Kalani Hilliker: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox dancer

|name = Kalani Brooke Hilliker

|gender = Female

|birthdate = September 23, 2000

|nationality = American

|hair color = Brown

|school grade = Class of 2019

|dance studios = Dance Connection Too (2002-2007) <br> Club Dance Studio (2008-present) <br> Abby Lee Dance Company (2014-2017)

|titles = ''see below''

|friends = [[Bostyn Brown]] <br> [[Brynklie Brown]] <br> [[Kenedy Brown]] <br> [[Brooklin Cooley]] <br> [[Nia Frazier]] <br> [[Gracie Gills]] <br> [[Kamilla Johnson]] <br> [[Dylynn Jones]] <br> [[Lilliana Ketchman]] <br> [[Molly Long]] <br> [[Chloe Lukasiak]] <br> [[Gianna Martello]] <br> [[Simrin Player]] <br> [[Sarah Reasons]] <br> [[Brynn Rumfallo]] <br> [[Cami Schroeder]] <br> [[Talia Seitel]] <br> [[JoJo Siwa]] <br> [[Asia Monet Ray]] <br> [[McKaylee True]] <br> [[Kendall Vertes]] <br> [[Ryleigh Vertes]] <br> [[Elliana Walmsley]] <br> [[Alexis Watson]] <br> [[Mackenzie Ziegler]] <br> [[Maddie Ziegler]]

|nicknames = Lani

Kalani kicked off her television dance career by appearing as part of AK Squared, a dance group that performed on Disney Channel's ''Shake It Up: Make Your Mark''. Soon after, Kalani appeared on ABC Family's ''Bunheads'' and Lifetime's ''Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition''. ''Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition'' is a televised dance competition hosted by Abby Lee Miller. It depicts young children and their mothers fighting for the top spot on the show and the winner is rewarded with a scholarship to the Joffrey School of Ballet in New York. Although Kalani didn't win, she was a member of the final three of season 2 and was even said to be Abby's favorite contestant. Shortly after finishing the show, Kalani arrived at the Abby Lee Dance Company, Miller's dance studio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and began filming for ''Dance Moms''. During season 4's mid-season break, Kira and Kalani left the show temporarily due to their refusal to sign Lifetime's contract for the show. However, they returned for the filming of season 5. Kalani use to still train and takes classes at the Abby Lee Dance Company in LA, but continued training with Club once filming for ''Dance Moms'' finished; she has since left the ALDC LA and has been training in other studios.

In 2016, Kalani was nominated for a Teen Choice award for the choice dancer, but [[Maddie Ziegler]] won that year. That September, Kalani celebrated her sweet sixteen. In honor of her birthday, she got a Range Rover as her birthday present.<ref>[http://www.instagram.com/p/BKurn1UBLEt/]</ref><ref>[http://www.instagram.com/p/BKt_eOADBqY/]</ref><ref>[http://www.instagram.com/p/BKq-0HBhqKw/]</ref> Kalani had received her learner's permit prior.

==Dances==

| rowspan="2" |unknown

|KAR (Phoenix)

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|Starpower (Phoenix)

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| rowspan="7" |2009

| rowspan="5" |unknown

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

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|Legacy (Phoenix)

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|Showstopper (Phoenix)

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|Starpower (Phoenix)

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|-

| rowspan="4" |What a Feeling

| rowspan="4" |unknown

|KAR (Phoenix)

|-

|-

| rowspan="6" | 2010

|KAR (Mesa)

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|Starbound (Phoenix)

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| rowspan="6" |Speeding Cars

| rowspan="6" |Kira DiMartino

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

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|JUMP (Phoenix)

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|Showstopper (Phoenix)

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|Starbound (Phoenix)

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| rowspan="6" |2011

|Co. Dance (Phoenix)

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|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

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| rowspan="2" |Breakaway

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|NUVO (Phoenix)

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| rowspan="5" |Small

| rowspan="5" |Kira DiMartino

|JUMP (Phoenix)

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|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="9" |2012

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

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|KAR (Mesa)

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|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="2" |Afterlife

| rowspan="2" |Alexa Anderson

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="3" |Red Football

| rowspan="3" |Kira DiMartino

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

|-

|WCDE Nationals (Las Vegas)

