Common questions

Who dances in the Sia Chandelier video?

Who dances in the Sia Chandelier video?

Ziegler has appeared in music videos for such artists as Alexx Calise, Sia and Todrick Hall. She gained wide notice, at the age of 11, by starring in the 2014 video for “Chandelier” by Sia, who discovered her on Dance Moms.

Who is Sia’s dancer?

Maddie Ziegler
Sia officially took her first big swing as a movie director, and it didn’t go well. That’s an understatement. The pop artist is facing severe backlash for her new film, Music, starring Maddie Ziegler—the popular young dancer you might recognize from Dance Moms as well as the iconic music video for Sia’s “Chandelier.”

Is Sia related to Maddie Ziegler?

“I just love her as a mother,” Sia shared about Ziegler, noting that though she’s Ziegler’s godmother, they aren’t related. “I love her as if she were mine. She feels like my firstborn even though she was 11 [when we first met], you know, I would take a bullet for her.

Is Maddie Ziegler still dancing?

Maddie Ziegler After her Dance Moms exit, Maddie became a judge on Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation and wrote a trilogy of YA novels. In 2021, she starred in Sia’s controversial film, Music, and in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story.

Does Maddie still dance?

What does the chandelier dance mean?

On “Chandelier,” Sia sings about a wild party girl who is literally swinging from the chandelier at night, but crippled by feelings of intense guilt and shame come morning. The woman in “Chandelier” is surrounding herself with phony friends who don’t really care about her. She’s self-medicating with alcohol.

How old is Kalani from Dance Moms?

21 years (September 23, 2000)
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How old was Maddie Ziegler when she did chandelier?

11
The pair are extremely close and have been ever since Sia cast her in the music video for her huge hit “Chandelier” when she was 11. The Australian singer first spotted Ziegler, now 18, on Lifetime’s long-running reality series Dance Moms, which follows aspiring dancers and their pushy mothers.

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Ruth Doyle