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The first season of Dance Moms premiered July 13, 2011 on Lifetime and concluded on October 12, 2011.
Cast
Episode Guide
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| 1 | 1 | "The Competition Begins" | July 13, 2011 | 
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| Meet dance instructor Abby Lee Miller, the Dance Moms and their daughters as the competition season begins and they travel from Pittsburgh to Phoenix. The Dance Moms will push their young daughters to great lengths to get them to Nationals and Abby reveals big news to her young dance girls. They'll be working all year to get to the big National competition. If they want to win, they've got to work harder than ever. Abby's confident she can get them there, but with a group of dance moms living vicariously through their daughters, this may be more than she can handle, especially when Abby has her first conflict with two of the moms when they cross the line and risk losing it all. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Wildly Inappropriate" | July 20, 2011 | 
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| The moms allow their daughters to wear outfits in a competition that are revealing and the scandal threatens to bring down the house. Abby's attempt to turn up the competition heat blows the audience away with what some may call an inappropriate dance number. She is hoping that this will give them their next big win. But it could backfire. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Cheerleader Blues" | July 27, 2011 | 
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| The Dance Moms need to win this week's competition to stay in the game, but chaos ensues when Mom Kelly's daughter wants to drop out of dance as she's hurt her hip and she just wants to be a cheerleader. Kelly works hard to convince her daughter to stay in dance, pushing her so far that she risks permanent injuries. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Stealing the Show" | August 3, 2011 | 
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| Abby gives each girl one solo dance for the next competition. However, she gives two solos to her star dancer, Maddie, clearly providing her with an advantage over the others. Christi has seen this too many times and lashes out at Abby with uncontrolled fury. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "When Stars Collide" | August 10, 2011 | 
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| The Abby Lee Dance Company is on edge after learning a big Broadway casting director will attend their annual Dance Showcase, an exhibition in which she shows off her accomplished dancers. Abby's desire to push the girls to the max could have catastrophic effects if they don't show their best. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Dying to Dance" | August 17, 2011 | 
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| On their way to a big competition, Christi finds out her grandmother has just been admitted to a hospital. She now must choose what's more important to her – go to the hospital to sit by her grandmother's side or go to the dance competition. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "She's a Fighter" | August 24, 2011 | 
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| Abby's continuous typecasting of little Nia in ethnic stereotype roles sends her mother Holly over the edge. For the first time, Holly takes off the gloves and the fighter in her comes out. | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Love on the Dance Floor" | August 31, 2011 | 
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| Abby plays cupid with Brooke and her duet partner, hoping their off-stage romance will make on-stage drama. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "From Ballerinas to Showgirls" | September 7, 2011 | 
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| Chloe finds herself at the top of Abby's pyramid for the first time; but is she being set up? Meanwhile, Cathy is secretly readying her Candy Apple dancers to go against Abby's dancers. | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Cathy Brings It On" | September 14, 2011 | 
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| In Hollywood Kelly decides to secretly hire choreographers to give Brooke and Paige an edge. To everyone's shock, Cathy arrives with her Candy Apple dancers to go head to head against Abby's dancers. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "It All Ends Here" | September 28, 2011 | 
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| After competing all season, it all boils down to this – the National Title Competition. Abby's dancers have been on a losing streak and this is their last chance to prove they can win. Meanwhile, Melissa leaves the competition early to go on vacation. Her ex-husband, Kurt, steps in as "Dance Dad", sending Melissa into a panic. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "There's Only One Star" | October 5, 2011 | 
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| Abby's dancers go from amateurs to professionals after being cast to perform in a Hollywood music video. | |||||||
Specials
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Title | Original air date | |||||
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| 13 | "Most Outrageous Moments" | October 12, 2011 | |||||
| A one-hour special hosted by the series' infamous dance instructor Abby Lee Miller counting down this season's most talked-about highlights and best moments. The show will also include never-before-seen footage of the cast! | |||||||
Other Information
- Filming for Season 1 started the week beginning April 4th and concluded sometime in early August.
- Abby has discussed how many of the routines from the first six episodes were previously known, with music dubbed in post-production.[2]
- Episode 10 (Cathy Brings It On) was actually filmed the week after the Nationals shown in It All Ends Here. It is believed that this was done in order to set up the ALDC vs CADC rivalry, as this episode marked the studio's first appearance.
- The season had an average viewing rate of 1.329 million.
Gallery
To view the gallery for Season 1, click here.