Dance Moms: Miami


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Dance Moms: Miami is an American reality television series on Lifetime and debuted on April 3, 2012. It is a spinoff of Dance Moms.

Premise

The series follows Victor Smalley and Angel Armas, the co-owners of Stars Dance Studio in Miami, Florida. Smalley and Armas have been co-owners of the studio since it opened in 2007, and often juggle handling Victor's mother and Stars Dance Studio manager Mayra Smalley's demands and that of the competitive dance moms at the studio.

Cast

  • Victor Smalley: Co-owner of Stars Dance Studio
  • Angel Armas: Co-owner of Stars Dance Studio
  • Mayra Smalley: Victor's mother. Besides being the makeup artist for Stars Dance Studio, she is the manager of the studio.

The Moms

  • Brigette Triana: Lucas' mother. Brigette is a realtor in the Miami area and the mother of 3 boys, Lucas, Logan and Lex. Brigette danced from age three throughout high school, and two of her sons are enrolled at Stars Dance Studio. She strongly believes Stars Dance Studio's competition team is a generation of future dancers, and states becoming a Dance Mom at SDS was hard as the other moms think she's a little crass.
  • Abby Small: Sammy's mother. Abby is a stay-at-home mom whose life revolves around dance and family. Although the studio is located in Miami, Abby and Sammy come to Stars from Fort Lauderdale each day. Although Abby's husband hates paying for dance costs, Abby states dance is a tradition in the family as Sammy's sister Hayley is also a dancer. Abby believes jealousy stems from others because she and Sammy are pretty and rich.
  • Debi Epstein: Hannah's mother. Debi is a creative mom of four who owns a business besides supporting Hannah's dreams to become a great dancer. Debi considers herself a typical New Yorker and two of her daughters are enrolled at Stars Dance Studio.
  • Anicia Gutierrez: Kimberly's mother. Nicknamed Ani, Anicia is also mother to a teenager named Natalie Kopke. Ani considers herself the peacemaker out of the moms on the competition team, and is a devoted working mom who works to support Kimmy unconditionally when it comes to her finding art through dance.
  • Susan Kennedy: Jessica's mother. Susan's mother danced for the National Ballet Company of Colombia and was always too busy to monitor Susan's dancing. Therefore, Susan makes it a priority for her only daughter, Jessi, to find limelight and passion through the art of dance, even if it means coming off as overbearing and controlling.
  • Leonora Diaz: Mia's mother. Nicknamed Leo, Brigette does not like her, yet Lucas loves Mia. She says the other mothers bully her but that she will always stand her ground and defend Mia.

Dancers

  • Sammy Small: Sammy is 12 years old and enjoys to dance. Before being cast on Dance Moms: Miami, Sammy danced for Dance Academy of Fort Lauderdale, now known as DANL Dance Center. Sammy's siblings include a sister named Hayley, and two brothers named Andrew and Scott.
  • Hannah Epstein: Hannah is 12 years old. Hannah is originally from Bayville, New Jersey. Like Sammy, she previously danced at Dance Academy of Fort Lauderdale before coming to Stars Dance Studio two years ago. Hannah has a brother named Hunter and two sisters, Kayla and Carina. Hannah is not considered the best dancer at Stars and is often shunned by Jessi's mom.
  • Kimberly "Kimmy" Kopke: Kimmy is ten years old. Her favorite style of dance is contemporary. Kimmy has an older sister named Natalie Kopke. Kimmy wants to be a professional dancer when she grows up. Her favorite type of dance to watch is jazz dance. Kimmy's favorite color is pink.
  • Jessica "Jessi" Kennedy: Jessi is 15 years old, and has been dancing at Stars Dance Studio since its opening in 2007. Previously, she danced at Encore Cheer and Dance Company in Miami. Her grandma used to be a professional dancer and she gives Jessi a lot of dancing advice. It is possible that she will not return to Stars for the next season. Jessi's mom Susan revealed that as a child Jessi was obese and had self-confidence issues.
  • Lucas Triana: Lucas is 10 years old, and has two younger brothers named Logan and Lex. Lucas began dancing when he was three, but quit when he was five to play soccer. He returned to dance at the age of seven and when he was eight, he changed studios and began attending Stars Dance Studio. Lucas won Junior Mr. NexStar 2012. In his spare time, Lucas enjoys playing Xbox with his father Oscar. Lucas has also done modeling and has been in commercials. In the season finale, it is revealed that his parents are getting divorced because of the amount of time his mother spends at the dance studio and dance competitions. Lucas is widely known for his technique.
  • Mia Diaz: Mia appeared in the last episode of Season 1. She's 11 years old, She was enrolled in Just Dance It, before coming to Stars Dance Studio. She started dancing at 2 and a half years of age. Her talent agency is Bloc Agency. Her favorite styles of dance are musical theater, jazz, lyrical and contemporary. If she doesn't want to grow up dancing, she'll take up singing. Mia has two brothers Ryan and Tyler. Her mother originally didn't want Mia to be on the show due to the drama, but Mia begged so much her mom eventually complied.

Series Overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
Season premiere Season finale
1 8

Episodes

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The List

"The List", much like "The Pyramid" in the original Dance Moms is used to show the moms and the dancers whom both Angel and Victor feel did the best and who needs to improve. The list changes every week. While Abby Lee Miller graded her dancers based on the titles they had previously won at competitions and the moms' attitudes, Angel Armas strictly states the grading system at Stars Dance Studio is based on the dancer's overall attitude and performance regardless of awards and placing. Like with Dance Moms, the grading system was suggested by the show producers to the dance instructors in order to create more drama on the show. Lucas Triana is the dancer who has been 1st on the list the most.

Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1st Jessi Lucas Lucas Kimmy Jessi Lucas Jessi Lucas
2nd Sammy Kimmy Kimmy Sammy Kimmy Kimmy Kimmy Hannah
3rd Kimmy Sammy Sammy Jessi Lucas Jessi Lucas Sammy
4th Lucas Hannah Jessi Lucas Hannah Sammy Hannah Kimmy
5th Hannah Jessi Hannah Hannah Sammy Hannah Sammy Jessi


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