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|image = File:Kenzie Ziegler.jpg

|age = {{age|2004|06|04}}

|hometown = Murrysville, Pennsylvania

|height = 5'5"

|eye color = Brown

|hair color = Brown

|profession = Singer <br> Dancer <br> Model <br> Actress

|dance studios = Reign Dance Productions (2006-2015) <br> Abby Lee Dance Company (2006-2016) <br> Dance Mechanics (2016)

|parents = Melissa Ziegler-Gisoni (mother) <br> Kurt Ziegler (father) <br> Greg Gisoni (step-father)

|siblings = [[Maddie Ziegler]] (sister) <br> Ryan Ziegler (half-brother) <br> Tyler Ziegler (half-brother) <br> Mathew Gisoni (step-brother) <br> Michelle Gisoni (step-sister) <br> Paige Hillen (step-sister) <br> Tori Hillen (step-sister) <br> Christian Hillen (step-brother)

|friends = [[Nia Frazier]] <br> [[Chloe Lukasiak]] <br> [[Kalani Hilliker]] <br> [[Brooke Hyland]] <br> [[Paige Hyland]] <br> [[Olivia Ice]] <br> [[Jessa Kinter]] <br> [[Brooke Kosinski]] <br> [[Nina Linhart]] <br> [[Molly Long]] <br> [[Areana Lopez]] <br> [[Sophia Lucia]] <br> [[Gianna Martello]] <br> [[Sarah Moore]] <br> [[Asia Monet Ray]] <br> [[Brynn Rumfallo]] <br> [[JoJo Siwa]] <br> [[Kendall Vertes]] <br> [[Ryleigh Vertes]] <br> [[Auriel Welty]] <br> [[Tati McQuay]] <br> Lexi Jayde

|pets = Ivy (dog) <br> Boots (dog) <br> Maliboo (dog) <br> Molly (dog; deceased) <br> Peanut (cat; rehomed)

|nicknames = Kenzie/Kenz <br> Kenny/Ken <br> Kenzie Boo <br> Mack Z (stage name)

}}'''Mackenzie Frances Ziegler''' (known professionally as '''Kenzie Ziegler'''), (born on June 4, 2004 to Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler), is an American pop singer and was a dancer on Lifetime's reality television series ''Dance Moms''. She is also the real life sister of [[Maddie Ziegler]].

At the young age of 2, Gisoni enrolled Mackenzie in dance classes at Reign Dance Productions, where her sister [[Maddie]] already danced. Later, she became a member of the Abby Lee Dance Company. In 2011, the Zieglers were signed onto ''Dance Moms'' and starred in the show for six seasons. Mackenzie is a well-rounded performer. She acts, sings, dances, and models. To make time for all this, she began the 2013-2014 school year by being homeschooled with Maddie for the first time.

Mackenzie had been in many solos including her first one aired on ''Dance Moms'' entitled Mouse Trap but didn't place.

In early 2014, it was announced that Mackenzie would be recording her first studio album under the stage name Mack Z and filming a music video for her very first single, "It's a Girl Party." The music video was premiered on the ''Dance Moms: Girl Talk Reunion'' episode. Ziegler shot another music video for her song "Shine," in which Maddie played herself. The video showed Mackenzie's feelings of always being compared to her sister and wanting to be as talented as her. In November, Mack Z released a single entitled "Christmas All Year Long," as well as a music video for the song. The video was popular enough to reach the Billboard Top 100. Mackenzie later interviewed and performed for Billboard, along with Maddie. Mackenzie and her ''Dance Moms'' costars were supposed to star in kid rapper Matty B's music video "Turn Up the Track," and Mackenzie was supposed to be a featured singer. But due to Melissa's failure to fully read the contract with Matty B's manager, Mackenzie and a few of her friends were cut from the video. This conflict was shown in season 5 of ''Dance Moms''.

In April 2015, Mackenzie announced via her social media and website that her fans had the chance to send in their own fan-made music videos. She would pick her favorites to go in her music video for "I Gotta Dance."

 

In 2016, Mackenzie was nominated for a Teen Choice award for #ChoiceMuser but lost to Baby Ariel. In the same year, she released a music video for a new single with Johnny Orlando, "Day and Night." Shortly after, Johnny and Mackenzie began announcing North American tour dates for their Day and Night Tour. Then in 2017, the tour began. Not long after, Mackenzie released her first solo single in two years, entitled "Monsters (aka Haters)," which had a corresponding music video. Another new music video is Teamwork by Justice.

