo, and we'll take it from there.
All right, girls, this is it.
This is the first time that Maddie and Mackenzie
are going to dance together in a duet.
Maddie is usually the younger dancer in a duet.
Not the older one.
♪ All those demons lurking... ♪
MACKENZIE: I don't like when Abby always compares me to Maddie
because I'm not Maddie, I'm Mackenzie.
Kenzie's foot seems better.
Is it her left or her right?
It's her right.
KELLY: Every dancer has pain.
Whether it's your foot, your back, like...
If you want to be a dancer,
you got to dance through it.
But, Melissa,
she knows it, she has a spot in the dance.
Let her go out there and do it.
I mean, she has really improved.
All right, you can go.
Send Chloe-- I'm gonna use her first today.
Hey, Chloe, how you doing?
All right, I want to see this without a mistake.
Understood? It's finished, it's clean.
Let's do it.
♪ Can you believe... ♪
Chloe's routine is called "Black Heart."
It's like an edgy
'80s rocker theme.
And she's gonna go out there
and she's gonna do a rock concert.
CHLOE: I want to tell Miss Abby that I'm back
and I'm ready to go.
And I'm gonna try to do really good in my solo.
And prove to her that I,
I just want to dance.
She hasn't missed a beat.
Looks really nice and clean.
And strong.
Watch.
This is the part she's nervous about.
That turn?
Oh, oh, she fell.
Tell Abby I'll bet 20 bucks she'll change it.
Okay, you're, you're finished.
And remember, when you're crying to your mother,
I'm trying to fix this.
Oh, Chloe's done.
(chuckles) One time. One and done.
Are you surprised?
ABBY LEE: Coming up on Dance Moms...
KELLY: So, I want to know what everybody
feels like their problem spots are.
All of the above.
It starts here and it goes all the way down.
I asked her if she had a body suit I could have.
(laughs)
I'm hosting a wrap party at my house today
because after seeing Sas
and her body looking like that, and mine looking like this,
I decided I'd better do something.
That's the wrap?
This is the wrap and this is the wrap.
Looks like a Tostito chip.
CHRISTI: I don't think it's a Tostito.
All right, now quit dreaming of food.
(laughter)
So who is first to get their wrap on today?
I want to know who's doing their ***.
You.
I'll give it a go. I'm gonna let this woman
wrap my arms because I'm not really sure about
the whole Hannibal Lecter thing Holly has going on.
Your *** are popping
Yeah, they look great.
Oh, my God.
JILL: I'd rather show my *** than my belly.
Just saying.
You know what? These things never work.
You can tell me till you're blue in the face:
you're gonna lose weight, you're gonna feel good.
They don't work. I swear to God they don't work.
Okay, come on. Let's go to the kitchen.
I'll wrap your *** in the kitchen.
Oh, stop, that hurts.
You should go do it in the bathroom.
I got the biggest *** of everybody.
I've seen it.
Dear God!
You're gonna need double.
(all laughing)
You're gonna need double 'cause her crack.
JILL: So glad I lost my appetite.
(laughter)
Well, Kelly and I always kind of walk around naked.
We're always going into each other's rooms,
and I'm used to seeing Kelly pull down her pants.
Melissa, where are you doing yours?
I'm gonna do my belly.
(all laugh)
Let's put this right here. It's awesome and tingly.
I know. (shrieks)
Ooh, it's so cold. (shudders)
And then go three times. One...
Melissa, your new husband will like it.
Have him come home from dinner.
You'll be taken, wrapped in cellophane
and little will he know,
good (bleep) happening underneath.
He just texted me. Said, "When will you be home?
I'd like to, like, see you tonight."
I'm like, "I know, I want to 'see you,' too."
ABBY LEE: I need to see... Kendall.
Let's go. Face. Stamina. Energy.
Kendall's working on her stamina.
And there's nothing better
than a good old Roaring '20s number.
This routine is called "Easy as One, Two, Three."
It's fast, it's furious, there's lots of kicks.
She's gonna have
to keep it up.
In, out, in, out. Kick, kick, kick, kick.
It's adorable.
I think her dance is really quite good.
Looks like she's enjoying it, too.
Look at her face.
That emotions clinic last week worked really well
because you can't tell.
Yeah.
