Dance Diaries: From Childhood to Studio – The Start of My Dance Journey

Leave It On The Dance Floor

Hurrdat Media

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.6 • 969 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Welcome to the latest episode of our Dance Diaries series, where Abby Lee Miller takes you behind the scenes of her childhood and early years in dance. In this episode, Abby reflects on the experiences, people, and moments that laid the groundwork for her career. From learning firsthand from her mother, Maryen Lorrain Miller, a seasoned studio owner, to absorbing the lessons that shaped her passion for dance, Abby reveals how her early exposure to the dance world set the stage for everything that followed. Tune in for a personal and heartfelt story of a young girl who never imagined she would one day carry on her mother’s legacy—but whose dreams would soon lead her down a path she was destined to take. Join us each week as we rewatch and recap your favorite moments/episodes of Dance Moms, Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition and Abby’s Studio Rescue spilling behind the scenes secrets, exclusive never-before-seen content and more! Abby Lee Apparel: *Use Code: ALDCELITE* for 15% OFF your first order today! www.abbyleedancecompany.com Shop Podcast Merch! https://shop.hurrdatmedia.com/collections/leave-it-on-the-dance-floor Learn more about Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS and discover how you can make a difference in preserving the entertainment industry and supporting those within it. broadwaycares.org CONNECT WITH ABBY LEE: PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/THEREALABBYLEE CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/therealabbylee YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@therealabbyleemiller INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/therealabbylee FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialAbbyLeeMiller/ X(TWITTER): https://twitter.com/abby_lee_miller TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@aldctherealabbylee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.3	Get up.
0:32.6	My world is with my girls living on the dance floor. Welcome back to dance
0:42.8	A star is born.
0:45.9	Let's leave it at that, right?
0:47.5	Okay.
0:48.3	So when I was first born, I went to my aunt's house.
0:52.9	My mom and dad moved in with her because she has
0:55.1	a flat house, one level, and my mom couldn't walk up and down the stairs. Okay, so my dad is
1:01.8	doing everything. He grew up. He had three sisters, but his family all had kids. He was helping
1:07.5	raise those kids. Nobody knows what to do but him.
1:15.9	And my Aunt Grace, which is my dad's oldest sister, which Aunt Grace did know wrong.
1:18.9	I mean, Aunt Grace was God to my dad.
1:22.0	And so my mother's like, let them do whatever they want.
1:23.2	I'll just lay here and watch TV.
1:23.7	It's fine.
1:32.3	So I'm an infant, and then weeks go go by now we move back to our house with the steps up and down and I'm in a little seat, one of those seat things. They don't have all the gizmos and
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