Caledon's Victoria Baldesarra pirouettes back onto The Next Step
Logan Fabbro returns as Amanda

Caledon Enterprise
March 6, 2014

A familiar face will be back on Family Channel's The Next Step when it returns for a second season on Friday, March 7.

Caledon's Victoria Baldesarra will resume her role as Michelle as the dance-filled drama follows the lives of an elite group of young dancers who train at The Next Step Studio.

Expanding her role on the show this year is another Caledon dancer, Logan Fabbro, as Amanda.

Fabbro trained at Art and Soul Dance Company in Kleinburg, On her first audition, she made Team Canada Dance with Blake McGrath and travelled to Germany where her team won bronze.

Season two picks up on a high note with the team having just won the regional competition, but the celebration is cut short when the A-Troupe dancers learn they must re-audition with hopefuls from other studios in order to make the studio's nationals team. With a new set of rules in place, fresh faces emerge that could shake up the composition of the troupe. Personal relationships are put to the test as the dancers try to find a balance between their individual talent and the dedicated teamwork required to win at the national level. In the premiere episode, the dancers are assigned a challenging choreographed routine that could determine their fate at The Next Step Studio.

To kick off the premiers, Family Channel will host a red carpet screening party on Friday, March 7. Fans can visit Family.ca to enter for the chance to win tickets to the event, which includes a live screening of the first episode of the second season and an opportunity to meet the cast. Site visitors can also learn more about new and returning characters, listen to music from the series, create fun dance mash-ups and tune in to The Next Step Aftershow, an exclusive web series featuring behind-the-scenes footage and commentary on the show.

New episodes will air Fridays at 7:30 p.m.