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She's abrasive, she's annoying, she's in-your-face. But despite that, I really like her.

Hunter, "Time to Move On."

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Emily is the co-studio head of The Next Step Dance Studio.[3]

Emily is introduced as a long-time dancer on A-Troupe, as well as a bossy dance captain and proclaimed ruler of the E-Girls.[4] Albeit, her position at the top is threatened once Michelle arrives; she is ultimately demoted as dance captain, and E-Girls disbands.[5][6] While taking this change to heart at first, Emily eventually sees it as an opportunity to better herself and accepts Michelle's eventual offer of being co-captain.[7]

Emily injures her knee in the semi-final round at Nationals, effectively ending her dance career forever.[8] Needing to move on, Emily attends business school and graduates at the top of her class.[9]

Emily is eventually offered the position of studio head of The Next Step Dance Studio, but is challenged by Michelle.[10] Emily eventually becomes co-studio head of A-Troupe with Michelle.[11]

Biography

Before the show

Emily started attending The Next Step Dance Studio at age 2 and had been at the studio for 14 years as of Season 2.[12] She was a member in all of the classes offered at the studio—Baby Ballet, B-Troupe, J-Troupe, and A-Troupe.

At age 5, Emily met Eldon who became deeply infatuated with her, although Emily did not reciprocate his feelings. In the second grade, she dated a boy by the name of Bobby G.[13]

When Emily entered A-Troupe, she befriended Stephanie, and created E-Girls. Her sister Riley eventually accompanied her in A-Troupe.

During her second year of being in A-Troupe, Emily became the troupe's dance captain.[4]

Season 1

Still the leader of E-Girls, Emily feels threatened by the arrival of Michelle.[4] While Emily makes it onto A-Troupe, little to her surprise, she is angered by Michelle's qualification onto the troupe.[14]

Emily is certain that she will be dance captain again and is flabbergasted when Michelle is given a shot at the title. With Stephanie's help by way of throwing the opposing routine, Emily is able to retain her decision.[15] Nonetheless, Emily remains threatened by Michelle and continues to antagonize her.

Emily discovers that Michelle has been leading a secret dance in an attempt to dethrone her as dance captain. In spite, Emily lies to Kate that Michelle has been cyberbullying her. Although, when Kate cannot find Michelle's phone to verify that the text is from her, Emily reveals that she knows about the secret routine. Emily is forced to watch the routine after which a vote for who should be dance captain is held. She is devastated when Stephanie is the only person who votes for her, causing her to lose her title.[5] Emily grows piteous and resentful at the betrayal of her fellow dancers and comes to dislike Michelle even more. She also comes to realize that, seeing as Stephanie is the only female still standing by her, E-Girls is over.[6]

Emily becomes appreciative of Eldon for his continued support of her and gains feelings for him. When Eldon consoles her about Michelle placing her in the back row, Emily kisses him[16] shortly followed by the commencement of a romantic relationship.

Emily realizes that she no longer belongs at The Next Step and, without notifying any of the members of A-Troupe, leaves with Stephanie to audition for Elite Dance Academy.[17] Even though Stephanie does not make it onto the studio, Emily does and goes forth in attending,[18] creating a rift in her relationship with Stephanie. Emily struggles with fitting into the new atmosphere, of which she confides in Eldon about.[19] Nonetheless, she rejects A-Troupe's plea for her to return, especially since she knows that they are only asking her to return because Daniel injured himself. Emily begins to move up the ranks at Elite and feels as though she is finally fitting in until she overhears Amanda and Lucien conversing about their plan to kick her out before Regionals. Now aware of the fact that Elite never actually cherished her as a dancer, she returns to The Next Step.[20]

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Emily encourages the team after they are defeated by Seeds.

