Al
My journey with Abby has been for several years.
She is a belligerent know-it-all,
and she's a witch with awful, droopy boobs, and I hate her.
Actually, what I would like to do
is go find out what the big bag of wind is up to.
And, Patsy, you're going with me.
I want to go in to see Abby
because I want her to be rattled,
and I want to get under her skin,
and I'm going to bring Black Patsy
because I know that she is going to have my back.
-Do good, guys. -All right. Line up.
The best way to shut that witch up is for you to go out there
and be far superior dancers than she's ever had.
I didn't come here today to get beat from some nobody.
Hi, honey.
I don't know what this woman is on,
but, honey, she does not belong in this dressing room
with these children.
She is completely, utterly out of line.
I want you to go that way. Go that way.
[ Chatter ]
This is a game to you.
This is not a game to these children.
Why don't you be quiet? You let her ...
[ Chatter ]
-Why are you in this room? -Get out of here.
You're not welcome here. Leave us alone. Get out.
-They need to go. -You don't move me.
You don't move me.
Get out.
-[ Chatter ] -Get out. Classic ...
This is a dressing room.
-Stop yelling in my face, bitch. -Get out.
[ Chatter ]
-This is a dance competition. -[BLEEP]. Get out of my face.
Oh, my gosh. Really? It's like deja vu.
Get out my face. You don't walk up on me.
-Get your finger out of my face. -Get out of my room. Go.
[ Chatter ]
-Do not walk up on me. -Please leave.
-Do not ... -Please leave. Please leave.
-Get out. -We don't have time
for these shenanigans with Selena.
Cathy wants a win. She's hungry for a win.
We can't let that happen.
This is my dressing room. Get the hell out.
Please put your hands together for the overall teen group, 701,
Pretty Reckless. Come on up.
Hallelujah. The streak is alive and running.
We crushed the Candy Apples.
Cathy needed to bring her big guns, and she forgot to.
[ Chatter ]
Congratulations.
[Indistinct] how to win. That was great.
That makes me so mad. You get so excited,
and you won because you're famous.
You didn't win because you got on the stage and [Indistinct].
You won because you ...
You're famous. I hit the step. We all hit the step.
We deserved that win, not them, and now this is [Indistinct].
We just beat them for the second week in a row.
Two weeks in a row ... Go home. Milk a cow.
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We're not ...
Cathy, come on. You did the costumes.
You picked the theme, and you put your own damned kid
out there looking like that. Shame on you.
You could have featured her and made her look amazing,
and you don't have the common sense to do it.
-Talk about common sense. -Nope.
I'm not in the predicament you are.
I've got more common sense than you'll ever have.
Abby still has a lot on her plate,
and I don't mean with this team. And there's Cathy
to remind her of it every single step of the way.
It's awful.
-I think you're a joke. -You're a petite chubette.
You are not going to cut it in Hollywood.
This is it, hon'.
There is no way. Why do you fly across the country ...
-Why not? -... to lose?
what kid have you had in the last 4 years on Broadway?
Are they still doing their dance team college crap?
-Just had a girl make Disney. -Oh, bravo.
Well, 30 years in business,
you finally have a kid at a theme park. Golly, gee.
-I don't have ... -Good for you.
You know what, Abby? We'll see you at Nationals.
I think that's around the time that you have to go
for your hearing in Pittsburgh. We'll see you there.
People make mistakes. My biggest mistake
I've ever made was letting you walk into my studio.
[Indistinct].
Man, you guys are gluttons for punishment.
You're just standing here, waiting.
We just want to congratulate you.
-Oh. Well, thank you. -Your kids did an amazing job.
Well, thank you, but you've got to admit
it probably stings a little bit.
You don't have a whole lot to talk about.
Third place.
Your kids got fourth, genius.
[ Chatter ]
Shut your fat mouth.
You're not going to ruin this day for me. No way.
See you in jail, honey.
Put your tail between your legs and waddle on home.
Get your fat ass out of my face.
Guys [Indistinct].
Go away.
Give me this. I'm not going to be in this one.
I'm not.
-Don't touch me. -Don't touch.
You're in my way.
Don't touch me. You're not going to go after me.
You just touched me.
-I did not push you. -Don't touch me.
Go away.
We do not want you here anymore. Go.
-[Indistinct]. -Go. Walk. Go. Walk.
I've got it. I got it. Walk.
Walk your fat asses out of here, bitches.
You go and [Indistinct] bitch.
What is their problem? Are they ...
-They lost. They're sore losers. -Wow. I'm so mad right now.
I can't even talk.
I think you guys did amazing, and in my heart,
I think you should have won.
But you got that message out there.
You know what? There is no hearts and flowers with this.
This sucks.
I wanted to say something to you.
Holly has always been great.
For you to go after a kid is wrong.
Come on, Holly. Kalani is the whole team.
Leave the kids alone.
I just don't feel that Candy Apples
is the right place for me, and I ...
Well, we never really wanted you, anyhow.
What are you talking about?
It's hard for me to sit there and watch Cathy antagonize Abby
and antagonize the moms. It's just not who I am.