(music stops)
That was way better. And up.
Focus on what you're supposed to be doing.
Make sure you're with everybody.
Five, six, seven, eight.
♪ Gold is what you're digging, gold is what you're digging ♪
♪ Gold is what you're digging for. ♪
(song ends)
Okay, Mackenzie come out of there altogether.
I don't think Mackenzie
should be in the number.
I don't think that she looks good
with the rest of the girls being a foot shorter.
And, she has that duet to worry about.
So I think if we pull her out of the number,
Paige can be in the front in the middle
and have the spotlight just on her.
Mackenzie,
you are not in the group dance.
Frankly, I don't think you can keep up.
Oh, my God.
They cannot pull Mackenzie from this dance
Look, look, look,
HOLLY: I know.
That's ridiculous.
KELLY: If Abby didn't think
she could do two numbers,
then she shouldn't have put her in two numbers
from the beginning of the week.
All right, all right, we're finished.
That's it.
You're going-- I don't see too much
gold digging out there.
I don't see anybody flirting with the audience.
You're walking forward.
I'm going to get you and take your money.
I don't see that.
I don't see that attack from either one of you.
Like, imagine your mom walking into a restaurant.
She'd smell that money.
Who's the guy?
Who's buying me a drink?
Sas isn't even gonna recognize her dance.
HOLLY: Well...
It-it-it
I think it does, too.
KELLY: She's been dancing
with us for 52 weeks.
Now all of the sudden she's not
good enough to dance with us?
First of all, she can't do a triple turn.
Okay, well, then why is she part of our team?
I think she's a good addition to our team.
While my daughter's sitting
in the other room doing nothing.
And she can do the dance
Yes, she can.
But unfortunately she's not a favorite.
So she's not in there.
And she gets to stay home this weekend.
Thank you.
We're here in Grand Rapids, Michigan
attending Dance Expressions competition.
(cheering, music playing)
And it looks like there's
a lot of numbers here.
All right, girls, now remember: you are here
at Dance Expressions.
Some of the studios you're gonna know,
some of them you're not gonna know.
You need to walk out there
to that stage
like you own it. Understood?
CHRISTI: We have a lot going on today.
First of all,
the group dance has been re-choreographed, like,
472,000 times.
And Chloe has her first solo
in forever.
There's a lot at stake today.
Kendall, where are you?
We're building up
your stamina this week.
Come on, jog on over here to me, honey.
Jog, jog, jog on over here to me.
I want you
to sit the wall.
There you go. Sit there.
That's humiliating.
It's very upsetting to me to watch Kendall
sitting the wall.
Why does Abby have to be
so *** Kendall?
She looks like she's
totally exhausted anyway.
When-- even when she's rested.
Don't go there.
The kid has never forgotten anything
Ooh, never say never.
I don't know what the future is for Kendall.
She's gonna have to prove it to me this week.
Is she gonna finish the dance strong and big
with the same energy that she started,
or is she just another pretty face?
♪ Hey, little girl ♪
♪ Where do you think you're going? ♪
♪ You've been trying to prove yourself ♪
Mackenzie, your face has to be like...
(gasps)
...when you're looking at the demons.
♪ With all those demons lurking ♪
Faster, faster, faster, faster.
You cannot slow a pee wee down,
it looks ridiculous.
Mackenzie better keep up with Maddie
during this duet routine.
She needs to rise to the occasion.
If she screws Maddie up...
she won't be dancing much longer.
CHRISTI: What I really want for Chloe is,
I just want her to go out there
and I want her to own the solo.
I want her to do the choreography
exactly as it was given to her, but with style.
Yeah, like, that's the attitude I want to see.
Like, that's the happy girl, not like...
(gasps)
You know, it's not about that.
It's all about being this rocker chick,
and I want her to go out there and prove
that she is a force to be reckoned with.
That she's not someone that you can just overlook.
Okay.
Okay.
All right, girls, let's go.
(cheering, applauding)
KENDALL: I'm competing against Chloe
and I've beaten her before,
so I want to try my best and try to beat her again.
ANNOUNCER: All right, moving into the junior solo division,
this is entry number 25,
Kendall with "Easy as One, Two, Three."
Go, girl!
