document_title: List of Dance Academy episodes

question_text: how many episodes in dance academy season 2

text: List of Dance Academy episodes

text: Series overview[edit]

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Series
Episodes
Originally aired

First aired
Last aired

1
26
31 May 2010 (2010-05-31)
5 July 2010 (2010-07-05)

2
26
12 March 2012 (2012-03-12)
24 April 2012 (2012-04-24)

3
13
8 July 2013 (2013-07-08)
30 September 2013 (2013-09-30)

text: Episode list[edit]

text: Series 1 (2010)[edit]

text: Dance Academy features Tara Webster (Xenia Goodwin), a new student at Australia's National Academy of Dance. The show presents the students at the Academy learning the intricacies of ballet and dance, and is primarily shown from Tara's perspective, along with fellow first year students Kat Karamakov (Alicia Banit), Abigail Armstrong (Dena Kaplan), Sammy Lieberman (Tom Green), Christian Reed (Jordan Rodrigues), and third year student Ethan Karamakov (Tim Pocock).

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No.
overall
No. in
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Title [4]
Written by
Original air date [4]
Australian viewers

1
1
"Learning to Fly, Part 1"
Samantha Strauss
31 May 2010 (2010-05-31)
95,000[5]

Tara Webster, a 15-year-old from a farm in the Outback, travels to Sydney to audition for a spot at the National Academy of Dance, considered the best dance school in Australia.

2
2
"Week Zero"
Samantha Strauss
1 June 2010 (2010-06-01)
N/A

Tara arrives at the Academy and finds out that she is considered the worst dancer there. For Tara, making friends and earning the respect of her teachers is a challenge. She also deals with being homesick.

3
3
"Behind Barres"
Sam Carroll
2 June 2010 (2010-06-02)
101,000[6]

Tara has a crush on Ethan which threatens Tara's friendship with Kat. To determine which is more important, with Sammy's help, Tara makes a list of pros and cons about Ethan. However, Abigail emails Tara's list to the whole school. Christian is accepted into the Academy on scholarship by the director's agreement, saving Christian from juvenile detention while awaiting trial.

4
4
"Minefield"
David Ogilvy
3 June 2010 (2010-06-03)
N/A

Kat feels betrayed by Tara's crush on Ethan. For a class assignment, Sammy and Abigail have to tie themselves together for 24 hours which they later discover only had to be "2–4 hours". Tara and Christian have to ask each other questions for this same assignment where Christian tells her that his mother died.

5
5
"Real Men Don't Dance"
Michael Miller
4 June 2010 (2010-06-04)
N/A

Tara is struggling to keep Ethan out of her thoughts. Sammy has to choose between compulsory Saturday ballet classes or his Synagogue services. Christian finds that he can not accept the rules of the Academy. Kat quickly tries to help him get over his "peoplephobic" behaviour after his confrontation with Academy teacher Patrick. Sammy's dad tries to pull him out of the Academy because his grades are dropping; however, he then sees Sammy dancing and decides against it even though he doesn't support him. Dr. Lieberman informs Sammy that until his grades improve he's grounded.

6
6
"Perfection"
Samantha Strauss
7 June 2010 (2010-06-07)
131,000[7]

Tara is surprised to discover Kat's mother is Natasha Willis, a world-acclaimed ballerina and Tara's idol. She agrees to teach the first years for a week. Tara goes to Swan Lake with Kat where Natasha performs and then Tara colours her hair like Natasha. Mia, Sammy's girlfriend, surprises him by showing up at the Academy from exchange. He is then torn between his long distance relationship with her and new-found feelings for Abigail. After Tara goes to see Natasha in her dressing room before another performance and Natasha makes her leave, she realises why Kat has been mad at her for thinking so highly of her mother.

7
7
"Crush Test Dummies"
Deborah Parsons
8 June 2010 (2010-06-08)
97,000[7]

Ethan requires a dancer for his hip-hop showcase and asks Christian on the basis of the favour he owes him; Christian agrees but opposes Ethan's choreography. Tara educates Kat in every aspect of the art form of crushes.

