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Dance Moms is back in session. Recently, Lifetime announced season seven of the TV show will return in August.With choreographer Abby Lee Miller headed to prison, the new episodes will feature guest instructors Cheryl Burke, Lauriann Gibson, Aisha Francis, and Miranda Maleski as they help the girls on their way to victory.Read More…...

If you don’t know who Aisha Francis is, you sure know her moves.

The celebrity choreographer has created routines for everyone from Rihanna to Jason Derulo, as well as Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland. In fact, she’s basically known as the go-to when a star needs to learn how to dance like a boss in heels. So, when the opportunity arose to learn from the master herself at BandAid’s #StickWithIt event, two People staffers — Music Editor Janine Rubenstein and Deputy Style Director Sharon Kanter — jumped at the chance to channel their inner Beys and get grooving. (The heels stayed at home.

Abby Lee Miller has plenty of thoughts on her dramatic exit from Lifetime's Dance Moms.

Miller quit the show with an angry Instagram post on Monday, and in an exclusive sit-down with Et on Wednesday, she talked about her reasons for leaving the popular reality series, as well as the show's new choreographer -- Dancing With the Stars' Cheryl Burke.

"I think that's great," Miller tells Et's Nischelle Turner about Burke joining the show. "I only met her once at a housewarming party a couple weeks ago. I'm glad that someone who has worked on a network show for as long as she has on Dancing With the Stars is going to see what I've been working with for seven years."

Watch: Exclusive -- Cheryl Burke to Replace Abby Lee Miller on 'Dance Moms'

"I don't think she's replacing me, I think it's going to be a different vibe," she adds.

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Aisha Francis is a stunning dancer/choreographer who has taken her talent and transformed some of your favorite recording artists like Beyonce and she can be seen in films “Step Up 3D,” “Bring It On: Fight To The Finish” and the new “Burlesque.” From her style obsession with pumps, to her flare for whipping her hair bigger and better than Willow Smith, Aisha does everything 150% and never holds back. We had a chance to catch up with her to talk about her contribution to the upcoming film, “Burlesque.” Aisha said she originally went in to help workshop some material and be part of the skeleton crew and was then hired on as an Associate Choreographer by head choreographer Denise Faye. Aisha said that she along with Melanie Lewis, Tara Nicole Hughes and JaQuel Knight helped Denise Faye and Joey Pizzi create some of the fantastic numbers you will see light...