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|Too Far

|unknown

|NUVO (Dallas)

|-

| rowspan="16" |2013

| rowspan="7" |Kira DiMartino

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|-

|Hall of Fame Nationals<br />(Las Vegas)

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|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Long Beach)

|-

|Showbiz Nationals (Las Vegas)

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|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

|Full of Love

|unknown

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="5" |Lost Song

| rowspan="5" |Kira DiMartino

|Hall of Fame Nationals<br />(Las Vegas)

|-

|In10sity (Phoenix)

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|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|NUVO (Atlanta)

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals

|-

| rowspan="3" |Prism

| rowspan="3" |Jessie Hartley

|Hall of Fame Nationals<br />(Las Vegas)

|-

|Showbiz Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals

|-

| rowspan="8" |2014

| rowspan="5" |[[Alexa Moffett]]

|Celebrity

|-

|Hall of Fame Nationals<br />(Las Vegas)

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|KAR Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

|Velocity (Denver)

|-

|Swan Solstice

|[[Gianna Martello]] and<br />[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|Masters of Dance Arts<br /> (Fort Wayne)

|-

|Unless You Say You're Sorry

|Lyrical acrobatic

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|-

|Without a Word

|Contemporary

|unknown

|1^st in Teen Solos<br />2^nd in Overall Solos

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|Contemporary

|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|1^st in Teen Solos<br />1^st in Overall Solos

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|Improv

|n/a

|-

|Shades of Gray

|[[Alexa Moffett]]

|Xpression (Phoenix)

|-

|Unbeauty

|unknown

|Energy NDC (Santa Ana)

|-

| rowspan="2" |Video Games

|1^st in Teen Solos

|-

|5^th in Teen Solos<br />Judge's Pick Award

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|Contemporary

|[[Alexa Moffett]]

|-

| rowspan="7" |2016

| rowspan="2" |Contemporary

| rowspan="2" |Will Johnston

|2^nd in Teen Solos

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|did not place

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|Contemporary

|Travis Wall

|-

|Hold Me Down

| rowspan="2" |Contemporary

| rowspan="2" |Cheryl Burke

|2^nd in Senior Solos<br />4^th in Overall Solos

|-

|Contemporary

|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|}

|[[Addison Moffett]]

|Hall of Fame Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

| rowspan="8" |2014

|[[Addison Moffett]]

|Hall of Fame Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

|Human

|[[Addison Moffett]]

|Velocity (Denver)

|-

|For You Too

|[[Chloe Lukasiak]]

|Dance USA (Columbus)

|-

|Framed

|[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Fierce NDC (Woodbridge)

|-

|Rule the World

|[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Energy NDC (Youngstown)

|-

| rowspan="3" |Two Sapphires

| rowspan="3" |[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|NUVO (Pittsburgh)

|-

|Sheer Talent (Bronx)

|-

| rowspan="3" |2015

| rowspan="2" |[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Energy NDC (Detroit)

|-

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

| rowspan="5" |2016

|[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Sheer Talent (San Diego)

|-

|Isolations

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|Fierce NDC (Lawndale)

|-

|Prettier Than Poison

|[[Brynn Rumfallo]]

|Fierce NDC (Phoenix)

|-

|Push and Pull

|[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Fierce NDC (Calabasas)

|-

|Unbreak My Heart

|[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Fierce NDC (Augora Hills)

|-

| rowspan="3" |2017

|[[Camryn Bridges]]

|Sheer Talent (Las Vegas)

|-

|Tango Para Tres

|[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Sheer Talent (Fresno)

|-

|Young and Restless

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|Fierce NDC (San Diego)

|}

| rowspan="2" |[[Brynklie Brown]]<br />Taylor Henkel

|KAR (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="3" |2009

| rowspan="3" |[[Alyssa Diaz]]<br />Rayna Jozwiak

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|-

|KAR (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

|2010

|[[Brynklie Brown]]<br />[[Sarah Reasons]]

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="6" |2011

| rowspan="2" |Alyssa Bortono<br />[[Kenedy Brown]]

