Episode Guide

Dance Academy is an Australian teen dance drama television series created by Samantha Strauss and Joanna Werner. The show premiered on May 31, 2010 on ABC1 and ABC3. In early 2012 it premiered on TeenNick. The series follows the lives of eight students in the Dance Academy; Tara Webster, Katrina Karamakov, Ethan Karamakov, Samuel Lieberman, Abigail Armstrong, Christian Reed, Benjamin Tickle, and Grace Whitney.

Season 1 premiered May 31, 2010and season 2 premiered March 12, 2012.

There are 26 episodes in Season 1 and 26 episodes in season 2.

Dance Academy Episodes

Season	Number of Episodes	Season Premiere	Season Finale
1	26	May 31, 2010	July 5, 2010
2	26	February 17, 2012	March 7, 2012
3	13	July 8, 2013	TBA

Season 1

Ep. No.	Title	Summary	Air Date
1	Learning to Fly, Part 1	The National Dance Academy holds its first years audition. Among the hopefuls are Christian Reed, who does everything right, but fails to bring a leotard; and Tara Webster, a sheep ranchers daughter, who soon discovers she's not nearly as ready as she thought, yet whose natural talent may still make her lifelong ballet-dream come true.	May 31, 2010
2	Week Zero	Christian is arrested for street gang-crime. Since his only brother won't take him in, academy director Kennedy arranges to save Christian from juvenile detention by assigning him to the dorm and appealing to senior Ethan to be his mentor, but neither knave wants that and Ethan catches Christian stealing his wallet. Sammy has Tara write a list of pros of Ethan, who just dumped another girlfriend, which Abigail finds and sends to everyone.	June 1, 2010
3	Behind Barres		June 2, 2010
4	Minefield		June 3, 2010
5	Real Men Don't Dance		June 4, 2010
6	Perfection		June 7, 2010
7	Crush Test Dummies	Christan shows Ethan some real Australian street hip-hop. Meanwhile, Tara is the self-proclaimed expert on crushes and is happy to educate Kat in every aspect of the mysterious art form.	June 8, 2010
8	Growing Pains	Tara is overjoyed by a rumour that she and Damien Lang are dating. Meanwhile, Abigail is unwilling to accept the changes in her developing body.	June 9, 2010
9	Heartbeat	Kat creates a video of her dancing that becomes an internet success. Meanwhile Ethan views Christian as a friendly rival and the two boys begin to compete with each other.	June 10, 2010
10	Through the Looking Glass	Christian's best mate Aaron comes to stay and reveals the truth about the robbery they committed. Meanwhile Abigail's control issues are spiralling out of control and she is caught shoplifting.	June 11, 2010
11	One Perfect Day	Tara is elated when Ethan asks her to dance in his choreographic assessment piece. Is he finally beginning to see her as romantic potential?	June 14, 2010
12	Pressure	Presure is building at the Academy as the students prepare for exam week.	June 15, 2010
13	Family	It's Open Week at the Academy when parents watch their children in a series of demonstration classes.	June 16, 2010
14	Turning Pointes	Kat introduces Tara to her new boyfriend; Abigail struggles to convince her therapist to allow her to return to ballet classes; and Sammy tries to convince Abigail to help him out with ballroom dance classes.	June 17, 2010
15	My Life en Pointe	Petra Hoffman arrives at the Academy on exchange from the Berlin Ballet School; Kat has been ditching classes to spend time with her new boyfriend; and Tara kisses Christian behind Ethan's back.	June 18, 2010
16	Free Falling	Kat is upset when her parents ignore her 16th birthday and throws herself a huge party at their harbourfront home in revenge. The house quickly fills with people and events spiral out of control.	June 21, 2010
17	A Midsummer's Night's Dream	It is school camp and everyone is dreading the trip away, especially Tara who has been made an outcast after the party.	June 22, 2010
18	Betty Bunheads	German exchange student Petra Hoffman is thrilled when she is invited to stay at the Academy; Abigail is making more trouble for Tara; and Sammy and Abigail have begun secretly kissing.	June 23, 2010
19	Fairest and Best	Junior footballers from the Institute of Sport have been sent to the Academy for some specialised training. The challenge is on between the dancers and the footballers to prove which is the toughest sport.	June 24, 2010
20	Ballet Fever	When the Board decides to cut hip hop and jazz from the curriculum Kat goes on the warpath. Tara and Christian find themselves together at the beach and their spark is rekindled.	June 25, 2010
21	FOMO: Fear of Missing Out	It's a month since Tara's injury and her plaster is due to come off, but Tara sems more focussed on her new boyfriend and planning the school formal than she is in attending her doctor's appointments.	June 28, 2010
22	Flight or Fight Response	The dat for Christian's robbery hearing has been set but his defence strategy relies on his best mate, Aaron, however Aaron has vanished.Meanwhile the time has come for Tara to go back to dancing.	June 29, 2010
23	BFF: Best Friends Forever	Christian's conscience gets the better of him and he changes his story to protect his friend. Meanwhile, Ethan has received interest from a dance company in Spain.	June 30, 2010
24	Heatwave	In the weeks since the court hearing, Sammy and Christian have been inseperable, but when Christian ditches Sammy to spend time with Tara, what Sammy feels is uncomfortably a lot like jealousy.	July 1, 2010
25	The Deep End	Rehearsals for 'The Nutcracker' are underway and Tara discovers that being the star is not all it's cracked up to be. Sammy is forced to admit that his feelings for Christian have changed.	July 2, 2010
26	Learning to Fly, Part 2	The end of year production has arrived. Things don't go smoothly whent the director is not happy with Tara's performance and Abigail hides her costume.	July 5, 2010

