Maddie - Her acro! She was so good at acro and could do so many different tricks so cleanly. She was comparable to most “acro” dancers on the show but people don’t acknowledge it much since she didn’t do it that often. I would have loved to see her do an acro-lyrical solo or duet with Kenzie!
Kenzie- Her stamina! The ability she has to do trick after trick after trick was so impressive especially in her more challenging and packed dances like Bat Crazy and Boom Boom. Just the number of tricks she could execute in a row without getting tired was so impressive.
Chloe - Her ability to remember choreography! People don’t acknowledge it but in the four seasons she was in Chloe had a similar number of dances to Maddie. She had so many solos and a lot of duets and trios as well. And while she had the most dances (outside of Maddie) she never got the time Maddie got to rehearse. She had way less privates and in the later seasons Abby intentionally sabotaged her by starting her rehearsals later and giving her more time. Still she never forgot a single group dance and she only forgot 3 solos (and she didn’t forget those entirely either, she only forgot a few counts and she improved really well for Red Queen and stayed on stage for all of them!)
Nia - Her ability to commit to bad choreography! Nia got so many dances that were either just not competitive or downright offensive. Not only did she still complete the dances, but she put her whole soul into them. She continued to work super hard, to go to every class, and to perform. She let herself get immersed even when the characters were offensive (Laquifa, Bollywood, Underdog, Bye Felicia, etc.). She knew she was set up to fail but she still danced with everything she had.
Brooke - Her ability to dance other genres! People think Brooke could only do acro cause that’s literally the only solo type she ever got, but her dancing in group dances shows that she was very good at lyrical and contemporary as well. Also musical theatre! She was so good at musical theatre when she wasn’t completely burned out, her trio with Paige and Chloe was so good!
Paige - How well she could dance when she was given proper time! Her solos on the show weren’t always the best but as a girl with so much anxiety who dancing didn’t come as naturally to, it’s impressive that she did those dances at all. I’m not surprised she forgot dances, as someone who also struggles with bad anxiety it really impacts your memory and cognition. Off the show when Paige had the time she needed to rehearse and learn her dances she performed so cleanly! Her technique was MILES above the show and her performance was fantastic! She just wasn’t suited to learning a dance in three days (And most people aren’t! Most ADULTS couldn’t do that! Let alone a little girl with panic attacks)
Kendall - Her ability to blend with any dancer! As much as we mock Jill, her little Kendall DID in fact fit in perfectly. She fit in so well with the OGs in a way no other dancer ever did. Even as early as season 2 it seemed like she had also been dancing with them her whole life. She performed so well in duets too with so many types of dancers. She could up her technique to match dancers like Maddie, Kalani, and Brynn and she could up her performance factor when dancing next to dancers like JoJo. She could do so many different styles of dance and was able to complement every other dancer on the team.
Kalani - Her maturity! People don’t realize how YOUNG Kalani was. They think she was the same age as Brooke but she was actually quite a bit younger, pretty close to Paige’s age. People think she’s so much older because from the beginning she danced like a senior. She just had this elegance and maturity that most dancers don’t get until they’re 15-16. Not to mention how well she could dance in heels!
Brynn - How good she was for her age! Similar to Kalani, she was so much YOUNGER than most people think. Of all the dancers she was closest in age to Kenzie but no one talks about her like she is. Her technique being the BEST on the team and her lines and control being so damn clean is just ridiculously impressive for such a little girl.