Emily's attitude shifts with her return to A-Troupe and she vows not to stir up any drama. Upon her arrival, Emily reconciles with Stephanie. After motivating the team when they are defeated by Seeds in a dance battle, she is asked by Michelle to be co-captain, a position that she eventually accepts.[7]

As Eldon begins to distance himself from her, Emily grows suspicious of Michelle and Eldon's relationship. At Regionals, she finally confronts Eldon and asks him if he has feelings for Michelle, to which he concurs. Emily is heartbroken and reflects upon how Michelle receives everything on a silver platter. Although elated when her team wins the competition, she remains devastated about her break-up, and shoots Michelle a look after retrieving the trophy.[21]

Season 2

Emily hasn't spoken to anybody since Regionals. Emily arrives at the studio's party, attempting to be calm and collected, but actually conveying the true nature of her emotional damage. In an attempt to prevent further misconceptions, Emily publicly reveals that Eldon is no longer dating her, but is instead dating Michelle.[22] Despite pretending that she is okay with Michelle and Eldon dating, Emily still wants to be with Eldon.

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Emily asks Hunter how his date with Michelle went.

It seems as though the perfect fix is on the horizon when Hunter, a boy that Michelle danced with in Madison, arrives.[23] Emily decides to take part in his plan, hoping that she will get Eldon back. As the plan is set into motion and begins to work, Emily realizes that she is developing feelings for Hunter. One day she asks him to go see a concert with her, but discovers that he is already going to the same concert with Michelle.[24] After Hunter and Michelle's date, Emily approaches Hunter, who admits that while on his date with Michelle, he wasn't thinking about Michelle, but was thinking about her. She is kissed by him, and she confesses that the kiss is everything she has ever wanted a kiss to be.[24] Emily begins dating Hunter.[25]

While at the mall, Emily sees Amanda speaking to Lucien about her plan to prevent the team from getting to Nationals and realizes that she is a double agent. Emily isn't necessarily shocked, as she had previously warned the others that letting Amanda onto the team was a bad idea, but decides that she needs to tell somebody nonetheless. Emily notifies Riley of the news, resulting in Riley creating a plan to make everybody hate her so that Amanda will trust her, making it easier to take her down. Emily likes the plan, but knows that nobody will believe that Riley is mean and takes the task unto herself. After yelling at Riley while she auditions for the Nationals solo, the dancers immediately turn on her.[26]

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Emily cries in Riley's arms.

Emily is devastated at how easily the team turned on her, but knows that she must continue on with the plan for the sake of the team.[26] Emily goes forth with the plan and makes the team believe that she has resorted to her old ways. Emily tries to gain Amanda's trust, and is eventually forced by Amanda to break-up with Hunter in order to prove her loyalty to her, to which Emily unhappily complies.[27] Emily is taken under Amanda's wing and is forced to take part in her countless schemes to disadvantage the team. Although Emily complies, she tries her utmost to make all of the plans backfire. Emily is suspended from the studio when she is suspected of stealing the Nationals money, although it is ultimately Amanda's doing.[12] She becomes officially crestfallen and believes that all hope is lost but, with Riley's help, the truth is revealed. Thus, Emily is let back into the studio and apologized to.[28]

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Emily cries over the fact that she is letting her team down.

Emily begins to see West in a new light after witnessing him putting money in the books at Culture Shock.[28] She is eventually asked out by him while they are at Nationals. Emily would like to go on a date with West, but has become so unconfident in herself that she has a hard time believing that he truly likes her. Before the team is to perform in the semi-finals, she is presented with a book about fire fairies via West, mythical creatures that West believes she is like. Emily is newly enlightened and tells him that if he dances well in the semi-final routine, she'll consider going on a date with him. Emily is confident as she dances in the semi-finals, but steps wrong during the routine and badly injures her knee. She limps off of the stage after the performance and tearfully realizes that she cannot dance in the finals,[8] a concept that is verified by a physiotherapist.[29]

When Emily overhears Amanda expressing her wish to dance in Emily's place, Emily urges Kate to let her, knowing that she is the team's only hope at winning. She is elated when The Next Step wins Nationals and is met with a kiss from West after the routine.[30]

Season 3

Emily continues to struggle with her injury. When she is approached by West while practicing at the ballet bar, Emily realizes that too much is going on in her life for her to date West, and remains his friend.[31]

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Emily looks at Riley in shock as she reveals the truth about her knee.

