Angela

Angela is the mother of Lily and she is played by Kelly Fanson.

She is a former studio head at every region of every studio such as Elite Dance Academy, Gemini Dance Studios and The Next Step Dance Studios who was also its studio owner as well as a Dancemania coach for A-Troupe. She is currently on probation by Absolute Dance after the events after competing for Regionals.

Before the show
Angela is known as “the fixer” because she used to work for Gemini Dance Studios and Elite Dance Academy. She takes them to win the competition like Regionals, Nationals and Internationals.

Season 6
After Emily and Michelle got fired from being studio head after letting Richelle for the Regionals qualifier, Miss Kate hires Angela to be the new studio head. She insults Piper as the weakest member of A-Troupe. She welcome 4 new members of A-Troupe: Summer, Lily, Kenzie and Finn. Angela then gets fired by Kate after trying to change the name of the studio

Season 7
Prior to Season 7, Kenzie has said that Encore Dance Studios has been banned from competing from Absolute Dance competition because she was put on probation. Angela initially comes back to The Next Step to surprise a Dancemania fan. Angela does not return for the rest of Season 7