It's the ALDC showcase.
Thank you, yes.
The annual Abby Lee Dance Company showcase
is an event that we do to showcase
all of our competition numbers.
Moms, you are going to be performing in the show as well.
[APPLAUSE]
Oh, Kathy, you're going to be the choreographer.
[LAUGHTER]
You guys are in for trouble.
ABBY LEE: Nationals are getting closer and closer.
We're going to be on the stage like the hippos in "Fantasia".
KATHY: I was really happy that Abby chose me
to choreograph a moms' dance.
My vision is that I give them very simple choreography
that is going to make them look good,
because I'm sure that all of them have two left feet.
Hello.
Hi.
Hello, are you guys ready?
I don't know if we'll ever be ready.
I was one of Abby's students years ago, so it's weird for me
to be in the studio as a dancer again and not as a dance mom.
And one and two, so three, four, go five,
go six, go seven.
This is so embarrassing.
Say in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Long step, fall, change.
Gosh, I'm so glad that you decided to finally
grace us with your presence.
All right, so you watch what we're doing,
Christi, and try to take notes.
One and two, fall, change.
Lindsey.
I'm not interested in dancing.
My ship has sailed.
I don't want to be on stage.
And not only do I have to perform this dance that I
really don't want to do, but then I have to let
Kathy be in charge of me.
I mean, I have to do it or Abby's going to punish Chloe,
whether it be for me and my actions or just in general.
And I didn't feel like putting a bull's eye on Chloe this week,
and that's exactly what she would have done.
You're going to do it one at a time.
Kathy, this is not funny to me.
Like, this is humiliating.
We like to be a group.
I know, but it's very important
that we can show that we can go out
and do something on our own.
Five, six, seven, go.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
[APPLAUSE]
Oh my God, my mom said she used to be a good dancer.
[LAUGHTER]
Things have changed.
[INAUDIBLE]
[LAUGHTER]
I never really took dance as a kid.
Maddie makes it look so easy.
I just thought it would be a breeze.
[APPLAUSE]
Oh my God, honey, you are amazing.
She had a real easy rhythm about her
like she was like a lioness.
So I was very excited to utilize Holly and what she could do.
I don't want to do this.
Oh, if you would just stop worrying about it,
you might have fun.
I don't want to have fun.
I like being backstage.
Nobody wants to see a fat ass old mother on stage dancing.
Then you know what, this dance is here to try and lift
your spirits and give you a little bit more confidence
because clearly you're lacking in it.
Hello. - Hi.
Look at you.
Let's go ahead and start to recap what we did.
I will not be at the showcase this weekend.
Kathy may not be happy about it, but I'm graduating
and she's the one who's just earned her doctorate.
Holly is not dedicated to dance.
And I think that it's very reflective on the way
that Nia dances.
How are we supposed to go on if she's not here?
Kathy, I know you're upset.
I'm a little upset because I had to repaginate
and I'm not sure that we are totally comfortable with it.
I have a brilliant idea.
Would you please do the honors and dance--
- No. - Oh come on.
Oh come on, honey.
No, actually insurance-wise I can't.
Plus, I don't do my own choreography
let alone somebody else's.
(SINGING) That lass has class.
This chick is hip.
And if she picks you on her ride, it's the real--
I'm so excited that the casting agent from New York
is here to see Maddie.
And maybe he'll see me in the mom dance
and cast us in something together.
(SINGING) That sways so gently as they swim.
The moment that she's--
[LAUGHTER]
(SINGING) And when she smiled, I must have--
She changed the dance.
KATHY: I pretty much took center stage.
And I improvised.
She's trying to upstage everyone.
What the [BLEEP] just happened?
[BLEEP]
Kathy knew that Caesar was in the audience
and she made us look like idiots out there.