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Mackenzie Ziegler

Gender Female
Age 12
Birthdate June 4, 2004
Nationality American
Hometown Murraysville, PA
Height 5' 0
Eye Color Brown
Hair Color Brown
School Grade {{{school grade}}}
Professional Information
Profession Dancer
Singer
Model
Student
Affiliations MSA Talent Agency
Dance Studios Abby Lee Dance Company
Dance Mechanics
Reign Dance Productions
Titles National Petite Miss Energy 2012
National Junior Miss Sheer Talent 2014
National Junior Miss Center Stage 2015
see page below for more
Friends and Family
Parents Melissa Gisoni (mother)
Kurt Ziegler (father)
Greg Gisoni (stepfather)
Siblings Maddie Ziegler (sister)
Ryan Ziegler (half-brother)
Tyler Ziegler (half-brother)
Michael Gisoni (step-brother)
Michelle Gisoni (step-sister)
Friends Nia Frazier
Kalani Hilliker
Brooke Hyland
Paige Hyland
Olivia Ice
Jessa Kinter
Brooke Kosinski
Nina Linhart
Molly Long
Areana Lopez
Sophia Lucia
Gianna Martello
Asia Monet Ray
Brynn Rumfallo
Kendall Vertes
JoJo Siwa
Kendall Vertes
Ryleigh Vertes
Auriel Welty
Pets Maliboo (dog)
Nicknames Kenzie
Kenz
Kenzieboo

Mackenzie Frances Ziegler, born to Melissa Gisoni and Kurt Ziegler on June 4, 2004, is a dancer on Lifetime's reality television series Dance Moms, as well as a new up and coming popstar.

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 have starred in it since.

In early 2014, it was announced that Mackenzie would be recording her first studio album under the stage name Mack Z, as well as 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 fanmade music videos. She would pick her favorites to go in her music video for "I Gotta Dance."

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 was recently nominated for a Teen Choice award for #ChoiceMuser.

Dances

Solos

Let Me Entertain You - musical theater - 2010

  • did not place - Dance Educators of America in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • did not place - Onstage New York in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mouse Trap - acrobatic - 2011

  • did not place - Dance Educators of America in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • did not place - Dance Educators of America Nationals in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • did not place - Onstage New York in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bigger Isn't Better - acrobatic - 2012

  • 1st overall junior petite solo - Starbound Talent Competition in Nutley, New Jersey

Daisy Chains - acrobatic jazz - choreographed by Jennine Wedge - 2012

  • 1st overall petite solo - Energy Dance Competition in Waterford, Michigan

Hollywood - acrobatic - 2012

  • 3rd overall mini solo - iHollywood Dance Competition in Beverly Hills, California

If the Shoe Fits - acrobatic jazz - choreographed by Abby Lee Miller - 2012

  • 10th overall mini solo - Nexstar Talent Competition in Upland, California

It's a Perfect Day for Fun - acrobatic - 2012

  • 1st overall elite mini solo - In10sity Dance Competition in Hollywood, California

Killer Bee - acrobatic - 2012

  • 1st overall petite solo - Energy Dance Competition Nationals in Beverly Hills, California

Shoulda Coulda Woulda - acrobatic jazz - 2012

  • did not place - MA Dance in Clute, Texas

The Party Starts Right Now - acrobatic - choreographed by Abby Lee Miller - 2012

  • 1st overall junior petite solo - Starbound Talent Competition in Long Island, New York

You Know You Love It - acrobatic - 2012

  • 1st overall junior petite solo - Starbound Talent Competition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boys Like You - acrobatic jazz - choreographed by Jennine Wedge - 2013

  • 1st overall mini solo - Masters of Dance Arts in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
  • 3rd overall mini solo - JUMP Dance Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

California Adventure - acrobatic - 2013

  • 1st overall elite mini solo - In10sity Dance Competition Invitational in Syracuse, New York

Dance Doctor - jazz - 2013

  • 2nd overall mini solo - Masters of Dance Arts Nationals in New Orleans, Louisiana

Dancing Barefoot - contemporary - 2013

  • 3rd overall elite petite solo - In10sity Dance Competition Invitational in Woodbridge, Virginia

Earthquake - acrobatic - 2013

  • 1st overall mini solo - Xpression Dance Competition in St. Louis, Missouri

Goody Goody - acrobatic - 2013

  • 1st overall elite mini solo - In10sity Dance Competition in Denver, Colorado

Lemonade - acrobatic jazz - 2013

  • 1st overall junior solo, 2nd overall level 2 solo - Dance Troupe Inc in Greensboro, Virginia

Love is War - acrobatic - 2013

  • 2nd overall mini solo - Xpression Dance Competition in Bernardsville, New Jersey

Old West - acrobatic - 2013

  • 2nd overall mini solo - Powerhouse Dance Competition Invitational in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Reach for the Stars - acrobatic - 2013

  • 1st overall elite mini solo - In10sity Dance Competition in Buffalo, New York

Cry - lyrical - choreographed by Gianna Martello - 2014

  • 2nd overall junior solo, 2nd overall solo - World Class Talent Experience in Rockville, Maryland

