Where is Abby Lee Miller from Dance Moms now? Health and whereabouts explored 

Abby Lee Miller was at the helm of Dance Moms from season 1 to season 8, from 2011 to 2019. She was at the center of the show's unique format, which followed children, training for dance under her. It would explore the relationships she has with the children and their parents.

In 2018, Abby served a year in prison for bank fraud and was also diagnosed with cancer, which left her in a wheelchair. Season 8, released in 2019, focused on her dance career after becoming wheelchair-bound.

Abby now sometimes appears on interviews, but for the most part, concentrates on her dance academy located in Los Angeles. She also has a thriving YouTube channel and she teaches children how to dance via Zoom.

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What is Abby Lee Miller from Dance Moms doing today?

After cancer restricted her body movement, Abby Lee Miller from Dance Moms has found other ways to keep herself busy. Even though she doesn't have kids of her own, Abby Lee Miller thrives by teaching children to dance.

Her popular YouTube channel sees her commenting on dance shows such as Dance Moms and Dancing With the Stars. Her dance school, Abby Lee Dance Company is located in Los Angeles, and coaches teams that compete in several national and regional dance competitions. The academy also gives lessons to whoever wants to learn to dance.

Moreover, Abby also takes virtual dancing classes via Zoom. June 2023 saw the start of her podcast by the name, Leave It On The Dance Floor. In an Instagram post she made before the launch of her podcast, Abby gave information on what it was about. She wrote,

"An original podcast celebrating the groundbreaking talent, real-life drama and behind the scenes secrets of the television series: #DanceMoms, #AUDC, & #AbbysStudioRescue"

Other streams of income for Abby are selling her and Dance Moms merchandise. She also films Cameo videos for $99+. Her Instagram also gives insights on her tours, across the US and around the world. These tours have her give Masterclasses and Meet and Greet sessions wherever she goes.

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Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller's illness that made her wheelchair-bound

Abby Lee Miller opened up about her diagnosis of cancer in April 2022 through her Instagram account. She said April 13 was the anniversary of the day she walked the last time. She recalled her accounts of the day saying she walked to the hospital in horrific pain to get an MRI. The doctors had to stop scanning her, "because my arms & legs were flailing about uncontrollably".

She continued to say that once she was admitted to the hospital, her blood pressure dropped and her kidneys began to fail.

"I became paralyzed from the neck down. It was too late to transfer me … Emergency surgery had to be performed. I have never walked on my own again," she added further.

After extensive cancer treatment, Abby was cancer-free in May 2019. In an interview with Entertainment Tonight in 2023, Abby shared that she started regaining her strength slowly and could walk up to 11 stairs. However, after her power wheelchair crashed into a wall in 2023, she broke her right tibia and fibula, which set her back again, as per her interview with ET.

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Dance Moms a New Era is a new spin-off of Dance Moms, which will have a new instructor, Miss Glo. It can be watched on Hulu starting August 7.