I'm going to work with you two back here.
So you have to get it spatially what's going to happen.
Behind, turn around, pas de chat, sit back.
And you're just, like, a--
like, here.
Boom.
Pas de chat.
It's big. Big.
Right.
OK?
Yes?
I still don't understand why we have three rooms.
Three rooms, but we're--
Using 1,200 square feet of the 10,000
that you bitch about paying for.
Hop and hop and turn.
Step through.
Yolanda's got to be cringing right now.
Oh, I am because right now she is
spending 90% of her time going through details with Lily.
So she's the golden child.
I feel like you're again, like, a pity party.
How is she not a hit?
She got to dance twice that Lily has not gotten to dance.
And then this week when Lily gets a solo, so does Ellie.
It's like enough.
At least she's learning it.
Ellie is not doing anything but just
standing there holding a cane.
Honestly, at this point, I'm frustrated because it's not
fair.
It's not equal.
And I need to figure out why Abby's doing this.
She's going in.
Oh, god.
Yolanda, I'm working.
I told her last night to assert herself
and to come to you to ask you a question, and say, hey,
can I do this?
Did I not tell you that last night?
Yes or no? Answer.
Yes or no?
You can't just pretend that you
think it's going to be rude.
Would you please tell Miss Abby, what
is the quote from my father that I've told you about the baby?
That's right.
OK, so can you ask right now?
Because otherwise, you're just wasting your time.
And we're going to a huge competition tomorrow.
Yeah, we're going to-- you're next.
It's showtime, folks.
Come on in.
Let's go.
Come on.
My mom just needs to be quiet because honestly, it helps
me not dance the best I could.
And it's just hard for me because I'm always
the one that gets picked on.
I don't you ever get any compliments.
And it's like, I'm, like, the worst dancer on the team.
I mean, I don't know, but I feel defeated.
All right, Elliana, let's go.
[music playing]
And you're done.
Any 9-year-old that is treated the way that Elliana is treated
is never going to dance to their full potential because I
don't think any 9-year-old could take that kind of criticism
and constant berating from her teacher and her mother without
it showing every time she dances.
But she really needs to get it together because she's not
going to be here very much longer if she doesn't.
[clapping]
[cheering]
Today, we're at Fierce Dance Competition
in Phoenix, Arizona.
We're always given a run for our money in Phoenix.
Kids have to be focused on their game.
And there's a perfectly crazy grown woman running around
like a fool.
She's passing the torch to you, Elliana.
She's passing the torch.
My mom confuses me every day.
She's just a little funny I guess,
and a little cuckoo sometimes.
Just sometimes.
Not every day.
So you took the time and got your costume.
Why doesn't this have a elastic band on it?
Mine didn't have an elastic band either.
The difference is you're not competing today,
so your costume is not as important as your daughter's.
Hello.
Good morning.
How did you enjoy the pre-show performance?
I thought it was a bit bizarre, the whole thing.
You did Charlie Chaplin really well.
That's a compliment.
Here here.
But now you took away from what the kids could have did.
She was stressed out this week, and I just said, you know what?
It's all about sometimes just getting out of your comfort
zone and just having a little bit of fun.
But, moms, have you ever seen any other mom dress up
like their kid's solo and do a solo in front
of how many people?
Are there kids in here?
Here they are.
Deep breaths.
You've got to take deep breaths.
So you're going to practice with the hat.
And then you articulate what your concern is, OK?
Go ahead.
Go back.
Careful.
Turn that leg out.
Where you leaping now?
See, you have the hat on and you can't see what you're doing.
It almost fell off.
But, Abby, right now, we don't really have time to,
like, sew anymore.
Whether it's my fault or not, she's
the one that's going on stage.
I just really feel like if I had, like, a twist tie so she's
confident--
She's not putting anything on the top of that Derby.
It's a Derby. - But-- I--
Charlie Chaplin wore a Derby.
I know, but--
Show me 15 pictures consistently
where he has a zip tie on the top of the hat.
Well, Charlie Chaplin wasn't doing aerials as well, too.
Screw you.
She won't even dance if you open your mouth again.
Control yourself.
Like, your kid is dancing on stage.
I better see a smile on your face
from the beginning of the dance to the end of the dance.
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome entry number
28, Charlie.
[applause]
[music playing]
[applause]
I messed up, so I don't know what's going to happen.
But if I lose this week, I'm going to go in my room,
lock the door, and eat fruit roll
ups for the rest of my life.
Elliana, the one thing that was missing was the big ta-da
stuff.
I wanted another trick in there that you
could do without your hands, and it was that stuff.
And you just left it out.
All right, we need to get the group ready.
Let's go. Let's go.
Let's go.
I think you forgot, and then you
came up with this little story.
It was a big part of the dance.
She basically called your kid a liar.
Did you see that?
No, I didn't see it. I'm over here.
I didn't see it. I would hear it.
You're allowing this woman to treat your child horribly
because you're scared of her.
I am done.
I am done with this mother.
And I want to adopt this child because her mother just sits
there and lets Abby rip on her.