This was a night for
screamers, as the Concert Hall’s perfect acoustics aimed the product of the
audience’s excitement directly towards the stage for our dance heroes to hear
exactly what we thought of them.
The excitement was
reaching fever pitch as Next Step dancers Trevor Tordjman, Victoria Baldesarra,
Jordan Clark, Lamar Johnson, Myles Erlick, Briar Nolet, Isaac Lupien and Isaiah
Peck finally hit the Nottingham stage after months of excruciating
anticipation.
The Canadian cast of the
CBBC show seemed to be in character as they took us through some amazing
routines which took in contemporary, tap, hip-hop and ballet, along with their
trademark gymnastics and tumbling.
There was a dance-a-long
with the crowd, where we all learned some slick moves, a Q&A when Jordan
came out into the audience to get questions for the rest of the cast to answer.
And another highlight was the tap-off between Trevor and Isaac… which last night
Isaac won hands-down.
Cast members from the spin-off series
Lost &
Found, Shane Harte and Sarah Carmosino
performed a solo each, supported on stage by the dancers, and then treated us to
an emotional contemporary duet.
If you didn’t already
know, The Next Step is a hit Canadian teen
“reality” TV show that follows the lives of a group of young dancers. Acting
their parts on TV, they are also one-to-one on camera talking about their roles
and the ongoing story as if it were a real-life documentary. They’re incredibly
popular and this sell-out show was testament to that.
Most of the cast
preformed a solo, and we saw a video biography of their life and work (real life
this time rather than their TV characters) to get a real insight into their
lives and families.
There was a massive age
range in the audience, from five up to teens – as well as their parents – mainly
girls with a few boys scattered among them.
With lots of souvenirs on
sale, as well as an invitation to film and take photos all evening, we all came
away with previous memories of a great worldwide tour that continues around the
UK, then on to Australia to thrill their fans
down-under.