At this point, I don't want this team.
Twenty thousand dancers every year audition
for Joffrey's summer program.
This is a big time. it's intense.
You're just at the beginning of your shot.
You have something to work for.
The Joffrey is a huge deal, and it really, really,
really could make or break somebody's career
because ballet is the foundation of all other dance.
Girls, remember: You're not just representing yourself.
You're representing the Abby Lee Dance Company.
[ Chatter ]
-Listen, girls. -Oh, my god.
Do you hear it?
Chloe is warming up in the hall,
and then I hear [Indistinct] "Girls ...
Girls ... Girls ... Girls" ... Oh, Cathy has arrived.
-Hi. How are you guys? -Good. How are you?
-Good. -Hi, ladies.
The Candy Apples need to get a life
and quit following the Abby Lee Dance Company around.
Lead with the chest down ... up.
Girls, if you don't know it yet, you're never going to know it.
Stop voicing your opinion because it doesn't matter here.
We have every right to be at the exact same places that she is.
-Hi, Abby. -How are you?
-Good. How are you? -Good.
Good to see you guys here.
To run into Abby, it kind of changed the mood,
my mood, Kendall's mood a little bit. But oh well.
We are ready for the solos.
Shoulders down, big smile. Use your face.
[Indistinct]. 249, go.
Do you have something for us?
I like the piece Abby put together for my audition
because it has some of my good tricks and everything.
Brooke, make it look easy
because that's what's impressive about you.
All judges have different opinions,
so they may hate tricks, or they may love tricks.
So I have no clue how this piece is going to go over.
-I'm not a fan of tricks. -Holly, are you nervous?
Are you pacing?
-Pacing. I'm very nervous. -That's what I used to do.
I used to throw up in a bucket outside.
-Got a bucket? -I think I did pretty well.
I hope I get the scholarship.
You jumped. You flipped. You twirled a lot.
But you've got to tell whoever told you to shake your bum-bum
like that that they are a dumb-dumb.
Hey, Abby taught me how to shake my bum-bum,
and I shake it pretty well.
-What did they say? -He said,
"Whoever taught you to shake your bum-bum is a dumb-dumb."
-Ah. That's your mother. -Nuh-uh.
[ Chatter ]
No, no.
Do you really think you need
that much makeup in a ballet audition?
It's a little over-the-top.
-All right. Go get them. -Good luck, Kendall.
Good luck, Kendall.
I think Kendall is a beautiful little dancer,
and I really hope that she can come out on top
and get the scholarship.
I very much enjoyed the arms in the beginning of the dance.
That was lovely, very nice.
-This is like your forte. -Okay.
You're good at ballet. You look like a ballerina.
You have a beautiful body.
I think Abby is putting a lot of pressure on Chloe
and Maddie this week, and it's almost like
the whole Maddie-Chloe showdown once again.
-Go in there, and own it. -Okay.
Okay?
I'm very excited for the ballet audition.
I mean, I've never done something this big before
in my entire dance life. So it's every man for himself.
-You got something for us? -Mm-hmm.
Yes? All right. Take the floor.
Your natural, just, god-given ability is fantastic.
It's wonderful. You really have something special.
Just, please get into more ballet classes.
Would you go out there and send in number 252, Maddie?
-Yeah. -Thank you.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
They told me that they think that I need more ballet classes,
which makes me a little bit nervous,
thinking that maybe I don't have enough training
for the Joffrey Ballet School.
I mean, you never know what the three judges could be thinking,
like, "Oh, we want her. We don't want her."
You never know what they want.
Well, you should be proud of yourself.
Thanks.
I think going up against Chloe is going to be hard
because she is more of a ballerina than I am.
Shoulders down, shoulders back the whole time, no pouch.
I'm really nervous because we don't really do ballet
that often, and we have three ballet judges.
So, Maddie, you've got something you can show us.
-Yes. -All right.
Thank you. You really know how to perform.
Thank you.
Some showmanship going on there. You could have been on Broadway,
but you have to be a dancer.
Throughout the whole piece,
I kept wanting there to be a pause.
I wanted there to be a time where you let your body finish
and move all the way through something
before jumping into the next movement.
Can you go up on releve? Show me releve, right?
Go really high up on the releve.
Okay, those feet have more potential than what
you're using right now.
But you've got to work hard to do it.
They said that I had great potential.
Maddie came out, and Maddie was not all that confident.
She takes things very seriously and very much to heard.
Two and three, four and five. Flex at six.
We all know that Kendall has had training other places.
So we've just kind of tweaked out all the bad habits
that she's gathered along the way.
Geez.
Cathy has gotten Kendall so many things going on.
That's wonderful.
How have the moms been at Candy Apples, Jill?
The moms are great.
That's probably why I have 300 students versus 20,
because I don't have a problem with embracing new customers.
Cathy, how many kids have you had here at Joffrey?
How many have you had, Abby?
Three.
I highly doubt that you've had three people here.
-Why? -I've had students study here
in the summer every single year,
and I'm not going to start to name them off
because it means nothing to you.
