Alexandra Chaves
Alexandra Chaves
Early Life
She was born on May 9, 2001 in Kitchener, a city in south-eastern Ontario, and was raised by her parents alongside her younger sister, Olivia.
Chaves began taking dancing lessons when she was a child and by the time she turned 12 years old, she had won numerous national and international competitions, which in turn, would earn her a spot in the professional program at the Canada's National Ballet School and a membership of the Toronto Raptors junior hip-hop crew.
She has been dancing for the major part of her life.
She started participating in dance competitions even before she became a teenager.
Personal
Her fledgling dancing career came to a screeching halt when a simple case of tonsillitis sent her to a hospital.
It was found that she had cardiac arrhythmia and she was prohibited from dancing and chose to pursue acting as a career instead.
In 2016, after she recovered enough, she took up dancing once more and was cast in ‘The Next Step’.
Her character has become a fan favourite during the two seasons she has been part of the show.
She choreographed a routine set to the tune of Sia's "Big Girls Cry.[3]
Career
She started her career has a dancer at Dance school and it was her dance teacher, Jay T. Schramek, at Dimensions in Dance and her agent who suggested that she should try auditioning for a part in the season four of Family Channel’s ‘The Next Step’, a teen drama shot in the mockumentary style.
She was subsequently cast as Piper, the younger sister of James (Trevor Tordjman), one of the main characters of the show.
She soon garnered public attention with her performance and was part of the cast in the following and most recent season as well.
She is also set to return as Piper in the season six, which will probably premiere in August 2018.