Dance Academy
Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 9/10Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 8/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 8/10FriendshipA friend group's dynamics carry the show.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Xenia GoodwinAlicia BanitDena KaplanJordan RodriguesTara MoriceThom Green
Written by
Samantha Strauss
Starring
Xenia GoodwinAlicia BanitDena KaplanJordan RodriguesTara MoriceThom Green
Written by
Samantha Strauss
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Dance Academy Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | ||
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| S1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | |
| S2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.4 | |
| S3 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 8.8 |
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About
"Teen ambition and ballet discipline, sincerely told"
Set at a prestigious Sydney ballet school, the series follows a group of teenagers pushing their bodies and egos to the limit for a shot at professional dance careers. It mixes real training grit with the usual coming-of-age tangle of friendships, rivalries, and first loves. The tone stays warmer and more earnest than cynical teen dramas, treating ambition and failure with genuine weight. Dance sequences are a real strength, filmed with care rather than as filler. It's episodic and easy to binge, aimed at younger viewers but sincere enough to hook older ones too.
Watch it for
the genuinely impressive dance sequences woven into an earnest coming-of-age story.
Maybe skip if
you want gritty realism rather than an earnest, youth-skewed drama.
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Season 12010
8.11K2610h 49m
Fifteen-year-old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in outback Australia and has dreamt of being a dancer ever since she was a little girl.
When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best school in the country - she is sure her life is about to be spectacular. What Tara doesn't realize is how far behind she is in her training, and that there's a whole lot more to surviving the Academy than just dancing...
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Season 22012
8.61K2610h 47m
It’s “second year” at the Dance Academy, and time to get serious. What happens over the next twelve months will determine whether Tara and her friends can become professional dancers or not.
Tara, who climbed to the top in her first year at the Academy – in dance, life and love – has a lot to lose if she lets up. She has to train extra hard if she wants to win the prestigious Prix de Fonteyn. And she’ll have to do battle with a new rival and an unjust teacher, while developing a crush on a new student...
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Season 32013
8.1521135h 28m
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.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Xenia Goodwin Tara Webster
Alicia Banit Kat Karamakov
Dena Kaplan Abigail Armstrong
Jordan Rodrigues Christian Reed
Tara Morice Miss Raine
Thom Green Sammy Lieberman, Samuel Lieberman
Tim Pocock Ethan Karamakov
Isabel Durant Grace Whitney
Thomas Lacey Ben Tickle
Kip Gamblin Zach
Crew
Samantha Strauss
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