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Dance Academy
The six main characters from Dance Academy
GenreSerial drama
Teen drama
Created bySamantha Strauss
Joanna Werner
StarringXenia Goodwin
Alicia Banit
Dena Kaplan
Tom Green
Jordan Rodrigues
Tim Pocock
Tara Morice
Opening theme"My Chance" by
The White Rhinos
ComposerBryony Marks
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersBernadette O'Mahony
Joanna Werner
ProducerJoanna Werner
CinematographyMartin McGrath
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time24-25 minutes
Production companiesWerner Film Productions
ZDF Enterprises
ACTF
Original release
NetworkAustralia ABC1, ABC3
Germany ZDF
ReleaseAustralia 31 May 2010 (2010-05-31) –
present

Dance Academy is an Australian teen oriented drama series produced by Werner Film Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF.[1]

On 2 July 2010, the ABC renewed the show for the second season.[2]

Plot

The events in the show are primarily seen from the perspective of Tara Webster, a new student at the National Academy of Dance. She, along with fellow students Katrina Karamakov, Ethan Karamakov, Samuel Lieberman, Abigail Armstrong and Christian Reed, will learn the ins and outs of ballet.[3][4] Season two will see Tara return to the Academy for her second year and the hope of representing Australia in a major ballet competition.[2]

Main cast

Main article: List of Dance Academy characters
Actor/Actress Role Characters
Xenia Goodwin Tara Webster a small town girl who trying to audition in Dance Academy on Sydney, Australia. However her life revolved being a professional dancer with some trial, rivals, love and betrayal. And she is a roommate of Abigail one of her rival dancer in the class.
Alicia Banit Kat Karamakov a flippy girl who lived with his roommate Sammy. She is a popular dancer in the school
Dena Kaplan Abigail Armstrong a simple girl who trying to be a popular in Dance Academy, she is the roommate of Tara. She was trying to discourage Tara so that she will going back home. When Tara discover that she has a evil side Tara trying to approach her to make their relation makes good but she never commit as she declare that she didn't Tara since the arrival.
Tom Green Sammy Lieberman The nerd guy who trying to be a conservatives speaking of all girls.
Jordan Rodrigues Christian Reed An Asian beauty guy who trying to live normal in Australia.
Tim Pocock Ethan Karamakov a handsome guy in school who became Tara's first crush.
Tara Morice Miss Raine School Dance instructor/trainor.

Production

Dance Academy is produced by Joanna Werner's film company Werner Films Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, Film New South Wales and ZDF for Germany.

Casting and filming

Casting began in early 2009 in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. All cast members had to be skilled in drama and dancing and had to cope with Australia's best choreographers. Filming began on 13 July 2009 and wrapped in early November.[5]Series 2 is planned to be filmed at the end of January 2011.[6]

Premiere

The series was originally announced to premiere in mid 2010 on ABC3, however, like Dead Gorgeous, the premiere was pushed to ABC1 on 31 May 2010 and ABC3 on 6 June 2010.[7]

Episodes

Main article: List of Dance Academy episodes

Multimedia

DVD releases

The Australian Broadcasting Company has released the first DVD of Dance Academy, featuring the first five episodes. Additional DVDs will be released in later months.

Title Region 4
release date 		Episodes
Dance Academy -
Learning to Fly 		1 July 2010 (2010-07-01)[8] 1. "Learning to Fly, Part 1", 2. "Week Zero", 3. "Behind Barres", 4. "Minefield", 5. "Real Men Don't Dance"
Dance Academy -
Growing Pains 		2 September 2010 (2010-09-02)[9] 6. "Perfection", 7. "Crush Test Dummies", 8. "Growing Pains", 9. "Heartbeat", 10. "Through the Looking Glass", 11. One Perfect Day", 12. "Pressure"
Dance Academy -
Turning Pointe 		2 September 2010 (2010-09-02)[10] 13. "Family", 14. "Turning Pointes", 15. "My Life En Pointe", 16. "Free Falling", 17. "A Midsummer's Night's Dream", 18. "Betty Bunheads", 19. "Fairest and Best"
Dance Academy -
Ballet Fever 		7 October 2010 (2010-10-07)[11] 20. "Ballet Fever", 21. "FOMO: Fear of Missing Out", 22. "Flight or Fight Response", 23. "BFF: Best Friends Forever", 24. "Heatwave", 25. "The Deep End", 26. "Learning to Fly, Part 2"

Books

ABC Books has released five paperback novels, each based on a particular episode and from the perspective of a single character. The books are published by ABC Books and HarperCollins Australia.

  • Dance Academy: Tara: Learning to Fly, by Meredith Costain, ISBN 9780733328947.[12]
  • Dance Academy: Sammy: Real Men Don't Dance, by Bruno Bouchet, ISBN 9780733328794.[13]
  • Dance Academy: Christian: Behind Barres, by Sebastian Scott, ISBN 9780733328978.[14]
  • Dance Academy: Kat: Anywhere but Here, by Bruno Bouchet, ISBN 9780733328954.[15]
  • Dance Academy: Abigail: Through the Looking Glass, by Rachel Elliot, ISBN 9780733328961.[16]

Awards

Ceremony Award Nominee Result
2010 AWGIE Awards Children's Television: C Classification "Growing Pains" by Sarah Lambert Nominated[17]
2010 AWGIE Awards Children's Television: C Classification "Turning Pointes" by Greg Waters Nominated[17]

References

  1. ^ "Dance Academy: World Premiere: starts 5:20pm Monday May 31, ABC1". ABC3 TV Blogs. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Victoria ends financial year with a Slap". Encore Magazine. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
  3. ^ Knox, David (17 May 2010). "Dance Academy". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  4. ^ Knox, David (13 July 2009). "Tara Morice heads up Dance Academy". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Dance Academy Kicks Off Today" (Press release). Australian Broadcasting Company. 13 July 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2010.
  6. ^ "Official: Dance Academy wins second season" (Press release). TV Tonight.com.au. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  7. ^ Knox, David (12 May 2010). "Airdate: Dance Academy". TV Tonight. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Dance Academy - Learning To Fly". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  9. ^ "Dance Academy - Growing Pains". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  10. ^ "Dance Academy - Turning Pointe". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  11. ^ "Dance Academy - Ballet Fever". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
  12. ^ "Dance Academy: Tara: Learning to Fly". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  13. ^ "Dance Academy: Sammy: Real Men Don't Dance". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  14. ^ "Dance Academy: Christian: Behind Barres". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  15. ^ "Dance Academy: Kat: Anywhere but Here". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  16. ^ "Dance Academy: Abigail: Through the Looking Glass". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Company. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  17. ^ a b "2010 AWGIE Awards Nominations". AWG.com.au. Australian Writers' Guild. Archived from the original on 24 June 2010.

External links

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