This weekend, we will be traveling to In10sityDance
in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Your replacements will be at the competition
along with the rest of their studio.
When the moms walked out of my studio,
I replaced their kids. That's what you do.
Two of those replacements, Kaeli and Bella,
are going to be attending the competition this weekend.
And I'm sure that they want nothing more
than to beat my team.
Mackenzie, you have a solo.
Not only are you in this week's group routine,
but you are going to be featured in the number as well.
That's because this week we are doing
an acrobatic routine.
Chloe, I know acrobatics is not your forte.
But your mom has stood at that desk
and told me on several occasions
that you have your standing back tuck.
That's how the number's gonna start.
Oh no. Chloe is not doing a standing back tuck.
-Yes, she is. -No, Abby. I refuse.
-Yep. -Nope. Abby.
-She does not have permission-- -You just said she had it.
-I said that months ago. -So it should be better.
[Christi]
with a standing back tuck really sets me off
because Abby knows that Chloe
is not confident in the standing back tuck.
So she's really just setting her up to fail.
Chloe, do you think you're confident enough?
Be honest, Chloe.
Why would you tell me your kid can do a back tuck?
When parents come and tell me things,
it's 'cause they want me to work it into the number.
[Christi] Chloe, you are not doing it.
You know she is afraid of gymnastics tricks.
She is not allowed to do it.
Know what? You had Paige do a standing back tuck
in that dressing room and she broke her foot.
-No, I didn't! -Yes, you did!
I wanna see your standing back tuck.
-Woo! -Can I try it?
No. This is cement underneath this carpeting.
[crunching snap]
You said, "I wanna see that standing back tuck."
Chloe, you are not doing it in the routine.
The more we sit here and argue,
-more they're not practicing. -I'm not arguing.
I invited a child to do a trick her mother said she could do.
Chloe, you were supposed to do a solo this week.
But after the performance your mother just gave,
we're gonna hold off on that.
-Okay. -All right, girls?
Spread apart. Mothers, you are dismissed.
Maybe you wanna sit and really watch upstairs
instead of being on your phones.
Five, six, seven, eight.
Uh, I don't even get it.
One, two,
Switch.
[Abby]
It's a contortion, acrobatic, gymnastic tumbling routine.
Jump, up. Gotta jump your feet together.
It has it all, complete with the authentic hands.
It has to be sharp.
-Boom. -[Christi] Think I was wrong
for standing up for Chloe?
I don't think you're wrong.
I think you fell into Abby's trap.
[Abby] One, two.
I think this Arabian dance will be a challenge for Paige
because Abby always is yelling at her for her arms.
[Christi]
because outta the group, she's not...
-A gymnast. -...a gymnast or an acrobat.
Paige, your elbows are lazy.
First time I'm telling you.
Let it be the last.
You all realize we had to put an extra class in the schedule
because we're doing an acrobatic routine this week.
So let's spread apart
and let's do some drills, quickly.
We teach acrobatics and gymnastics at our studio
every single day.
But I feel the kids need an extra class
just to go through the tricks I'm gonna use in the routine.
Little better. Little tighter.
[Gianna] Ready? Five, six.
[Christi]
and that makes me a little nervous because
acro is not Chloe's forte.
[Abby] Okay, she'd not be one of the ones. Go ahead.
She's the one whose mother thinks she can do the back tuck.
You're so crooked. You're so...
All that alignment from that left split
comes out in everything you do.
[Kelly] Why is Chloe crying?
Because Abby's awful to her.
Wouldn't you like one free punch at Abby's face?
Know what? She's not happy
unless she's humiliating someone.
Chloe struggles in acrobatic class.
She's not flexible for acrobatics
and she's not strong for gymnastics.
But if I put a standing back tuck in this routine,
everybody has to do it.
Put the mats away.
If we bump into those kids that showed up to replace you,
you will be nice and say hello like I have taught you.
-Okay. Make me proud. -I will.
-Make yourself proud. -Okay.
The kid that came in that replaced you
you're now up against.
Let's go.
Head up. Confident.
All right, you're gonna be beautiful, right?
-Be gorgeous. -[Abby] Hey, ladies!
-Hey, Abby! -Abby, how are you?
Girls, this is Bella and this is Kaeli.
-Hi. -Tell 'em how old you are.
You're... When did...
Were you not ten at that audition?
Oh, you did? Okay.
So Chloe, you're 11?
So, all right.
-Well, best of luck, ladies. -Who's confused?
-You're very tall. -Yeah, I'm confused
why they had to ask their moms how old they were.
They just had birthdays.
Because they compete at different age--
You know the rules. They compete different age--
January 1st is the age.
Are you really like making fun of our kids?
No, no. I was just wondering because we have
problems with people all the time saying fake ages.
