
Reality series · Lifetime
Dance Moms
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Cast
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Signature profile
Dance Moms reads strongest on Bingeability, Emotional Weight and Tension.
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The story
What it's about
Dance Moms is an American dance reality series that debuted on Lifetime on July 13, 2011. Created by Collins Avenue Productions, it is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Abby Lee Dance Company, and follows children's early careers in dance show business and their mothers.
The run
Seasons
8 seasons · 224 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
201227 episodes
Abby is full of surprises; the girls dance to Christmas songs; Abby and the mothers are at each other's throats.

Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201113 episodes
10.0IMDbSet in Pittsburgh’s renowned Abby Lee Dance Company, owned and operated by notoriously demanding and passionate instructor Abby Lee Miller, Lifetime’s explosive new docu-series Dance Moms follows children’s early steps on the road to stardom and the doting mothers who are there for every rehearsal, performance and bow…all under the discerning eye of Miller

Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
201228 episodes
6.0IMDbThis season, Dance Moms continues to pose tough questions about what really goes on behind the scenes of the fast-growing and controversial sport of competitive dance.

Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
201338 episodes
6.7IMDbAbby Lee Miller is back with Pittsburgh’s world-class students, their mothers, and all their baggage. Get ready for more drama and dancing as everyone gets into their routines. You’ll meet several new dancers who join the others in vying to be Abby’s new favorite and bring home National Dance titles.

Season 4 · Complete
Season 4
201432 episodes
Abby takes to the road with a new national scouting tour to find the country’s most elite young dancers. With the threat of new dancers coming into the company, the moms will stop at nothing to ensure their girls have a place to shine on stage – even if it means going up against Abby. But despite even more mama drama, what Abby Lee Miller says, goes. And when she says, “Everyone is replaceable,” she means it! Includes a premiere special, “Guess Who’s Coming to the Dance?”

Season 5 · Complete
Season 5
201533 episodes
The dance competition season is off to a rocky start when a key team member disappears.

Season 6 · Complete
Season 6
201633 episodes
With her LA studio now open for business, Abby is determined to ensure her team won’t have another dismal competition season. To keep her girls focused, Abby issues a ban on anything other than dance. In a move to keep her empire alive and grow new stars, Abby makes the controversial decision to form a new Mini Elite Competition Team that will learn from the older girls in the company. With Abby’s legal woes on the horizon, will the Abby Lee Dance Company be able to get back on top?

Season 7 · Complete
Season 7
201629 episodes
10.0IMDbAbby admits that coaching two teams does not work, the Jr Elite Team ultimately agrees to return to the ALDC to get back on top and to reclaim their national title while Abby once again creates a new team known as the great eight.

Season 8 · Complete
Season 8
201918 episodes
Behind the series
Created by
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The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lindsay SchwartzProducer
- Jeff CollinsExecutive Producer
- Robert CaplainProducer
- Mike AhoExecutive Producer
- Kamico DrakesProducer
- Kim ChesslerExecutive Producer
Writing
- Trish BakerWriter
Direction
- Jimmy ChrissDirector
Cinematography
- Kristal RaminDirector of Photography
- Andrew RakowDirector of Photography
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