ABBY LEE MILLER: Congratulations, ladies.
You are undefeated eight times in a row.
That's a big deal.
Not to burst your bubble, but it is early in the season.
A lot of dance studios don't have their competition numbers
ready yet, and it's going to get tougher and tougher and tougher
as we move along.
This week, we are going to Detroit, Michigan,
and we will be attending In10sity dance competition.
This is where the car industry made people millionaires.
Suddenly, the depression came, and nobody's buying any cars.
So we're going to do a routine and call it Riches to Rags.
Maddie, you are doing a contemporary solo.
And my other solo, Kendall.
This week, you're doing a pretty lyrical solo.
Abby, can you just explain as to,
like, where Kalani fits if she can't
go up against Maddie for the number one spot on this team?
Kalani was brought here to dance with Maddie,
not to go up against my own students.
KIRA (VOICEOVER): Kalani is at the top of the pyramid.
I've been dying for her to go against Maddie
and prove to Abby that she is the strongest
dancer on this team.
ABBY LEE MILLER: OK, go ahead.
Get ready to dance.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Oh.
That was better, Nia.
Relax your shoulders, though.
You always want to relax into a turn, not tense up for a turn.
Everyone knows I like to make a statement wherever we go.
Now, Detroit used to be a thriving industrial town,
but now it's kaput.
I want to tell the story of riches to rags.
Now, we're up against our ninth win in this routine.
Better bring home that trophy.
So the song's "Sassy," but you are
unemployed, hungry, dirty, sad.
I don't think I would go to Detroit
and have a judgment about people on unemployment.
And I think the way that she's approaching
it is very judgmental, and it's very [INAUDIBLE]..
Really, Abby, judgmental?
So, ready?
Who's starting?
Kendall, you start.
SINGER: (SINGING) My Mercedes-Benz,
the [INAUDIBLE] dress.
It's like grade school talent shows.
WOMAN 1: It's funny.
WOMAN 2: I don't think that's funny.
Does she want to put an end to the winning streak?
You're frigid, and you're cold.
Abby likes to push the envelope
when it comes to group dances.
I just wish Abby would pay more attention to the message
that she's delivering because I'm afraid this is coming
across a little cartoonish, and I
don't want the people of Detroit to think
we're mocking their hardships.
ABBY LEE MILLER: All right, so get downstage,
and you're going to step out.
There is so much riding on this group number.
We're on a winning streak, and I want it to continue.
Proper placement.
Feet, feet.
Maddie and Mackenzie were so excited on the way home.
They said this dance is so funny.
Mackenzie, somebody missed a turn.
It doesn't look like a funny dance.
Well, in the beginning it does.
Oh, is it? Oh, OK.
WOMAN 3: I guess it's cute.
Because they're all, like, wishing they can
have something in the windows.
I would have to see it all together.
This topic is really complex.
It's pretty depressing, but the music is pretty upbeat.
It's a big story to convey a two-minute dance.
Listen, girls, I'm not going to be here tomorrow.
Gianna will be in charge tomorrow.
No mother changes a costume.
No mother changes music.
No mother changes choreography, and you are not doing a solo.
Got it, kiddo?
All right, you're finished.
Go.
You're welcome.
Where do you think your placement is on this team?
Why are you here?
Like, why are we traveling 3,000 miles to be here
and to train with Abby?
KALANI: To be on the team and to learn.
Kira is out in the hallway saying she
wants to put Kalani in a solo.
CHRISTI (VOICEOVER): Kira has been able to get away
with a lot with Abby, but let me tell you one thing,
don't you start messing with Maddie's reputation.
When you mess with that kid's reputation--
I'm going inside and getting ready to run
the group dance, not the solo.
What's going on?
My mom wants me to do a solo, and I'm not doing
it because you told me not to.
KIRA: I just want her to be able to showcase
her talent every week.
I understand your mother wants you to dance.
Every mother wants their kid out there in the front,
in the middle, and duh-duh-duh-duh-duh.
This is about how we get her to be permanent.
What is it going to-- what does she need to do?
Where does she need to go?
She doesn't need to do anything.
She's fine. I love her.
I think she fits in great.
Do you fit in?
I don't want another Christi and Kelly on my team.
And I have told you once, and now I'm telling you again.
No solo today.
CHRISTI: We have been on a really amazing winning streak,
and I would hate to see that all go to hell because
of some little hobo dance.
ANNOUNCER 1: All right, next step
in our junior small group division,
we have entry number 77.
Welcome to the stage, Riches to Rags.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
SINGER: (SINGING) The Mercedes-Benz,
the [INAUDIBLE] dress.
[INAUDIBLE] and French cigarettes.
Pink diamond ring from Tiffany's, scoring
looks from the VIPs.
Jimmy Choos on Manolo shoes.
Got so much you don't know what to choose.
Burning up the plastic on [INAUDIBLE] to ration
what she don't want no more.
Living through the pages of a magazine,
the pictures tell her what she should be.
The latest craze, the hottest things,
falling for [INAUDIBLE].
It's never enough, never enough.
She wants more, more, more, more.
Keep it coming because it's never enough.
She wants more, more, more.
She thinks she's got more class than anyone else,
judging everybody by what's on their shelves, yeah.
Never enough, never enough.
She needs more, more, more, more, and more.
Never satisfied with what we have.
We're just hiding behind a mask.
Oh, you're so much better than that.
We just need more and more and more and more and more,
more love!
More, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more,
more, more, more, more, more.
It's never enough, never enough.
We need more, more, more, more, and more.
[APPLAUSE]
I think the girls danced very well.
I don't think anyone in the audience had
a clue what the group dance was about,
but I think their dancing was great.
ANNOUNCER 2: And in first place with a score of 280.7 points,
number 77, Riches to Rags.
ABBY LEE MILLER: Nine times with new routines
with this group of girls, believe it or not,
I'm on cloud nine.
Nine times.
Congratulations.
Good job.
Nine!