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Sep 28, 2022 · Piper Riley Thompson, who hails from Canada, dished details on the unorthodox weekend escape in a clip that has clocked up more than 4 million views since it was posted on Monday.
Jul 20, 2006 · Detroit Pistons player Chauncey Billups has become a dad for the third time on Wednesday, June 28th. His wife Piper Riley gave birth to a little girl named Cenaiya Rayne. Cenaiya joins big...
Sep 10, 2014 · Piper Riley Billups is the wife of former NBA star Chauncey Billups, who retired in 2014 after 17 years in the league. They met in high school and have three daughters together. Piper is also a businesswoman and a philanthropist who helps young girls through her foundation.
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Piper is a contemporary, jazz and lyrical dancer, who is currently in New York with Amy and living with her older brother James and his girlfriend Riley.
She is a former member of Step Inside, A-Troupe, and a former dance captain and member of TNS West.
Piper auditions for A-Troupe when James leaves the studio, hoping she can step out of his shadow. She makes it onto the team, despite James telling her that A-Troupe is too vicious for her; he is later proven right, as Piper struggles with Michelle's competitive tactics and eventually witnesses Riley cheating on James. Though she lets these events affect her for some time, Piper is eventually able to forgive everyone involved.
After A-Troupe's loss at Regionals, Piper makes it onto Emily's team, but struggles with the acro-oriented choreography. When Amy's mother pulls her out of the studio, Piper successfully gets her onto TNS East, but loses her own spot in the process. She therefore joins TNS West, where her initiative in suggesting a dance-a-thon helps her become dance captain. Later, Piper comes up with the successful plan to merge the two rival studios, but loses her captaincy after it is put to a vote.
Before the show
Piper dreamed of attending The Next Step Dance Studio, but never did because she feared that she would dance in her older brother James's shadow.
Season 4
Knowing that James will not be returning to A-Troupe, Piper attends The Next Step Dance Studio’s open house and tells him she will be auditioning for the Regionals team. James is appalled and advises her to reconsider, warning her that the competition is "cutthroat" and he won't be there to look out for her. Despite James's rebuke, Piper remains determined to audition, and with encouragement from Riley, she makes it into the team. Although excited to have made it in, Piper is incredibly nervous, especially since she only knows Riley. Realizing that other new A-Troupers Sloane, Cassie, and Amy are just as nervous as she is, she creates the Zero Percent Club in the hopes of getting their nerves to plummet to 0%, cementing her friendship with all three. Piper is grouped with Noah and Sloane in the trio auditions for the first qualifier, and motivates Sloane when she realizes she is worried about her lack of technique affecting their chances. She is ecstatic when their group is picked for the qualifier, even though it turns out Richelle will be dancing with them instead of Sloane. She is incredibly excited to dance at the qualifier, causing her to be all the more heartbroken when Noah's back injury costs them the competition and they fail to qualify. Piper is determined to be in the quintet for the next qualifier, and ties with Michelle for the last spot during the selection process. The two face off with solos to decide who will take it, and Piper is taken aback by Michelle's antagonism towards her, as she thought that everyone on A-Troupe believed in winning fairly. Michelle takes advantage of this, and leads Piper to believe she is struggling with personal matters before tearing her down at the last moment, shocking Piper into making a mess of her solo. She receives sympathy from her friends and berates Michelle for her actions - but after hearing her explanation, Piper realizes that Michelle did what she did because the teams at Regionals will be even more competitive. She vows to be tougher as a result, and is later thankful that Michelle was willing to teach her such a hard lesson. With Noah's status up in the air, Piper is eager to re-audition for the qualifier duet with Alfie, and is later angry and confused when Riley takes the opportunity from her so that she can dance in the duet herself, believing it to mean that Riley has no faith in the team. She is happy when auditions for the duet are re-instated. While rehearsing the duet with Alfie, Piper is shocked when Michelle pulls Alfie aside and orders him to be her duet partner. Piper confronts her and refuses to let her take Alfie as a partner, effectively deterring Michelle. Piper auditions with Alfie and is granted the opportunity to perform it at the qualifier, thrilling her. At night, Piper enters Studio A, only to see Riley and Alfie kissing. She is in disbelief and wonders how Riley could do such a thing to James. Piper becomes closed off and reserved around the studio and refuses to be in the same room as Riley or Alfie. When keeping the secret becomes too much, Piper finally confronts Riley; she tells her that she saw the kiss and that if Riley does not tell James about what she did, she will. Piper continues to struggle with the secret and accidentally tells Michelle about Riley and Alfie's kiss. She later receives a video call from James during which she breaks down into tears and tells him that she wishes he were there with her. Piper struggles to do the duet with Alfie. When she is confronted about this by Emily, she is sure that Alfie will be kicked off of the duet and replaced with a partner she deems as better. Piper is furious when she is taken off the duet instead, and believes that Emily is rewarding a jerk. Eventually, Piper realizes that Alfie and Riley's relationship is none of her business and apologizes to Alfie. Additionally, after James and Riley get back together and Riley grants her an apology, Piper quickly forgives Riley. Piper struggles to fill Alfie's shoes in the small group routine, but eventually pulls it off.
