Biography
Kalani Hilliker is an American dancer and actor who rose to prominence in 2013 as a contestant on the Lifetime reality show Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition, and she then participated on Dance Moms, where she was a regular cast member from 2014 until 2017.
Age
She is 23 years old as of 23 September 2023. She was born in 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Her real name is Kalani Brooke Hilliker.
Family – Education
Hilliker was born to Kira Girard (née Salazar) and Matthew Hilliker. She has two younger half-brothers, Jax and Jett, and one younger half-sister, Kaliah, all from her mother. In October 2019, Hilliker relocated to Los Angeles. However, in January 2021, she revealed on her YouTube page that she had departed Los Angeles for Scottsdale, Arizona.Her mother initially signed her up for dance courses because she felt it would be amusing to dress her daughter up. Hilliker began training at Club Dance in Mesa at the age of five.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).
Dance Moms
Kalani competed in Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition’s second season in 2013, and she soon became Abby’s favorite. Abby later used her call-back card to bring Kalani back, and she made it all the way to the final four before being eliminated in fourth place.
The following year, Kalani and her mother Kira made their debut on Dance Moms in the fourth season. Abby Lee Miller persuaded them to join the junior elite competition squad in Big Trouble in the Big Apple, where they remained until the midseason finale Presenting My New squad. The duo decided to return to Kalani’s home studio, Club Dance in Arizona, since they valued family over celebrity.
The following season, Kalani and Kira returned to the show to replace Chloe and Christi Lukasiak. Kalani stayed at the ALDC until Ashlee’s Big Decision Part 1, when she and the other elite dancers chose to leave the organization and form The Irreplaceables. They made their final appearance in “The Best Is Yet to Come”.
Bunheads
She played a dancer in the American comedy-drama television series Bunheads. Bunheads tells the story of Michelle Simms, a former ‘bunhead’ who ended up as a Las Vegas showgirl. Seeing her life and work as a dead end, she accepts her persistent admirer Hubbell Flowers’ marriage proposal and relocates to his tranquil seaside town, the fictional Paradise, California, halfway between Ojai and Oxnard. Hubbell is killed in a car accident shortly after arriving, and Michelle tries to adjust to life in a tiny town while also teaching ballet at her mother-in-law’s school, Paradise Dance Academy.
Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition
Throughout the competition. Kalani was found to be Abby’s favorite because of her flexibility, technique, and natural dancer appearance. Kalani competed in Vegas Show Stoppers as part of a hip-hop trio with Tyler and Travis, however she finished in the bottom two alongside Ally due to her lack of style. Despite Abby’s disagreement with Rachelle and Richy’s decision, Kalani was sent home.
However, in Anything Can Happen, Abby confessed during the group challenge that she was going to utilize her call back card, despite being against the notion the previous week, and therefore gave the card to Kalani, putting her back in contention for the prize. Kalani made it all the way to the final, but she was eliminated for the second time during the last group task after giving the lowest performance of the final four.
Kalani’s mother enrolled her in dancing courses because she thought it was fun and cute to dress up. Kalani’s favorite dance style to see is contemporary, and she prefers to perform lyrical. If Kalani does not become a professional dancer, she plans to teach, choreograph, and attend college. Kalani’s specialties include ballet and lyrical, and she has been dancing for 10 years.
Career
Hilliker began moving at two years old. Her mom at first enlisted her in dance classes since she figured it would be enjoyable to dress her little girl up. Hilliker began preparing at Club Dance in Plateau at age 5. As a kid, she was an enthusiastic soccer player, however chose to seek after dance more committedly around age 9 and got a specialist. She started expressive dance preparing at the Expert Expressive dance Foundation in Arizona at 10 years old. In 2011, Hilliker and a few of her dance companions entered Disney Station’s Leave Your Imprint Extreme Dance Off challenge, competing for the award of a highlighted job on the hit show Shake It Up. Her gathering, AKsquared, won the opposition, and was highlighted in the Shake It Up episode “Camp It Up.” She sought right now to be a reinforcement artist for Katy Perry or Beyonce.
In 2013, Hilliker turned into a series dance ordinary on the ABC Family show Bunheads, showing up in various episodes as Child Bun. That very year, she partook in Lifetime’s Abby’s Definitive Dance Rivalry, a dance reality contest series. Hilliker came to the last four, completing in fourth spot. Following her main four completion, Hilliker and her mom were welcomed by Abby Lee Mill operator to join the cast of Dance Mothers and to supplant Brooke and Paige Hyland on the Abby Lee Dance Organization group. They previously showed up in the season four episode “Huge Difficulty in NYC.” While initially welcomed on as a visitor artist and following half a month with the ALDC in season 4, Hilliker turned into a long-lasting individual from the group toward the start of the opposition season during season five.
She moved as a component of the ALDC until the last part of the seventh season, when she left to shape “The Irreplaceables” with Nia Sioux, Kendall Vertes, Chloe Lukasiak, and Camryn Scaffolds, which was driven by Hitting the dance floor with the Stars alum Cheryl Burke. Following the season finale, she left the show totally. In December 2017, after the seventh time of Dance Mothers wrapped, Hilliker, Kendall, Chloe, and Nia began The Irreplaceables Visit, holding studios and moving in urban communities across North America and abroad.
In 2018, she started featuring on the web series Soil. Hilliker has put in the main three at The Party Grants for a very long time, winning Junior Female Best Artist in 2014. At present, Hilliker has a sock line called “Lovely Feet by Kalani”, which is sold at Claire’s. She likewise has a prom dress assortment, which she assisted plan in organization with PromGirl. In July 2020, Hilliker was captured with a Blue Lives Matter banner. Then, at that point, in November 2020, she openly declared that she would be supporting Donald Trump’s official mission in the 2020 US official political decision.
Movies
♦ 2019 – Breaking Brooklyn
♦ 2018 – Brat’s Happy Death Day 2U
♦ 2018 – Swiped
TV Shows
♦ 2020 – Tiger Kingdom
♦ 2018–2019 – Dirt
♦ 2014–2017 – Dance Moms
♦ 2014 – America’s Got Talent
♦ 2013 – Bunheads
♦ 2013 – Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition
♦ 2011 – Shake It Up