Amanda

**Amanda Dixon** is a contemporary dancer who is a member of A-Troupe and a former member of Elite Dance Academy

Amanda is initially the stringent dance captain of Elite Dance Academy. After the studio's Regionals loss, she joins A-Troupe in the hopes of infiltrating them from the inside, under the guise of contrition. Although the plan works and Amanda returns to Elite, Amanda later realizes that she belongs at The Next Step.

Although Amanda is now genuinely a changed person whose loyalty lies with The Next Step, her allegiance continues to be questioned.

## Biography

### Before the show

Amanda joined Elite Dance Academy and eventually became the dance captain. She attended Absolute Dance Regionals at least thrice, and won the competition with her team three times. She was the female soloist at the 16th Absolute Dance Nationals competition, but lost.

At an unknown time, Amanda dated James.

### Season 1

While rehearsing with her team one day, Amanda hears a phone beep and notices that somebody is spying on them. After consulting Lucien, she allows this girl to audition.

When Emily joins the studio, Amanda endlessly picks on her. She hatches a plan with Lucien in which Emily will be kicked out of the studio right before Regionals. Amanda begins treating Emily better and eventually moves her to the front row to avoid suspicion but, before the plan can be put into fruition, Emily quits.

At Regionals, Amanda ridicules The Next Step and brings Emily to tears. Amanda is infuriated when her team loses to The Next Step, especially due to how sure she was that her team would succeed.

### Season 2

Amanda creates a plan with Lucien in which she will join The Next Step Dance Studio to take it down from the inside and ensure that they do not make it to Nationals. As the first part of the plan, Amanda pretends to cry as Lucien pretends to kick her out of Elite at the mall.

Amanda is permitted to audition for A-Troupe by Kate after Michelle approaches her having seen Amanda's show, and makes it onto the team. To avoid suspicion, Amanda befriends Thalia and Giselle and attempts to befriend Emily, although she isn't as easy to convince. When Lucien finds a loophole in the rules, she participates in a Regionals competition in another region with her team. She and her team win the competition, effectively allowing them to qualify to Nationals and get another chance to beat The Next Step.

After Emily seemingly reverts to her old ways, Amanda gains captaincy over the troupe. Emily confronts her with the knowledge that she is really a double-agent and tells Amanda that she won't blow her cover if she is able to join her. Skeptical but not wanting to get caught, Amanda hesitantly lets her join, but only if Emily breaks up with Hunter. Emily complies, and Amanda, now officially trusting her, lets Emily take part in her crimes against the studio. Amanda becomes suspicious of Emily, though, when all of her plans somehow backfire.

Representing The Next Step, Amanda competes with Giselle and Thalia against Elite, Superstar, and Life of Dance in the trio competition at the Absolute Dance WildStylz Convention. She is immediately shocked to see that Eldon has joined Elite and wasn't told by Lucien or Tess about it. She asks Tess why Eldon is with Elite and Tess responds by saying that she convinced him to join Elite after he left The Next Step as their tenth dancer, Amanda was kinda upset that she didn't tell her about this before. She performs the trio with Giselle and Thalia but lost to Eldon, Max and Nick from Elite.

Amanda enlists Emily to help her steal the Nationals money and frame Chloe. Wary of Emily, Amanda removes the key from Chloe's bag and plants it in Emily's when she is alone. When, as suspected, Emily accuses Amanda of committing the crime, Kate checks Emily's bag and finds the key that Amanda planted, resulting in Emily's suspension from the studio. Although, Amanda reveals her true intentions when Chloe and Riley realize that Amanda actually did steal the money and tell this to the rest of the troupe. She is humoured because, even though her cover is blown, her plan still worked; after her departure, the team is left with 9 dancers thus making them ineligible for Nationals.

When Amanda sees The Next Step at Nationals she admits that she underestimated them. Elite continues to try and tamper with the team, but Amanda decides against it because, now that she is actually at Nationals, she wants to win fairly.

She is insulted and angered when she overhears Lucien and Tess talk about how they "took care of Michelle" and begins to realize that her team doesn't have faith in her. She goes on-stage and performs, hoping that Michelle will come back in time. She is relieved when Michelle makes it back in time, but Michelle beats her, meaning that Elite has to go home. As Amanda leaves the stage, she notifies Michelle that she had nothing to do with Tess and Lucien's plan and also apologizes, realizing that she has wronged the team too much.

Amanda feels incredibly bad when Emily injures herself, believing that she and her team don't deserve it. She asks Eldon if he's going to consider stepping in for Emily so that The Next Step can dance in the finals, Eldon is humoured when she asks him such a question, he says that he would never even think about helping The Next Step for how they treated him. Amanda steps in for her instead of Eldon so that The Next Step can dance at finals. She admits that she has come to like the team and that they are her true friends and helps them win.

## Awards

* Third place 17th Annual Nationals female solo

## Relationships

### Allies

* The Next Step Dance Studio
	+ Giselle - Best Friend
	+ Riley - Friend
	+ Michelle - Friend
	+ James - Friend
	+ West - Friend
	+ Thalia - Friend
	+ Max
	+ Hunter
	+ Chloe
	+ Kate - Studio Head
	+ Phoebe - Head Choreographer

### Romances

* Michelle - Crush
* James - Ex-Boyfriend

### Enemies

* Elite Dance Academy
	+ Lucien
	+ Eldon
	+ Tess - Former Best Friend

## Gallery

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