The Off Season: Season 1
Piper encounters Heather in Neutral Grounds and immediately recognizes her from Regionals, but dismisses this after being falsely informed by Heather that she got the wrong person.
Piper is kind, eager, and determined, and according to Riley, is sensible. She is a people person, much like her brother, and is able to motivate others easily. She is also incredibly trusting, which initially makes her quite naïve, but she overcomes this trait after Michelle tricks her into ruining her audition for the second qualifier.
Piper is very sensitive, and often lets emotions cloud her judgment, made evident by her ongoing anger and disdain towards Riley and Alfie after seeing them kiss. Likewise, Piper tends to hold grudges, as shown when she briefly refuses to speak to Amy after she gets her into trouble with Emily. All these traits are also displayed through her treatment of Finn during Dancemania: she sets multiple alarms for an exhausted Finn, causing him to turn his phone off and miss his flight to the competition, and proceeds to blame him for the team’s subsequent misfortunes - though the two soon make up.
Characteristics
Like her brother James, Piper has dark brown hair and brown eyes; however, her skin is lighter than his. She often wears her hair in a high bun, but occasionally wears it half-up, half-down. She is fairly short, although she is not the shortest member of A-Troupe.
Attire
While dancing, Piper usually wears a tank top and shorts, though starting in Season 6, she often wears leggings. In earlier seasons her dance attire is usually pink, blue or purple, and is later mostly red, though in Season 7, her wardrobe shifts back to include more blue and pink again. Piper's street style is quite vibrant, and usually includes prints, designs, and statement pieces. She notably wears cheetah print and rhinestones in earlier seasons, and lots of her later clothes feature floral patterns. At first, she does not stick to a particular style, varying between wearing skirts, dresses and even overalls; however, in later seasons, she usually wears pants with a cropped shirt.
Dancing
•Acro: Piper cannot tumble, and is generally considered weak at acro. She struggles to learn how to do an aerial, and is targeted by Miss Angela for being unable to perform one; however, she eventually masters the skill. •Ballet: Piper is very proficient at ballet, and is able dance en pointe. She pulls off a ballet/hip-hop duet with Elliot at the competition for home studio advantage. •Contemporary: Piper's dominant style of dance is contemporary. She is very proficient at the style, and has flawless technique. •Hip-hop: Hip-hop is not Piper's strongest style, though she becomes proficient in tutting after a lesson from Sloane. She is noticeably surprised when she isn't picked to audition for the hip-hop solo in the qualifier video, confessing that she always saw herself as a strong hip-hop dancer. •Jazz: Jazz is one of Piper's dominant styles. She does not perform jazz that often, though she is proficient when she does. •Lyrical: Lyrical is another of Piper's dominant styles. She is very proficient at this style.
Season 4
•"One More Time" •"Stir It Up" •"Heads Will Roll" •"Welcome to the Jungle" •"Square One" •"London Calling" •"Dancing with Myself" •"Simple Twist of Fate" •"On the Rocks" •"Knowing Me, Knowing You" •"The Game Belongs to Me" •"I Can't Go for That" •"I Only Have Eyes for You" •"Love Will Tear Us Apart" •"Your Time Is Gonna Come" •"How Deep Is Your Love" •"Heat of the Moment" •"Kiss and Tell" •"Rumour Has It" •"Here Comes Your Man" •"Tainted Love" •"Karma Police" •"Only You" •"Danger Zone" •"Rivalry" •"Nobody's Perfect" •"Shake It Off" •"Come Together" •"It Ain't Easy" •"Taking Care of Business" •"The Edge of Glory" •"Even Better Than the Real Thing" •"Don't Stop Me Now" •"Livin' on a Prayer" •"A Change Is Gonna Come"
The Off Season: Season 1
•"Dance Secrets" •"New Girl Lola"
Season 5
•"The New Regime" •"Go West, Young Michelle" •"Dance, Lies and Hoverboards" •"Leon Me" •"No Good Deed" •"Heathers" •"12 Hour Party People" •"A Tale of Two Eldons" •"United and Divided" •"East Meets West" •"Brave New World" •"TNS: Civil War" •"Stand Together or Fall Apart" •"This Changes Everything" •"Stand and Deliver" •"Oh Brother! Why Art Thou Here?" •"I Have a Vision" •"Snap Decision" •"Pointe of No Return"
•Piper likes history.
•Piper enjoys fishing.
•Piper hates milk.
•Piper is lactose intolerant.
•Piper does a very odd and specific laugh when she likes someone.
•Piper is one of three characters to have the longest-running white walls introductory appearances, consisting of 4.5 seasons, the other two being Amy and Richelle.
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Riley is a contemporary and hip-hop dancer, formerly on A-Troupe, who lives in New York with her boyfriend James[17] and his younger sister Piper. She was the studio head of The Next Step Dance...
