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  • Sia And Maddie Ziegler Include Kristen Wiig In Their Madness; Watch Them Perform ‘Chandelier’ At Grammys

    Twelve-year-old dancer Maddie Ziegler has been a muse of sorts for Sia recently. The talented dancer appeared in the music videos for Sia’s “Chandelier” and “Elastic Heart”. Sia has even brought Maddie Ziegler along with her to perform the dance routine for those songs while promoting her new album. Now, they have finally made it. The two appeared at the Grammy Awards red carpet wearing matching hairstyles and matching suits.

    Maddie Ziegler and Sia were there for a special performance of “Chandelier”. Shia LaBeouf, who starred in Sia’s “Elastic Heart” video alongside Ziegler, introduced the performance. Maddie Ziegler danced with comedienne Kristin Wiig as Sia sang with her back to the crowd. The pair wore matching blonde wigs that were meant to mimic Sia’s signature bob.

    In a recent interview, Maddie Ziegler opened up about her collaboration with Sia. “People only knew me as a reality star. Now when I go out with my friends, go get ice cream and go shopping, I love when they say, ‘Oh, you do stuff with Sia!’” Ziegler said. “I don’t want to be known as just a Dance Moms competitor. I’d really like to be known for all of Sia’s work, too.”

    Maddie Ziegler also revealed that her recent work with Sia led to her increased interest in music. “I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons,” she said. “It’s good to have as a dancer — to be able to sing and act too because for a Broadway show or musical, you have to be able to do everything.”

    Ziegler added, “We’ve become like family ever since I did ‘Chandelier. I text Sia sometimes when I am in rehearsals. Everyone’s like, ‘Send a picture of us to her!’”

    The video for Sia’s “Chandelier” starring Maddie Ziegler racked up more than 520 million views on Sia’s VEVO page, making it one of the most popular music videos in recent years.

  • Maddie Ziegler, Kristen Wiig Steal The Show At Grammys

    Maddie Ziegler has been having a moment.

    The 12-year old dance star first found success on the reality show Dance Moms, but things really blew up when singer Sia recruited her for her video “Elastic Heart”. Aside from numerous dancing, acting, and modeling jobs in the months since, she’s also the star of Sia’s new video “Chandelier”, which she performed live at this year’s Grammy Awards with none other than…Kristen Wiig?

    It’s true. The Saturday Night Live alum donned a platinum wig and nude leotard to perform an interpretive dance with Maddie while Sia sang the song facing away from the audience, something she’s known for. Maddie and Kristen jumped around a set onstage, looking like one another’s doppleganger in their matching wigs, and today the performance is getting quite a bit of buzz.

    Sam Smith may have walked away with most of the awards on Sunday night, but it’s likely not a big deal to Sia, who has made it clear in the past that she doesn’t care that much about fame and accolades. Over the years, she’s declined to stay in the spotlight too long and has hidden her face for many performances because she doesn’t want to sacrifice her personal life just to be famous.

    “I don’t want to be famous, or recognizable. I don’t want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet. I’ve been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like and that’s just not something I want,” Sia told ABC News.

    Maddie Ziegler and Shia LaBeouf made headlines when “Elastic Heart” was released, as the two of them performed in the video together, prompting worry that there were undertones of pedophilia. However, according to several interviews Maddie has given, that was such a non-issue that all she was worried about was how dirty her costume was.

    Maddie said recently that the fame has been surreal, especially when she meets celebrities who know who she is.

    It’s changed in so many different ways. I mean, now celebrities know who I am. When I saw Miley Cyrus and J.Lo (on the red carpet at the VMAs) I was like, “Hi, um, I’m Maddie, I don’t know if you know me, I’m in the Sia video.” They’re like, “We’ve seen it.” And I was like, Whoa, that is cool. Because, you know, I’m just a girl that lives in Pittsburgh. It’s not a big deal at all,” she told Cosmopolitan.

