07/14/2025
I am furious. And I’m not staying quiet.
Tonight at the Battle of Champions at Revolution Nationals in Anaheim, a mom, clearly intoxicated, elbowed a child from our studio while yelling “Get the F out of my way, kid,” and slammed her into a door.
Let me say that again: A grown adult physically assaulted a child. At the conclusion of the 11 & under awards. At a dance competition.
This is a big, small dance world. So let me be clear:
Lady, I hope you feel BIG and PROUD that you screamed profanity and put your hands on a child. I hope you sit with the weight of what you did. I hope you rethink how you show up in this community... because your behavior was disgusting, dangerous, and inexcusable.
I am sharing this publicly — here on my personal page, on my That Crazy Dance Mom page, and in every dance parent chat and forum imaginable — because people like this don’t deserve to hide behind the chaos and noise of competition weekends.
I’m grateful to the Revolution staff and our studio’s leadership who responded immediately and appropriately. I didn’t see it happen in the moment, but I saw the aftermath. My stomach turned when I learned the full story.
NO child should ever feel unsafe at a dance competition.
Not from judges. Not from other dancers. And absolutely not from unhinged adults who’ve had too much to drink.
Do better. ALL of us are watching now.
