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Dance Moms Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2011 - 2011
Episode 1
The Competition Begins
Wed, Jul 13, 201142 mins
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.
Episode 2
Wildly Inappropriate
Wed, Jul 20, 201142 mins
The moms allow their girls to wear revealing outfits in a competition and scandal ensues. Meanwhile, Abby's new racy routine raises eyebrows.
Episode 3
Cheerleading Blues
Wed, Jul 27, 201142 mins
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.
Episode 4
Stealing the Show
Wed, Aug 3, 201142 mins
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.
Episode 5
When Stars Collide
Mon, Aug 1, 201142 mins
The Abby Lee Dance Studio 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.
Episode 6
Dying to Dance
Wed, Aug 17, 201142 mins
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.
Episode 7
She's a Fighter
Wed, Aug 24, 201140 mins
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.
Episode 8
Love on the Dance Floor
Wed, Aug 31, 201140 mins
After the most tumultuous dance competition season ever, Abby and the Dance Moms reunite on stage to set the record straight. Unfiltered and unleashed, everyone gets the chance to tell each other what they really think ... may the best Dance Mom win.
Episode 9
From Ballerinas to Showgirls
Wed, Sep 7, 201142 mins
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.
Episode 10
Cathy Brings It On!
Wed, Sep 14, 201142 mins
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.
Episode 11
It All Ends Here
Wed, Sep 28, 201142 mins
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.
Episode 12
There's Only One Star
Wed, Oct 5, 201142 mins
Abby's dancers go from amateurs to professionals after being cast to perform in a Hollywood music video.
Episode 13
Most Outrageous Moments
Wed, Oct 12, 201141 mins
In this hour long special, Abby will count down her favorite and most outrageous moments from Dance Moms Season 1.