(lively music playing)
♪ He's got money ♪
♪ He's in magazines ♪
♪ He's got more honeys ♪
♪ Than any honeybee ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, the flashing lights ♪
♪ Lit him up, now he's a rocket, baby ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, the flashing lights ♪
♪ Lit him up, now he's a rocket, baby ♪
♪ Ooh, ooh, the fame machine ♪
♪ Got a piece, now he's a factory ♪
♪ Whoa, they got the place ♪
♪ Spinning around his little pinky ♪
♪ You got to hand it to the man ♪
♪ He's making it look so easy ♪
♪ Ba-ba-doo ♪
♪ Ba-ba-dee-ee-ee ♪
♪ It's easy ♪
♪ As the birds and the bees and the 1-2-3s ♪
♪ 15 minutes, better spin that 45 ♪
♪ 45. ♪
Way to go, girl!
Kendall absolutely showed Abby
she has what it takes
to start strong,
stay strong and finish strong.
She did a great job.
Good luck.
This is our first duet.
I love you both.
I love you.
And I love you.
Kenz, seriously, hold my hand.
That judge is singing.
ANNOUNCER: All right, moving into
the junior duo/trio division,
we have Maddie and Mackenzie with "Run from Mother."
(cheering, applauding)
(soft ballad plays)
♪ Hey, little girl ♪
♪ Where do you think you're going? ♪
♪ You've been trying to prove yourself ♪
♪ A long, long time ♪
♪ Who are you now ♪
♪ With all those demons lurking? ♪
♪ Getting this far has been a long, long climb ♪
♪ She ran to the corner ♪
♪ To prove that she wasn't afraid ♪
♪ She crossed the street without looking ♪
♪ Over the bridge that led to downtown ♪
♪ She took a breath of the city air ♪
♪ And she had herself a look around ♪
♪ And run... ♪
♪ Run... ♪
♪ Run. ♪
(cheering)
ANNOUNCER: That was entry number 41, Maddie and Mackenzie
MELISSA: I know if this was
Maddie's solo, I think this would be a first-place win.
I hope the judges see that Maddie and Mackenzie
dance on two different levels.
However, they dance really well together.
ANNOUNCER: All right, up next in the junior solo division,
this is Chloe with "Black Heart."
(cheering)
♪ Can you see right through my black heart? ♪
♪ Light a candle in the dark ♪
♪ Can you take it for what it's got? ♪
♪ Well, I don't think you want to leave me ♪
♪ Leave me ♪
♪ No, no, no ♪
♪ You got no reason to believe me ♪
♪ Leave me ♪
♪ No, no, no ♪
♪ I'm not alone ♪
(echoes): ♪ I'm not alone, I'm not alone ♪
♪ I'm not alone ♪
♪ I'm not alone, I'm not alone ♪
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah. ♪
(cheering and applause)
ANNOUNCER: That was entry number 26, Chloe, with "Black Heart."
ABBY LEE: Chloe, that was inappropriate.
It was rude.
I wouldn't be surprised if her mother
told her to do that.
I have had it with that kid.
Coming up on Dance Moms...
KELLY: You were very good, Chloe.
You were very good, Kendall.
Maddie and Kenzie, you guys were fabulous.
JILL: Hey!
Hi! Hello. Come here! Hello!
How are you?
RACHELLE: Hello! Give me a hug. What?
Oh, God.
Yes.
KELLY: I wonder how this is gonna play out.
I mean, Abby's gonna have to tell Rachelle
that she completely changed her choreography
and pulled Mackenzie out of the dance.
I hope that Rachelle gets pissed off and tells her off.
ABBY LEE (quietly): So, what I did was I took Mackenzie out,
so it looked better with the five,
Oh. Okay.
Yeah.
kind of all over the place. They were never
RACHELLE: All right, I'm gonna get to see it,
Yes. That's why we're here.
All right,
let's see my way first.
Being in a Broadway show
and then choreographing a routine for kids to do
at a dance competition
week after week after week--
those are two completely different things.
This is the Abby Lee Dance Company.
My name is at stake, and I want
those kids to go out there and win.
Six, seven... And strong. One...
♪ You wade through muddy waters ♪
One, two...
I think she looks great. Why wouldn't she do it?
HOLLY: It feels like there's an impasse
going on right there. You have
these really strong personalities
and two dance divas, and they both have
their points of view, and it's clear
that there's some tension mounting.
