Payton Ackerman

Payton Alexandra Ackerman
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Gender	Female
Age	24
Birthdate	August 24, 1997
Nationality	American
Hometown	Los Angeles, California
Height	5'4"
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Brown
School Grade	Class of 2015
Professional Information
Profession	Dancer ; Student
Affiliations	{{{affiliations}}}
Dance Studios	Abby Lee Dance Company (former) ; Reign Dance Productions (former) ; Dance Workshop by Shari
Titles	see below
Friends and Family
Parents	Leslie Ackerman (mother) ; Greg Ackerman(father)
Siblings	Taylor Ackerman (older sister) ; Connor Ackerman (older brother)
Friends	Mackenzie Ziegler ; Maddie Ziegler ; Brooke Hyland ; Paige Hyland ; Nia Frazier ; Kendall Vertes ; Asia Monet Ray ; Gianna Martello; Nick Dobbs ; Chloe Lukasiak ; Brandon Pent ; Sarah Reasons ; JoJo Siwa
Pets	Higgins (dog) ; Topaz (cat) ; Wizard (cat)
Nicknames	{{{nicknames}}}

Payton Alexandra Ackerman (born on August 24, 1997 in Pennsylvania) is a grown-up dancer from Pennsylvania, now living in Los Angeles, California. Payton is a member of the Abby Lee Miller Dance Company and was on the show Dance Moms for four seasons, though she was part of the regular cast starting with the show's second season.

Payton left the show to graduate from high school and has since moved to L.A. She will still continue to dance and support the ALDC.

Her older sister Taylor, is also a dancer, but she never appeared on Dance Moms. She is however, one of the stars of VH1's Hit the Floor.

Dances[edit | edit source | hide | hide all]

Solos[edit | edit source | hide]

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Competition	Place Awards
2010	One Track Mind	Jazz	unknown	DEA (Pittsburgh)	9^th in Preteen Solos
				DEA Nationals (NYC)	5^th in Preteen Solos
				Dance Masters of PA	3^rd in Age 11-12 Solos
				JUMP (Pittsburgh)	Gold
				Applause Talent (Pittsburgh)	High Gold
				Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	Gold
2011	Love Games	Jazz	unknown	DEA (Pittsburgh)	did not place
				DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)	2^nd in Teen Solos
				JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
				On Pointe (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Teen Solos
				Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	4^th in Teen Solos
				Dance Masters of PA	Gold Award
2012	Eternally	Jazz	unknown	Starbound (Atlanta)	7^th in Teen Solos 2^nd in Teen Jazz Solos
	Sinking Feeling	Jazz	unknown	DEA (Pittsburgh)	5^th in Teen Solos
				DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)	National Teen Miss DEA
				Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	5^th in Teen Solos
				Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)	Regional Teen Miss Fire and Ice
				Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Teen Jazz Solos Platinum Award
				JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
				Nexstar (Akron)	8^th in Nexstar Teen Solos
2013	China Doll	Jazz	Gianna Martello	DEA (Pittsburgh)	Title holder
				Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Jazz Solos High Gold Award
				JUMP (Pittsburgh)	High Gold Award
				Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)	10^th in Advanced Teen Solos
				Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Solos
				Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	3^rd in Teen Solos
2014	Can You Predict the Future	Jazz	unknown	Starbound Dancer’s Care Benefit (Atlantic City)	2^nd in Senior Solos
	Femme Fatale	Jazz	Gianna Martello	World Class Talent (Canton)	scratched
	Serial Killer	Jazz	James Washington	Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Jazz Solos
				JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
				Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	did not place
				Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	National Senior Miss Sheer Talent
2015	Lady Like	Tap	Matt Saffron	24/SEVEN (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Solos
	Lady Like	Tap	Matt Saffron	NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	9^th in Senior Solos Outstanding Execution Award
	Waiting Game	Jazz	Gianna Martello	Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	4^th in Senior Solos 1^st in Senior Jazz Solos Regional Senior Dancer of the Year
				Sheer Talent (Los Angeles)	Title Holder
				Hollywood Vibe Nationals (Anaheim)	did not place
				JUMP (Pittsburgh)	8^th in Senior Solos

