I saw a video last night of the little fake competition put on by ALDC LA and let me ask this. Has Abby Miller lost what is left of her mind? Is she mad at Maddie? Why on earth would she ever put her and Brynn on stage next to each other in a duet? I had to watch it twice just to compare their dancing. Because my eyes stayed on Brynn.
I always give credit where Credit is due and Brynn is a star!!!! She has been dancing since the age of two and it shows that she has had great training. She had not only learned the moves to a dance like some kids she has learned to feel the dance deep in her soul. Some things can not be taught you either have it or you do not. Brynn has it.
If you watch her dance and say she looks like a young Kalani Hilliker when she dances that is because they were both trained by Alexa Moffitt and it shows in her dancers that this teacher knows how to work with young dancers and bring the best out of them.
Brynn won mini female best dancer 2014 for the dance awards in Las Vegas and first place for her Solo at Juniors hall of fame in Vegas. These are real wins folks not ones staged by production to make her look like a winner. She is a winner.
I will give credit to Maddie. Her dancing has improved some but what I do not understand is Abby putting her on stage next to a younger, smaller dancer that has better technique and is far more graceful and beautiful to watch dance. Is Abby suddenly trying to bring down Maddie’s fame? is she so insecure that she is on her way out that she wants to take Maddie out with her? First she allows it to be published that the competitions they attend are faked and that the real winners are not shown on camera but they give a second set of awards to make it look like ALDC girls won. Did not happen. Anyone with eyes can see they did not win and should not have won. They were not the best trained dancers out there. And at some competitions they win first place because they are the only ones in that category. LA folks do not come out in droves to be on Lifetime TV reality show and their kids made to look like losers like the small town folks did.
I am thankful Brynn and JoJo both came into this show already trained but I hope it does not stall their dancing by being there. Kalani and Brynn’s mothers should insist Alexa be part of their children being on this show and continue to train their children. Because it shows they are beautiful dancers with excellent choreography when they dance Alexa’s dances.
With Maddie dancing next to Brynn you can see more of her jerky rushed movements, her lack of balance and lack of grace. Maybe Maddie wants to be an edgy dancer and that is fine but Abby stop putting her in routines that are supposed to be beautiful and graceful next to girls like Kalani and Brynn that nail it and make her look like a beginner dancer.
Maddie has gotten a lot of opportunities for being on this show and I am sorry but putting Brynn on this show I can see the request shifting now when a call goes in. I can see Brynn being the one requested. She is beautiful, graceful and very talented. The camera loves her. She is a natural and does not have to fake it. Plus she comes across as the girl next door sweet heart. No bratty attitudes or looks.
Abby Lee Miller needs to stick to putting the dancers she has trained in routines together and the ones who have had better training together. Brynn and JoJo would be good together. Seems all the routines I have watched with Kendall and Maddie they seem well matched. They do the same moves and same extensions.
But we all have to wonder how long can Brynn’s run on Dance moms last because after all she is a beautiful blonde and we all know what happens with them in Abby’s mind. What I do not understand is why any parent puts their child on this show and expects a fair shot. It is all set up to make it look like one child is better than the rest. When in fact MacKenzie given the chance would have been the break out star on this show. She is adorable, lovable, and has amazing talents when Abby keeps her hands out of it. Kenzie can sing, dance way better than some Abby has trained and the cameras love her little face. But she is not given a chance because there is only room for one star in Abby’s sky.
Even in watching this weeks group dance. Maddie is out front and my eyes went to Brynn, JoJo and Nia, They Nailed it. Again I had to watch it several times to watch Maddie dance and honestly what is with those new faces? What is with the jerked hip thrust? Who ever told Maddie to stop making the cutesy faces needs to put her in front of the mirror and break that loose fitting dentures granny face she has adopted lately. I see a lot of people posting she has an arrogant smirk on her face. No, I think she is trying to break the Maddie Face habit and look more mature but it is failing miserably.
This weeks routine was a stripper routine. Like I said I give credit where credit is due and all that was needed for a few of the girls were a stripper pole because that is exactly what they danced like. Forced, memorized steps to a stripper routine. They had no natural movement to them. Brynn, JoJo and Nia did. They did not make the dance look vulgar but relaxed and natural . Something you would not think of a stripper when you watch it. I have to wonder what audience Abby Lee Miller is playing to with some of the dances and costumes she puts her girls in. Thank God Kalani was not in this dance. She is so far above this type of routine.
