“ I've worked so hard, and it's great that Abby finally sees that. ”

 

Nia Sioux Frazier (born June 20, 2001) is a thirteen-year-old dancer at the Abby Lee Dance Company since the age of three. She is the daughter of Evan and Holly Frazier, and the sister of Evan and William Frazier. She is in eigth grade.

 

Abby has Nia portray many different ethnicities, such as Indian, but Holly doesn't like it.

 

Although Abby doesn't give her much attention and Nia isn't the strongest dancer, she keeps striving to become one. She is a talented acrobatic dancer.

 

 

 

 

Pre-Dance Moms Dances

 

Solos

Satan's Little Lamb (Pictures-1, Pictures-2)

Waka Waka (Pictures-1 Pictures-2) (Full Dance)

Trios

My Boyfriend's Back (with Kennedy Trent and Kylie Edwards) (Pictures)

Group Dances

The Explorers (with Chloe Lukasiak, Paige Hyland, etc)

5 Little Monkeys (with Paige Hyland, Maddie Ziegler, etc) (Pictures)

Kissed a Boy (with Mackenzie Ziegler, etc) (Pictures) (Video from rehearsal)

Corners (with Nick Dobbs, Maddie Ziegler, Chloe Lukasiak, etc) (Pictures)

The Chicks (with Maddie Ziegler, Chloe Lukasiak, Paige Hyland, etc) (Pictures-1, Pictures-2, Full dance)

All that Jazz (with Maddie Ziegler, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, Haley Grieco, etc) (Pictures, Full dance)

Under the Weather (with Maddie Ziegler, Chloe Lukasiak, Nick Dobbs, etc) (Pictures)

My Hair Looks Fierce (with Maddie Ziegler, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, etc)

007 (with Maddie Ziegler, Paige Hyland, Chloe Lukasiak, etc) (Pictures, Full dance)

Pre-Dance Moms Awards

 

Solos

Satan's Little Lamb: 4th Overall at Dance Educators of America (2010, NYC)[4]

Satan's Little Lamb: 5th Overall at Dance Educators of America (Pittsburgh)

Waka Waka: 1st Overall at Dance Educators of America

Waka Waka: 3rd Overall at Dance Educators of America (Las Vegas)

Trios

My Boyfriend's Back: 1st Overall at Dance Educators of America

Group Dances

All that Jazz: 5th Overall at Dance Educators of America (NYC)

The Chicks: 1st Overall at Dance Educators of America

Kissed a Boy: 2nd Overall at Dance Educators of America

Under the Weather: 5th Overall at Dance Educators of America

5 Little Monkeys: 2nd Overall at Fire And Ice

5 Little Monkeys: 1st Overall at Dance Masters of Pennsylvania

Dance Moms Dances

 

To see tables for Nia Frazier's dances and results, visit the Nia Frazier/Dances subpage.

 

Trivia

 

Outside of dance, Nia takes piano, drumming, chess, and swimming. She used to take karate lessons, but she gave it up to focus on dance.[5]

After working with her for the "Freaks Like Me" music video, Todrick Hall complimented her for having an amazing singing voice. Nia should release a music single sometime in 2015.

She has a purple belt in karate.[5]

Her favorite style of dance are musical theater and contemporary.[6]

Her favorite thing about dance is that it is great exercise, energetic, and you can't stop doing it.[7]

She wants to be a Rockette when she grows up, but if she doesn't dance, she would be an artist.[3][7]

Her favorite dance move is the Death Drop. [8]

Nia is usually the one who keeps an eye out for Mackenizie, so the group doesn't accidentally lose track of her when moving around.[9]

According to Melissa, the show does not reveal how much Abby adores Nia.

Owing to RND, Nia was an inpatient at Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh in 2009. In 2014 she returned to perform for other patients, along with Kendall, Mackenzie and Maddie. Holly is a board member with the Institute.

Her favorite subject is spelling.[7]

Her favorite color is any shade of pink.[7]

Her Zodiac sign is Gemini.

She began dancing at Abby's studio when she was three and joined the Abby Lee Dance Company when she was five.[10]

She dances four to five days for three to four hours.[10]

During Holly's Season 2 house tour extra, her mother says that Nia is on the chess team and a certificate is shown. Holly also says "Nia" means "purpose" in Swahili, and "champion" in Welsh.

Abby tries to find Nia's thing in dance when it's acro, jazz, or lyrical.

She had her braces removed in mid-May 2014.[11]

She's had braces twice.

Nia, along with several other members of the Dance Moms cast, appeared and starred in Todrick Hall's video "Freaks Like Me" as the Ursula and Princess Tiana. It was released on July 3rd, 2014. The music video can be seen in full here. 

Nia won Miss Sheer Talent at Nationals in Vegas. It is also her very first crown.

From the end of season 4.5, Nia would have done approximately 20 solos.