After a doctor's appointment, Emily discovers that she won't be able to dance for up to a year; her knee is so badly injured that if she dances on it she could damage it permanently. Emily refuses to listen to the doctor, knowing that she has to participate in the impending dance battles for a chance at being on the Internationals team. She tells Stephanie about the true nature of her injury, but makes Stephanie promise not to tell anybody about it. Emily approaches her teammates and lies that her knee is healed, but Riley reveals the truth. Emily is forced to leave the studio indefinitely and falls out with Stephanie, angry that she broke her promise and told Riley.[32]

Emily is initially devastated at being unable to dance, but comes to terms with her fate with the help of the Dance Captain Diary. Having to pass it down to somebody else, Emily gives the journal to Richelle since she sees potential in her as a future dance captain.[33]

After seeing Stephanie dance one day, Emily realizes that Stephanie belongs on A-Troupe and urges Stephanie to audition for the open spot. When met with Stephanie's hesitation, Emily thrusts her into the audition.[3]

Season 4

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Emily convinces Riley to break up with James.

Emily arrives at The Next Step with the intention of getting Riley back on track and getting the team to Regionals, upon Michelle's request.

Emily advises Riley to break up with James.[34]

Emily gets to the root of the problem of Piper and Alfie's qualifier duet, and decides to kick Piper off of it, as she believes that Piper is being unprofessional unlike Alfie.[34]

Emily chooses Skylar as the team's dance captain.[35]

After Noah admits that he can no longer do the duet, Emily urges Riley to ask James to dance at the qualifier. When James refuses, Emily urges him to compete, which he does after flipping a coin.[36] After the team wins the qualifier and as James prepares to return to London, Emily urges him to have faith in his relationship with Riley.[37]

The Off Season: Season 1

Emily meets Michelle and Riley in Neutral Grounds and proposes a fresh start for The Next Step.[38]

Emily attends regular meetings with Kate and Daniel about the future of The Next Step Dance Studio.[39][40] She is made studio head and is tasked by Kate with getting The Next Step to Regionals.[41]

Season 5

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Emily announces that she is the new studio head.

Emily announces that she is the new studio head and that Daniel is her choreographer. Wishing her team to be a team of purely technical and disciplined dancers, Emily does not pick any hip-hop dancers, breakdancers, J-Troupers, or doubters onto her team.[41] Emily promises Michelle that she will be more utilized on her team than she was previously, but is upset when Michelle questions her choices and eventually quits A-Troupe in favour of forming her own troupe. Emily believes that Kate would never allow such a thing, but surely enough, she has; Michelle will be head of TNS West, while she will be the head of TNS East.[10]

When Michelle frantically approaches her upon the news that only one of their teams can compete at Regionals, Emily proposes that their teams compete against each other for the spot, although she finds it apparent that her team will win.[42] Although, wanting the competition to be fair, Emily gives Michelle a cheque so that she can pay for more dancers.[43]

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Emily angrily throws her pen upon Noah defecting to TNS West.

