Samantha Strauss
Director
Dance Academy (2010)
Season 3
Tara and her friends are now seniors at the Academy and no one can forget that the Company is watching. It will be a hard chase to the finish line to see who will be offered a contract and finally achieve what they have been working towards for so long... and who will have to find a new dream. The friends began their training as kids with a lot to learn about dancing, about life and about themselves. This year will prepare them to say goodbye to their school days and go out into the world as resilient, courageous dancers and young adults.
Released May 31, 2010
Episode 24 min
16+
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Keywords: tmdb.dance, tmdb.ballet, tmdb.ballerina, tmdb.dance-school, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.dance, imdb.friendship + 10 more, imdb.teacher, imdb.school, imdb.ambition, imdb.2010s, imdb.australia, imdb.backstage-drama, imdb.backstage, imdb.gay, imdb.gay-character, imdb.coming-of-age-drama
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Production Companies: Werner Film Productions
Network: ABC Me
S3E1 - Glue
It's three weeks into Third Year and Tara and her friends are already feeling the pressure. Speculation bubbles when the National Ballet Company announces it needs three temporary fill-in roles in the corps de ballet.
July 8, 2013, midnight
S3E2 - New Rules
On their first day as fill-in dancers, Tara, Grace and Ben encounter cliques in the corps de ballet. Meanwhile, Christian has no interest in going back to the Academy.
July 15, 2013, midnight
S3E3 - Second Chances
Kat struggles to stay positive and her determination to advance into Third Year is morphing into dangerous patterns. Meanwhile, Grace plays match-maker, and Christian's lost his place at the Academy.
July 22, 2013, midnight
S3E4 - Short Cut Clause
Ben is flattered when Saskia offers to be his mentor and it becomes clear there's potential for them to dance together brilliantly; and Abigail and Christian disturb everyone with their unlikely friendship.
July 29, 2013, midnight
S3E5 - Negative Patterns
Saskia arranges a special audition with the Company's artistic director for her protégé, Ben; Grace's world implodes; and Zach allows Christian to participate in a music video Ollie is producing.
Aug. 5, 2013, midnight
S3E6 - Fake It Until You Make It
The Academy goes a little Hollywood when a film crew uses their building as a location for a new indie movie; and Grace tries to undermine a new relationship to guarantee her position on the tour.
Aug. 12, 2013, midnight
S3E7 - Graceland
The Third Years are having the time of their lives on the road, but are prioritising fun over performance. Back at the Academy, Kat clashes with the movie's third assistant director, Jamie.
Aug. 19, 2013, midnight
S3E8 - Travelling Light
On the final leg of their tour, the Third Years are invited to a traditional Indigenous ceremony and return the hospitality by offering a dance class to the local kids. Christian finds he is an unexpectedly good teacher.
Aug. 26, 2013, midnight
S3E9 - Don't Let Me Down Gently
A career-making performance opportunity brings out the best and worst in everyone, and an injury that sidelines Ollie prompts him to use someone to get ahead.
Sept. 2, 2013, midnight
S3E10 - N'FEKTD
Christian and Ollie prepare for Streetbeatz, a major hip hop competition; Kat prepares to audition for a minor role in Coppelia; and Ben takes a stab at revenge.
Sept. 9, 2013, midnight
S3E11 - Start of an Era
The countdown to the final Company auditions has begun when suddenly it becomes a whole new playing field; and Christian and Tara come to a final resolution about their relationship.
Sept. 16, 2013, midnight
S3E12 - A Perfect Storm
Auditions for the National Ballet Company have arrived bringing superstitions, old competitive battle lines and the performances that will determine the rest of their lives.
Sept. 23, 2013, midnight
S3E13 - Not for Nothing
It's judgment day. The Third Years sit before the Company panel and learn their fate - who will be offered a professional contract with the National Ballet Company and who will have to find a new dream?
Sept. 30, 2013, midnight
S3E14 - The Last Dance
During this special clip see the cast talk about how it felt to film the last dance scene of the series as well as what it was like to work on such an incredible show.
Sept. 30, 2013, midnight
Network: ABC Me
Episode Runtime: 24 min.
Season Runtime: 1584 min.
Released: May 31, 2010
Last Air Date: Sept. 30, 2013, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 16+
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