Get The Party Started

"Get The Party Started" is the first episode of Season 1 of The Next Step. It is a reference to the song "Get The Party Started" by P!nk.

Overview
The Next Step Dance Studio holds auditions for the ten dancers in A-Troupe.

Plot
A-Troupe and B-Troupe dancers audition to earn a place in A-Troupe at The Next Step Dance Studio, as no dancer can be fully safe (you have to earn your spot every year). When the third group of dancers are about to start their audition, an unknown dancer named Michelle (who just transferred from Wisconsin) comes in. By this unexpected twist, last year's Dance Captain, Emily feels threatened by Michelle, having her A-troupe all planned out, and not wanting this "random girl" to mess that up. Her best friend Stephanie volunteers to go eavesdrop on Michelle and Kate, the studio owner, but Emily wants to go in by herself. Meanwhile, we hear about the E-girls. They are a clique that had all the girls from A-troupe from last year. Emily is the leader, and the members are Tiffany, Stephanie , Giselle (known as Ellie),and Emily's younger sister Riley. Stephanie finds out on her phone that Michelle was named Miss National Soloist. Emily quickly shuts this idea down, saying that she's probably a diva. Michelle later confesses that she does not want anyone to know about this, as she wants to just be accepted for herself, rather than be judged or treated differently as she has won an award. Other dancers that were introduced in this episode were James, Eldon, Daniel, West and Chloe.

Recurring Cast

 * Jordan Clark as Giselle
 * Bree Wasylenko as Kate
 * Shamier Anderson as Chris

Trivia

 * This is the first episode of the series.
 * There were three E-Girl rules mentioned in this episode.
 * Always have another E-Girl's back
 * An enemy to one E-Girl, is an enemy to all E-Girls
 * Know the E-Girl handshake
 * Tiffany said there were over 100 E-Girl rules.