Dance Moms season 8
The eighth season of Dance Moms is an American dance reality television series created by Collins Avenue and stars Abby Lee Miller after she completed her prison sentence and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2018. Miller rebuilds her dance company while battling the after-effects of the cancer that has left her using a wheelchair.
Cast
This season was based at the Abby Lee Dance Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and introduces a new cast of dancers and their moms, who appear throughout the season. Lilliana Ketchman, Elliana Walmsley, and their respective mothers return this season. JoJo and Jessalynn Siwa also return as guest stars.Choreographers
- Abby Lee Miller
- Gianna Martello
- Laura Jarczewski
Dancers
- Elliana Walmsley
- GiaNina Paolantonio
- Hannah Colin
- Lilliana Ketchman
- Sarah Georgiana
- Paris Moore
- Pressley Hosbach
- Brady Farrar
- Savannah Kristich
Moms
- Yolanda Walmsley
- Joanne Paolantonio
- Ann Collin
- Stacey Ketchman
- Michelle Georgiana
- Lakisha Samuels
- Ashley Hosbach
- Tricia Farrar
- Erin Kristich
- Bridget Creighton (episodes 1-3
Guests
- Maesi Caes – former elite ALDC dancer; episode special "The New Team"
- Jaime Caes – former ALDC mom; episode special "The New Team"
- Kamryn Smith – guest ALDC dancer; episode 8
- Adriana Smith – guest ALDC mom; episode 8
- JoJo Siwa – former elite ALDC dancer; episode 9
- Jessalynn Siwa – former ALDC mom; episode 9
- Berkleigh Hernandez – guest ALDC dancer; episode 13
- Amanda Hernandez – guest ALDC mom; episode 13
Episodes
Production
The eighth season was announced in December 2018, when it was confirmed that Abby Lee Miller would return to the show. This season was originally titled Dance Moms: Resurrection, and set to premiere on June 4, 2019.Season eight is produced by Jeff Collins ; Bryan Stinson ; Lindsay Weiglein; Tessa Khalaieff; Michael Hammond ; and Gena McCarthy, Brie Miranda Bryant and Kimberly Chessler.