Ava Cota

Ava Michelle Cota
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Gender	Female
Age	14
Birthdate	April 10, 2002
Nationality	American
Hometown	Fenton, Michigan
Height
Eye Color	blue
Hair Color	brown
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Professional Information
Profession	Dancer Model
Affiliations	Jeanette Cota's Broadway Dance Academy Wilhelmina Models
Dance Studios	Abby Lee Dance Company (formerly) JC's Broadway Dance Academy
Titles	Junior Miss Energy 2013 Junior Miss Starpower 2014
Friends and Family
Parents	Jeanette Cota
Siblings
Friends	Chloe Berbas Nina Candela Mari Dudash Jade Cloud Tea Adamson Sarah Reasons Kamryn Beck Kerrynton Jones Ashtin Roth Chloe Smith Haley Huelsman Tessa Wilkinson JoJo Siwa Kendall Vertes
Pets	{{{pets}}}
Nicknames	{{{nicknames}}}

Ava Michelle Cota, born on April 10, 2002 is a dancer who starred in Lifetime's hit reality show Dance Moms as part of Abby Lee Dance Company's Junior Select Ensemble Team, however she was expelled from the team since episode 26 of Season 4. Outside of Dance Moms she attends JC's Broadway Dance Academy owned by her mother Jeanette Cota in Fenton, Michigan.

Ava made a further appearance in Season 5 of Dance Moms competing with her mother's studio.

In January of this year, Ava auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation. Her appearance was televised on the show's season premiere. She did not make it past the academy round.

Dances

Solos

Amazing Grace - lyrical - 2011

• entered in title competition - National American Miss Pageant

Rory's Song - lyrical - 2011

• 1st overall petite solo - StarQuest Dance Comptition in Detroit, Michigan

Papa - lyrical - 2012

• unknown scoring - On Point Dance Competition
• 1st overall nexstar 9-11 solo - Nexstar Talent Competition in Detroit, Michigan

My Story - n/a

• 1st overall

Dedication to Sandy Hook - lyrical - 2013

• 1st overall junior solo - NextLevel Dance Competition in Lansing, Michigan
• 1st overall secondary 9-11 solo - KAR in Detroit, Michigan

The Prayer - lyrical - 2013

• unknown scoring - WILD Dance Intensive in Detroit, Michigan
• 1st overall junior solo - Energy Dance Competition in Highland, Michigan
• 2nd overall mini solo - NUVO Dance Convention in Deerborn, Michigan

This is the Life - jazz - 2013

• unknown scoring - WILD Dance Intensive in Detroit, Michigan

Yesterday - lyrical - 2013

• 4th overall power 9-11 solo - Believe Talent Competition in Sandusky, Ohio

Drizzle - contemporary - 2014

• 3rd overall power 9-11 solo - Believe Talent Competition in Woodbridge, Virginia

Eden - lyrical - 2014

• 2nd overall junior solo - Energy Dance Competition in Waterford, Michigan

Halo - lyrical - 2014

• 1st overall power 9-11 solo - Starpower Dance Competition in Detroit, Michigan
• 3rd overall junior solo - JUMP Dance Convention in Dearborn, Michigan

On My Way - lyrical - 2014

• 2nd overall junior solo, 3rd overall solo - Energy Dance Competition in Detroit, Michigan

Sweet Revenge - lyrical - 2014

• 3rd overall junior solo, 10th overall solo - In10sity Dance Competition Invitational Nationals in Calabasas, California

Hurtful Words - lyrical - 2015

• unknown scoring - Starbound Talent Competition in Butler, Pennsylvania

Shine Through Me - lyrical - 2015

• unknown scoring - New York Dance Experience in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Praying Mantis - contemporary - 2015

• 4th overall teen solo, 5th overall solo - Xpression Dance Competition in Phoenix, Arizona

The Myth of a Mermaid - contemporary - 2015

• 1st overall teen solo - Centerstage Dance Competition Nationals in Lancaster, California

Cynthia - contemporary - 2016

Strange Fruit - unknown genre - 2016

With You - unknown genre - 2016

Duets

Birds of a Feather - acrobatic (with Sarah Reasons) - 2014

• unknown scoring - Energy Dance Competition in Youngstown, Ohio

Groups

with Abby Lee Dance Company

The Good Life - contemporary (with Tea Adamson, Kamryn Beck, Jade Cloud, Sarah Reasons, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2014

• unknown scoring - Energy Dance Competition in Youngstown, Ohio

The Rapture - contemporary (with Tea Adamson, Kamryn Beck, Jade Cloud, Sarah Hunt, and Sarah Reasons) - 2014

First Ladies - contemporary (with Tea Adamson, Kamryn Beck, Jade Cloud, Chloe Lukasiak, and Sarah Reasons) - 2014

Dance Titles

Regional Petite Miss Dance KAR 2011

Pageant Titles

• National American Miss Talent 2011

Fun Facts

• Ava competed at 3 different competitions as a member of the Abby Lee Dance Company's junior select ensemble competition team.
• Ava competed one solo under the Abby Lee Dance Company name and competed three against the ALDC on the show.
• Ava and her mother have been stalking the ALDC at most of their competitions for years, according to the original team's moms.
• In reference to the last bullet point, Jeanette recently admitted that she has shown up at a lot of ALDC events and competitions in the past, but only because Abby invited her there.
• Ava's solos "Hurtful Words" and "Praying Mantis" are aimed towards Abby. During Ava's time at the ALDC, she was deeply hurt by the things Abby said to her. Abby once called her too tall and said her long arms made her look like a praying mantis (which inspired the name of the second solo).
• Ava's favorite dance styles are hip hop and contemporary (as of June 2015).
• Ava is a straight-A student.
• Ava started dancing at another studio when she was 2 years old and moved to her mother's dance studio when she was 3 years old after it opened.
• In 2015, it was reported that Ava was training about 30 hours per week (with some of the training occurring at BDA and some with a separate ballet teacher).

Gallery

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  Ava and her mother Jeanette
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Videos

• File:SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Lovely from "The Next Generation Auditions 1"
• File:SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE On Every Level from "The Next Generation Auditions 1"

External Links

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