8
8
"Growing Pains"
Sarah Lambert
9 June 2010 (2010-06-09)
98,000[7]

Tara is tired of being the youngest and dislikes that Ethan thinks of her as just a little kid. When Tara is seen talking with Damien Lang, a rumour is quickly spread that they are dating. Abigail does not want to accept the changes in her developing body.

9
9
"Heartbeat"
Matt Ford
10 June 2010 (2010-06-10)
N/A

Kat creates a video of her dancing to one of teen popstar Myles Kelly's songs and then posts it on the Internet. The video becomes very popular and she is contacted by his music company, which invites her to dance in his next music video. Christian and Ethan see each other as friendly rivals and become competitive.

10
10
"Through the Looking Glass"
David Hannam
11 June 2010 (2010-06-11)
102,000[7]

Christian's friend Aaron reveals the truth about the robbery they both committed. Abigail's control issues take control over her and she is seen stealing from a store.

11
11
"One Perfect Day"
Max Dann
14 June 2010 (2010-06-14)
118,000[8]

Tara is ecstatic when Ethan asks her to dance in his assessment piece. Kat, Sammy, Abigail and her little sister Paige go to an amusement park, however, Abigail fails to connect with Paige, who would rather be with Kat and Sammy.

12
12
"Pressure"
Samantha Strauss
15 June 2010 (2010-06-15)
126,000[8]

The students are under heavy pressure during exam week. Tara tries to forget about her recent kiss with Ethan so she can focus on her exams. Ethan attempts to kiss her again, but Tara flees. Abigail puts herself under a lot of pressure with the goal of scoring a scholarship. Sammy discovers she's been starving herself, but Abigail makes him promise not to say anything until the exams are over.

13
13
"Family"
Samantha Strauss
16 June 2010 (2010-06-16)
119,000[8]

Open Week at the Academy is when parents watch their children in demonstration classes. Tara is glad to see her mother and father again, but when they arrive she discovers the farm is in financial trouble. Sammy is disappointed when his father does not attend any classes and he worries his father will never accept that he would like to be a dancer.

14
14
"Turning Pointes"
Greg Waters
17 June 2010 (2010-06-17)
114,000[8]

Tara returns from the school holidays and is happy that she has great friends, a boyfriend and a scholarship, and she is finally allowed to dance en pointe. Kat convinces Tara to come to a warehouse party in Sydney. Tara and Christian become closer. Abigail cannot convince her therapist to let her return to ballet classes after her breakdown the previous semester.

15
15
"My Life En Pointe"
Sam Carroll
18 June 2010 (2010-06-18)
107,000[8]

An exchange student, Petra Hoffman, arrives from the Berlin Ballet School. Kat is enamoured with her new boyfriend and skips classes to be with him. Petra photographs Tara and Christian kissing, creating tension between them unbeknownst to Ethan.

16
16
"Free Falling"
Samantha Strauss
21 June 2010 (2010-06-21)
121,000[9]

Kat is upset when her parents forget her 16th birthday; with revenge in mind she has a party at their home. The party quickly fills with strangers joining in. Lucas tries to make a move while Kat is drunk. Kat kisses Christian and Ethan finds out about Tara and Christian's kiss after Abigail sends it to Kat's phone.

17
17
"A Midsummer's Night's Dream"
Samantha Strauss
22 June 2010 (2010-06-22)
105,000[9]

As school camp arrives, Tara is the outcast of the event after Kat's birthday party: Kat will not speak to her, and photos of Tara kissing Christian are showing up everywhere. After a flashback of what Tara's week has been like, Christian tells Tara he likes her at the camping site. Sammy is forced to tutor Abigail in English, but Abigail decides that she's not smart enough and copies her essay off the internet. Sammy tells Abigail she's "brilliant" and then kisses her.

18
18
"Betty Bunheads"
Alicia Walsh
23 June 2010 (2010-06-23)
138,000[9]

Petra Hoffman is excited when she is asked to stay at the Academy, however, the Berlin Ballet Company offers her a contract. She struggles with the decision to stay at the Academy or take the job. Abigail continues to cause trouble for Tara. Sammy and Abigail are now secretly dating and Sammy wants to go public, especially because Petra now likes him.