Duets[edit | edit source | hide]

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Other Dancer	Competition	Place Awards
2011	She's So Beautiful	Hip Hop	unknown	Brandon Pent	DEA (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Teen Duet/Trios
2011	She's So Beautiful	Hip Hop	unknown	Brandon Pent	Dance Masters of PA	Platinum Award
2012	Turn Me On	Hip Hop	unknown	Brandon Pent	DEA (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Teen Duet/Trios
					DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)	unknown scoring
					Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Teen Duet/Trios
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place

Trios[edit | edit source | hide]

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Other Dancers	Competition	Place Awards
2013	Locomotion	Jazz	unknown	Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	NUVO (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Duet/Trios
					Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Advanced Senior Duet/Trios
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	2^nd in Senior Trios Titanium Award
	Never Again	Contemporary	unknown	Katherine Narasimhan Auriel Welty	DEA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Duet/Trios Choreography Award Feminine Elegance Award Platinum Award
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	High Gold
					NUVO (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Senior Duet/Trios
					Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Trios
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	1^st in Teen Trios
2014	All I Need	Jazz	unknown	Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	4^th in Senior Trios
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	2^nd in Senior Trios
					WCDE (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Jazz Duet/Trios
	Red	Contemporary	unknown	Katherine Narasimhan Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Senior Duet/Trios
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Senior Trios
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	3^rd in Senior Trios
					WCDE (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Lyrical Duet/Trios

Groups[edit | edit source | hide]

with Dance Workshop by Shari[edit | edit source | hide]

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Other Dancers	Competition	Place Awards
2007	Bushel and a Peck	unknown	unknown	unknown	Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)	did not place
	Country Cuties	unknown	unknown	unknown	Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)	did not place
	Mini	unknown	unknown	unknown	Fire and Ice (Pittsburgh)	did not place

with Abby Lee Dance Company (Outside "Dance Moms")[edit | edit source | hide]