Little Angel - lyrical acrobatic - 2014

  • 1st overall mini solo - Masters of Dance Arts Invitational in Buffalo, New York

Love Overdose - acrobatic jazz - 2014

  • 2nd overall mini solo - Masters of Dance Arts in Atlanta, Georgia

Out of My Mind - jazz - 2014

  • 1st overall junior solo - Sheer Talent Competition Nationals in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • 3rd overall junior solo - Energy Dance Competition in Waterford, Michigan

Red - acrobatic jazz - 2014

  • unknown scoring - Sheer Talent Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 1st overall mini solo - Masters of Dance Arts Invitational in Fort Wayne, Indiana
  • 1st overall mini solo - NUVO Dance Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Take It to Go - acrobatic jazz - 2014

  • 1st overall elite mini solo - In10sity Dance Competition in Orlando, Florida

Watch Me Fly - acrobatic jazz - 2014

  • 1st overall junior solo, 1st overall solo - Sheer Talent Competition in Wheeling, West Virginia

Bat Crazy - acrobatic - 2015

  • 1st overall junior solo - Sheer Talent Competition in Spokane, Washington

Boom Boom - acrobatic jazz - 2015

  • 1st overall junior solo, 3rd overall solo - In10sity Dance Competition Invitationals in New Jersey

Disco Dude - acrobatic - 2015

  • 4th overall junior solo - DanceKidsUSA in Los Angeles, California

Sink or Swim - acrobatic jazz - 2015

Take That - acrobatic jazz - 2015

  • 3rd overall junior solo - JUMP Dance Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  • 3rd overall junior solo - New York Dance Experience in Anaheim, California

Who Are You - lyrical acrobatic - 2015

  • 2nd overall junior solo, 3rd overall solo - World Class Talent Experience in Cleveland, Ohio

Superstar - acrobatic jazz - choreographed by Gianna Martello - 2015

Don't Take My Fire - acrobatic - 2016

I Just Wanna Sit On The Couch And Eat Chips - acrobatic - 2016

  • 4th overall junior solo - New York Dance Experience

All I Want - acrobatic jazz

Bully - hip hop

The Hero - jazz

Duets

Runaway Barbies - jazz (with Vivi-Anne Stein) - 2011

Snake Charmer (with Nia Frazier) - acrobatic - 2011

Summer Fun - jazz (with Vivi-Anne Stein) - 2011

Why Can't We Be Friends - acrobatic (with Vivi-Anne Stein) - 2011

Abba Dabba Honeymoon - acrobatic (with Brooke Kosinski) - 2012

  • 1st overall petite duet/trio - Nexstar Talent Competition in Akron, Ohio

Circus Circus - acrobatic (with Nia Frazier) - 2012

  • top score - Energy Dance Competition in Chicago, Illinois

Reservation for Two - acrobatic jazz (with Kendall Vertes) - 2012

  • 1st overall junior duet/trio - Starbound Talent Competition in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Run From Mother - contemporary (with Maddie Ziegler) - 2013

  • 1st overall junior duet/trio - Xpression Dance Competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Together Wherever We Go - acrobatic (with Brooke Kosinski) - 2013

We Hit Harder - acrobatic jazz (with Asia Monet Ray) - 2013

  • 1st overall mini duet/trio - Masters of Dance Arts in Charleston, West Virginia

Big Finish - specialty (with Brooke Kosinski) - 2014

Bombshell - musical theater (with Brooke Kosinski) - 2015

  • 1st overall mini duet/trio - JUMP Dance Convention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lucy and Ethel - musical theater (with JoJo Siwa) - 2015

  • ? - Starbound Dance Competition in ?, California

The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane - contemporary (with Nia Frazier) - 2015

  • 2nd overall junior duet/trio - Energy Dance Competition in ?

The Long Goodbye - lyrical (with Nia Frazier) - 2016

Trios

Girl Fun (with Nia Frazier and Paige Hyland) - acrobatic - 2012

  • did not place - Energy Dance Competition in Highland, Michigan

Nothing's Gonna Stop Us (with Nia Frazier and Paige Hyland) - acrobatic - 2012

  • 5th overall junior duo/trio - Starbound Talent Competition in Atlanta, Georgia

The World Is Ours - lyrical (with Kalani Hilliker and Brynn Rumfallo) - 2016

Groups

with Abby Lee Dance Company (outside Dance Moms)

10 Little Indians - unknown genre (with Selah Curran, Brooke Kosinski, Maddie Ziegler, and others) - 2009

Kissed a Boy - jazz (with Alex Biery, Kylie Edwards, Nia Frazier, and Brooke Kosinski) - 2011

Pinktastic - jazz (with Selah Curran, Kylie Edwards, Brooke Kosinski, and others) - 2011

Bad Apples - musical theater (with Selah Curran, Kylie Edwards, Nia Frazier, Brooke Kosinski, Chloe Lukasiak, Kendall Vertes, Maddie Ziegler, and others) - 2012

Where Have All the Children Gone (with Nia Frazier, Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland, Brooke Kosinski, Chloe Lukasiak, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2012

