Who Is Maddie Ziegler? And Why Is This Young Dancer SO Controversial?

Maddie Ziegler just appeared in Sia‘s “Elastic Heart,” video and so far, no one can take their eyes off of it.

The extremely flexible Ziegler, 12, who also stars in reality show Dance Moms‘, performs an interpretive dance with actor Shia LaBeouf.

Ziegler wears the same flesh-color leotard and blonde wig as she did in Sia’s last video, “Chandelier.”

How did you and Sia get hooked up for a second video?

We’ve always stayed in touch ever since the first Sia video because we became really close and we have such a nice bond. Sia just said, “Well, I don’t want to have any other team,” so she just kept everyone — same choreographer [Ryan Heffington], same everything. Because we’re like a family now so she liked it this way, just us.  h/t cosmopolitan

What is it that created such a strong bond between you two?
She was a fan of our show and, I don’t even know, we kind of just clicked when we met. By the second day we were already, like, besties.