Kira Girard

Kira Girard (née Salazar) born August 4, 1981 is the mother of Kalani Hilliker. She has appeared on both Dance Moms and Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition.

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

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

Kira and Kalani continued to dance at the Abby Lee Dance Company, until Ashlee's Big Decision Part 1, where Kira and Kalani, and the other elite dancers (minus Brynn) left to form another team called The Irreplaceables.

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 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 1, and Debbie Allen to the Rescue it was mentioned that Kira has a criminal record for credit card fraud.
 * In May 2016, the 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 HDTVs through eBay. She was facing two years of probation and pay $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.
 * According to Kira, her favorite solo that Kalani's ever done was Swan Solstice.
 * In October 2021, She gave birth to a little girl named Kaliah Dior Newman.