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Other Dancers	Competition	Place Awards
2010	Barnyard	Tap	Matt Saffron	Nick Dobbs Brooke Hyland Olivia Ice Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Maddie Ziegler and others	DEA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Preteen Lines
					DEA Nationals (NYC)	1^st in Preteen Lines
					Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					Dance Masters of PA	3^rd in Age 11-12 Lines
	Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy	Musical Theater	unknown	Nick Dobbs John Fiumara Brooke Hyland Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent and others	DEA (Pittsburgh)	4^th in Preteen Lines
					Dance Masters of PA	1^st in Age 13-14 Lines
					Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
	Corners	Lyrical	unknown	Nick Dobbs Paige Hyland Olivia Ice Chloe Lukasiak Maddie Ziegler and others	DEA Nationals (NYC)	2^nd in Junior Lines
					Dance Masters of PA	2^nd in 11-12 Lines
					Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Junior Large Lines
	Funhouse	unknown	unknown	Elissa Berardi Olivia Ice and others	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
	Funhouse	unknown	unknown	Elissa Berardi Olivia Ice and others	DEA (Pittsburgh)	6^th in Teen lines
	Note to God	Specialty	unknown	Brooke Hyland Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan and others	DEA (Pittsburgh)	5^th in preteen lines
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in 11-12 Lines
					Dance Masters of PA	did not place
2011	Beautiful Flower	Specialty	unknown	Elissa Berardi Maddie Genre Brooke Hyland Olivia Ice Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts and others	DEA (Pittsburgh)	did not place
	Beautiful Flower	Specialty	unknown		DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)	did not place
	Bombay Dreams	Specialty	unknown	Nick Dobbs Brooke Hyland Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent and others	DEA (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)	did not place
					Dance Masters of PA	Gold Award
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
	Charleston	Jazz	unknown	Nick Dobbs Maddie Genre Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Kassidy Leon Chloe Lukasiak Kassidy Leon Brandon Pent Hope Roberts and others	DEA (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Preteen Lines
	Charleston	Jazz	unknown		DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)	did not place
	Americano	Tap	Matt Saffron	Elissa Berardi Brooke Hyland Maddie Genre Olivia Ice Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent	DEA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Groups
					DEA Nationals (Las Vegas)	5^th in Teen Groups
					Dance Masters of PA	Platinum Award
					Fire & Ice (Pittsburgh)	did not place
2012					NUVO (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Groups 1^st in Teen/Senior Tap Teen Best Nu Group Award
	Addicted to Love	Jazz	unknown	Elissa Berardi Katie Genre Olivia Ice Nina Linhart Brittany Pent Stephanie Pittman Elizabeth Rohm Kendall Vertes Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	DEA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Groups
	Addicted to Love	Jazz	unknown		JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
	Checkmate	Contemporary	unknown	Nick Dobbs Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Olivia Ice Chloe Lukasiak Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Hope Roberts Kendall Vertes Auriel Welty	DEA (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Preteen Lines
	Checkmate	Contemporary	unknown		Nexstar (Akron)	4^th in Nexstar Teen Large Groups
	Glam	Jazz	Gianna Martello	Nick Dobbs Nia Frazier Maddie Genre Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Kassidy Leon Chloe Lukasiak Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts Kendall Vertes Maddie Ziegler	DEA (Pittsburgh)	5^th in Preteen Lines
	Glam	Jazz	Gianna Martello		NYCDA (Pittsburg)	3^rd in Junior Jazz Groups
	Jet Set	Musical Theater	unknown	Maddie Genre Kassidy Leon Chloe Lukasiak Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Hope Roberts Kendall Vertes Maddie Ziegler	DEA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Preteen Lines
					Nexstar (Akron)	did not place
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					WCDE (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Junior Musical Theater
	Life of the Party	Tap	Matt Saffron	Elissa Berardi Maddie Genre Olivia Ice Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Maddie Ziegler	DEA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Groups
	Piano Man	Tap	Matt Saffron	Elissa Berardi Nick Dobbs John Fiumara Katie Genre Maddie Genre Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Nina Linhart Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Brittany Pent Stephanie Pittman Hope Roberts Elizabeth Rohm Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	DEA (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Teen Lines
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Extended Lines Teen Best of JUMP Award
					Nexstar (Akron)	4^th in Nexstar Senior Large Groups
	Unzipped	Specialty	unknown	John Fiumara Nina Linhart Malena Maust Brittany Pent Elizabeth Rohm Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	DEA (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	4^th in Senior Groups 1^st in Senior Specialty
2013	American Dream	Lyrical	unknown	Elissa Berardi Nick Dobbs Nia Frazier Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Nina Linhart Chloe Lukasiak Malena Maust Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Hope Roberts Keara Sweeney Alison Taylor Kendall Vertes Ryleigh Vertes Eve Vinkler Auriel Welty Maddie Ziegler	Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	3^rd in Teen Lines
	King Porter Stomp	Tap	Matt Saffron	Elissa Berardi Nick Dobbs Olivia Ice Nina Linhart Malena Maust Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Stephanie Pittman Elizabeth Rohm Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	High Gold Award
	Maestro	Musical Theater	unknown	Elissa Berardi Olivia Ice Nina Linhart Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Stephanie Pittman Elizabeth Rohm Keara Sweeney Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	High Gold Award
					Onstage NY (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Overall Adavnced Teen Division Teen Entertainment Award
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Lines
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	4^th in Teen Lines