 

 

 

In 2021, Mack Z was a contestant on ''The Masked Dancer'', a spin-off of ''The Masked Singer''.

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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name

| rowspan="3" |2010

| rowspan="3" |Musical Theater

| rowspan="3" |unknown

|-

| rowspan="2" |2011

| rowspan="2" |Mouse Trap

| rowspan="2" |Acrobatic

| rowspan="2" |unknown

| rowspan="10" |2012

|-

| rowspan="2" |The Party Starts Right Now

| rowspan="2" |Acrobatic

| rowspan="2" |[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|-

| rowspan="2" |Daisy Chains

| rowspan="2" |[[Jennine Wedge]]

|-

| rowspan="14" |2013

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Small Wonders Solos<br />Platinum Award

| rowspan="4" |[[Jennine Wedge]]

|-

|did not place

|2^nd in Mini Solos

|Dancing Barefoot

|In10sity Invitational<br />(Woodbridge)

|3^rd in Elite Mini Solos

|Earthquake

|Acrobatic

|unknown

|Xpression (St. Louis)

|1^st in Mini Solos

|Goodie Goodie

|In10sity (Denver)

|1^st in Elite Mini Solos

|Lemonade

|unknown

|DTI (Greensboro)

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />2^nd in Level II Solos

|Love is War

|Acrobatic

|[[Abby Lee Miller]]

|Xpression (Bernardsville)

|2^nd in Mini Solos

|Old West

|Acrobatic

|[[Jennine Wedge]]

|Powerhouse Invitational<br />(Fort Wayne)

|2^nd in Mini Solos

|Reach for the Stars

|Acrobatic

|unknown

|In10sity (Buffalo)

|1^st in Elite Mini Solos

| rowspan="10" |2014

|Cry

|Lyrical

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|World Class Talent<br />(Rockville)

|2^nd in Junior Solos<br />2^nd Overall

|Little Angel

|Lyrical acrobatic

|unknown

|Masters of Dance Arts<br />(Buffalo)

|1^st in Mini Solos

|Love Overdose

|Acrobatic Jazz

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|Masters of Dance Arts<br />(Atlanta)

|2^nd in Mini Solos

| rowspan="2" |Out of My Mind

| rowspan="2" |Jazz

| rowspan="2" |[[Gianna Martello]]

|Energy NDC (Waterford)

|3^rd in Energy Junior Solos<br />2^nd Runner-Up for<br />Junior Miss Energy

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

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />National Junior Miss Sheer Talent

| rowspan="3" |Red

| rowspan="3" |Acrobatic Jazz

| rowspan="3" |[[Jennine Wedge]]

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

|1^st in Mini Solos

|NUVO (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Mini Solos

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />Titanium Award

|Take It to Go

|In10sity (Orlando)

|1^st in Elite Mini Solos

|Watch Me Fly

|Acrobatic Jazz

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|Sheer Talent (Wheeling)

|1^st in Junior Solos

| rowspan="11" |2015

|Bat Crazy

|Acrobatic

|unknown

|Sheer Talent (Spokane)

|1^st in Junior Solos

|Boom Boom

|Acrobatic Jazz

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|In10sity (Providence)

|1^st in Junior Solos<br />3^rd Overall

|Disco Dude

|Acrobatic

|unknown

|Dance Kids USA (Los Angeles)

|4^th in Junior Solos

|Dreamer

|Lyrical Acrobatic

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|Center Stage<br />Nationals (Lancaster)

|4^th in Junior Solos<br />1^st Overall<br />National Junior Miss Center Stage

|Sink or Swim

|Acrobatic

|unknown

|Center Stage (Anaheim)