Emily asks Eldon to choreograph a hip-hop section in her routine. She becomes angry to learn that Eldon choreographed for her and Michelle at the same time.[44]

Emily refuses to postpone the dance battle when Michelle asks her after losing a dancer. Although, she is put in a pickle when Noah defects to Michelle's troupe.[45] Her predicament only worsens when she is forced to pull Zara from the line-up upon discovering that she has a math competition an hour before the battle. Emily convinces Michelle to turn the competition into one where five dancers from either team compete against each other, even bribing her with a spot on the team if she wins. Emily re-imagines her dance to accommodate five dancers and gets Elliot to join her team. Emily is ecstatic when her team wins the battle.[46] When Elliot is revealed to have been a professional dancer and Emily subsequently kicks him off the team, she refuses to accept defeat and demands that Noah be on her troupe again. Emily is infuriated when Kate's witnessing of the teams' fighting causes her to disallow the studio from competing at Regionals and proposes that her and Michelle's teams no longer contact each other.[47]

Emily is infuriated when she is tricked into being locked in her office with Michelle by Ozzy. Although, this experience allows Emily to express the reasons behind her resentment toward Michelle and sympathize with Michelle's situation as well, forming a mutual understanding. With Michelle's help, Emily manages to pick the lock. Emilye is surprised to find both her and Michelle's troupes together, with Kate present as well. She reluctantly goes along with the teams' merge and her new title as Michelle's co-studio head.[11]

When approached by Daniel with the belief that Richelle is injured only moments before they are to film the qualifier video, Emily refuses to acknowledge it, claiming that Richelle never explicitly admitted to such. Although, this lapse of judgment results in Richelle being hospitalized, much to Emily's guilt. Emily is shocked to hear that Kate does not think she and Michelle are fit to remain studio heads.[48]

Season 6

Because of Richelle's injury, Emily and Michelle lose their jobs as studio heads and work at Shakes & Ladders before being reinstated.

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Personality

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Emily orders the dancers to start from the top of the routine.

When Emily is dance captain, she is bossy, judgmental, and harsh to her teammates; she just about says "no" to everything, especially in regards to her peers' ideas.[49] She is also a very loud "mouthpiece"[50] who strives for perfection and is extremely high-maintenance, as seen through her hatred for public transportation.[7] Although this persona appears to reign for much of her initial appearance, it is partially a wall that Emily puts up in the hopes that her peers will respect her.

Emily genuinely cares about others and, despite her apparent conceit, Emily is actually very insecure and often requires validation from others in order to convince herself of her talents. The truth of her insecurity is made clear as Michelle spends more time at the studio, as she is so fearful of Michelle succeeding more than her that she does everything in her power to enact Michelle's downfall.

Emily is easily subject to betrayal due to her emotional nature, resulting in her shunning individuals from her life who have wronged her regardless of her relationship with them, exemplified when Emily kicks Riley out of E-Girls.[51] Despite her sentimentality, Emily is often fearful of showing others her true emotions and, furthermore, refuses to let her emotions cloud her better judgement.

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Emily confronts James about him hurting Riley.

When Emily is brought to terms about her negative persona, she makes an effort to be change. She lets her positive traits of motivation, loyalty and charisma shine, resulting in her becoming co-captain. Emily becomes genuinely remorseful for her past self and occasionally fears that she may revert to such a persona. Despite her change of heart, Emily still has her flaws. Even though she possesses an undeniable likability, she can be annoying, stubborn and abrasive[52].

Physical appearance

Characteristics

Emily has short and wispy light blonde hair that is primarily worn down with a headband in Season 1, but is worn in various styles onward. Emily also has pale skin and blue eyes.

Attire

Emily's wardrobe is very feminine and usually business casual; even while dancing, she can be seen with skirts or dresses. Emily's signature colours are blue and red.

Abilities

Dancing

  • Acro: Emily cannot tumble, the extent of her skills being a cartwheel, but can perform acro moves that require certain flexibility, such as a straight needle. Chloe once described her flexibility as "insane."[4] Emily initially claims that acro is merely gymnastics but it appears as though her stance has changed.[49]
  • Contemporary: Emily's dominant style of dance is contemporary.
  • Jazz: Despite the fact that Emily is a contemporary dancer, she has said that she likes to perform a more jazz-orientated style of it.[53]

Other

Artistic

  • Piano: Emily can play the piano.[26]

