Abigale Miller bio

Abigale Lee Miller(born September 21, 1965) is an American dance instructor, choreographer and reality television host. Miller is the founder of the Abby Lee Dance Company, which was featured on the reality TV show Dance Moms for eight seasons. Miller pleaded guilty on June 27th, 2016 to felony bankruptcy fraud. Miller was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, and released on the 27th of March the 27th of March, 2018. She was diagnosed with lymphoma in April 2018. This is a type of cancer that renders her incapable of walking. She uses a wheelchair to get around. Miller grew up in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. Her teacher was her mother at Maryen Lorrain Dance Studio. In 1980, when she was 14, Miller was assigned the task to choreograph and coach one of the teams that her mother was directing for dance competition. Miller later took over the studioand changed its name to Reign Dance Productions. Miller became certified by Dance Masters of America and was a member of Dance Masters of Pennsylvania Chapter #10 in 1986 however, her membership was ended in February 2012, with DMA declaring that Miller's reality show Dance Moms was "a total deflection of our dance educators and their students and is negative for the dance profession."