	Red Carpet	Specialty	unknown	Elissa Berardi Nick Dobbs Olivia Ice Nina Linhart Malena Maust Katherine Narasimhan Brandon Pent Stephanie Pittman Elizabeth Rohm Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	High Gold Award
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Lines
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	2^nd in Senior Lines Titanium Award
	Reign Dance	Lyrical	unknown	Elissa Berardi Nia Frazier Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Nina Linhart Malena Maust Katherine Narasimhan Stephanie Pittman Hope Roberts Elizabeth Rohm Keara Sweeney Kendall Vertes Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty Maddie Ziegler	Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	4^th in Teen Lines
	Reign Dance	Lyrical	unknown		Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	1^st in Teen Lines
2014	America Gone	Lyrical	Gianna Martello	Mariah Aivazis Nia Frazier Olivia Ice Brooke Kosinski Sammie Lenzi Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts Ian Schmoke Keara Sweeney Alison Taylor Kendall Vertes Ryleigh Vertes Eve Vinkler Auriel Welty Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	1^st in Teen Lines
	Crazy in Love	Jazz	James Washington	Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts Keara Sweeney Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	Gold Award
					NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	9^th in Teen Groups
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	5^th in Senior Groups
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	4^th in Senior Groups
	Garland Waltz	Ballet	unknown	Mariah Aivazis Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts Ian Schmoke Keara Sweeney Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	n/a	n/a
	In Time	Contemporary	James Washington	Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts Ian Schmoke Keara Sweeney Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Senior Groups
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	1^st in Senior Groups
	Just Another Number	Contemporary	Gianna Martello	Kamryn Beck Nia Frazier Katherine Narasimhan Keara Sweeney Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	NUVO (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Teen Groups Teen Best Nu Group Award
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Preteen Groups
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	2^nd in Preteen Groups
					WCDE (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Junior Contemporary Small Groups
	Lost and Found	Contemporary	James Washington	Katherine Narasimhan Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Small Groups 1^st in Overall Senior Groups/Lines
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Groups Best in Studio Award
					NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Groups 1^st in Senior Contemporary Senior Critic’s Choice Award
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Groups Choreography Award Sheer Brilliance Award
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	2^nd in Overall Titanium Cup Groups/Lines/Productions
					WCDE (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Contemporary Small Groups
	Lucky One	Contemporary	unknown	Mariah Aivazis Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Senior Groups
	Lucky One	Contemporary	unknown		Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Groups
	Still Alive for Your Love	Lyrical	unknown	Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts Keara Sweeney Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Small Groups
					NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Groups
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	5^th in Senior Groups
					World Class Talent (Rockville)	5^th in Teen World Groups
	Vampire Heart	Lyrical	Gianna Martello	Mariah Aivazis Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Ian Schmoke Keara Sweeney Ryleigh Vertes Auriel Welty	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	4^th in Senior Groups
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Las Vegas)	1^st in Senior Lines
2015	Everybody Leaves	Contemporary	Gianna Martello	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 Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Extended Lines
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Lines Titanium Award
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Foxwoods)	4^th in Teen Lines Titanium Award
	Forget the Past	Contemporary	James Washington	Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts	Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Senior Small Groups 4^th in Overall Senior Groups/Lines
	Forget the Past	Contemporary	James Washington	Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Hope Roberts	Sheer Talent Nationals (Foxwoods)	3^rd in Senior Groups Titanium Award
	I Forget Where We Were	Contemporary	Gianna Martello	Nick Dobbs Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Keara Sweeney	NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Teen Groups 1^st in Teen Specialty
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Groups Titanium Award
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Foxwoods)	1^st in Senior Groups Titanium Award
	Love	Contemporary	unknown	Maddie Bennett Ryan Nogy Madison Porter Keara Sweeney Alison Taylor Carolyn Whitney	Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					JUMP (Pittsburgh)	did not place
					NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Groups 2^nd in Teen Contemporary
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Teen Groups Sheer Beauty Award Titanium Award
	Never Gonna Change	Contemporary	Jesse Johnson	Nick Dobbs Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Ryan Nogy Hope Roberts Ian Schmoke Keara Sweeney	Hollywood Vibe (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Senior Small Groups 2^nd in Overall Senior Groups/Lines
					NYCDA (Pittsburgh)	Senior Critic’s Choice Award
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	1^st in Senior Lines Sheer Excellence Award Titanium Award
	Remain Nameless	Jazz	Gianna Martello	Nia Frazier Kalani Hilliker Olivia Ice Kassidy Leon Katherine Narasimhan Ryan Nogy Hope Roberts Keara Sweeney Alison Taylor Kendall Vertes Maddie Ziegler	JUMP (Pittsburgh)	2^nd in Teen Lines
					Sheer Talent (Pittsburgh)	3^rd in Teen Lines Fierce and Fabulous Award Titanium Award
					Sheer Talent Nationals (Foxwoods)	3^rd in Teen Lines Titanium Award