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|-

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Deep Down Inside

| rowspan="4" |[[Brynklie Brown]]<br />[[Jaycee Wilkins]]

|Co. Dance (Phoenix)

|-

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|-

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |2012

| rowspan="4" |Kaylin Branch<br />[[Kenedy Brown]]

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="11" |2013

| rowspan="5" |Alyssa Bortono<br />Taylor McQuillan

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|-

|In10sity (Phoenix)

|-

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="6" |Wild is the Wind

| rowspan="6" |Lyrical

| rowspan="6" |[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Cami Schroeder]]

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|-

|In10sity (Phoenix)

|-

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals

|-

| rowspan="2" |2014

| rowspan="2" |[[Addison Moffett]]<br />[[Cami Schroeder]]

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|NUVO (Albuquerque)

|-

|2015

|[[Brynn Rumfallo]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]

|Xpression (Anaheim)

|-

| rowspan="2" |2016

|[[JoJo Siwa]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Fierce NDC (Fresno)

|-

|Blackbirds

|[[Brynn Rumfallo]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Fierce NDC (Augora Hills)

|}

|-

|KAR (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

| rowspan="8" |2010

|KAR (Phoenix)

|-

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

|Big Spender

|[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Sarah Reasons]]<br />and others

|KAR (Mesa I)

|-

| rowspan="2" |Jamaican Me Crazy

| rowspan="2" |Jazz

| rowspan="2" |unknown

|KAR (Mesa I)

|1^st in Super Lines

| rowspan="2" |[[Brynklie Brown]]<br />[[Sarah Reasons]]<br />and others

|KAR (Mesa I)

|-

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

|Time After Time

|unknown

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="22" |2011

|-

|Showstopper (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="2" |Idlewood

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Happy

| rowspan="4" |Lyrical

| rowspan="4" |unknown

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|3^rd in Junior Lines

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Hometown

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="2" |Love Game

| rowspan="2" |Alyssa Bortono<br />Kaylin Branch<br />Madison Henkel<br />[[Arielle Jennings]]<br />[[Addison Moffett]]<br />and others

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Nothing Else Matters

| rowspan="4" |Kaylin Branch<br />[[Brynklie Brown]]<br />Ainslee Gehrman<br />[[Dylynn Jones]]<br />[[Carlee Schield]]<br />[[Jaycee Wilkins]]

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Outta Your Mind

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Requiem

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Spirit

| rowspan="4" |Specialty

| rowspan="4" |unknown

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Stand in Holy Places

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="4" |Take Back Your Mink

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|Starpower (Phoenix)

|-

| rowspan="59" |2013

| rowspan="2" |[[Arielle Jennings]]<br />[[Raegan Lamb]]<br />[[Addison Moffett]]<br />[[Cami Schroeder]]<br />[[Jordyn Smith]]

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals (NYC)

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals (NYC)

|-

| rowspan="6" |Cover Me

| rowspan="4" |Specialty

| rowspan="4" |unknown

|In10sity (Phoenix)

|1^st in Elite Teen Small Groups

| rowspan="4" |Lyrical

| rowspan="4" |unknown

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|4^th in Teen American League Small Groups

| rowspan="5" |Jazz

| rowspan="5" |unknown

|In10sity (Phoenix)

|2^nd in Elite Teen Lines/Productions

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

| rowspan="6" |Contemporary

| rowspan="6" |Krista Barker

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

|2^nd in Teen American League Large Groups

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals (NYC)

|-

| rowspan="3" |Requiem

|-

|KAR (Mesa)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|In10sity (Phoenix)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

| rowspan="5" |Solitary Confinement

| rowspan="5" |Contemporary

| rowspan="5" |[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Arielle Jennings]]<br />Raegan Lamb<br />[[Addison Moffett]]<br />[[Cami Schroeder]]<br />Kailey Tamarkin

|Hall of Fame (Phoenix)

| rowspan="4" |Here Before

| rowspan="4" |Contemporary

| rowspan="4" |[[Brynklie Brown]]<br />[[Brooke Flores]]<br />[[Tate McRae]]<br />[[Addison Moffett]]<br />[[Simrin Player]]<br />[[Sarah Reasons]]<br />[[Hallie Reggio]]<br />[[Cami Schroeder]]<br />[[Jenna Valenzuela]]<br />[[Alexis Watson]]<br />[[Jaycee Wilkins]]

|24/SEVEN (Salt Lake City)

|-

|JUMP (Las Vegas)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

| rowspan="3" |Red

| rowspan="3" |Contemporary

| rowspan="3" |[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Addison Moffett]]<br />[[Simrin Player]]<br />[[Sarah Reasons]]<br />[[Cami Schroeder]]<br />Jordyn Smith<br />[[Alexis Watson]]

|JUMP (Phoenix)

|-

|NUVO (Phoenix)

