Payton Ackerman: Difference between revisions

|name = Payton Alexandra Stork

|image = File:Payton Ackerman.jpg

|age = {{age|1997|08|24}}

|school grade = Class of 2015

|dance studios = Abby Lee Dance Company (former) <br> Reign Dance Productions (former) <br> Dance Workshop by Shari

|parents = Leslie Ackerman (mother) <br> Greg Ackerman(father)

|siblings = [[Taylor Ackerman]] (older sister) <br> Connor Ackerman (older brother)

|friends = [[Mackenzie Ziegler]] <br> [[Maddie Ziegler]] <br> [[Brooke Hyland]] <br> [[Paige Hyland]] <br> [[Nia Frazier]] <br> [[Kendall Vertes]] <br> [[Asia Monet Ray]] <br> [[Gianna Martello]]<br> [[Nick Dobbs]] <br> [[Chloe Lukasiak]] <br> [[Brandon Pent]] <br> [[Sarah Reasons]] <br> [[JoJo Siwa]]

|pets = Higgins (dog) <br> Topaz (cat) <br> Wizard (cat)

}}'''Payton Alexandra Stork''' (neé '''Ackerman)''' (born on August 24, 1997 in Pennsylvania) is a dancer from Pennsylvania, now living in Los Angeles, California. Payton is a member of the Abby Lee Miller Dance Company and was on the show ''Dance Moms'' for four seasons, though she was part of the regular cast starting with the show's second season.

Her older sister [[Taylor Ackerman|Taylor]], is also a dancer, but she never appeared on ''Dance Moms''. She was however, one of the dancers on ''Hit the Floor''.

| rowspan="6" |One Track Mind

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|Dance Masters of PA

|3^rd in Age 11-12 Solos<br />Platinum

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|Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="6" |Love Games

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|1^st in Teen Solos

|Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)

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|Starbound (Atlanta)

|7^th in Teen Solos<br />2^nd in Teen Jazz Solos

| rowspan="7" |Sinking Feeling

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|5^th in Teen Solos

|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

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|1^st in Teen Jazz Solos<br />High Gold

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="6" |China Doll

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|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

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|10^th in Advanced Teen Solos

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|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Teen Solos<br />Platinum

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|Sheer Talent Nationals<br />(Las Vegas)

|Can You Predict the Future

|Starbound Dancer’s Care<br />Benefit (Atlantic City)

|Femme Fatale

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| rowspan="4" |Serial Killer

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|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

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|Sheer Talent Nationals<br />(Las Vegas)

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| rowspan="2" |Lady Like

|24/SEVEN (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Senior Solos<br />High Gold

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|NYCDA (Pittsburgh)

|9^th in Senior Solos<br />Outstanding Execution Award

| rowspan="4" |Waiting Game

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|Hollywood Vibe<br />Nationals (Anaheim)

|did not place

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|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|8^th in Senior Solos<br />High Gold

| rowspan="2" |She's So Beautiful

| rowspan="2" |[[Brandon Pent]]

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="4" |Turn Me On

| rowspan="4" |[[Brandon Pent]]

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

| rowspan="3" |Locomotion

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

| rowspan="4" |[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

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|3^rd in Senior Trios

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|3^rd in Senior Trios

|WCDE (Pittsburgh)

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|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

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|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

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|Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)

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| rowspan="16" |2010

|3^rd in Age 11-12 Lines

| rowspan="4" |Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

| rowspan="4" |[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />John Fiumara<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />and others

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| rowspan="3" |Lyrical

| rowspan="3" |unknown

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| rowspan="2" |Funhouse

| rowspan="2" |Elissa Berardi<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />and others

| rowspan="3" |Specialty

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| rowspan="2" |unknown

| rowspan="2" |Elissa Berardi<br />Maddie Genre<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />and others

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| rowspan="4" |unknown

| rowspan="4" |[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />and others

|-

| rowspan="2" |unknown

| rowspan="2" |[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />Maddie Genre<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />and others

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| rowspan="5" |Tap

|Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="2" |[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|3^rd in Preteen Lines

| rowspan="2" |[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />Maddie Genre<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

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| rowspan="4" |Maddie Genre<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|did not place  