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

|Superstar

|Acrobatic Jazz

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|Sheer Talent (Westminster)

|1^st in Junior Solos

| rowspan="4" |Take That

| rowspan="4" |Acrobatic Jazz

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

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|Junior Miss Sheer Talent

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|3^rd in Mini Solos

|NYDE (Anaheim)

|3^rd in Age 9-10 Solos

|The Dance Awards<br />Nationals (Las Vegas)

|14^th Runner-Up for Mini Best FDOY

|Who Are You

|Lyrical Acrobatic

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|World Class Talent (Cleveland)

|2^nd in Junior Solos<br />3^rd Overall

| rowspan="6" |2016

|All I Want

|Acrobatic

|[[Gianna Martello]]

|Sheer Talent (Las Vegas)

|2^nd in Preteen Solos

|Bully

|Xpression (Sacramento)

|1^st in Junior Solos

|Don't Take My Fire

|Acrobatic Jazz

|unknown

|Dream NDC (San Diego)

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

|I Just Wanna Sit on the<br />Couch and Eat Chips

|Musical Theater

|NYDE (Calabasas)

|4^th in Junior Solos

| rowspan="2" |The Hero

| rowspan="2" |[[Gianna Martello]]

|1^st in Junior solos

|Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)

|did not place

|2017

|[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|n/a

|n/a

|-

|2018

|So Good

|[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|

|

|Runaway Barbies

|[[Vivi-Anne Stein]]

|Starpower (Providence)

|did not place

|-

|Snake Charmer

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|iHollywood (Los Angeles)

|1^st in Mini Oscar Duet/Trios

|Summer Boy

|[[Vivi-Anne Stein]]

|Starpower World Championships (Uncasville)

|did not place

|-

|Why Can't We Be Friends

|[[Vivi-Anne Stein]]

|StarQuest (Lancaster)

|did not place

|-

|Abba Dabba Honeymoon

|[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|Nexstar (Akron)

|1^st in Petite Duet/Trios

|Circus Circus

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|Energy NDC (Chicago)

|1^st in Energy Petite Duet/Trios

|Reservation for Two

|[[Kendall Vertes]]

|Starbound (Myrtle Beach)

|1^st in Junior Duet/Trios

|-

|Run from Mother

|[[Maddie Ziegler]]

|Xpression (Grand Rapids)

|1^st in Junior Duet/Trios

| rowspan="3" |Together Wherever We Go

| rowspan="3" |[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)

|-

|1^st in Small Wonders Duet/Trios

|-

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1^st in Small Wonders Duets<br />4^th in Platinum Solo/Duet/Trios

|We Hit Harder

|[[Asia Monet Ray]]

|Masters of Dance Arts (Charleston)

|1^st in Mini Duet/Trios

| rowspan="5" |Big Finish

| rowspan="5" |[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)

|-

|1^st in Junior Duet/Trios<br />Titanium Award

|-

|Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)

|1^st in Junior Duets<br />2^nd in Titanium Solo/Duet/Trios

|WCDE (Pittsburgh)

| rowspan="3" |Bombshell

| rowspan="3" |[[Brooke Kosinski]]

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|1^st in Junior Duets

|-

|The Dance Awards Nationals (NYC)

|Lucy and Ethel

|[[JoJo Siwa]]

|Starbound (Fallbrook)

|4^th in Junior Duet/Trios

| rowspan="2" |The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane

| rowspan="2" |[[Nia Frazier]]

|Energy NDC (Detroit)

|1^st in Energy Junior Duet/Trios<br />2^nd in Overall Duet/Trios

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|The Long Goodbye

|[[Nia Frazier]]

|Fierce NDC (Augora Hills)

|1^st in Junior Duet/Trios<br />5^th in Duet/Trios

|Girl Fun

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]

|Energy NDC (Highland)

|did not place

|-

|Nothing's Gonna Stop Us

|[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Paige Hyland]]

|Starbound (Atlanta)

|-

|The World is Ours

|[[Kalani Hilliker]]<br />[[Brynn Rumfallo]]

|Xpression (Anaheim)

====with Abby Lee Dance Company (Outside of "Dance Moms")====

|10 Little Indians

|-

| rowspan="2" |unknown

|DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)

| rowspan="4" |Red with Envy

| rowspan="3" |[[Nina Cerniglia]]<br />[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Nia Frazier]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Jessa Kinter]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />[[Kendall Vertes]]<br />[[Haley Vrolijk]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]

| rowspan="2" |[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />[[Anastasia Rose]]<br />and others

|JUMP (Pittsburgh)

|-

|-

|[[Selah Curran]]<br />[[Kylie Edwards]]<br />[[Sarah Hunt]]<br />[[Brooke Kosinski]]<br />and others