Dance Academy
Dance Academy: Season 3

Air Date

July 8, 2013

Episodes

14 episodes

Dance Academy

Season 3

Overview

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.

Episodes

Glue

1. Glue

July 8, 2013
25 min

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.

New Rules

2. New Rules

July 15, 2013
25 min

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.

Second Chances

3. Second Chances

July 22, 2013
25 min

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.

Short Cut Clause

4. Short Cut Clause

July 29, 2013
24 min

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.

Negative Patterns

5. Negative Patterns

August 5, 2013
25 min

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.

Fake It Until You Make It

6. Fake It Until You Make It

August 12, 2013
25 min

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.

Graceland

7. Graceland

August 19, 2013
25 min

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.

Travelling Light

8. Travelling Light

August 26, 2013
25 min

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.

Don't Let Me Down Gently

9. Don't Let Me Down Gently

September 2, 2013
25 min

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.

N'FEKTD

10. N'FEKTD

September 9, 2013
25 min

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.

Start of an Era

11. Start of an Era

September 16, 2013
25 min

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.

A Perfect Storm

12. A Perfect Storm

September 23, 2013
25 min

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.

Not for Nothing

13. Not for Nothing

September 30, 2013
25 min

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?

The Last Dance

14. The Last Dance

September 30, 2013

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.