with Abby Lee Dance Company (on "Dance Moms")[edit | edit source | hide]

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Other Dancers	Competition	Place Awards
2012	All Kids Go	Contemporary	Abby Lee Miller	Nia Frazier Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Chloe Lukasiak Maddie Ziegler	Starbound (Atlanta)	1^st in Junior Small Groups
	Light My Fire	Hip Hop	Gianna Martello	Nia Frazier Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Chloe Lukasiak Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	n/a	n/a
	The Huntress	Lyrical	unknown	Nia Frazier Paige Hyland Chloe Lukasiak Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	Starbound (Woodbridge I)	2^nd in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups
	What Comes Around	Lyrical	Abby Lee Miller	Nia Frazier Paige Hyland Chloe Lukasiak Kendall Vertes Maddie Ziegler	Hollywood Vibe (St. Louis)	1^st in Intermediate Modern Small Groups Platinum Award
2013	Just Be	Contemporary	Gianna Martello James Washington	Nia Frazier Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Chloe Lukasiak Asia Monet Ray Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	Believe (Sandusky)	1^st in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups
	On the Verge	Lyrical	Gianna Martello	Nia Frazier Chloe Lukasiak Asia Monet Ray Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	Xpression (Orlando)	4^th in Junior Groups
	Open Waters	Lyrical	Abby Lee Miller	Nia Frazier Chloe Lukasiak Asia Monet Ray Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	Believe (Lancaster)	1^st in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups
2014	Girlz Night Out	Jazz	Molly Long	Nia Frazier Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Chloe Lukasiak Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	Sheer Talent (Wheeling)	3^rd in Junior Small Groups Titanium Award
	Just Another Number	Contemporary	Gianna Martello	Nia Frazier Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Chloe Lukasiak Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	Believe (Columbus)	1^st in Age 9-11 Power Small Groups
	Lift You Up	Character	unknown	Nia Frazier Chloe Lukasiak Kendall Vertes Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler	World Class Talent (Rockville)	1^st in Junior World Groups

Dance Titles[edit | edit source | hide]

Regional Teen Miss Fire and Ice 2012
Regional WCDE Elite Teen Dancer 2012
National Teen Miss Dance Educators of America 2012
Regional WCDE Elite Teen Dancer 2013
Regional JUMP Senior Female VIP 2014
Regional WCDE Elite Senior Dancer 2014
National Senior Miss Sheer Talent 2014
Regional Hollywood Vibe Senior Dancer of the Year 2015

Runner-Up Titles[edit | edit source | hide]

Regional JUMP Junior Female VIP 2010
Regional JUMP Teen Female VIP 2012
Regional JUMP Teen Female VIP 2013
Regional NUVO Teen Female Breakout Artist 2013
Regional 24/SEVEN Senior Female Nonstop Dancer 2015
Regional JUMP Senior Female VIP 2015
Regional NUVO Senior Female Breakout Artist 2015

Trivia[edit | edit source | hide]

Payton began dancing at Abby Lee Miller's studio when she was 11 years old.
According to Abby Lee Miller, Payton was one of the best hip-hop dancers at her studio.
Payton's favorite color is yellow.

Gallery[edit | edit source | hide]

Payton on "Dance Moms"
Payton and Mackenzie Ziegler

Videos[edit | edit source | hide]

External Links[edit | edit source | hide]

Payton Alexandra Ackerman

Gender	Female
Age	24
Birthdate	August 24, 1997
Nationality	American
Hometown	Los Angeles, California
Height	5'4"
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Brown
School Grade	Class of 2015
Professional Information
Profession	Dancer Student
Affiliations	{{{affiliations}}}
Dance Studios	Abby Lee Dance Company (former) Reign Dance Productions (former) Dance Workshop by Shari
Titles	see below
Friends and Family
Parents	Leslie Ackerman (mother) Greg Ackerman(father)
Siblings	Taylor Ackerman (older sister) Connor Ackerman (older brother)
Friends	Mackenzie Ziegler Maddie Ziegler Brooke Hyland Paige Hyland Nia Frazier Kendall Vertes Asia Monet Ray Gianna Martello Nick Dobbs Chloe Lukasiak Brandon Pent Sarah Reasons JoJo Siwa
Pets	Higgins (dog) Topaz (cat) Wizard (cat)
Nicknames	{{{nicknames}}}

Payton Ackerman

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