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Ava Michelle Cota is a dancer who was part of Abby's Select Ensemble team in the fourth season; as well as being a member of her mother Jeanette's studio, JC's Broadway Dance Academy, located in Fenton, Michigan.
In the fifth season, Ava dances for both her mother's studio as well as Candy Apple's Dance Center.
On Dance Moms
Season Three
- Ava first appeared in the episode The Beginning of the End, auditioning for a spot on the team. At the time, Abby selected Ally Serigne instead, telling Ava that she might get another chance after mastering her side aerial.
- Also in the third season, she had an unseen guest solo performing for the ALDC at the Believe competition filmed for Gone, Abby Gone.
Season Four
- She and her mother had repeated minor encounters with Abby and the ALDC early in the fourth season, including a third place finish at the Masters of Dance Arts competition in No Solo for You.
- She appeared as part of the ALDC's new Elite Junior team that competed against the "original" team in the midseason finale Presenting My New Team. Abby considered her a competitor with Kendall.
- In Double the Moms, Double the Trouble, she danced in the new team's group dance "The Rapture", which placed 1st.
- In Chloe Gets Revenge, her prop malfunctions during her solo, with Abby describing her as a "kid who didn't know how to open an umbrella." She becomes tearful when Abby says she doesn't think Ava is the right fit for the team.
- In No More Crybabies, Jeanette decides to bring her daughter to a competition against the ALDC, entered as a member of Jeanette's own studio. This creates a seemingly permanent split between them.
- In Hollywood Here We Come, Part 1, Ava and Jeanette show up for pyramid anyway, but are kicked out by Abby.
Season Five
- In Abby Got Served, Ava goes to the competition with her home studio [[::Category:JC's Broadway Dance Academy|JC's Broadway Dance Academy]]. She performs a solo, "My Own Way" and gets second place in the junior division and third in the overalls. She also performs in her studio's group dance "The Challenge," it comes in second place behind ALDC.
Appearances
Season Three
Season Four
- Big Trouble in the Big Apple
- No Solo for You
- Presenting My New Team
- Double the Moms, Double the Trouble
- Chloe Gets Revenge
- No More Crybabies
- Hollywood Here We Come, Part 1
- Hollywood Here We Come, Part 2
Season Five
- Abby Got Served
- Showdown in Pittsburgh, Part 1
- Showdown in Pittsburgh, Part 2
- Abby vs. Kira...AGAIN!
- Solo Battle: Round 1
- Chaos at Nationals
Other information
- As of July 2014, she accepts fan mail at: 126 North Leroy st. Fenton, MI, 48430. (This is the address of Jeanette's studio.)
- Ava competed at the same WILD competition seen in Rotten to the Core; and again at the EnergyNDC seen in Watch Your Back, Mack, placing first and winning the title Miss Junior Energy.
- In 2015, she was training about 30 hours per week, some at BDA, some with a separate ballet teacher.[5]
- When she goes to competitions outside the show, she can tell that people pay attention to her because of celebrity from the show. She thinks some are excited, and some are hoping to see her fail.[6]
- Her favorite styles are hip hop and contemporary.[7] (June 2015)
- Her favorite dance on the show was "The Rapture." Besides being with the select team, Abby was in a good mood that week.[8] (June 2015)
- Besides an old teammate at BDA, Sarah R., and other famous dancers, Ava would still love to do a duet with one of the girls still at the ALDC.[9] (June 2015)
- She still says being on the show was an amazing experience, and does not regret going through it.[10] (June 2015)
- She'd still like to dance with the ALDC girls, but says she is too scared of Abby to really want to return.[11]
- She is interested in becoming an actress, Rockette, or going on Broadway.
- She earns straight-A's in school.[12]
- Her school principal knows the Cota family personally, and she finds Dance Moms uncomfortable, testifying they're not like that.[13]
- She is a member of the Mob Squad, young hip-hop dancers for the Detroit Pistons.[14]
- Ava began dancing at another studio when she was two, moving to her mom's studio when it was opened when Ava was three.[15]
- According to Lifetime, she has won 12 national titles.[16]
- She is the only member of the Select Team that hasn't danced with the Elite Team as a guest.
- She loves horses.[17]
Dance Moms Dances
Solos
| Season | Episode | Dance Name Song Name |
Dance Style | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | Rotten to the Core | This Is The Life[18] (BDA) (Not Shown) |
Jazz | uncertain |
| 3.0 | Rotten to the Core | The Prayer[19] (BDA) (Not Shown) |
Lyrical | uncertain |
| 3.0 | Watch Your Back, Mack | My Prayer (BDA) (Not Shown) |
Contemporary | 1st Junior Miss Energy |
| 3.5 | Gone, Abby Gone | Yesterday (ALDC) (Not Shown) |
Contemporary | 4th (in 9 to 11) tied at 7th for Junior Miss |
| 4.5 | Chloe Gets Revenge | Drizzle Echoes |
Contemporary | 3rd |
| 4.5 | No More Crybabies | Eden | Lyrical | 2nd in Junior Division 2nd Overall |
| 4.5 | Hollywood Here We Come, Part 2 | Sweet Revenge (Not Shown) |
Lyrical | 3rd in Junior Division 10th Overall |
| 5.0 | Abby Got Served | On My Way My Own Way |
Lyrical | 2nd in Junior Division 3rd Overall |
| 5.0 | Nia's Last Chance | Shine Through Me (Not Shown) |
Lyrical | Elite Gold Ages 12-14 did not place in the overall Top 5 soloists highest score of genre/age category |
| 5.0 | Showdown in Pittsburgh, Part 2 | Hurtful Words Vengeance |
Contemporary | 1st in Teen Division 1st Overall |
| 5.5 | Abby vs. Kira...AGAIN! | Praying Mantis | Contemporary | 4th in Teen Division |
| 5.5 | Chaos at Nationals | Myth of a Mermaid Infernal Anxiety |
Contemporary | 1st in Junior Division |
Duets
| Season | Episode | Dance Name Song Name |
Dance Style | Partner | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | Presenting My New Team | Birds of a Feather Flock Together Get Up, Get Out, Get to It |
Contemporary | Sarah Reasons | 2nd |
Group Dances
Pre-Dance Moms Awards
- "Amazing Grace" - 1st at VIP Dance, Lake Orion, 2012
- "Dedication to Sandy Hook" - 1st at Next Level Dance, Lansing, 2013
- "My Prayer" 1st at Energy National Dance Competition, Highland, Michigan, 2013
- "My Story" - 1st at In10sity, Detroit, 2012
- "Dedication to Sandy Hook - 1st at Kids Artistic Review (KAR) in secondary division, Detroit, 21 March, 2013
- Mini Outstanding Runner-Up at NYCDA in Lansing, January 5-6, 2013
- "My Prayer" - 2nd at NUVO, Deerborn, Michigan
- "Rory's Song" - 1st at Starquest, Detroit, 2011
- Mini JUMP-VIP Winner at JUMP, Deerborn, Michigan, March 15-17, 2013
- "Papa" - 1st at Nexstar in Detroit, 2010
Gallery
To view the gallery for Ava Cota, click here.
External Links
Twitter page[20][21]
Instagram account[22][23] @avacota02 (hacked and returned late December 2014, w/o most old images)- Instagram account[24] @avacota5678, backup account
YouTube channel- Jeanette and Ava page at Lifetime
- News Article from Tri-County Times
- Google Images for Ava Cota (or with last name replaced by "dance moms")
- Search YouTube for Ava Cota (or with last name replaced by "dance moms")
- Search Tumblr for Ava Cota
References
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