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Dance Moms

Created by Abby Miller

2011–2019

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.

First aired
13 Jul 2011
Episode length
42 min
Country
United States
Language
English
Writer
Trish Baker
Cinematography
Andrew Rakow, Kristal Ramin
Editors
Bradley Hoegl, Brian Novelli, Carolyn Clark and 11 others
Executive producers
Gena McCarthy, Jeff Collins, Kim Chessler and 2 others
Producers
John Bradley, Kamico Drakes, Lindsay Schwartz, Robert Caplain
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 224 episodes

  • Season 1

    2011

    Set 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

    2012

    This 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

    2013

    Abby 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

    2014

    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

    2015

    The dance competition season is off to a rocky start when a key team member disappears.

  • Season 6

    2016

    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

    2016

    Abby 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

    2019

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