Abigale Le Miller bio

Abigale Lee Miller (born on September 21, 1965) is an American choreographer teacher, dance instructor, and reality television personality. Miller is the founder of the Abby Lee Dance Company, that was a part of the reality television series Dance Moms for eight seasons. On June 27, 2016, Miller pleaded guilty to the charge of felony bankruptcy fraud. Miller was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison and released on the 27th of March, 2018. In April 2018, she was diagnosed with lymphoma which is a kind of cancer that makes it difficult to walk. To move around she is now using wheelchair. Miller was born in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania. She was a professional dancer and was a student under her mother at the Maryen Lorrain Dance Studio. Miller at the age of 14 was given the choreography and the coaching of one of her mother's dance teams. Miller took control of the studio and renamed Reign Dance Productions in 1995. Miller was certified by Dance Masters of America, and was also a member of Dance Masters of Pennsylvania Chapter 10 (February 1986). However, DMA terminated her membership in February 2012, citing that Miller's reality TV show Dance Moms was a "complete misconception of the teachers we have and students" and was harmful to the profession.