Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like Ab-bee

Season	6
Episode	31
Air date	November 1, 2016
Viewers	0.746 million, 0.25 rating
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"Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like Ab-bee" is the thirty-first episode of the sixth season of Dance Moms. It first aired November 1, 2016.

Synopsis

The elite dancers are spread thin when Abby books a demanding commercial shoot for the team; a chain of events is set into motion that could lead to the biggest rift ever between Abby, the mothers and the elite girls.

Competition Attended

New York Dance Experience in Upland, CA on June 12, 2016 (Upland High School; Highlander Auditorium)

Weekly Dances

Abby Lee Dance Company
Dancer(s)	Dance Name	Dance Style	Place
Junior Elite Team
Brynn Jayden Kalani Kendall Nia Saryna	The Champs	Hip Hop	Scratched
Brynn Jayden Kalani Kendall Nia Romeo Saryna Will	The Champs	Hip Hop	Did Not Place
Mini Team
Alexus Areana Elliana Lilliana	Cast the First Stone	Contemporary	1st Overall in Mini Division
Areana Elliana	Float Like a Butterfly (not shown)	Lyrical	Elite Gold in Duo/Trio Division
Lilliana Peyton	Sting Like a Bee	Acrobatic	1st Overall in Duo/Trio Division

Other Information

• Elite Pyramid:
  • Brynn
  • Nia, Kendall
  • Kalani
• Mini Pyramid:
  • Lilliana,
  • Areana, Elliana
  • Alexus, Peyton
• The competition did not give individual scores so there was not a top 10 like at other competitions. The only placement awards were given to the Overall winners in each category. Instead, there were adjudicated awards, e.g. elite gold, gold, etc.
• The two duet titles are based on the quote "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee". This quote was said by the famous boxer Muhammad Ali, who died the week before the competition.
• Jayden Bartels, Romeo Blanco, Will Simmons and Saryna Garcia all joined the team this week for the group dance. The group choreography was the same that was used for the ElectroKicks commercial that the girls filmed the day before the competition.
• Peyton was not in the group dance because Abby wanted her to focus on her duet.
• June 8: Brynn had a photoshoot with Miss Behave Girls for their new summer collection.
• June 9: JoJo attended the Finding Dory movie premier in Los Angeles.
• June 10: Kendall, Kalani, JoJo and Nia attended the Disney #MXYZ launch party.
• June 11: All of the girls (minus JoJo) filmed a commercial for ElectroKicks. Other dancers included were Will Simmons, Romeo Blanco, Kaycee Rice and Tatiana McQuay. (Video)

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