Category: Interviews

Maddie Ziegler For Euphoria Magazine

Let’s cut to the chase: Maddie Ziegler is the epitome of starbound It girl material. Largely by virtue of her ability to attract any camera with near magnetic force, the 19-year-old Pittsburgh native is dominating worldwide screens one pivotal role at a time. As if it was ever a question that one of the most pronounced dancers of the 2010s would find herself working within the big leagues, she continues to affirm her rightful place as one of Gen-Z’s in-demand rising scene stealers.

A decade ago, Ziegler was dancing her way into our hearts across television screens on Lifetime’s hit series Dance Moms; nowadays, she’s hardly the doe-eyed 8-year-old we were introduced to in years past. In a transition from the competition stage to movie marquees, she traded in her rhinestoned costumes for scripts and studios on some of the most coveted Hollywood lots. Today, the name “Maddie Ziegler” stuns through the credits for monumental titles from Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story to HBO Max’s The Fallout.

On an evident artistic roll, Ziegler is constantly outdoing herself — every new project added to her résumé is somehow even better than the last. To that, she credits her innate determination and early drive for success discovered at the dance studio. “Dancing helped me so much going into acting,” she says, “It’s partly the reason I even had interest. I realized that I was playing a lot of different roles in all of the dance pieces.”

What’s clear to anyone familiar with Ziegler’s dance background is that she makes it look a little too easy. From endless fouetté turns to soaring leaps, it became obvious that commanding the stage is second nature, but despite every pointed toe, the true star of the show was always her ability to convey a response from the crowd. If a dance is sad, Ziegler makes us cry. If we need to laugh, rest assured she delivers. “Dancing really helped me realize there’s intention behind a specific emotion,” she shares. “It’s not just, ‘Oh, I’m sad here.” It’s ‘let’s build why you’re sad.’ If you can internalize it, then you can portray that when you’re dancing.”

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The Ziegler Sisters For Elite Daily

The world first met Maddie and Kenzie Ziegler in 2011, as the 8- and 6-year-old sisters at the heart of the new unscripted series Dance Moms, a Lifetime reality juggernaut that would make them household names. The series chronicled their travails in competitive dance and revealed their indisputable talent, but it also served as a very public time capsule of their childhood. Every win, loss, and memeable ugly-cry was recorded and available to fans to replay over and over… and over again.

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Maddie Ziegler For SBJCT Journal

Welcome to MADDIE ZIEGLER’s world. SBJCT partnered with Chanel to feature this extraordinary young force who from a childhood touring with Sia to MUSIC has had the entire world watching. Maddie spoke with EW about her latest project, The Fallout, finding catharsis her art, and using self expression to heal.

How old were you when you started dancing? And what led to Dance Moms? Can you explain to our readers who may not be familiar the principle of the show and your role in it?

I was two years old when I started dancing. I started at a ballet school, and by the age of four I transferred to a competition studio. When I was about seven years old, we had a production company come to the studio and interview and audition some families. My family got cast and ended up doing six seasons. We basically just learned new dances every week and competed with them every weekend. It was a fast-paced environment, and had lots of drama.

You and your sister did the show together- tell me about the dynamics of being in competition together, and maintaining your relationship and nurturing it within these structures…

It’s interesting how it worked growing up filming with my sister. I couldn’t imagine doing it without her, but at the same time we fought like crazy! Our relationship didn’t start to become incredible until after we left the show. We would always butt heads because we were so consumed by one another. Also, during her entire experience on the show, people were constantly comparing her to me, which truly breaks my heart. We are two different people. Neither of us is better than the other. She’s my best friend, and I love seeing her mature into the beautiful girl she is today.

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Hollywood’s Top 30 Stars Under Age 18

Yesterday, The Hollywood Reporter published an article about the 30 children of Hollywood with a bright future, and Maddie is among them! Read the article below, and check out the beautiful images of the photo shoot by Ramona Rosales. The site also posted two video and you can see it below.

