“Dance Moms” returns to Lifetime January 10


From Lifetime:

Ever since it wrapped its hit first season shrouded in sequins, costumes and fiery catfights, die-hard fans have been clamoring for more of Lifetime’s fast-rising docu-series Dance Moms. Last summer’s most talked about show, featuring infamous dance instructor Abby Lee Miller, her world-class students and their mothers, Dance Moms will take its long-awaited leap back into the world of competitive dance on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at 9pm PT/ET.

• MORE: Read Channel Guide’s exclusive interview with Dance Mom Christi Lukasiak!

Dance Moms will debut prior to the premiere of Lifetime’s new fashion competition series 24 Hour Catwalk, hosted by global style icon Alexa Chung.

Set once again in Pittsburgh’s renowned Abby Lee Dance Company —  owned and operated by the notoriously demanding and passionate Miller — Dance Moms follows talented children and their doting mothers who are there for every rehearsal, performance and bow, all under Miller’s discerning eyes.

• MORE: Channel Guide Magazine‘s “Dance Moms” Season 1 Wrap-Up

Presenting a powerful cast of characters that has inspired water-cooler talk across the country (and includes a few new faces for the new season), the show immerses itself in the highs and lows surrounding dance competition season, delivering a captivating and dramatic look at the cast’s intense pursuit of National Dance titles.

Centered on the devoted Miller, who runs her school with an iron tap shoe as she instructs her young, talented students while also dealing with impassioned mothers who go to great lengths to help their children’s dreams come true, Dance Moms will continue to pose the tough questions many people have been asking since the show’s launch about what really goes on behind-the-scenes in the fast-growing and controversial sport of competitive dance.

Dance Moms uniquely captures the outrageous and dynamic interplay among teacher, student and parent as Miller commits herself to bring out the best in her students – and their mothers – willing to dedicate themselves to be part of one of the best dance teams in the nation. Constantly on edge from Miller’s strict discipline and at times harsh ‘my way or the highway’ style of teaching, her students and their mothers are pushed to the limit emotionally, physically, socially and, in some cases, financially as they tirelessly rehearse every day and travel for weekly dance competitions throughout the U.S.

Some students and mothers buy into Miller’s methods, while others crack under the pressure as they all battle each other for her attention.

*MORE: Missed the first season … or just missing the drama that was? Read our episode recaps!

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