By no means am I trying to trash or rag on Maddie just telling it as I see it. I have never seen the star (as far as dancing goes) quality in her that others claim is there and wonder why this child is being singled out so much. Why? What is the hidden agenda here? She plays dark roles very well, she is at the age now where she needs to make her move and leave Dance Moms before other younger girls comes on the show like Brynn and JoJo and show up her true abilities . Go do the dark, horror film type work which is perfect for her. Leave the graceful beauty and dance to those who are naturals at it. Spending 10 hours a day in a studio forcing a dance shows on stage in the first five seconds. Anyone can learn a dance but if you do not have it in your soul to feel the dance you can never dance it where it is appreciated and makes a person hold their breath watching it. Maddie is at the age now where she needs to leave the adults delusional blind opinions of her abilities behind and strike out to do what she is good at and graceful dancing is not it. She can dance strong, hard hitting, jerky movement dancing to some degree but a graceful beautiful swan she will never be. She can not glide across a stage and make you hold your breath because she does not have a teacher who can train her to do that and she does not have the natural ability to do that. She has been brainwashed all these years that Maddie does no wrong when in fact she does a lot of movements and technique very wrong. And Abby Lee Miller needs mini’s to teach because she can not teach the level Maddie needs to be working at now. Nor can Gianna who was an Abby Lee Student herself. Mrs. Miller turned out some beautiful dancers. Abby turns out cruise ship and Disney dancers. Learn a routine, perform it in the back row and go on to the next one. Front and Center her dancers should never be.
Maddie’s acting on PLL was spot on. Her acting in the Sia video’s was spot on. The absolute best dancing I have ever seen this child do was on Austin and Ally. She looks happy performing this type of work. She looks frigging miserable and full of self loathing on Dance moms. Time to make that exit and move on to bigger things before this show destroys her. I think Abby’s recent charges have proven she is not to be believed about anything even if she is standing on a stack of bibles. So why on earth would a mother believe her when she says her child is the best dancer when there are so many others out there? ( and more and more of the public are becoming aware through You Tube of the better dancers ) Why would a mother leave her child on a show that when Sophia Lucia and Kalani Hilliker came on the show Abby’s exact words were you will never see Maddie dance against them? Because she can not dance against them. She can not win against them. Abby waters down choreography for anyone who does dance against her and not only waters it down but deliberately puts moves out of order in the routine. She does not care that the layman cant tell she did it but a trained eye sees immediately she set up a kid to fail so her favorite can win. Maddie has done the exact same moves since she was nine years old.
I recall a little girl who said “I would kill myself if I could not dance” Well honey your being robbed that chance. Maddie may have talent to be a dancer but she will never know staying where she is. Mom stop getting your chest pumped up and your hair extended (By the way your looking more like Christi every day, imitation is still the sincerest form of flattery, you know?) and put your child in a performing arts studio. Put her in a boarding school where she gets the proper education and dance education. Let her have real friends for once in her lifetime instead of the revolving door friends at ALDC. Let her go on outings with kids her age that are not on Dance Moms, let her ice skate, let her have a frigging life other than for the cameras and for God sake feed the child a cheese burger.
But in a years time Brynn Rumfallo will be the new sensation and Maddie Who? will be gone. So strike while the iron is hot and get the heck out of there before it is to late. Get away from negativity and do what is right and supposed to be for you. Not just Maddie but any child who wants to be a star. If your being held back to line some one else pockets then your being robbed of what could be.
I hope the best for Maddie’s acting career and pray it takes off for her because she has given up her entire childhood to follow someone else dreams of being a huge star. Maddie payed the price for it all and she is the one who deserves it. I also hope she leaves certain adults in her life in the dust and never looks back.
Brynn I know will be a huge success if this is the path she decides to take. Some kids dance when they are little but have bigger dreams for their adult selves like being doctors or professors. Dance is just a stepping stone for them. But when one comes along like Brynn Rumfallo and Kalani Hilliker who are naturals I hope and Pray the right people open their eyes and notice these two are the ones who should be getting the roles for stardom. Sophia Lucia should be getting roles because she has earned it with dedication and proper training. And the funny thing is the three who are the best of this show were not trained by Abby Lee. JoJo I am not worried about. She will be a star regardless because Abby is nothing to her but a stepping stone. Nia, I worry about because I am not sure where Holly’s head is anymore and seems she is now an Abby Cheerleader even though her daughter has been treated horribly by this woman and I know Holly is smart enough to know Abby can not and will not ever bring out the best of Nia. Kendall needs to go back to regular school, be a normal kid, enjoy life, go to college, be a cheerleader and get off TV because it was wrong from the beginning for her.
Thats my two cents worth but I am telling you watch Brynn, JoJo and Kalani. Notice them. Hire them. You will not regret it.