Jordan Clark (actress)

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Jordan Clark
Born
Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
CitizenshipCanadian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
Years active2010–present
Spouse
Trevor Tordjman
(m. 2023)

Jordan Clark (born December 29, 1991[ citation needed ]) is a Canadian actress and dancer. She won the fourth season of the dance competition series So You Think You Can Dance Canada . She played Giselle on the Family Channel teen drama series The Next Step . [1]

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Personal life

Clark was born on December 29, 1991, in Okotoks, Alberta to parents Glenn Clark and Connie Tainsh. She grew up in Tottenham, Ontario with a younger brother and sister, and an adopted older sister. [2] [ better source needed ]

Clark originally did not intend to dance, and rather wanted be a gymnast after being inspired seeing a gymnast perform a back tuck. After not being able to find a gymnastic club in her town, her mother enrolled her in a dance school where she could learn acro. [2] In a podcast, Clark recalls, "Seeing ballet barres and being very upset with my mother." [2] Clark eventually found a love for ballet, which led her to more dance, learning a variety of styles from a young age, including, acro, jazz, lyrical, tap, and ballet. [3] As a young child, she auditioned at The National Ballet of Canada and was accepted into their summer program. Clark was not a very good dancer when she began training but found that she was naturally very flexible. At her dance studios, she was left out of competitions, though performed in her first competition at eight, in which she performed an acro solo in a snake costume, wearing a snake unitard and headpiece. [2] Later she went to dance at Vlad's Dance Academy, training 35–40 hours a week.[ citation needed ]

In January 2022, Clark posted on her official Instagram the announcement of her engagement to her co-star Trevor Tordjman. [4] They married on September 16, 2023.

Career

At eighteen, Clark auditioned for season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance Canada. She was named the winner of season 4 with a jazz duet to "Skin", by Rihanna, in which her partner, Christian Millette, was eliminated. [5] Before winning So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Clark appeared as a student in the 2010 film Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars . [6] and as a camper and dancer in Disney Channel's 2010 television film Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam . She played a friend and a dancer at a birthday party in Disney Channel's 2012 television film Frenemies . [7]

In the summer of 2012, at twenty years old, Clark auditioned for a role on the Canadian teen drama series, The Next Step . [8] She was called in a group of ten to do a piece of choreography and was selected out of her group to answer questions about themselves. [9] She received a final callback along with fellow castmate Alexandra Beaton. [10] She met Victoria Baldesarra during filming and recognized her from when Victoria competed against her younger sister, as Victoria was only thirteen. [11] Clark was a main cast member on The Next Step from the first to third season, with guest appearances in the fourth, sixth and eight seasons, and in the series' Christmas Special. Clark also had a recurring role on The Next Step spinoff series, Lost & Found Music Studios .

In 2015, Clark played Shotsy in the film Dancin': It's On! [12] In 2016, she guest starred in the Canadian television series, Private Eyes , as a dancer. In 2020, she starred as homeroom teacher/gymnastics coach Miss Allister in My Perfect Landing , [9] a Canadian television series about gymnastics created by Frank Van Keeken, who also created The Next Step. Clark also works part-time at The Audience Dance Rivalry in Concord, Ontario and at On The Floor Dance alongside former co-star Jennifer Pappas in Richmond Hill, Ontario. [13] [14]

Filmography

Film and television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars DancerTelevision film
2010 Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam Camp Rock DancerTelevision film
2011 So You Think You Can Dance Canada HerselfContestant: winner (season 4)
2012 Frenemies Female DancerTelevision film
2013Unsung: Behind The GleeHerselfShow Choir Canada Nationals Host[ citation needed ]
2013–2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 The Next Step Giselle Main role (seasons 1–3); guest role (seasons 4, 7); recurring role (season 6, 8) 93 episodes
2015–2016 Lost & Found Music Studios GiselleRecurring role
2015The Next Step Live: The MovieHerselfDocumentary film
2015 Dancin': It's On! ShotsyFilm
2016 Private Eyes RavenEpisode: "Dance, Dance Retribution"
2020 My Perfect Landing Miss AllisterMain role
2021Left for Dead: The Ashley Reeves StoryChloeTelevision film

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