Camila Lukasiak || Dance Moms

Dying To Dance

we arrive at the studio for another week and everyone seems excited to perform

|Chalkboard|

" i want talk about this upcoming weekend it's regionals everybody knows how important that is" Abby says

Abby turns the chalkboard around and i beam with my placement this week

Maddie
Chloe  Camila
Paige   Brooke  Nia  Vivi-Anne  Mackenzie

"we are going to Star Power, you know that's one of the toughest competitions out there." Abby says

"this is what's going to happen for this weekend, Maddie new solo, Brooke new solo, Chloe new solo, Camila new solo"

i smile

"now the age categories are a little different so we wanna make sure your dances reflect you as a dancer now not the beginning of the season" Abby says

"we are doing a new group routine this week and everybody is in it the entire cast it is called Where Have All The Children Gone"

i gasp
the older girls and Brooke did this dance a couple of years ago!

"this is a routine about children who become missing you've all seen the children faces on the milk carton it's contemporary it's mature and it is very dark you have to be great actresses to pull it off and they're all in white like their angels, i don't want any discrepancies, moms i'm going to go ahead as dismiss you now we have lots of work to do up let's get moving" Abby says

|Group Rehearsals|

we learn the group routine and it's really creepy and i'm nervous i won't be able to be like the big girls

"come in close listen to me, you're doing steps you're trying to listen to the words you're not interpreting the story correctly and this is very serious because maybe people in the audience have had a child that's gone missing so you're going to touch somebodies heart so this has to be a very serious routine and right now you're just doing the steps and we need to get past that and we need to perform, do you two understand? it's very serious" Abby says

|Three Days To Competition|
|Solo Rehearsal|

this week my solo is a new one so i'm a bit nervous but i'm excited because it's a Tangled theme routine
to the song I See The Light and it's lyrical

"you missed a turn there" Abby calls out

i fix myself and i do the routine

"alright that looks good, now you're going up against Maddie which you've never done before let's see if you'll rise to the occasion" Abby says

i nod
i hope i can beat Maddie

|Two Days To Competition|

before rehearsal mommy is taking us to visit our great-grandmothers house because she's really sick at the moment..

"thanks for coming with me kiddos" mommy says

"it's no problem" Chloe says

"i'm excited to bring you guys here, this is the base" mommy says