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Media shy Sia shuns the Chandelier spotlight in Ellen DeGeneres performance as 11-year-old Maddie Ziegler steals the show with breathtaking dance routine

Her music video for Chandelier has already been seen over seven million times, but Australian musician Sia let the real star of her song's vision shine during a performance on the Ellen DeGeneres show.

The 38-year-old singer appeared on the popular program on Monday, and kept her back to the audience, while 11-year-old dancer Maddie Ziegler stole the limelight.
The young Dance Moms star, who appears in Sia's viral music video for the track, performed her contemporary dance routine on the studio set.

Opening the performance just like in the creative video clip, Maddie posed in a solid stance as her silhouette glowed against a window.
She leapt off the window still and broke out into a series of statement dance steps where her body moved freely while her head shook with the beat of the tune

There was no doubt that Maddie is already an expert in her field, performing pirouettes and mid-air splits and adjusting her facial expressions to match the mood of the lyrics.
The young dancer wore a bodysuit and a bold blonde wig -- the same attire she wore for the music video and a look similar to Sia's in the past.


Sia remained in the background, with her back to the audience as she belted out the high notes.
The award winning songstress wore a bright pink dress and sported a similar platinum blonde straightened hair do.
At the end of the performance she left all applause for little Maddie, though talk show host Ellen did walk up to Sia and put her arm around her back and said, 'that was amazing.'
Sia responded to the compliment with a simple 'thankyou' though still didn't turn around to greet the raving audience.