Dance Moms ran for 8 seasons on Lifetime. The series premiered in July 2011 and ran until September 2019. Dance Moms followed Abby Lee Miller and her dance company, where she trained children in dance and show business and dealt with the often bickering moms.
The reality show has seen a lot of dancers come and go. Some of them have even made it big in the dance/entertainment world. Some notable names to come out of the show have been Maddie and Kenzie Ziegler, Jojo Siwa, and Chloe Lukasiak. Some of the moms have stayed in the public eye as well.
But beyond having these young girls learn the art of dance, competitions and arguing, some genuine friendships were formed. Dance families form tight bonds and it is hard for them to not be friends, especially when they spend so much time together in close quarters. Here's which former Dance Moms girls are still friends today.
Updated on February 7th, 2023 by Abigail Thomas: Dance Moms was a highly popular reality show which showcased the young dancers from Abby Lee Dance Company. As a reality show, it was meant to entertain audiences through drama. The girls were often pitted against each other and their mothers were always arguing about something. Abby Lee Miller was their ring leader, and many of the girls no longer speak to Miller due to the emotional abuse they experienced while filming. Though Miller recently teased a new type of season for Dance Moms, the original cast members have all moved on to try new things. Most are still friends today, putting any of the drama from Dance Moms completely behind them.
8 Chloe Lukasiak And Nia Sioux
One of the most memorable friendships from the show was Chloe Lukasiak and Nia Sioux. They both joined in season 1 and were friends before the show began. Despite the show trying to pit the girls against each other, Lukasiak and Sioux remained friends. According to Lukasiak's Instagram, they last hung out in June 2021 and appear to still be best friends. Dance truly does bring everyone together.
7 Maddie And Kenzie Ziegler
Yes, these two might be sisters, but that doesn't mean they can't be best friends. Sometimes, siblings argue and their relationships fall apart but these two have actually grown closer since leaving the show. They left the show in 2016 to pursue other career adventures and since then have worked together on a podcast and supported each other through all the drama with Abby Lee Miller.
6 Chloe And Paige Hyland
In a 2021 interview with Cheat Sheet, Paige Hyland revealed that she still hangs out with the Ziegler sisters and Chloe Lukasiak after leaving the show. "I was gonna say they are gonna be here like any minute," Paige said of her friends. "Maddie Chloé, and Nia are coming over. It’s like one of those relationships that we can go a year without talking, but yet if I called any one of the moms or the girls they would do anything for me and it’s reciprocated.” They collaborated on a lot of YouTube videos together with their moms. Lukasiak also remains friends with Paige's sister, Brooke. Most of the others girls were traveling and busy with other commitments while these girls were busy making their friendship tighter.
5 Nia and Maddie
Sioux, the Zieglers and Chloe Lukasiak all live in Los Angeles and living their best lives as they navigate their way through their careers. Judging by pictures they posted in the summer of 2021, it appears that Sioux and Maddie Ziegler are still pretty close. The two friends, along with Kenzie Ziegler and Chloe, all hang out from time to time. Since the other girls live in other states, they do not get to see them as often. Most of the original cast has stilll remained friends to this day.
4 Kendall Vertes' Friendships
Although Vertes was not a member of the original cast, having joined the show in season 2, she is still friends with a lot of the OG members. In 2019, Vertes had a reunion with Maddie Ziegler and Nia Sioux. And in the Summer of 2020, she hung out with sisters, Paige and Brooke Hyland, so she still seems to be close to many from the show.
3 JoJo Siwa
Although JoJo Siwa might be the most successful member to come out of Dance Moms, she does still keep in touch with some of her co-stars. In 2020, Siwa had one of her castmates and friends, Kalani Hilliker in her music video, "High Tops Shoes Dance Remix." Siwa also had Elliana Walmsley on one of her tours. She is also one of the only original members to still be in contact with Abby Lee Miller, since most of the cast, specifically Maddie Ziegler, stopped talking to Miller due to emotional abuse. Although many of the girls have different opinions on their former instructor, Siwa and Maddie Ziegler remained friends outside of the show.
2 Lilly K And Elliana Walmsley
Lilly K and Elliana Walmsley were best friends on and off the show. However, they seemed to have a bit of a falling out after the show, due to conflicting opinions on Abby Lee Miller. However, in a now deleted YouTube video, it appears as though the two have apologized and made up, but they aren't as close as they were before.
1 Are The 'Dance Moms' Girls Friends With Abby Lee Miller?
Overall, most of the girls have remained friends or close to the others from their seasons. There doesn't seem to be too much bad blood among them. However, that is a different story for Abby Lee Miller. After the show, many of the girls cut ties with the dance teacher, but JoJo Siwa has stayed by Miller's side. The Ziegler sisters seemed to be the ones who led the way towards the separation, as they had the most conflict with Miller. After numerous attacks on social media, Maddie Ziegler made the choice to not speak to Miller. She wrote about her former relationship with Miller in her memoir The Maddie Diaries: A Memoir, and the impression she gave readers of Miller was not kind.