Episode
Dance Moms: Presenting My New Team
Overview
Abby shocks the dancers and their mothers when she presents her new junior elite competition team; the original dancers are pitted against new dancers.
Details
- Series
- Dance Moms
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2014-04-15
- Runtime
- 63 min
Episode context
Presenting My New Team is Episode 16 in Season 4 of Dance Moms. It aired on 2014-04-15. The runtime is 63 min.
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Episode 15: Lights! Camera! Dance!
Melissa takes control during Mackenzie's music video shoot; Abby's team is under pressure to continue their winning streak; this week's dances are a tribute to Abby's ailing mother.
Episode 17: Seeing Red
After a season full of fights, losses, and heartbreak, Abby and the moms gather to discuss the most memorable moments of the past year. Abby discusses the pain of losing her mother, while Kelly’s expulsion from the team is still fresh in Christi’s mind. Soon, old wounds are re-opened and everyone is "seeing red."
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Episode 14: Family Comes First
With her mother's health declining, Abby leaves the girls and their mothers to fend for themselves at this week's competition; the pending arrival of a new team looms over Abby's original team.
Episode 18: Girl Talk
The dancers receive the chance to speak their minds about Abby.
Episode 13: Decisions Decisions
Kira tries to force Abby into making her daughter an official member of the Abby Lee Dance Company; Cathy choreographs her dancers in hopes of beating Abby's girls.
Episode 19: The Battle of Maddie vs. Chloe
The rivalry between Maddie and Chloe has boiled for four seasons and this episode of Dance Moms traces the very beginnings of it. Maddie and Chloe battled for first place in competitions, first position on the pyramid and ultimately, for a place in Abby's heart... But is the rivalry really between them...or between their mothers?
Episode 12: Sister Showdown
Payton struggles to perform a challenging number; Maddie and Mackenzie compete against each other; Christi considers home school for Chloe.
Episode 20: Abby's Top Ten Dances
Abby reveals her 10 favorite group dances and offers insight into how they came about.
Episode 11: Blame It on the New Girl
A new girl tries out for Abby's team; Cathy prepares her team to end Abby's winning streak; Abby's girls dance at a nursing home to cheer up Abby's mother.
Episode 21: Double the Moms, Double the Trouble
The ALDC travels to Woodbridge, Va., for a competition; Abby invites Jade to join the Elite Team for the week; Christi is upset when Abby picks Chloe to compete against Jade; Abby decides to pull the current group routine.
Episode 10: No Solo for You
Abby travels to New York; Kira wants Kalani to compete against Maddie this week; Abby gives a solo to Kendall.
Episode 22: Kiss or Get off the Pot
With the Select Team gone for the week, the Elite Team needs to end their losing streak. This will prove difficult because they are competing against the Candy Apples on their home turf and Cathy will do whatever it takes to ensure a win. Inspired from her time as a judge on Dancing with the Stars, Abby recruits former Candy Apple Gino to dance a duet with Maddie where the choreography calls for her very first kiss.