  • Shia LaBeouf Missing From SNL Performance Of ‘Elastic Heart’, Sia Rocks It Anyway

    With almost 60 million views in just two weeks since her latest video was released, Sia continued to electrify audiences with her insane performance on  Saturday Night Live. Comedian Kevin Hart hosted the most recent SNL episode and Sia provided her artistic flair on stage by performing her massive hit, “Chandeliers” and “Elastic Heart.”

    Hidden by a black veiled visor during the performance, Sia let her two dancers do the entertaining during her first performance. Maddie Ziegler, the 12-year-old star of Dance Moms stunned the audience with her modern dance interpretation of Sia’s latest hit. Although Ziegler danced with actor Shia LaBeouf for the video, the controversial star of Transformers was noticeably absent from the performance.

    Ziegler did the routine with an older, similarly dressed female. Although the Elastic Heart video was a massive hit, Sia was criticized for paring a young girl with a grown man like LaBeouf. People who have seen the video found it to be highly sexualized, making it inappropriate for some. Others viewed Zeigler and LaBeouf’s performance as a work of art, stirring a handful of emotions in the music video form.

    Sia returned to the SNL stage by performing her Grammy-nominated hit, Chandelier. The singer replaced Ziegler with a mime for her next number, continuing her trend of strange on-stage performances. The 39-year-old Australian singer belted out her massive hit, stunning the live audience who were at awe over her amazing vocal chops.

    A few days after the release of the Elastic Heart video, the singer apologized to those who felt triggered by the controversial video. “My intention was to create some emotional content, not to upset anybody,” she tweeted. People over Twitter criticized the performer for paring up a grown man with a 12-year old girl in a wild modern dance routine. In the video, both Shia LaBeouf and Maddie Ziegler were donned in skin-colored outfits and engaged in a dance routine that people found suggestive.

  • Maddie Ziegler Shines In Sia’s Chandelier Video

    If you have ever seen an episode of Dance Moms, you probably noticed the impressive little dancer, Maddie Ziegler. At only 11 years old Maddie has won numerous dance titles and is an amazingly mature dancer.

    Maddie has made it clear on the show that she plans to be a star someday, and her recent appearance in Sia’s new music video for her single “Chandelier,” has gotten her one step closer to her dream.

    Sia’s song is about being abandoned as a child and Maddie dances throughout the entire video, expressing through her dance the many emotions that an abandoned child goes through.

    In the video, Maddie wears a plain leotard and a short, blonde wig that almost makes her unrecognizable. Her dance moves and facial expressions however, make her easy to identify.

    Maddie has gotten a huge amount of positive feedback about the video and it has been shared thousands of time on Twitter and Facebook..

    @NayaRivera @Sia Omgthank you so much this made my day!

    — MaddieZiegler (@maddieziegler) May 7, 2014

    Stop whatever you're doing and watch the #video to @Sia's superhit'Chandelier' w/@maddieziegler now! Thank us later! http://t.co/ipGVdIwXGt

    — Sony Music In (@SonyMusicIn) May 7, 2014

    Very proud of this video and @maddieziegler !! CHANDELIER! Official video, HERE! http://t.co/otKvwKdlft

    — siafurler(@Sia) May 6, 2014

    MUST WATCH! This @sia video is EVERYTHING! Been in awe of @maddieziegler for years! I feel like a proud #DanceMom ! http://t.co/L8LJpJIeO8

    — Lance Bass (@LanceBass) May 9, 2014

    this video is unreal: http://t.co/kvEvcttQiA congrats to @sia + @maddieziegler!!!! wow!

    — christinaperri(@christinaperri) May 7, 2014

    Maddie competes with the Abbie Lee Dance company and has been dancing since she was 2. She has modeled for several dance clothing lines, appeared in a commercial for Sketchers and had a role as ‘Young Deb’ on the Lifetime series Drop Dead Diva. Maddie is no doubt talented, and the video was a chance for her to show off her talents in a new way.

    What do you think of Maddie’s dancing in the video?

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