Mother Reveals What It's Like Being on 'Dance Moms'
Mother Leslie Ackerman and daughter Payton, a freshman at Upper St. Clair High School, are featured on the Lifetime reality TV show.
You've heard of soccer moms and hockey moms. Now a Lifetime reality TV show—filmed here in Pittsburgh—is putting the national spotlight on Dance Moms. One of those Dance Moms is Leslie Ackerman, a six-year resident of Upper St. Clair. She and her daughter Payton, a freshman at Upper St. Clair High School, are featured on the show. Leslie has been taking her daughters—14-year-old Payton and 18-year-old Taylor—to the Abby Lee Dance Company in Penn Hills for about five years. The dance studio is near the Penn Hills/Plum border—Plum dancer Miranda Maleski, a contestant on the last season of So You Think You Can Dance on FOX, trained there. Leslie said she makes the two-hour drive there and back because her family is very competitive and they …
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Lisa rice hassell
9:44 am on Friday, February 17, 2012
Leslie your behavior while it has worked for you for twenty years I feel you are teaching your children bad behavior skills to cope in the real world. Being mean and hateful, demanding, well I could go on and on but what is the point. You and Payton are self centered and both think you are better than others. I saw how well that is working for you both when your child was reduced to tears and you… more ›