Plot Synopsis

Twelve of America's most talented girl and boy dancers -- ages six through 13 -- compete in elimination dance challenges, as they vie for a grand prize that includes $100,000 cash prize and a scholarship to the Young Dancer Program at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. These young dancers learn new routines and compete in a number of challenges designed to test their skills when they perform at the historic Los Angeles Theatre in front of a live audience and a the show's judges: DANCE MOMS' Abby Lee Miller, celebrity choreographer Richard 'Richy' Jackson, and one of Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin (Season 1) or Broadway dancer Rachelle 'Sas' Rak (Season 2). Along the way, each competitor is accompanied and coached by his or her own mother, who makes critical training, costume, music and choreographic decisions for their child while also navigating the precarious waters of the other highly competitive parents.
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ABBY'S ULTIMATE DANCE COMPETITION returned for its second season on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 9pm ET/PT with a "Fame" dance theme for the first week.