E Dance Academy Season 3

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Xenia Goodwin

Tara Webster

Age : 30 | Popularity : 3%

Alicia Banit

Katrina "Kat" Karamakov

Age : 33 | Popularity : 7%

Dena Kaplan

Abigail Armstrong

Age : 35 | Popularity : 7%

Isabel Durant

Grace Whitney

Age : 30 | Popularity : 8%

Jordan Rodrigues

Christian Reed

Age : 31 | Popularity : 19%

Thomas Lacey

Benjamin "Ben" Tickle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Keiynan Lonsdale

Oliver "Ollie" Lloyd

Age : 32 | Popularity : 26%

Tara Morice

Miss Raine

Age : 59 | Popularity : 7%

Episodes

Episode 1

08 July 2013 - 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.

Episode 2

15 July 2013 - 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.

Episode 3

22 July 2013 - 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.

Episode 4

29 July 2013 - 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.

Episode 5

05 August 2013 - 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.

Episode 6

12 August 2013 - 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.

Episode 7

19 August 2013 - 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.

Episode 8

26 August 2013 - 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.

Episode 9

02 September 2013 - 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.

Episode 10

09 September 2013 - 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.

Episode 11

16 September 2013 - 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.

Episode 12

23 September 2013 - 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.

Episode 13

30 September 2013 - 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?

Episode 14

30 September 2013 - 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.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Joanna Werner
	Line Producer	Ally Henville
	Executive Producer	Bernadette O'Mahony
Writing	Original Story	Samantha Strauss
Camera	Director of Photography	Martin McGrath
Department	Role	Name

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