Kira Girard

Kira Girard (nee` Salazar) is the mother of Kalani Hilliker. She has appeared on Dance Moms and Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition.

On Dance Moms
Early in her time on the fourth season, Kira desperately wanted Kalani to go up against Maddie, but Abby showed no fondness of the idea.

Kira and her daughter left the show following the midseason finale of Season 4. Kira later emphasized on Twitter that she had a little boy and a man at home, and chose family over fame. Kira also spoke to the International Business Times, which reported that she had pulled Kalani from the show in response to a request to sign a seven-year contract in order to stay on for Season 4.

In Season 5, Kira and her daughter return with little to no explanation as to the return behind leaving, a simple we had some issues and they have been taken care of.

Other Information

 * Her favorite styles of dance to watch are contemporary and lyrical.


 * Kira decided to enroll Kalani into dance classes since it was fun and cute to dress her up, never realizing how much her daughter would grow into the dancer she is today.


 * Her hobbies and interests besides dance are hiking, doing things outdoors, spending time with the kids, and going to the beach.
 * According to Abby (with some backing by Kalani), Kira doesn't really like being on television or talking on the show, and would prefer to be elsewhere; but is there because she supports Kalani's reasons for wishing to do Dance Moms.
 * In both Wild Wild West Coast, Part, 2 and Debbie Allen to the Rescue it was mentioned that Kira has a criminal record for credit card fraud. In May 2015, court documents were leaked-providing further information on Kira's criminal record. It was revealed that Kira had been involved in the crime of fraudulently- scamming people into buying Plasma HDTV's through eBay. She was faced with two years probation and $5,975 in fines. Her probation was later extended in 2009 after she completed 0 out of 400 hours of community restitution.
 * All of Kira's children have different fathers: Matthew Hilliker is Kalani's dad, Jason Girard is Jax's dad and David Newman is the father of Jett.
 * Kira's maiden name is Kira Salazar.