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| “ | Even though Stephanie got moved down to B-Troupe, she's always been a part of this team. | ” |
— James, "I Hope I Get It" | ||
Stephanie is a jazz dancer, formerly on A-Troupe and B-Troupe. She is currently pursuing an acting career in Los Angeles, California.
Biography
Before the Show
Stephanie was in J-Troupe when she was younger and moved right up to A-Troupe, skipping B-Troupe.[3]
Stephanie became a member of A-Troupe, Emily's best friend and a part of E-Girls.
Season 1
Stephanie wishes to become a triple threat[4] and goes through countless auditions over the course of the season. She is granted an agent at one point, as well.[5]
Stephanie, being mindlessly devoted to Emily, is the only person to vote for her as Dance Captain.[6] She unfriends Tiffany for voting against her, and stands by Emily's side regardless of her actions. At this point though, having all of the E-Girls except herself and Emily leave the group, she comes to realize that the much-loved group's reign is over.[7]
At Elite, Stephanie expresses how amazed she is by the studio.
When Emily loses her captaincy and both of them are placed in the back row for the Regionals routine, they decide to leave the studio to audition for Elite Dance Academy.[8] She feels betrayed when Emily gets in and not her, and joins the studio regardless. Stephanie returns to The Next Step, all of the members angry that she left without notice. Regardless, they let her rejoin and she tearfully thanks them.[9]
Tiffany and her reconcile, and when Emily returns to the studio, so do they. Later, Stephanie receives the offer to take part in a television show which unfortunately starts filming during Regionals. After a lot of thought, she decides not to take the role.[10]
Season 2
Stephanie arrives late on the day that the choreography is taught for A-Troupe auditions and misses the tutelage. Unfortunately, this results in her not making it and being demoted to B-Troupe.[11] Realizing that she can only accept what is happening, she decides to make the most of being B-Troupe.[12]
Season 3
Stephanie accompanies Emily to get the verdict about her knee at the doctor's office. Emily makes her promise not to tell anyone that her knee is still unhealed, but concerned, she notifies Riley; Emily is forced to leave the studio.[13] This causes Stephanie and Emily to temporarily fall out.
After overhearing their predicament, Stephanie suggests that, instead of Skylar having to quit dance due to Cierra and Skylar's mum being unable drive the two to different studios, that Skylar join B-Troupe. Stephanie accompanies then in asking Kate if Skylar is allowed to join B-Troupe, and is happy for the sisters when Kate agrees.[14]
Stephanie claims that she has no intention of auditioning for A-Troupe.
Stephanie is content with her position in B-Troupe and does not consider auditioning for A-Troupe when Chloe leaves, due to her confidence plummeting after she was demoted. Although, after some convincing from Emily after the two make up, Stephanie decides to audition for A-Troupe; she realizes that the troupe is where she belongs and is overjoyed when she gets in, therefore giving her the opportunity to attend Absolute Dance Internationals.[2]
Kate originally picks Stephanie to be in a five person dance for Absolute Dance Internationals. She is excited to prove herself, but is wary of the fact that Michelle is in the group, since she is hardly present. She loses the amazing opportunity due to Michelle's absence and tardiness, and grows angry with her.[15] However, Stephanie is later granted the position in a new group dance alongside Cierra, Giselle, Riley and Michelle. Stephanie also makes up with Michelle off-screen, as she works hard to comfort her about being an alternate.[16]
Stephanie seeks guidance from Giselle.
When Stephanie is paired with Beth to do duets, she is wary; she is trying very hard to be focused, but Beth isn't. When Beth somehow convinces Stephanie to go get mani-pedis as opposed to rehearsing, Stephanie asks Giselle to help them stay on task. When faced with yet another obstacle, Stephanie finally confronts Beth and tells her that they need to practice. Thankfully, Beth understands, and the two concoct a stellar duet.[17]
Stephanie becomes terrified of performing on the Internationals stage, but after some encouragement from Michelle, becomes more confident.[18] This enables her to be able to perform the two to seven person, blindfolded routine that ends in the team's qualification to quarter finals.[19]
Season 4
Stephanie waves goodbye to Michelle and Riley.
