The Next Step - Season 1

First aired: 3/8/2013 30 episodes

As A-Troupe dancers prepare for the regional dance competition, relationships and loyalties are tested to the extreme.

Episodes

1. Get the Party Started

Aired: 3/8/2013

A new dancer comes into the studio to join the A-Troupe and the other dancers are impressed. They work hard to train for the upcoming competition.

2. Everybody Dance Now

Aired: 3/12/2013

When a top dancer isn't chosen for the A-Troupe, Emily realizes that her position as captain is in danger of being handed to someone else.

3. Dance, Dance

Aired: 3/13/2013

The troupe is broken into two teams and the captains push their new teams to outshine the others. Kate emphasizes the meaning of teamwork to the troupe.

4. Rock and a Hard Place

Aired: 3/14/2013

Emily is put in charge of arranging the dancers in their spots for the upcoming group dance. She takes the opportunity to show Michelle where she stands with her, by putting her in the back row.

5. Steal My Sunshine

Aired: 3/15/2013

The girls go to the beach. Meanwhile, Emily and the E-Girls take leadership at a Dance Camp. They manage to accidentally lose one of the girls.

6. Good Girls Go Bad

Aired: 3/22/2013

Emily convinces some of the A-Troupe dancers to spy on their main competition.

7. Love Story

Aired: 4/19/2013

Emily agrees to go on a date with Eldon whilst Michelle is still at Elite making the only choice she has to pretend to audition for there team, Miss Kate is worried she will loose Michelle forever. James has a math test

8. Just the Two of Us

Aired: 4/26/2013

When Eldon is told that he has to choose a duet partner, he struggles whether he is going to go with Emily or Michelle. West gets upset when he and Stephanie don't see eye to eye on their duet piece.

9. Video Killed the Radio Star

Aired: 5/3/2013

One of The A-Troupe members is picked to be in music video, but when Emily's dance routine isn't up to the standards of the other dancers, they get upset with her.

10. Road to Joy

Aired: 5/10/2013

James attempts to connect with Riley when he goes with her to get the costumes. Meanwhile at the studio, Stephanie poses for some pictures.

11. Can You Keep a Secret?

Aired: 5/17/2013

Michelle discovers what secret Chloe has been hiding and the dancers compete for the solo spot in the competition.

12. Get It Together

Aired: 5/24/2013

Michelle secretly comes up with a routine and has some of the girls learn it. However, when one of the E-Girls is picked to learn it, a big problem arises.

13. Don't Go Breaking My Heart

Aired: 5/31/2013

Emily's suspicions of Michelle grow and Eldon comes to the realization that he needs to be honest. He tells everyone about him and Emily.

14. Sabotage

Aired: 6/7/2013

The battle for the top spot is on and Kate reveals Michelle's secret routine. A new captain is named.

15. Changes

Aired: 9/20/2013

Emily and Stephanie struggle seeing Michelle as the dance captain.

16. Help

Aired: 9/27/2013

Emily and Eldon bond over a secret.

17. Forget You

Aired: 10/4/2013

Emily accuses Michelle of having feelings for Eldon, when she is placed on the back row.

18. Brand New

Aired: 10/11/2013

A-Troupe decides to hold auditions for two new dancers to replace Emily and Stephanie.

19. First Date

Aired: 10/18/2013

With a new A-Troupe assembled, the dancers decide to change the Regionals routine.

20. We Are Family

Aired: 10/25/2013

Riley tries to make her relationship with Emily as sisters work out.

21. Break Stuff

Aired: 11/1/2013

Giselle wants to make her mark in A-Troupe by performing a dangerous lift.

22. Come Back... Be Here

Aired: 11/8/2013

With Daniel leaving A-Troupe, Michelle and the team try and get Emily to come back.

23. Dancing in the Street

Aired: 11/15/2013

When A-Troupe get themselves into a dance battle with the street crew, Seeds, the team finds out that West was a former member of Seeds.

24. Price Tag

Aired: 11/22/2013

Chloe’s financial problems finally boil over and she is forced to leave A-Troupe.

25. Bad Moon Rising

Aired: 11/29/2013

Kate and Chris hold a party at The Next Step Dance Studio for the team to hang out not as dancers, but as friends.

26. Can't Fight This Feeling

Aired: 12/6/2013

Reality-style drama following a group of dancers. The dancers are excited when their regional costumes arrive, but they are the wrong ones.

27. I'm So Excited

Aired: 12/13/2013

West offers to help Seeds, as A-Troupe head to regionals.

28. Fancy Footwork

Aired: 12/20/2013

During regionals, one of the dancers encounters a costume error.

29. This Is How We Do It

Aired: 12/27/2013

Reality-style drama following a group of dancers. The Next Step must face Seeds in the semi-final of the regionals.

30. Winner Takes All

Aired: 1/3/2014

The Next Step studio is up against Elite Studios as the final two groups to perform at the regionals.