Fun Facts

Some facts I found hope they help!!

Instructors

• Abby Lee Miller: Owner of her self-named dance company in Pittsburgh, which she started at age fourteen.^[3]
• Gianna "Gia" Martello: Abby's assistant. She does much of the choreography when Abby is working with other girls.

Mothers

• Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni: Mother of Maddie and Mackenzie. She previously worked at the front desk at ALDC.
• Christina "Christi" Lukasiak: Mother of Chloe
• Holly Frazier: Mother of Nia. She is a principal.
• Kelly Hyland: Mother of Brooke and Paige, Kelly attended ALDC herself as a child, but quit to become a cheerleader.
• Cathy Nesbitt-Stein: Owner of Candy Apple’s Dance Center in Ohio and mother of Vivi-Anne. Vivi used to attend ALDC, however quit near the end of Season 1.
• Jillian "Jill" Vertes: Mother of Kendall. She first appears in Season 2.
• Leslie Ackerman: Mother of Payton. She is not a part of the 'regular group'.
• Shelly Serigne: Mother of Ally. She appears in season 3.
• Kaya "Black Patsy": Only appears in one episode;

Dancers

• Madison "Maddie" Ziegler: Daughter of Melissa. She models for Cicci Dance.^[4]
• Mackenzie Ziegler: Daughter of Melissa. She is the youngest dancer in the group. She models for Cicci Dance.^[5]
• Chloe Lukasiak: Daughter of Christi, born May 25, 2001.^[6]
• Brooke Hyland: Daughter of Kelly, age 14. Brooke is the oldest dancer in the group. During the second season of the show, Brooke quit dance to become a cheerleader, but later returned to the dance group. She models for Cicci Dance.^[7]
• Paige Hyland: Daughter of Kelly, age 11. Paige is the younger sister of Brooke. She models for Cicci Dance.^[8]
• Nia Frazier: Daughter of Holly, age 11.
• Kendall Vertes: Daughter of Jill, age 9. She models for Cicci Dance.^[9]
• Ally Serigne^[10]: Daughter of Shelly, age 13. She made the cut at Abby's open audition.
• Vivi-Anne "Vivi" Stein: Daughter of Cathy, age 7. Vivi left ALDC near the end of the first season to be enrolled in her mother's dance studio, Candy Apples Dance Center.

Cast selection

In an interview after the first season, Abby Lee Miller claimed that the production company interviewed "23 families to choose those mothers. The children were never auditioned."^[11] However, mom Christi Lukasiak claimed that Miller's statement was false. "The children absolutely auditioned, too. I have Chloe’s audition tapes saved on my computer!!."^[12]
cred to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Moms