Cotton-Eyed Joe - specialty (with Alex Biery, Kylie Edwards, Brooke Kosinski, Anastasia Rose, and others) - 2013

A Little Party - jazz (with Nia Frazier, Sarah Hunt, Brooke Kosinski, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2014

GNO - jazz (with Nia Frazier, Sarah Hunt, Brooke Kosinski, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2014

Toy Box - lyrical specialty (with Sarah Hunt, Brooke Kosinski, Anastasia Rose, and Haley Vrolijk) - 2014

Dollhouse - contemporary (with Nia Frazier, Sarah Hunt, Brooke Kosinski, Ryan Nogy, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2015

Everybody Goes - contemporary (with Payton Ackerman, Maddie Bennett, Nia Frazier, Sarah Hunt, Olivia Ice, Brooke Kosinski, Kassidy Leon, Katherine Narasimhan, Ryan Nogy, Madison Porter, Hope Roberts, Ian Schmoke, Keara Sweeney, Alison Taylor, Kendall Vertes, Carolyn Whitney, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2015

Get Here - lyrical (with Nina Cerniglia, Selah Curran, Kylie Edwards, Sarah Hunt, Jessa Kinter, Brooke Kosinski, Anastasia Rose, and Haley Vrolijk) - 2015

Make Way - hip hop (with Alex Biery, Nina Cerniglia, Selah Curran, Kylie Edwards, Sarah Hunt, Jessa Kinter, Brooke Kosinski, Dyson Ramey, Anastasia Rose, and Haley Vrolijk) - 2015

Watercolors - lyrical specialty (with Sarah Hunt, Brooke Kosinski, Anastasia Rose, and Haley Vrolijk) - 2015

Wikked Lil Girls - jazz (with Nina Cerniglia, Selah Curran, Kylie Edwards, Nia Frazier, Sarah Hunt, Jessa Kinter, Brooke Kosinski, Anastasia Rose, Kendall Vertes, Haley Vrolijk, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2015

with Abby Lee Dance Company (on Dance Moms)

This is My Beauty - lyrical (with Nia Frazier, Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2011

  • 1st overall junior small group - Starbound Talent Competition Nationals in Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Where Have All the Children Gone - lyrical (with Nia Frazier, Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Vivi-Anne Stein, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2011

Bad Apples - musical theater (with Nia Frazier, Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2012

Sassy Dolls - jazz (with Nia Frazier, Brooke Hyland, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2012

Stomp the Yard - jazz funk (with Nia Frazier, Kalani Hilliker, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2015

Tell Me What You Want - jazz funk (with Nia Frazier, Kalani Hilliker, JoJo Siwa, and Kendall Vertes) - 2015

Better Off Now - lyrical (with Nia Frazier, Kalani Hilliker, Brynn Rumfallo, JoJo Siwa, and Kendall Vertes) - 2016

Boss Ladies - hip hop (with Nia Frazier, Kalani Hilliker, Brynn Rumfallo, JoJo Siwa, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2016

The Atlantic - lyrical (with Nia Frazier, Kalani Hilliker, Brynn Rumfallo, JoJo Siwa, Kendall Vertes, and Maddie Ziegler) - 2016

Dance Titles

  • Regional Petite Miss Energy 2012
  • National Petite Miss Energy 2012
  • Regional WCDE Elite Mini Dancer 2014
  • National Junior Miss Sheer Talent 2014
  • Regional JUMP Mini Female VIP 2015
  • National Junior Miss Center Stage 2015

Music Statistics

Music Videos

  • It's a Girl Party
  • Shine
  • Christmas All Year Long
  • I Gotta Dance
  • I Gotta Dance - Remix
  • Day and Night - with Johnny Orlando

Albums

Mack Z (2014)

  • #1 on the iTunes pop album charts
  • #7 on the iTunes overall album charts

Singles

It's a Girl Party

  • #1 on the iTunes pop charts

Shine

  • n/a

I Gotta Dance

  • n/a

Christmas All Year Long

  • n/a

Sleigh Bells

  • n/a

Day and Night

  • n/a

Fun Facts

  • Mackenzie's seasonal solos at the ALDC have been Let Me Entertain You (2010), Mouse Trap (2011), Daisy Chains (2012), Boys Like You (2013), Red (2014), Out of My Mind (2014), Take That (2015), and Hero (2016).
  • Mackenzie's seasonal duets at the ALDC have been Abba Dabba Honeymoon (2012), Together Wherever We Go (2013), Big Finish (2014), Bombshell (2015), and The Little Girl Who Lived Down the Lane (2015).
  • Mackenzie's favorite styles of dance are acro, jazz, and contemporary.
  • Her best friend is Brooke Kosinski.
  • Her rival in season 3 was Asia Monet Ray and Tea Adamson in season 4, but her biggest rival has always been her sister, Maddie.
  • Mackenzie is often compared to Maddie by Abby, fans, friends, and family. Mackenzie doesn't like being compared to her sister because she feels like they are two different dancers with different styles and different strengths.
  • Mackenzie has guest starred in an episode of Nickelodeon's Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn.
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