To celebrate Mother’s Day (May 12), we’re highlighting five well-known dancer moms and their dancing children. Their love of the art form makes these dynamic duos (and one quartet) very close. But like all families, they can still drive each other crazy! Barbara Sandonato in Scotch Symphony (photo by Jack Mitchell) Mom: Barbara Sandonato, teacher […]
“So You Think You Can Dance” Season 9 winner Eliana Girard (courtesy FOX) From the wannabe-primas on “Bunheads” to the fierce comp kids on “Dance Moms,” talented dancers—both real and fictional—are all over the TV these days. So which small-screen star are you most like? Take our quiz to find out. What’s your turning specialty? […]
Gotta admit, it’s hard to stay on Team Mackenzie when Asia looks this cute. Asia Monet Ray Week has finally arrived! But including 7-year-old Asia in the Abby Lee Dance Company comes with another twist—Asia’s mom Kristie. We’ve already seen how awful this mom can be on “Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition.” Moms: Be afraid. Be […]
A very Fosse group dance. We’re back to one-hour “Dance Moms” episodes, which means the focus is on the dancing instead of the moms’ drama. Hurrah! Here are my top three AWESOME and AWKWARD moments from this week’s show: AWESOME : Rachelle Rak makes a guest appearance! Rachelle, or “Sas,” is Broadway royalty, so us DS […]
Nia rockin’ out as Rosa Parks A two-hour episode that includes Cathy? Why do you keep doing this, “Dance Moms”? Why?! To add insult to injury, the Abby Lee Dance Company got seventh place last week, so we know Abby will be in a foul mood. This episode certainly had its low points—but it ended […]
They see me rollin’… Two hours of “Dance Moms”? Yippee! This extra-long episode gave us the chance to really draw out every story line—most of which were completely unnecessary. But a lot of good things happened, too. Here are my top AWESOME and AWKWARD moments from last night. AWKWARD Pyramid time. Abby is actually pretty […]
Brooke’s dying. Nick’s in love with her. And Brooke’s daughter, Maddie, is wearing a wedding dress. That makes perfect sense, right? Pyramid time! Maddie’s on top, the Hylands are on the bottom and Chloe is still on probation. No surprises there. Onto the most AWKWARD and AWESOME moments from this week’s show: AWKWARD Abby goes […]
The dog that started it all. As expected, this week’s episode was more AWKWARD than it was AWESOME. But it did have a few shining moments. Here are the highlights: AWKWARD Of course, the death of Abby’s dog, Broadway Baby, is no fun for anyone (except we do get to see some super-cute clips of […]