For a while, I posted entries about Dance Moms, pointing out weird inaccuracies along the way and noting how staged the show is becoming. In the most recent episode, the team competed in St. Louis, which is the hometown of my girl Kaya "Black Patsy". In a post on Facebook (where else?), she had a thing or two to say. Which explains why the show looks so staged. Here is her post:
"This will be my very LAST time commenting about Dance Moms. While I
don’t feel the need to defend myself or my actions…I would like to set
some facts straight and answer the million questions that have flooded
my inbox:
-All the moms (and Abby) curse on Dance Moms…why am I “ghetto” for doing
so too? Don’t label me because I don’t talk “white’ enough. I’m from
East St Louis and that’s how we sound. One’s dialect doesn’t define
their level of education neither does the use of profanity. I am human
& subject to getting angry just like everyone else…..
-We never auditioned for Dance Moms. We were asked to appear on the show
because of Nicaya’s reputation for being a great dancer & my
reputation for being a “stage mom’. We were also noticed by the Lifetimr
execs when Nicaya auditioned for Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition and
made the top 20 (but not the final 14). For those of you saying she just
a.mediocre dancer…..has YOUR dancer accomplished as much?
-While the first episodes appeared on were unscripted, this NEW season
IS scripted and fake! The power of editing will amaze you.
-We were NOT.disqualified from the competition. I have her score sheet
and award to prove that she tied with Nia. I also have a copy of the
email that I sent to the producer, Bryan Stinson, asking that he make it
appear as though we were kicked out because we were not able to stay
for awards. We left early because we wanted to attend our studio’s
holiday party and a candle light vigil for a fellow dancer who died the
day before (you can that we were wearing Clare’s photo on our shirts at
the competition)
-While I don’t deny having a potty mouth, the producers nearly FORCE us
to altercations with each other (for ratings of course). They will keep
you on the set until they get “good” material. If you want to go home
(because you’re not paid per hour) you raise hell so you can go home!
You are bound by a contract to finish your episode. It can take a few
hours or a few weeks (and you’re not paid for your time). So if you want
to go home…you give the people what they want.
-Abby does not compete at real competitions. If you watch her shows
closely, the same announcer is always at.competitions. He owns In10sity
Dance. He works for Abby and his job is to arrange competitions in
different cities for ALDC to compete at. He changes.the name in each
city (Xpression Dance, In10sity, etc). They search REPUTABLE competition
websites for their competitions results in each city. Then they invite
the lower scoring studios to competitions making it easier for ALDC to
win. When they came to St Louis, they didn’t invite Renee Johnson’s (who
is a personal friend of Abby), Excel, NV Dance Force or even Charmette
because they don’t want real competition. No offense to any studio who
attended the competition, but this is how they ensure that ALDC wins
(although they’ll occassionally let someone else win to make it seem
fair).
-With the exception of Mackenzie, all of the girls are between 11-13yrs
old…..yet none of then compete in teen aside from Brooke. Unless another
studio questions their ages and asks for birth certificates, they’ll
keep getting away with lying about being 9yrs old. How has Maddie been 9
since the shows premiered 2 years ago?
-ALDC has been banned from reputable competitions (Showbiz, Primetime,
Masquerade, NYCDA, etc) because they lie about their wins. Any real
competitive dancer knows that their can be mutiple 1st place scores. And
ONE dancer cannot win the WHOLE competition. He/she can only win her
age group/category. Also, a real competition would have far more dancers
onstage for awards and in the audience. This proves that they put
together last minute competitions in each city and very few studios
attend.
- We never moved to Pittsburgh to attend ALDC. Once again….we were invited, we wanted the money, enough said.
-Nicaya has danced since she was 3yrs old (at Carol Christy School of
Dance). She started competing at age 6 (Best Dance & Talent Center).
At age 9 she moved to Charmette Academy of Dance and Acrobatics where
she has received advanced training that allowed her to win multiple
awards, scholarships, an opportunity to dance with the world renowed
Joffrey Ballet, and enabled her to be recognized by Lifetime to begin
with. She is a well rounded dancer who does tap, ballet, hip hop, jazz
and contemporary/modern dance. It is MY choice that she doesn’t do acro.
-The name Black Patsy came from my mom who jokingly said I act like
Patsy Ramsey when it comes to my kids and their activities. I push them
to be their best and put all my time, money, and energy into ensuring
that they succeed in all that they do. I don’t think JonBenet Ramsey’s
demise is a laughing matter. Lifetime heard about my moniker and thought
it was witty so we ran with it.
-Any further questions, comments, concerns about Black Patsy/Kaya/Nicaya
and Dance Moms will ONLY be answered TODAY! Tomorrow my REAL life
starts again and I have no further dealings with the trash that IS,
Dance Moms.
(And for those who hate me or my daughter….stay off my page and KISS MY
A$$! You’re jealous because YOU and YOUR “mediocre” dancer didn’t get
the same opportunity/national recognition. Whether you agree with my
behavior or not….it served it’s purpose. My daughter’s name is out
there. The world knows she has at least an ounce of talent, and YOU
can’t say the same)."
Boom.
