Dance Moms

I've got a child interested in watching Dance Moms, a reality TV show featuring the often unhinged and unstable Abby Lee Miller and her dance school students. One of the dance students under the heel of Ms Miller has gone on to become famous as the girl dancing in Sia videos.

Is all that goes on staged for the entertainment of the audience? Surely it must be, some of the dancing can be quite good, yet that particular girl lose or end up being thrown off the team by Abby. One such is Daviana Fletcher, an obviously accomplished dancer. My thinking was that Daviana was brought in as a cameo, to boost ratings, and then she moves on.

Another problem I have is with the placement of black girls on the pyramid at the start of the show. They're usually lower down the pyramid, and rarely on top. It is becoming obvious, though they're never so bad that they should always be placed at the bottom.

I'm not so sure watching this stuff is healthy what with this Abby Lee Miller, who is the perfect example of a bad teacher.