Marissa Ziegler // Dance Moms

Cheerleader Blues

"Hi, Abby" I smile as I walk into the studio for dance

"Hey, babydoll. How are you doing?" She asks me

"Good" I reply before making my way to the dancers den

When I get inside I go over to where I always sit and I place my bag down. I take off my romper which reveals my dance set. Today I'm wearing plain black booty shorts with a green sports bra. My hairs in a ponytail too

Once I finish getting ready, I head to my first private of the week, which is an acro private. There, I work on some of my tricks with Janine, one of the teachers here

Then I go to a rehearsal that Gia is teaching where we are learning a dance with some of the older dancers for the dance concert in a few weeks. Once that's over, I get my tap shoes on and go to a tap class with Maddie, Paige and Chloe, along with some of the older dancers

Once I finish all of my earlier classes, I go back to the dancers den to get water. I also fix my ponytail while all of my other teammates come in

"Let's go, girls! Come on! Come on" Abby yells and we all go into studio A. I sit next to Brooke and behind Maddie

"Vivi-Anne, where's your dance clothes?" Abby questions the new girl who's currently wearing a white blouse with a camo patterned skirt.

"It's in the car" She responds

"You need to be dressed and ready to dance when you walk in this building. Yes?" Abby explains and Vivi nods

"I want to recap a little bit about the competition. Now there are some things that went on that maybe you don't even know about." Abby begins

"Your mom was upset about the costume" Abby points to Nia

"Your mom was upset about the costume before you went onstage" She points to Chloe

"But that cannot happen again." Abby tells us and we just stare at her

"Let's talk about what we're doing this weekend. We're going to New Jersey and we are going to do  an acrobatic gymnastic routine" Abby tells us and my face lights up. I love acrobatics. I then see Abby turn the board around, and my face goes back to its normal state

Mari
Maddie Chloe Brooke
Nia Paige Mackenzie Vivi-Anne

"Overall, I evaluated all your performances. So, Mari, you won that competition and the title, I'm going to leave you right where you were. Yes?" Abby explains and I nod, a small smile appearing in my face

Mari is at the top of the pyramid for her performance and her scoring and her overall behavior last weekend. I also choose to do an acrobatic routine this weekend, so I need to pull in my ringer and use Brooke to help Mari instead of Maddie because Brooke's amazing
| Abby Lee Miller |

"Mari, Brooke, I expect you to help the younger students and I expect you both to know the choreography first and be able to help everybody else" Abby demands

"All right, Nia, Paige, you'll be doing the rumbling part and the acro part." Abby informs the two girls

"Vivi-Anne, because you're new here and you don't really know all of our terminology, I'm going to work privately with you this week. And so you're going to do a solo at the competition this weekend" Abby explains to Vivi, whose face doesn't change at all at the mention of having a solo.

"All right, girls. Let's go. Get up. Get ready to rehearse. Moms, thank you very much much. Vivi, don't forget, you need to be in dance clothes whenever you walk in this room, ready to go" Abby dismisses