19
19
"Fairest and Best"
David Hannam
24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)
159,000[9]

The Institute of Sport has sent football players to the Academy for one week of training to improve their elevation, coordination and flexibility. However, tensions erupt between the players and male dancers. Meanwhile Sammy is growing impatient with Abigail hiding their relationship.

20
20
"Ballet Fever"
Ellie Beaumont
25 June 2010 (2010-06-25)
188,000[9]

The Academy board votes to remove hip-hop and jazz from Academy lessons, infuriating Kat, who attempts to get them reinstated. Tara starts become jealous whenever Christian is around other girls. But spending time at the beach together playing beach cricket, Tara and Christian finally kiss. However, after running to class, Tara takes a fall, leaving Christian to carry her to the Academy to seek medical assistance. Sammy takes Tara's spot in a dance routine with Abigail.

21
21
"FOMO: Fear of Missing Out"
Samantha Strauss
28 June 2010 (2010-06-28)
129,000[10]

A month has passed since Tara's injury and her plaster is about to come off. However, her focus is on Christian, who is her new boyfriend. She also deals with planning the school formal. Sammy and Abigail decide to step up their relationship on the night of the school formal.

22
22
"Flight or Fight Response"
Liz Doran
29 June 2010 (2010-06-29)
152,000[10]

Christian's hearing for the robbery he and Aaron committed is coming up, however, Aaron has disappeared which puts a hole in Christian's defence. Tara has been training in rehab and is able to return to the Academy, but is frightened she will again injure herself. Ethan coaches Tara through her recovery, as they both struggle with over coming their fears about what life has in store for them. Abigail tries to be friendly with Kat because she thinks it will help her relationship with Sammy, which has been going downhill lately. Sammy, having spent the day with Christian to provide moral support for his upcoming court hearing forgets about a date he had planned with Abigail, causing even more strain on their relationship and leading them to break up.

23
23
"BFF: Best Friends Forever"
Samantha Strauss
30 June 2010 (2010-06-30)
139,000[10]

Christian goes to his court hearing for the store robbery, and when Aaron returns, Christian decides to alter his story to protect him. Ethan is courted to be a choreographer at a dance company in Spain. Kat, (acting on advice given to her by Abigail) hatches a plan to get Tara and Ethan back together so that Ethan will have a reason to stay in Sydney and not abandon her like the rest of her family members. It is revealed that Kat and Abigail were once childhood best friends until they were 11 years old, when Kat decided that she was a rebel and abandoned Abigail for becoming too serious about ballet. With intervention from Sammy, Aaron decides to tell the truth in court and Christian is allowed to remain at the Academy. Kat's plan to reconcile Tara and Ethan fails but he is ultimately rejected by the company and remains in Sydney anyway.

24
24
"Heatwave"
David Hannam
1 July 2010 (2010-07-01)
122,000[10]

During the weeks that have passed since the court hearing, Sammy and Christian become good friends and have decided to forget about girls, becoming inseparable, but Christian begins to ignore Sammy so that he can spend more time with Tara instead. Sammy becomes jealous and starts to think he might have feelings for Christian. Ethan and Kat's father, Sebastian Karamakov, arrives to direct the Academy's end of year production, The Nutcracker, putting pressure on all the students to audition and compete for roles.

25
25
"The Deep End"
Greg Waters
2 July 2010 (2010-07-02)
118,000[10]

The Nutcracker rehearsals begin and Tara, cast as Clara, finds that being the star is more trouble than she expected. Sammy faces the fact that his feelings for Christian have shifted.

