“I Have Sold My Soul to ‘Dance Moms”’: The Show’s Enigmatic Creator Speaks

For the first time since creating the popular but controversial reality series, which just spawned a new spin-off, Bryan Stinson confronts a complicated legacy: “Look, you’ve heard a lot about the show…what the girls go through, but this show prepared those girls for anything. There’s nothing that the girls could not do if they survive Dance Moms.”