Christi Lukasiak

Dance Moms is an American reality television series that premiered on Lifetime on July 13, 2011. Created by Collins Avenue Productions, the show followed the training and careers of children in dance and show business under the tutelage of Abby Lee Miller, as well as the relationships between Miller, the dancers, and their mothers. Some of the dancers on the team included the singer and dancer JoJo Siwa as well as the actress and singer Maddie and Kenzie Ziegler. The show was originally set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later in Los Angeles, California, and primarily filmed at the Abby Lee Dance Company studios.