Dreams Have No Deadlines (with Kim Hale)
Leave It On The Dance Floor
Abby Lee Miller
3.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Leave It On The Dance Floor, Abby Lee Miller sits down with longtime friend and powerhouse performer Kim Hale. A dancer, actress, and content creator, Kim opens up about her incredible journey through the entertainment industry—from Broadway stages and national tours to working alongside legends like Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton, and Christine Baranski. Abby and Kim reminisce about their mutual connection with Debbie Allen and reflect on the evolving world of performance, both onstage and onscreen. Kim shares how she became a viral TikTok sensation later in life, using her platform to inspire others with her message: "Dreams have no deadlines." With recent credits including The Penguin (HBO), Palm Royale (Apple TV+), the Home Goods “Finding Is A Feeling” campaign, and roles in Christmas on the Square and Spirited, Kim’s story is one of resilience, reinvention, and relentless passion. Tune in for real talk, industry insight, and the reminder that it’s never too late to chase your dreams.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody, welcome back to leave it on the dance floor. |
| 0:11.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to leave it on the dance floor. |
| 0:15.0 | Today we have Miss Kim Hale. |
| 0:18.0 | You're probably saying who, who's this Kim Hale? |
| 0:20.0 | You know her from TikTok, You know her from TikTok. |
| 0:22.1 | You know her from Instagram. |
| 0:24.1 | She is a seasoned woman, if you will, a little bit older than your average TikTok Instagram |
| 0:32.1 | fame person. |
| 0:33.8 | She is an influencer all the same. |
| 0:36.9 | Please welcome Ms. Kim Hale, dancer, diva. |
| 0:40.7 | Yes, no, my girl, Abby Lee. |
| 0:43.3 | Kim, how did we meet? |
| 0:45.0 | Where did we meet? |
| 0:46.2 | Take me back. |
| 0:47.2 | Where do we? |
| 0:47.6 | I feel like I've known you forever, but I really don't know you that well. |
| 0:50.6 | I think we've met at a few events probably, but I think it was at Debbie Allen's |
| 0:55.7 | studio where we really connected. Yes, the new studio. Yes, you were teaching. I was teaching. |
| 1:01.2 | Well, I know, but I wanted to donate my mirrors and my flooring and everything to her when they |
| 1:08.9 | were building. And I had it all in storage. And my accountant was like, you have to get rid of this stuff. You have to sell it. I'm like, no, no, Debbie's building a building. Karen said, Abby, there's not a building yet. You can't just go leave these mirrors laying somewhere. There's just four posts or whatever. It's not really there yet. I should have driven over and looked myself. I did not. I took her word and I ended up selling the mirrors and then they didn't want to buy pay for them and they crushed them and then cracked them and broke them. Yes. It was a horrible. It was horrible. And Debbie would have appreciated it. And then my name would have been on the wall with Kobe Bryant. But it's not. And all the people, Diane Ross. All the people that donated to the Debbie Allen Dance Academy. So I saw you there teaching. And I used to film your classes because I did the social media there. Yes. Was I mean and evil? No. I actually wanted to come into your stretch class, but I said, I cannot. I cannot. |
| 2:03.9 | I don't have it like that. But I always love your classes. The kids always look like they're having |
| 2:08.6 | fun. Always good. Well, good. And you actually correct people. Thank you. It's a lost art form. |
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