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

| rowspan="3" |Silent Scream

| rowspan="3" |Contemporary

| rowspan="3" |[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Raegan Lamb]]<br />[[Addison Moffett]]<br />[[Simrin Player]]<br />[[Cami Schroeder]]

|JUMP (Las Vegas)

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

|-

|-

| rowspan="2" |Still Bleeding

| rowspan="2" |[[Bostyn Brown]]<br />[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Raegan Lamb]]<br />[[Addison Moffett]]<br />[[Simrin Player]]<br />[[Brynn Rumfallo]]<br />[[Alexis Watson]]

|JUMP (Las Vegas)

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

| rowspan="4" |The Pianist

|[[Taryn Bee]]<br />[[Isabelle Boyer]]<br />[[Brynklie Brown]]<br />[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Lexee Crandall]]<br />[[Brandt Czerniski]]<br />[[Tara DeRaps]]<br />[[McKenna Dickson]]<br />[[Marley Gorman]]<br />[[Laynee Hahn]]<br />[[Chevelle Heller]]<br />[[Kamilla Johnson]]<br />[[Dylynn Jones]]<br />[[Taylor Knab]]<br />[[Tatum Kuhse]]<br />[[Simrin Player]]<br />[[Gabby Pulido]]<br />[[Jasmine Robinson]]<br />[[Tatiana Savedra]]

|The Dance Awards Nationals (Las Vegas)

|-

|The Self House

|[[Isabelle Boyer]]<br />[[Kenedy Brown]]<br />[[Lexee Crandall]]<br />[[Brandt Czerniski]]<br />[[Kamilla Johnson]]<br />[[Simrin Player]]<br />[[Sarah Reasons]]<br />[[Jasmine Robinson]]<br />[[Brynn Rumfallo]]<br />[[Tatiana Savedra]]<br />[[Carlee Schield]]<br />[[Jaycee Wilkins]]<br />[[Tessa Wilkinson]]

|The Dance Awards Nationals (Las Vegas)

|}

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[JoJo Siwa]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Believe (Fresno)

|-

|Dance in the Rain

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

|Energy NDC (Detroit)

|-

|Tell Me What You Want

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[JoJo Siwa]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Energy NDC (Santa Ana)

|-

|Voices in My Head

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Brynn Rumfallo]]<br />[[JoJo Siwa]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Mackenzie Ziegler]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Dream NDC (San Diego)

|-

|Shout Out

|Hip Hop

|Tremaine

|NYDE (Upland)

|did not place

|}

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|Cheryl Burke

|[[Camryn Bridges]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]

|1^st in Teen Groups

|-

|[[Camryn Bridges]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Chloe Lukasiak]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Fierce NDC (Anaheim)

|}

* 2nd runner up for National Teen Female Best Dancer 2015

* 2nd runner up for National Teen Female Best Dancer 2016

==Fun Facts==

*Kalani's favorite style of dance is lyrical, but she loves to watch contemporary.

==References==

==External Links==

*[http://www.facebook.com/OfficialKalaniHilliker/ Facebook (1)]

*[http://www.facebook.com/KalaniHillikerGirard/ Facebook (2)]

*[http://www.twitter.com/23kalani/ Twitter (1)]

*[http://www.twitter.com/KalaniHilliker/ Twitter (2)]

*[http://kalanihilliker.tumblr.com/ Tumblr (1)]

*[http://kalanihilliker-official.tumblr.com/ Tumblr (2)]

*[http://www.soclose.me/x/kalanihilliker SoClose]

*[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGzywjsnwlrXzuDxV0sz7A/ YouTube]

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