In the past I've written about several dance reality TV shows on the blog, including Dance Moms, Bring It! and Step It Up. Both Dance Moms and Bring It! have made a return to TV this year (in different formats), so I thought it would be good to do a post about the shows. The Dance Moms cast have returned for a reunion and Dianna Williams (Coach D) from Bring It! has a new mini series called Dianna.
Today's post is about Dance Moms: The Reunion. :)
Dance Moms, a show following a group of students at the Abby Lee Dance Company (ALDC) their mothers and Abby Lee herself, was originally broadcast in July 2011. It ran for 8 seasons (or series as we also call it in the UK), finishing in September 2019.
I think that we first got it in the UK in 2013 (I remember they showed it on Lifetime UK in late 2013), when there had already been 4 seasons. The Lifetime UK channel is now gone (it closed in 2021) but they're currently showing repeats on TLC. There was also a British version called Dance Mums with Jennifer Ellison, which had only 2 series and was shown in 2014 and 2015.
My first post about Dance Moms was in 2014 (10 years ago now!). You can read it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/03/dance-moms.html
I've since written more posts about the dancers, including a series of updates on the Dance Moms girls.
Things have changed a lot since Dance Moms first aired, with the dancers growing up and forging their own careers. Abby has also gone through personal struggles, being jailed for fraud and recovering from cancer.
Last November, Lifetime announced that the Dance Mom cast would reunite for a two-hour TV special and more details were revealed in March.
The Reunion premiered on Lifetime on 1st May (in the US) and saw dancers Chloe Lukasiak, sisters Brooke and Paige Hyland, Kendall Vertes and Jo Jo Siwa reuniting to look back at their time on the show and share updates on their lives now.
They were joined by Dance Moms Christi Lukasiak (mother of Chloe) who hosted the show, Kelly Hyland (mum of Brooke and Paige), Jill Vertes (Kendall's mum) Jessalyn Siwa (mother of Jo Jo) and Kira Hilliker (Kalani's mum). Abby didn't take part.
Here's the trailer:
I think it's a good idea to bring the former cast together. It would have been nice to see the other original dancers, sisters Maddie and Mackenze Ziegler and Nia Frazier but obviously it's up to them what they get involved in. They are no longer bound into a contract with Abby and/or the show, which must be a relief. Nia said she just didn't want to do it, which is understandable.
I was wondering when we'd get this in the UK but I think at the moment it's only available to stream online or through certain TV services, if you don't have Lifetime. I don't have any streaming services though. Since we no longer have Lifetime here, maybe it will eventually make its way to TLC, like the Dance Moms series. Hopefully we'll get it sometime and if not, there are clips online on Lifetime's channel. (I don't think we can access the US Lifetime site in the UK, it redirects to a British one.)
Visit this link to see YouTube clips from The Reunion (official Dance Moms playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLPX81UCs5trTOvkSZohUDfpXERxVGLHI
Were/are you a Dance Moms fan? What do you think of Dance Moms: The Reunion?
For more Dance Moms, check out these links:
Find all my Dance Moms posts up to November 2017 in my Dance Videos Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/11/dance-videos-round-up.html
Dance Moms Girls Updates- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/dance-moms-girls-updates-part-1.html
Dance Moms Girls Updates- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/02/dance-moms-girls-updates-part-2.html
Dance Moms Girls Updates- Part 3: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/07/dance-moms-girls-updates-part-3.html
Betches article about the Dance Moms cast today (2024): https://betches.com/dance-moms-cast-today/
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