AGE 15

KNOWN FOR Dance Moms

Ziegler twirled and jetéd from Lifetime’s Dance Moms, where she 
started at 8, to music video stardom and 12 million Instagram followers. She’s best known for dancing in a series of Sia’s music videos — including chart-topper “Chandelier” — and the two now are expanding their work to the screen: She’ll star in the singer’s directorial debut, Sister, with Kate Hudson and Leslie Odom Jr.

MOST RIDICULOUS FAN INTERACTION“Sometimes when I go out to the movies with Sia and she’s not in her wig fans will come up to me and ask Sia to take a picture of us because they don’t know it’s her.”

I WAS MOST STARSTRUCK BY … “Justin Bieber! I was 9 and it was the best day ever.”

I’M DYING TO WORK WITH … “Zac Efron. I just love him.”

I’D LOVE TO STAR IN A REMAKE OF … High School Musical

LAST SHOW I BINGED “Queer Eye. I seriously have fallen in love with that show and can’t get enough of it! I cry every episode.”

MY PARENTS ALWAYS TELL ME TO … “Be nice to my sister.”

I WISH I WERE OLD ENOUGH TO … “Drive. So soon!”

WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO … “Start my own charity inspiring young girls and boys.”

MY GENERATION, IN A FEW WORDS, IS … “Addicted to their phones.”

Source: Hollywoodreporter.com

  
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Maddie finds out she has a “Guardian Angel” watching over her on Hollywood Medium

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Maddie Ziegler was moved to tears when The Hollywood Medium Tyler Henry claimed that the dancer’s grandmother was her guardian angel.

The pair recently sat down for the recorded session broadcast on E!, with Tyler see in the video claiming that he was being shown ‘birds’ and Maddie having an immediate response of recognition.

‘I’m hearing wings fluttering and they just keep showing me birds,’ he says, with Maddie responding that the reference ‘makes sense’. Continue reading Maddie finds out she has a “Guardian Angel” watching over her on Hollywood Medium

Maddie in an Interview with POPSUGAR Australia

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POPSUGAR Australia: Hi Maddie! Tell us how you came to work with Impulse.

Maddie Ziegler: I’m so excited to collab with Impulse. It was really cool when they reached out to me — I’ve never done a body spray before and I thought it would be so exciting to do and to share with girls.

PS: Do you think hard about the things you’ll work on and lend your name to?

MZ: I definitely make sure I think about what I do. I’m not going to do anything just to do it. I want to make sure it feels right with me and it feels authentic to myself.

PS: Are you an “impulsive” person?

MZ: [Laughs] Yeah, I would say that I really trust my instincts and I am all about empowering girls — I think that’s exactly what Impulse is about.  Continue reading Maddie in an Interview with POPSUGAR Australia

Maddie Ziegler talks with “Be” how Sia has changed her life.

Famous dancer Maddie Ziegler tells Be how Aussie musician Sia has changed her life, and for the better.

“I’m so grateful for the opportunity that I’ve been given,” she says, adding, “I don’t really feel like I’m working with Sia anymore because we are so close so it just feels like we are hanging out.”

The Dance Moms reality star admits Sia gave her the confidence she needed to be able to express herself as she struggled with a lot of insecurities with the rise in fame.

“I used to be super insecure,” she tells Be, adding, “I used to be scared of what people would think of me. Now I just do whatever makes me feel good.”

Maddie shares that collaborating with Impulse to design her own limited edition fragrance was a perfect way of encouraging young girls to feel empowered and beautiful.

“Young girls have to do whatever they want to do too,” she says, “to feel comfortable in their own skin, and do whatever makes them feel good.”

“I think just trusting myself and knowing that I’m capable in my own skin to do whatever I put my mind to is really important.”

Having said that, the professional dancer has still struggled with the intimidation of fame, especially when it comes to social media.

“It’s definitely intimidating at times just because there are all these people watching everything I do,” she admits.

“It does worry me a little bit…people may look at what I post and take it the wrong way.”

“I do have to be careful of what I post,” she reveals, adding, “even if it’s something that my friend’s understand, fans may not get it, so I do have to be careful with what I post or say.”

Source: Au.be.yahoo.com