RACHELLE: Pose. Okay, a few things.
Now, I think she can dance, and I think she looks great.
I think she can dance. It's just...
It's... Five or seven is a lot easier to focus
RACHELLE: Which is good,
but for me, I like to mix it up.
Can we try it?
How about we give it a shot?
It's your number.
You do what you want.
ABBY LEE: I'm not saying
that Mackenzie is incapable
of doing the dance.
I just feel that she looks bad.
She...
Rachelle, it's not about that.
She draws your eyes because
We knew this
in the rehearsal that she was this small.
We knew the sizes. This isn't new information.
I'm gonna have them... Can I have them both do... Uh,
yes, I can, actually. I don't have to ask.
Round off, back, tuck.
ABBY LEE: Rachelle
is an amazing performer.
She puts it all out on the stage
every time she steps out there.
But that and turning around
a competition routine in two days--
two different things.
I know we threw a lot of things at you.
A lot of changes. You changed from one way
to another. Now, you're a team.
You're gonna work together.
All six of you, you're going to do this.
So, I have to go now. I have to do a matinee.
So I'm gonna head to the theater.
I hope that you take, take
some of my good energy with you.
Thank you! Bye, Abby. I'll see you soon.
All right, thank you!
KELLY: That was fun watching Rachelle take authority
with Abby. Now, I just hope that the girls go up onstage
and win with Rachelle's choreography.
CHRISTI: Abby, what kind of lips do you want them to have?
Didn't Rachelle say?
No, no.
She should've gone over all that.
What's the deal with these *** shorts?
HOLLY: They all have different *** shorts.
So Rachelle thinks
she's gonna waltz on in here
and put together a few eight-counts
and then hit the tour again?
No.
She needs to do the costume,
the makeup, the hairstyle, the look,
the tights, the shoes.
She needs to do it all, and she didn't.
She dropped the bomb on me.
Abby, I-I get the sense you didn't like the choreography.
Love it.
If you don't love it,
this is your name, your reputation.
This is your team, these are your girls.
This is your name on their backs.
So you have to give them some sort of...
Girls,
are we ready?
I'm really nervous.
I am really nervous
about this routine.
I didn't have the control,
and we all know I'm a control freak.
So...
we can only do the best we can do.
ANNOUNCER: All right, moving back
to the junior small group division.
This is entry number 76,
entitled "Gold Digga."
(whooping)
ABBY LEE: Look at--
Mackenzie's already off.
(music begins)
♪ You wade through muddy waters ♪
♪ You take a chance or two ♪
♪ Bop-bee-dop ♪
♪ You keep looking over your shoulder ♪
♪ For a better view ♪
♪ That grass seems a little greener ♪
♪ When times become a little leaner ♪
♪ Leaves you with the only color ♪
♪ Singing out the blues ♪
♪ Not content with a silver lining ♪
♪ Gold is what you're digging for ♪
♪ Gold is what you're digging for ♪
♪ Gold is what you're digging ♪
♪ Gold is what you're digging ♪
♪ Gold is what you're digging for. ♪
(music ends, applause)
That was entry number 76
with "Gold Digga."
ABBY LEE: I will stand by my decision.
Mackenzie should not have been in that routine.
I hope the judges weren't watching her.
(cheering)
All right, moving into our junior division
where we will be giving out
the top five awards
for our soloists. Third place...
...entry number 25, "Easy As One, Two, Three."
JILL: Yay, Kendall.
Second place,
entry number 17,
"Diva."
(applause)
And in first place,
entry number 26,
"Black Heart."
(applause)
(whoops)
Moving into our junior duo/trio.
Second place, entry number 40B,
"Grace."
(applause)
And in first place, with a score
of 294.5 points,
entry number 41,
"Run from Mother."
(applause)
Did you see their score?
BOTH: Abby Lee Dance Company.
Great job.
Take a bow on three, girls.
One, two, three.
Great job.
ABBY LEE: Some of the awards were presented,
and I just won two first place overall trophies.
I hope Rachelle lives
up to her name.
Moving into our junior small group.
Third place,
entry number 69, "Something's Got a Hold on Me."
(applause)
Second place.
Entry number 70,
"Love on Top."
We won.