Having accomplished everything that she has wanted to with her dancing, Stephanie moves to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career, and move towards becoming a triple threat.[20] Before leaving, Stephanie acts as the guest choreographer for the afternoon A-Troupe auditions.[21] Afterwards, she tearfully says goodbye to Michelle and Riley, then leaves for the airport.[21]
Season 7
Stephanie attends The Next Step's Christmas anniversary celebration.
In Piper's alternate reality, Stephanie has become Electric Eldon's assistant and personal stylist.[22] [23]
Personality
Stephanie is, at first, somewhat of a vapid and superficial character. She is also sarcastic, bossy, opposed to change, and judgmental. She has been shown to be pretty conceited, as she is always sure that she will get what she wants because of her talent and ties to the dance captain. Despite this, she is undoubtedly ambitious, as she has her eyes set on being a famous triple-threat.
She is very protective and unceasingly devoted to her loved ones, as she has stated on countless occasions that she will never let anything happen to Emily on her watch. This also calls her to feel easily betrayed, which is the case when she does not make it onto A-Troupe.[11]
As the show progresses, Stephanie's character becomes more well-rounded as opposed to surviving solely on superficiality. She is shown to be more open-minded and willing to make new friends, as when she is demoted to B-Troupe she makes an effort to get along with Beth. It is revealed that her dancing has also improved and that she has been working hard during her time in B-Troupe. This hard work and change of heart results in her being in A-Troupe again.[2] Despite her transformation, she still retains much of her sarcasm and bossiness.
Physical appearance
Characteristics
Stephanie has dark wavy hair, green-grey eyes, and a tan complexion.
Attire
Stephanie often wears pink, white, and purple, but wears darker colours on occasion. She almost always wears shorts in the studio, which alternate between white, grey, and black. Her dance-wear drastically changes in Season 3; as opposed to pinks and whites, Stephanie wears tops of floral print coloured in bright yellow or blue. She also trades in her shorts for black tights with yellow patterning.
Abilities
Dancing
- Acro: Stephanie can perform an aerial and has flexibility superior for a jazz dancer. She can perform a back handspring, but has only done it once on the show.[8]
- Ballet: Stephanie can perform fouettés and pirouettes.
- Contemporary: Over Season 3, Stephanie has learned and performed several contemporary moves.[2]
- Jazz: Stephanie's dominant style of dance is jazz.
- Hip-hop: Stephanie can perform hip-hop. It is not her best style, but she nonetheless teaches a hip-hop combination for the Season 4 A-Troupe afternoon auditions.[21]
Relationships
- Main article: Stephanie/Relationships
Appearances
Dances
- Solos
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- Duets
- Trios
- Group dances
- Group Dances
- Solos
- Group dances
- Solos
- Duets
- Group dances
- Group dances
Trivia
- Stephanie's dream job is to be a famous triple-threat.[4]
- Stephanie's signature move is to "point".[24]
- Stephanie's parents are is extremely privileged in terms of wealth, as she can spend as much as she wants and her dad will be able to afford it.[25]
- Her parents are hardly present, especially because they aren't necessarily supportive of her dancing.[25]
- Stephanie mentions in an aftershow segment that if one gets demoted from A-Troupe to B-Troupe, they would need to get their act together.[3] Ironically, Stephanie gets demoted from A-Troupe to B-Troupe.[11]
- Stephanie has big feet that are equal to Eldon.[26]
- Stephanie is one of four main characters to be "demoted" to be a recurring character, before returning as a main; the other three are Emily, West and Daniel. She is also the only character to be "demoted" to a recurring character and then returns as a main character of A-Troupe; the other three return as faculty.
- Stephanie is the main character with the longest episode gap between appearances; there is an 84 episode gap between her appearances in "Heads Will Roll" and "It's a Wonderful Life, Piper - Part 1".
- Stephanie is one of five characters who appears in every single episode in Season 1, the others being Chloe, James, Riley and Tiffany.
- Stephanie is one of seven The Next Step characters who appears in Lost & Found Music Studios (TV series) - the others being Giselle, James, Michelle, Riley, Beth and Ben.
Quotes
- Main article: Stephanie/Quotes
External links
Gallery
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References
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