I honestly feel that the Abby Lee Miller gang think
that they've got the market on any competition,
any audition, anything that has to do with dance.
They are nothing but trouble,
and it was honestly fun just to get Abby's feathers ruffled.
Good afternoon, everyone. We are ready for the dancers.
All right. Now, if I could get 247 over here please ...
Fifth position, tendu and close, tendu and close.
See, number 250 was popping her foot out and bringing it back.
Oh, so sorry. That's your child.
Cathy ...
"Cathy," is that all you guys can say?
You're not even supposed to be watching.
Aren't you the teacher? Shouldn't you know that?
Well, then, stop popping your head in.
I didn't. I just ...
[ Chatter ]
I don't see a sign that says, "No teachers allowed."
-It's just etiquette. -No, no. No, no.
-You don't look in ... -You know what?
-... on an audition ... -You guys ... Listen.
... let alone a dance class.
Take some of the tension out of the shoulders there.
Lift up the back of that neck, stomach, and good.
Work through that [Indistinct].
What's up with the bobby pins in your hair?
Cathy ...
Are you going to use that for later?
Yep.
Honey, you so want to have style, and you don't.
Oh, Cathy, I suggest you shut your mouth
and walk away from me.
Oh, why? Are you going to beat me up?
Cathy comes in, and she talked about my manners
and my etiquette,
and she cannot conduct herself like a human being.
And I'm trying to sit there and ignore her,
but my god, it's like needles on a chalkboard.
Finally, I'm just like, "Ah."
You don't even know me. I can read you like a book.
You are so full of [BLEEP]. Please be gone.
-Oh, nice language. -I know. I learned it from you.
That's what you always have to ... No, you didn't.
Christi is being her usual self.
She's jawing about something that's not suiting her fancy.
Up and over to the bar.
Lengthen up out of that side. Keep those stomachs strong.
Cathy, let's tone it down a notch.
You're at the Joffrey Ballet. A little decorum, please.
And we've got Abby, who's screaming, "Be quiet,"
yet it's her voice that you hear.
[ Chatter ]
News flash ...
There's an audition going on right behind the door.
Shut your ...
I'm not the one that's always drunk
and can't take care of my kids.
I'm not drunk, and I can take care of everybody just fine.
Oh, but you've always got a drink in your hand.
You embarrass yourself every time you open your mouth.
Pardon me one moment, please.
Ladies, we're having a ballet class in here.
-Thank you. -If you don't respect me
and you don't respect these girls, respect the art form.
Don't only talk to me. You need to talk to her, as well.
You've just go my focus. Everybody, please ...
I was beyond mortified, and I was just so mad
that I let Cathy get the best of me,
and I behaved that way because I had no intentions of that.
I don't want anyone to ever execute behavior
like what I had to step out that door and tell the people
who are responsible for you to not behave like.
I'm also feeling a bit embarrassed.
Cathy is completely unprofessional. She's loud.
She's obnoxious, and I don't want to be around her anymore.
Don't let a bad influence like that influence your lives.
Our moms were really bad. It was so rude.
I hope they don't embarrass me again.
[ Chatter ]
-Hold on. Hello? -Hi. Is this Christi?
Yes, it is.
This is Davis Robertson from the Joffrey Ballet School.
How are you doing?
I'm well. How are you?
I wanted to take the time to call you personally
and let you know
that we want to offer Chloe a scholarship for the summer.
She was at the top of our list ...
-Oh, thank you. -... in ballet.
-Oh, my gosh. That's amazing. -Thank you.
I think Chloe is excited to have that opportunity,
but I really think that Chloe is trying hard not to show it
because the other little girls in the room
wanted that, as well,
and she didn't want to hurt anybody else's feelings.
Under our direction, I really do believe
that she has got the potential
to be just a beautiful ballerina.
Oh, thank you.
And we would like to assist in making that happen.
-Oh, thank you so much. -Thank you.
-You are very welcome. -It's hard when your child
doesn't get something that they want,
but that's also part of a dancer's life. It's tough.
-We'll be seeing you soon. -All right. Take care.
-All right. Take care. -You're being a brat.
Don't ... No. Walk away from me.
Please. I want to organize it.
Get back here right now. Get back there now.
Get back here.
Madison, get back here. Your phone is going away.
I feel really upset that Chloe got a call
from the Joffrey Ballet School.
I think I kind of deserve to be on top.
Stop it. Guess what? Five days, 10 days now.
No.
Ten days, Maddie can't have her phone.
I know exactly how that little girl was feeling,
and I know that she wants this Joffrey scholarship
as much as anyone else, and I know she's thinking,
"My shot is out the window. it's all Chloe."
Even though these girls are such good friends,
they are really, really fierce competitors.
-Maddie? -What?
Maddie, come here. I have to tell you something now.
One more ... If you don't come back here
in 5 seconds, it's going to be 15 days.
Maddie is really stressed out because she was disappointed.
But I won't put up with a bratty kid.
She just needs to reach deep and down inside
and just be thankful for what she has, and don't ...
You just can't worry what other people think of you.