Daniel

* Season 2
* Season 1

**Daniel** is a ballet and contemporary dancer for The Next Step.

Daniel was initially a member of **B-Troupe** until he eventually gets promoted to A-Troupe. He finds that his ankle begins acting up, but pushes his worry away due to his competitive drive. Eventually, Kate finds out about his injury and takes him out of the dance until he is fully healed. Daniel went to a doctor and performed surgery on his ankle and after a while, his ankle fully healed and he returned to A-Troupe and was ready to dance at Regionals.

Daniel is on A-Troupe for Nationals but is very disappointed when he is not in any featured dances. Daniel eventually Provides Kate with an ultimatum; if he does not get the solo, he will leave the studio to attend Superstar Dance Academy, which he follows through with when he does not get the solo. At Nationals, Daniel competes against Eldon in the solo round and loses. Although, he is granted the opportunity to audition for Julliard.

## Biography

### Before the show

Daniel first met Giselle when he was five years old, and she became his best friend. He started dancing at The Next Step Dance Studio when he was seven, causing him to develop a strong work ethic, since most of his peers began far earlier. Giselle became his mentor during this time so that they could one day be in A-Troupe together. Eventually, Giselle made A-Troupe and Daniel joined B-Troupe.

### Season 1

After making it into A-Troupe, Daniel is granted a solo to be showcased within the finals routine at Regionals. Around this time, his ankle begins to act up from a previous injury. Fearing he will lose his solo, Daniel refuses to notify anybody about the pain.

Daniel is approached by West about Michelle, Riley, and James's routine to dethrone Emily as dance captain, which he agrees to join once promised the solo. He performs the routine with the others, successfully before Kate, dethroning Emily.

A while after Michelle becomes dance captain, Emily tells Kate about Daniel's injury and he is removed from the team. Daniel then went to a doctor and got surgery on his ankle. Daniel returned to The Next Step with a fully recovered ankle but discovers that the team will be performing a new routine for Regionals, he is pretty disappointed by the news after working so hard on the solo he wanted to perform at Regionals.

### Season 2

With a now healed ankle, Daniel returns to the studio. He is threatened by the presence of a contemporary auditioner at the Challenge and disillusioned by what he deems as Kate's patronizing behaviour, but makes into onto A-Troupe nonetheless.

Daniel auditions for the solo and the small group with Chloe and Hunter, but does not get either dance, upsetting him. Daniel reaches his wits end and approaches Kate with an ultimatum; if he does not get the solo, he will leave to attend Superstar Dance Academy, where Chris has promises him a solo upon arrival. To his disappointment, Kate refuses to give him the solo, leading Daniel to leave The Next Step and enroll at Superstar Dance.

At Nationals, Daniel refuses to acknowledge his former teammates, including Giselle. He is overly confident about his solo, for which he is pitted against Eldon, but grows worried upon seeing Eldon's intense performance. When The Next Step is deemed the winner of the round, Daniel is irate. Daniel comes to understand the error of his ways, however, and apologizes to Giselle at the afterparty for acting mean earlier. At the same party, he is approached by the head of Juilliard and asked to audition for the prestigious academy, fulfilling one of his life-long dreams.