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Teen Extended Lines<br />Teen Best of JUMP Award

|Nexstar (Akron)

|4^th in Nexstar Senior Large Groups

| rowspan="3" |Unzipped

| rowspan="3" |Specialty

| rowspan="3" |unknown

| rowspan="3" |John Fiumara<br />[[Nina Linhart]]<br />Malena Maust<br />[[Brittany Pent]]<br />[[Elizabeth Rohm]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|DEA (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

|NYCDA (Pittsburgh)

|4^th in Senior Groups<br />1^st in Senior Specialty

| rowspan="11" |2013

|American Dream

|Lyrical

|unknown

|Elissa Berardi<br />[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Nina Linhart]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />Malena Maust<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Alison Taylor]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />Eve Vinkler<br />[[Auriel Welty]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|3^rd in Teen Lines

|King Porter Stomp

|Tap

|Matt Saffron

|Elissa Berardi<br />[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Nina Linhart]]<br />Malena Maust<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />Stephanie Pittman<br />[[Elizabeth Rohm]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

| rowspan="4" |Maestro

| rowspan="4" |Musical Theater

| rowspan="4" |unknown

| rowspan="4" |Elissa Berardi<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Nina Linhart]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />Stephanie Pittman<br />[[Elizabeth Rohm]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|High Gold

|Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)

|3^rd in Overall Adavnced Teen Division<br />Teen Entertainment Award

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Teen Lines

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|4^th in Teen Lines

| rowspan="3" |Red Carpet

| rowspan="3" |Specialty

| rowspan="3" |unknown

| rowspan="3" |Elissa Berardi<br />[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Nina Linhart]]<br />Malena Maust<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Brandon Pent]]<br />Stephanie Pittman<br />[[Elizabeth Rohm]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|High Gold

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Senior Lines

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|2^nd in Senior Lines<br />Titanium Award

| rowspan="2" |Reign Dance

| rowspan="2" |unknown

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1^st in Teen Lines

| rowspan="28" |2014

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1^st in Teen Lines

| rowspan="4" |Crazy in Love

| rowspan="4" |Jazz

| rowspan="4" |James Washington

| rowspan="4" |[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|Gold Award

|NYCDA (Pittsburgh)

|9^th in Teen Groups

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|5^th in Senior Groups

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|4^th in Senior Groups

|Garland Waltz

|Ballet

|unknown

|Mariah Aivazis<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />Ian Schmoke<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|n/a

|n/a

| rowspan="3" |In Time

| rowspan="3" |Contemporary

| rowspan="3" |James Washington

| rowspan="3" |[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />Ian Schmoke<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|3^rd in Senior Groups

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1^st in Senior Groups

| rowspan="4" |Just Another Number

| rowspan="4" |Contemporary

| rowspan="4" |[[Gianna Martello]]

| rowspan="4" |[[Kamryn Beck]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|NUVO (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Teen Groups<br />Teen Best Nu Group Award

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Preteen Groups

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|2^nd in Preteen Groups

|WCDE (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Junior Contemporary Small Groups

| rowspan="6" |Lost and Found

| rowspan="6" |[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Ryleigh Vertes]]<br />[[Auriel Welty]]

|1^st in Senior Small Groups<br />1^st in Overall Senior Groups/Lines

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|2^nd in Senior Groups<br />Best in Studio Award

|NYCDA (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="2" |[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]

|-

| rowspan="3" |[[Gianna Martello]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

| rowspan="3" |[[Nick Dobbs]]<br />[[Olivia Ice]]<br />[[Kassidy Leon]]<br />[[Katherine Narasimhan]]<br />[[Ryan Nogy]]<br />[[Hope Roberts]]<br />Ian Schmoke<br />[[Keara Sweeney]]

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| rowspan="3" |[[Gianna Martello]]

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| rowspan="4" |2012

|All Kids Go

|Contemporary

|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Starbound (Atlanta)

|1^st in Junior Small Groups

|Light My Fire

|Hip Hop

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|n/a

|n/a

|The Huntress

|Lyrical

|unknown

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Starbound (Woodbridge I)

|2^nd in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups

|What Comes Around

|Lyrical

|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Hollywood Vibe (St. Louis)

|1^st in Intermediate Modern Small Groups<br />Platinum

| rowspan="3" |2013

|Just Be

|Contemporary

|[[Gianna Martello]]<br />James Washington

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Asia Monet Ray]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Believe (Sandusky)

|1^st in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups

|On the Verge

|Lyrical

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Asia Monet Ray]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Xpression (Orlando)

|4^th in Junior Groups

|Open Waters

|Lyrical

|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Asia Monet Ray]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Believe (Lancaster)

|1^st in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups

| rowspan="3" |2014

|Girlz Night Out

|Jazz

|[[Molly Long]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Sheer Talent (Wheeling)

|3^rd in Junior Small Groups<br />Titanium Award

|Just Another Number

|Contemporary

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brooke Hyland]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Believe (Columbus)

|1^st in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups

|Lift You Up

|Character

|unknown

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|World Class Talent (Rockville)

|1^st in Junior World Groups

*Regional Hollywood Vibe Senior Dancer of the Year 2015

 

 

*Payton began dancing at [[Abby Lee Miller]]'s studio when she was 11 years old.

*According to [[Abby Lee Miller]], Payton was one of the best hip-hop dancers at her studio.

==Additional Page==

[[Payton Ackerman/Gallery]]

[[Category:Female Grown-Ups]]