[music playing]
ABBY: I know it's time for a new beginning.
I have a bunch of kids here that could be bigger stars
than the elite team could ever dream of being.
We're traveling to Upland, California,
and we're attending Fierce National Talent Competition.
I'm not going to say anything about the group.
It's a surprise for you.
I see a boy.
Hi, babe.
How you doing?
I'm going to have you come inside
and play the music for us.
OK.
So let's-- yeah.
Play it.
[music playing]
(SPOKEN) Those of us who remain wander around.
Where have all the children gone?
[gasp]
It's the children.
Where have all the children gone?
[music playing]
ABBY: Hide behind him.
Ready, one, two, three, go, disappear.
That's a good visual, too, is that they disappear.
Brynn risked everything to come back and dance with Abby,
and yet, she's going to put some boy in front of Brynn
like he's the star of the team?
We are going to be looked at by those old moms
and say, see, she doesn't appreciate your kid.
She's got some other kid dancing in front of them.
[spitting]
They're dead to you.
What do you care?
I'm not discussing anything.
It's my studio.
I do as I damn please.
I want to win.
We need to win because losing to that other studio, my former
students, is not an option.
This song is like super sexy, and sultry, and you know,
very for burlesque feeling.
This hasn't been done before with you,
so let's really use that.
OK?
Boom, It's like you're ready.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
[music playing]
You're not a kid anymore.
I think our girls have to prove, not only to themselves
or to the world, but to Abby, like, we can be
successful standing on our own.
That is huge.
Now, that's a woman.
Twist more, yes.
Those minis can't dance in heels.
Look, our kids are teenagers breaking out into the industry.
I'm super nervous for this group dance.
It is something different, something new,
something that could be very, very scandalous,
and we're not competing under ALDC anymore.
So that just adds more pressure that we have to win.
The original "Where Have All the Children Gone"
still remains one of my all time favorite numbers
the ALDC has ever competed, and this could
potentially be even better.
[music playing]
(SPOKEN) Where have all the children gone?
Oh!
[giggling]
I'm more confident now.
We want to prove that these girls can dance amazing and be
the new junior elite team.
ANNOUNCER: Next up, this is "Where
have All the Children Gone."
[cheering and applause]
[music playing]
(SPOKEN) Where have all the children gone?
Where have all the children gone?
[applause]
The group routine sent chills down my spine.
We're going to beat that other team, that's for sure.
ANNOUNCER: This is "The Last Dance. "
[cheers and applause]
[dramatic music]
I am very disappointed.
In fact, I'm furious.
I refuse to sit in that audience ever again.
It was like, whoa.
[music playing]
(SINGING) Yeah.
Boys.
[applause]
This is my reaction to the girls right now.
[music playing]
[gasp]
ANNOUNCER: We are moving right along
into the junior advance groups.
If our girls pull off a first place win,
that would be slapping those other mothers in the face.
In second place--
[dramatic music]
--number 153, "Last Dance."
[cheers and applause]
And in first place--
[dramatic music]
--number 152, "Where Have All the Children Gone."
[cheers and applause]
And number one, what have we got?
Abby Lee Dance Company.