And in first place,
entry number 76,
"Gold Digga."
(applause)
ABBY LEE: Rachelle's number came in first,
and I'm ecstatic.
I'm thrilled for her,
but come on, let's face it,
when a guest choreographer comes into town,
they're only with your kids
for three, four, five hours tops.
It's the training that they had.
The training that I gave them since birth.
JILL: Another clean sweep.
(women whooping)
Congratulations, everyone.
Yes!
Job well done, all around.
(whooping and cheering)
(indistinct screaming)
Everyone,
wonderful job.
KELLY: Good job. You were so
good in the group!
Feels so good.
I know. I know. I'm so proud of you.
I think Chloe winning first place
is exactly what she needed.
I think Chloe forgets all the time
how fabulous she really is.
I think Chlo's been working really hard for that.
Yeah, she... You did good.
I think she was hungry for it.
JILL: Secretly working hard. How great
for Sas, Rachelle. She...
JILL: Yeah, she pulled it out.
She would have been very proud, I think.
MELISSA: You happy?
ABBY LEE: No, I'm appalled.
Kendall,
backstage is not an area to be
rehearsing, and risk kicking somebody or...
ANNOUNCER: Solo division. This is entry number...
Maddie and Mackenzie--
when they were doing their number backstage...
Could you see them
Okay.
She was coming out.
No, no. They were s...
My point is, I could see everybody backstage.
ABBY LEE: Her point always is,
No.
No, no. Well, and...
My kids were getting ready to come out on stage.
No.
Every single one of them were back there
practicing their number.
I saw Chloe, too.
ABBY LEE: Look, if I can see you,
you can see me, so, if they're in the wings,
and they can see any of the judges or any of the audience,
Right.
Okay, but I'm telling you...
...not one of those kids did that.
In this case, they would have had...
...out the door, and then you do it.
Yes?
Yes.
It's a very simple...
Stage etiquette.
Yell at all the kids, 'cause all the kids did it.
Not just Kendall.
Chloe, what was that exit about?
What?
On Chloe's exit,
when she gave everybody the fingers.
(applause)
I think that she was, like, being in character,
like, rock and roll. I don't think... There's...
That was not the exit that she rehearsed.
That was not what she was given.
You always talk about giving
the choreography something more.
I don't think that...
Something more? A shoulder, an attitude, a-a look.
Uh, that certainly wasn't what her intentions were.
Well, I don't know how many rock concerts
your kid's been to in the '80s, but...
She should know that.
Well, she doesn't know that, so that's why that's...
She did it.
She learned it somewhere, Mommy.
Okay.
Okay.
CHRISTI: Abby's just pissed that Rachelle's
choreography won.
She wanted to walk in here and be,
"I told you so," you know, that she was right,
and since she couldn't do that, she had to find something
to come in here and tear apart,
like my daughter's first place-winning solo.
Because that makes a lot of sense.
ABBY LEE: Can we all learn from her mistake?
Do not change the choreography.
If I give you something to do on an exit--
if you're supposed to look back,
if you're supposed to blow a kiss, if you flick your leg,
it's given to you.
It is given to you in rehearsal.
Well, girls, you got to work with a dancer
that's been on Broadway.
Hey, maybe someday you're gonna be the dancer on Broadway
that comes to get to work with a group of kids.
It's not an easy job. It's not easy to get there.
I'm thrilled that we won,
but I want more for these girls than just trophies.
I want them to have careers, and long careers.
Look at Rachelle.
If she can do it, you can do it.
When my kids graduate from the Abby Lee Dance Company,
they're ready to take on the professional world
and earn a living as a dancer.
So, ladies,
there's a lesson to be learned
in each week.
And also you're
a little bit closer to Mr. Bob Fosse.
As Mr. Fosse said, "It's all in the timing."
We have a new member of the team.
Asia will be joining
the Abby Lee Dance Company.
If you have any issues with any of the moms,
you come to me.
We're number two. We try harder,
and I'm about tired
of having that as my motto.
I'm still trying to figure out
what I'm going to do with Baby.
MELISSA: Abby's going to take her
to a preservationist.
KELLY: She is not going
to stuff her dog.
ABBY LEE: Energy, hitting it hard.
That's what I want to see from you.
Because why?
You got it.
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