TNS West (short for The Next Step West[1]) is the former subdivision of The Next Step Dance Studio in Season 5 that is led by Michelle. Their rival is TNS East. The team is defunct after merging with TNS East.
History
Although Michelle makes it onto A-Troupe, she is unhappy with Emily's strict leadership and the absence of hip-hop and breakdancers on her team. Therefore, Michelle decides to form her own troupe, which is validated by Kate.[2]
Michelle enlists the members of B-Troupe, who were cut from or did not make it onto A-Troupe, onto her competitive troupe. Michelle is left needing three more dancers, but is forbidden from getting dancers from the studio per Emily.[2]
Michelle eventually learns that only one team from The Next Step Dance Studio can compete at Regionals, leading to the introduction of a dance battle to determine the victor.[3] Although, for this dance battle to occur, TNS West would need its ten dancers. Michelle is eventually able to form a full team,[4] but the team loses the dance battle.[5]
After Michelle learns that Elliot is a paid professional dancer, she is adamant on having TNS East revoked as The Next Step's representative at Regionals. Michelle co-ordinates a sabotage of a TNS East practice in protest of the decision, although the plan backfires and Kate prohibits either troupe from competing at any competitive competition for the remainder of the season. [6]
Piper and Amy organize a merge of the two troupes and manage to convince Kate they should compete as a merged troupe. Briana and the other two unnamed dancers presumably think that merging is a bad idea, so do not make it onto the merged troupe. From this moment, TNS West is a defunct troupe.[7]
Description
Since TNS West is formed independently from TNS East, it is deemed the less legitimate troupe and does not get the same funding or resources that TNS East does.[1] This also stems from TNS West's more laid-back nature; most of the troupe's members are hip-hop and breakdancers and there are very few rules governing the troupe.
Faculty
Former
Members
Former
Gallery
"Look at that painting!"
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References
- â 1.0 1.1 "Leon Me." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on August 11, 2017.
- â 2.0 2.1 "Go West, Young Michelle." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on June 9, 2017.
- â "Heathers." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 16, 2017.
- â "United and Divided." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 16, 2017.
- â "East Meets West." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 16, 2017.
- â "TNS: Civil War". Wikia. Retrieved on January 2nd, 2021.
- â "This Changes Everything." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 16, 2017.