Season 2

Ep. No.	Title	Summary	Air Date
1	In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated	It's a rollercoaster year for Tara and her friends as they begin Second Year at the national Academy. Relationships fall apart as new ones are forged and shaking things up are two new students.
2	Dreamlife	Tara finds a new mentor to admire in Saskia Duncan, the youngest principal dancer in the Company's history. Saskia takes Tara under her wing, but gives her a few things to worry about; life if there's a future with Christian.
3	Faux Pas de Deux	Kat finally makes friends with the coterie of outcast girls at school, but despite having sworn off dancing, finds herself helping them choreograph a piece for drama class. Meanwhile Ben Tickle is upgraded into second year.
4	Legends	Tara's ecstatic when her mentor, Saskia, is appointed to teach the second years at the Academy. But Tara rapidly discovers the 'perfect' Saskia may not be the supportive teacher she hoped for...
5	Showcase	After Sebastian questions his son, Ethan, on the impressiveness of his piece at the Showcase, Ethan takes it out on Abigail, his soloist, in an attempt to create a spectacular performance.
6	Like No One's Watching	Sammy's little brother Ari arrives at the Academy, throwing Sammy's hectic life schedule into havoc; and Kat auditions to be a football cheerleader, happily encouraged by Ben. While Tara is having self esteem issues.
7	A Choreographed Life	Tara feels the time she spend with Christian is impacting her dance study and suggests they 'pause' their relationship.
8	Connectivity	Tara decides to take action after realising that Saskia's continual critique of her dancing could jeopardise her mid-year exams, while Christian ditches his partner exam to hang out with Kat.
9	The Break	With exams finally over, both the boys and girls go out to let off some steam. However Sammy is tense after failing his exams, Tara's still hurting from her breakup, and Grace decides to stir up trouble.
10	A Good Life	Sammy returns home for his Grandpa Morrie's funeral and to ask his father to support his Academy tuition. An act of sabotage severs frenemies Tara and Abigail.
11	Self Sabotage	Grace encourages Tara to take action against Sakia's spiteful treatment of her; Kat commences training for the Moulin Rouge which leads her to a bug realisation; and Sammy is assigned a tutor, Ollie.
12	Breaking Pointe	Tara's preparations for the Prix de Fonteyn are struck with a devastating blow when Saskia's bullying results in an injury. Meanwhile, Kat convinces Miss Raine to grant her an audition to return to the Academy.
13	Backstab	Determined to prove Saskia wrong, Tara risks serious injury and possible expulsion from the Academy by competing in the Prix de Fonteyn Preliminary round.
14	Rescue Mission	Tara runs into Ben who's volunteering in the hospital's leukaemia ward performance. Tara discovers Ben's deepest secret. Back at the Academy, Kat struggles with the culture shock of First Year.
15	Moving On	Tara negotiates her return to the Academy after being expelled. Meanwhile, Ethan's search for ongoing employment leads him to a position choreographing a fringe musical.
16	Origins	Sammy gets a second chance at the Prix de Fonteyn when he takes a road trip with Ollie to audition for the regional round. Sammy's feelings resurface and Christian invites himself along on the trip.
17	Love and War	The rivalry escalates between the first and second year students resulting in a dance battle; and Tara becomes unhinges when Grace entices her to become less serious.
18	Catch Me If I Fall	During an excursion to the circus, Christian's dad makes promises he's unable to keep; Tara tries to repair her friendship with Kat, and Sammy goes public with his new romance.
19	The Naturals	Tara opens herself up to love again and hunts for a new crush, Finn tries to convince Abigail to be the star of his new show, and Grace goes to extreme lengths to get Zach's attention.
20	Tick, Question Mark, Cross	Abigail's forced to make a choice between her ballet and the fringe musical. Her situation intensifies when her mother, Anthea, unexpectedly arrives. Meanwhile, Sammy tires of Ollie's persistent criticism.
21	Ladder Theory	Ben attempts to out-psyche Christian during the National Prix de Fonteyn round and Sammy's father is attending the Prix to watch him dance for the first time in years.
22	Win or Lose	Grace's father retracts a promise to visit her at the Academy, her self-assurance spirals. Christian's bounce back from his Prix de Fonteyn elimination drives him towards some reckless behaviour.
23	Love it or Fight it	During rehearsals of Peter Pan, Ben uses various tactics to prove to Tara that he's a lead man; while Kat's efforts to research her character in the production lead to a realisation about her relationship.
24	The Prix de Fonteyn	The Prix de Fonteyn is two days away. Tara is stunned as Grace has returned to Sydney as representative for the UK team. The students' lives are changed forever when a tragedy strikes the Academy...
25	The Second	After a sudden tragedy, the Academy students must find a way to come together and help each other out in this time of darkness.
26	The Red Shoes	Abigail and Tara join forces to go head-to-head with a formidable enemy. Christian has to choose betweent the girl he loves and the desire to escapse and Ben is offered an opportunity of a lifetime.

Season 3

Ep.No.	Title	Summary	Air Date
1	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 fil-in roles in the corps de ballet.	July 8, 2013
2	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
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