-Oh, no, no, no. -That's what we were wondering.
[Christi]
and Abby's like, "Oh, tell them how old you are,"
and the kids are like, "How old am I?"
Like, how do you not know how old you are?
-Let's go. -Good luck, guys!
-Good luck! -Yeah, good luck!
We've seen these tricks before by someone named Cathy
and those people were like 27.
It's obvious Abby's not coming back in.
We're in the dressing room getting ready to go on stage
and Abby didn't even run the dance with them.
Okay, girls, if you're dressed, get over here.
[Kelly]
Christi never took a dance lesson in her life
and Abby expects us to go out there and get first?
Beautiful feet, girls.
I might not be a dance teacher but I've watched enough dance
to know what looks good and what looks bad.
Straight legs. Straight legs, all of you.
Hundred times better.
Yay!
[dramatic music plays]
[indistinct chatter]
[emcee] Here we go, one more time.
In the Junior Small Group division, this is number 47,
Studio Bleu.
-[cheering]
♪ When I'm in need ♪
♪ Give me back What I've lost ♪
♪ To help me believe ♪
♪ Will you ♪
-[applause]
♪ Beats like everyone's ♪
♪ It's not the same ♪
♪ I feel the same ♪
♪ Hurt as everyone ♪
[music fades]
[applause, cheering]
[Abby]
I thought it was outstanding.
They did it with grace.
This dance was an advanced routine.
I think it's important we beat them
because Miss Abby always says,
"Your replacements are better than you."
And I want to prove to her that we're better than them.
[emcee] This is entry number 26,
-entitled "Arabian Nights." -[Kelly] Go, girls!
[applause]
[dramatic music plays]
[funky beat layers over music]
[Melissa] Woo-hoo!
Woo!
[cheering, applause]
[emcee] That was entry 26, "Arabian Nights."
[Melissa]
Studio Bleu and our number,
I think it's gonna be one and two.
Hm, hoping that we're number one.
[emcee] In fifth place
is act number ten, "Cell Block Tango."
-[applause] -[dramatic music plays]
Fourth place
is act number 26, "Arabian Nights."
[dramatic musical sting]
-[tense music plays] -[applause]
This is incredibly humbling.
Like, we have not come in fourth since...
Can't even remember.
[emcee] Third place with a score of 279 points
is act number 27, "Hey You."
[applause]
Second place,
with a score of 280.5 points,
is act number four, "Watching You."
And last but not least, that top spot
from our Elite Junior Small Group division of competition,
this belongs to act number 47,
Studio Bleu.
[somber music plays]
[Abby]
Talk about a bad experience.
Ugh, that was it.
I don't know what to say.
It was humiliating.
I was humbled by the experience.
-Hey! -[Kelly] Hey, girls!
Good job!
-Hello! -Good job!
[tense music plays]
[Abby] National champions to fourth?
You just proved my point.
The break.
The parking lot.
The work ethic.
You went from national champions against amazing dancers
to being fourth.
So if they did the routine
to the best of their ability,
then who's responsible here?
-You. -Chloe's back tuck.
Oh my God, Abby, you can't let the whole back tuck argument go.
You know, Chloe clearly wasn't ready to do it.
Maybe you should look at the real reason we got fourth place:
bad choreography.
Chloe, take a little check and imagine
if you were equally as flexible on the right and left
and if you were on time every single Monday.
Abby, her school is dismissed at 4:30.
-She comes through-- -So she's late.
You pick her up and see if you can get there on time.
Why don't you get early dismissal?
She's not getting an early dismissal
because she's going to school.
Christi, stop making excuses for your kid.
Do you have a great kid? Yes.
Every parent in America has a great kid.
We get it.
Is her left split as good as her right?
No.
That's my concern.
I guess your mom's happy with mediocre too.
-Chloe, you have to-- -Stop picking on my kid.
-I am not picking on your kid! -You pick on the children!
'Cause you're an idiot!
You are the biggest idiot I've ever met.
If you'd get off your phone and worry about your kid
and her left leg!
Abby, there are so many things I could say to you right now
and I'm gonna say nothing.
Really? Really, Christi?
Yeah. Okay, fatty. Fatty, fatty, fatty.
If that's all you got, bring it on, babe.
'Cause I can lose weight but ugly is to the bone.
-To the bone. -Exactly the point.
You are ugly to the core.
Really?
Girls, why don't you go outside?
Do you hear what your mother's saying?
That's what she's teaching you.
That's what you just said about her mother!
Because I think you act like an idiot in front of her.
Again, the big lie.
If I just keep saying it over and over again,
it'll be true!
I feel sad for you.
It's like puttin' silk stockings on a mule with some of you.
Or lipstick on a pig.
-[dramatic music plays] -[laughing]