The Next Step: Academia de Dança

My 9 year old daughter and I have recently discovered The Next Step and are currently on Season 3, we love it and the style of filming with the characters sharing their secret thoughts. The dancing is 'insane' to use one of the adjectives in the programme and the topics covered all very relevant to young people. There is plenty of comedy too and almost pantomime-like villains. Would highly recommend as an antidote to the current world we are living in. Enjoy!

My 10yr daughter loves this and my son now also enjoys it and I love to take the mick out of it whilst they watch. Put yourself in a young persons shoes and you'll love it. Acting is bad, script is terrible but if you don't enjoy it's because it's not meant for you.

This show is great for teens and pr-teens. It has a good storyline with the right amount of romance and revenge. The show is on once a week for only a half hour The acting is OK but the fact that the dancing on the show is so good and unique it works. The 4 lead characters, Michelle, Emily, James and Reilly adds the spark in to this show like any other dance show would. The best part about the show is that people could relate it to real life thats better than your average drama TV show. It is easy to compare a person to a character because every personality on the show is different and unique. Without one lead or main actor, the show would fall apart.

You know, if I'm going read some of these comments pertaining to the acting, I'd recommend realizing this is on a family-based station. You ever watch the Disney channel and see that acting? They're not dancers. And the acting is terrible. BUT, it's the fact that this isn't smutty foul-mouthed crap. It's talented dancers, dancing and motivating one another in competition. Scenarios are all things that can happen in young lives and I've been a dancer and gymnast my whole life. I love this show and can relate... and I sure as heck know I wouldn't be a really great actor before a dancer. Get over yourself if that's what made you watch. It was the dancing. And they're talent far surpasses any lack of acting credentials.

The Next Step was pretty enjoyable with the engaging characters, the story lines, drama, experiencing a new concept of the show (mockumentary style)it was pretty good. But as every season goes by the show constantly changes, it has lost it's mockumentary style, it focuses on Jiley ALOTT, the story lines are getting repetitive (too much love triangles),a lot of new cast members are introduced but leave the following season, new characters aren't engaging nor is the drama and too much boring fillers. Season 5 is definitely an improvement but just not good enough. It's still worth watching but I probably have just outgrowned this show.