Relationships

Main article: Emily/Relationships

Appearances

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

The Off Season: Season 1

Season 5

The Off Season: Season 2

Season 6

Dances

Trivia

  • If Emily could dance with anyone it would be Fred Astaire.[49]
  • If Emily could be a jam or a jelly, she would be strawberry jam, because it's the best, and she thinks jelly is disgusting.[49]
  • Her dream job is to be a Broadway dancer, but if it doesn't work out she wants to be a lawyer.[54]
  • Emily over-pronounces her words when she is lying.[55]
  • Her favourite movie is Pride and Prejudice.[56]
  • Emily has a driver's license.[54]
  • She has a large opposition to buses.[7]

Quotes

Main article: Emily/Quotes

Gallery

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References

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  2. "Dancing in the Street." Wikia. Retrieved on December 13, 2015.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Where's Richelle?." Wikia. Retrieved on June 30, 2018. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":20" defined multiple times with different content
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  6. 6.0 6.1 "Changes." Wikia. Retrieved on October 4, 2015.
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  8. 8.0 8.1 "You Love Me." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  9. Family App - Family - Episode Details. Familygo. Retrieved on May 12, 2017.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Go West, Young Michelle." Wikia. Retrieved on May 27, 2017.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "This Changes Everything." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 28, 2017.
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Under Pressure." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  13. "Make a Plan to Love Me." Wikia. Retrieved on August 28, 2015.
  14. "Everybody Dance Now." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 28, 2017.
  15. "Dance, Dance." Wikia. Retrieved on March 10, 2016.
  16. "Forget You." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  17. "Break Stuff." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  18. "First Date." Wikia. Retrieved on March 10, 2016.
  19. "We Are Family." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  20. "Come Back... Be Here." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  21. "Winner Takes All." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  22. "Don't Stop the Party." Wikia. Retrieved on March 10, 2016.
  23. "My Boyfriend's Back." Wikia. Retrieved on March 10, 2016.
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  25. "Hazy Shade of Winter." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
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  30. "Rewind." Wikia. Retrieved on March 10, 2016.
  31. "Coming Home?" Wikia. Retrieved on February 21, 2016.
  32. "Secrets." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  33. "The Times They Are A Changin'." Wikia. Retrieved on October 7, 2015.
  34. 34.0 34.1 "Karma Police." Wikia. Retrieved on November 18, 2016.
  35. "Only You." Wikia. Retrieved on November 26, 2016.
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  37. "Rivalry." Wikia. Retrieved on December 9, 2016.
  38. "Clean Start." Wikia. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  39. "Ms. Kate's New Studio." Wikia. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  40. "Suspicious Emily." Wikia. Retrieved on August 25, 2017.
  41. 41.0 41.1 "The New Regime." Wikia. Retrieved on May 27, 2017.
  42. "Heathers." Wikia. Retrieved on July 18, 2017.
  43. "12 Hour Party People." Wikia. Retrieved on July 21, 2017.
  44. "A Tale of Two Eldons." Wikia. Retrieved on July 28, 2017.
  45. "United and Divided." Wikia. Retrieved on August 11, 2017.
  46. "East Meets West." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on October 13, 2017.
  47. "TNS: Civil War." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 11, 2017.
  48. "Pointe of No Return." The Next Step. Family Channel. Retrieved on December 28, 2017.
  49. 49.0 49.1 49.2 49.3 The Next Step: Get to know Emily. Youtube (Jul 19, 2013). Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  50. "Work It." Wikia. Retrieved on August 31, 2015.
  51. "Rock and a Hard Place." Wikia. Retrieved on July 28, 2016.
  52. "Time to Move On." Wikia. Retrieved on January 6, 2016.
  53. The Next Step Cast On... Favorite Dance Styles. Youtube (October 15, 2014). Retrieved on March 30, 2016.
  54. 54.0 54.1 "Good Girls Go Bad." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  55. "Help." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
  56. "Hello Trouble." Wikia. Retrieved on August 26, 2015.
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