Dance Mothers: A New Period is bringing the world of youth dance competitions again to TV, with a complete new coach on the helm — Gloria “Glo” Hampton, who’s getting into the function as soon as occupied by the divisive and outspoken dance coach Abby Lee Miller within the authentic collection.
Hampton lately sat down with ET’s Rachel Smith to speak concerning the new reboot, and she or he revealed that she truly reached out to attempt to have Miller concerned within the collection.
“Well, you know, Abby and I, we’re very good friends,” Hampton stated. Nonetheless, evidently Miller wasn’t essentially desirous about being part of the reboot, and wasn’t precisely proud of the path producers went when it got here to casting Hampton.
“I did get a congratulatory text from Abby, so I thought she was on board,” Hampton shared. “I don’t know, maybe she didn’t think the show would really get off the ground, or that it would really progress the way it did.”
“As the show went on, I reached out to her. We were together in the same state and I was like, ‘Hey, come by set, we’d love to see you.’ And she wasn’t receptive to that… she declined.”
Regardless of Miller’s determination to not take part, Hampton stated she nonetheless actually would have appreciated to have her on the present.
“Abby was the trailblazer for this show, so I would love to have had her involved in some way. But she declined… I mean, I would love some input and guidance. And, you know, she’s been through it.”
In the end, Hampton stated she did not get any recommendation from Miller in any respect, however this allowed her to make this new iteration of the Dance Mothers collection all her personal — one thing mirrored within the present’s title and the tone of the collection.
“It’s in the title, right? It’s a new era. The world is different, my students are different,” Hampton stated. “They’re very vocal, they have opinions and they aren’t afraid to share them, and I allow them to.”
“Yes, I have the expertise, but I do want them to be able to tell me how they’re feeling, you know? I have a very different teaching style,” Hampton defined. “I do expect my students to work hard, I expect them to be respectful of each other, respectful of me, I expect them to do the work at home. But at the same time, I just handle children differently.”
For Hampton, being a dance coach is a ardour and a possibility to form younger lives — one thing she would not take without any consideration.
“I’ve been doing this for 40 years. I have students who still reach out to me, students who I only had for a year or two back when I was a young teacher, and they’re like, ‘You have no idea how much of an impact you’ve had,'” Hampton stated. “It’s so heartwarming. They have children of their own who are dancing, and I’m teaching some of their children, so it’s just really cool.
“I do firmly consider that, [with] these children, I can convey the perfect out of them, however they can even all the time respect me and I might be a part of their lives without end,” she added.
Dance Mothers: A New Period premieres Aug. 7 on Hulu.
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