26
26
"Learning to Fly, Part 2"
Samantha Strauss
5 July 2010 (2010-07-05)
168,000[11]

The Academy's performance of The Nutcracker is quickly approaching, and Tara continues to practice for her dance solo in Act 2. However, Director Karamakov warns her that if she does not improve her performance, he will put Abigail in Tara's place. Tara's confidence increases when she discovers that her costume has been worn by many famous dancers in the past, but Abigail hides it to try and discourage her further. Kat leaves the Academy with Myles to road-trip around Australia, and Sammy tries to convince his father to continue letting him attend the Academy.

text: Series 2 (2012)[edit]

text: Dance Academy was announced as having been renewed for a second series of 26 episodes on 15 July 2010.[12][13] Casting calls were issued on 14 September 2010, and filming took place between 31 January and 4 August 2011 in and around Sydney. The series premiered on ABC3 on 12 March 2012,[14] and concluded on 24 April 2012. The series was again executive produced by Joanna Werner.[2][13] Series two featured Tara and the other students' second year at the Academy, and their efforts to make it through to represent Australia at a major ballet competition, the Prix de Fonteyn.[1]

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overall
No. in
series
Title [15]
Written by
Original air date [14]
Australian viewers

27
1
"In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated"
Samantha Strauss
12 March 2012 (2012-03-12)
118,000[16]

The second year of dance school starts, with Tara and Christian having spent the holidays together on her farm and ending up rekindling their romance; Kat and Miles break up, and Kat begins attending a normal girls' high school after not being accepted back for second year; Ethan acts cold towards Tara for not taking up his offer, instead offering Miss Raine's goddaughter and new student from London, Grace, her role; Sammy brushes off his feelings for Christian as a normal teenage questioning of sexuality, instead taking advantage of first-year girls' eagerness to receive good accommodation (as he has been appointed boarding house adviser) by carrying on flings with them. Meanwhile, Abigail appears to have shrugged off her stubborn and competitive personality, however after Sammy tells her the reason they did not get back together at the end of the last year, she reverts back to her old self.

28
2
"Dreamlife"
Liz Doran
13 March 2012 (2012-03-13)
N/A

Tara meets prestigious former student Saskia Duncan, who invites her to a performance of The Firebird, and tells her stories of her busy dancing career since, which makes Tara doubt her future with Christian as well as his dedication to becoming a professional dancer; Saskia later falls during a performance and potentially ends her career. Kat tries to make friends with a group of girls at her new school, but is largely ignored. Sammy further struggles to find time to work at a restaurant to make money to support himself, while he and Christian spearhead an informal hip hop class since it was dropped from the official academy schedule, which becomes popular, although both are near-last and last (respectively) in classes. Abigail recruits two admiring first-year girls to dig up dirt on Grace, who has ranked first in every class after the first week. Grace eventually reveals the reason she left the Royal Ballet School in London was because she caused another girl to have a nervous breakdown and tells Abigail she "do[es]n't care about being the best".

29
3
"Faux Pas de Deux"
Greg Waters
14 March 2012 (2012-03-14)
N/A

First-year student Ben Tickle is put in second-year classes because of his talent, but gets off on the wrong foot with the students, namely Sammy and Christian, for being judgemental (saying things are "gay") and a little self-absorbed, telling people to call him "Benster"; he initially throws a party for himself on Observatory Hill, but no one attends. Kat helps a group of girls for a high school assignment by making an expressionist music and movement routine, enlisting the help of her dance friends. Sammy decides that he has to work out his feelings, but tells Christian all is good between them. Grace and Abigail both make attempts to become better friends, initially struggling, but bond through Grace's idea to have fun by tricking people into giving them things for free (Abigail pretends to faint from low blood sugar while Grace calls for help and food; Abigail pretends to be Vanessa Hudgens to a new employee at a dress shop to get free clothes; and both pretend to be lost Swedish girls to a police officer to get a free ride back to the academy). The episode ends with Kat having made new friends, Sammy giving Ben a talking to about his personality and how his words could offend people, and Ben receiving a proper party with all the students attending.

30
4
"Legends"
Keith Thompson
15 March 2012 (2012-03-15)
N/A

Saskia begins teaching repertoire class at the academy, and Tara and Abigail compete to impress her. Saskia asks the class to work on their solo pieces, so everyone, especially Abigail (with Grace's help) begins looking to find a good routine to do; Tara has already chosen The Red Shoes, Saskia's solo when she represented Australia at the Prix de Fonteyn. Saskia then criticises Tara's performance during class, telling her it was "a mess" and later saying she doesn't have the experience, leaving Tara disheartened. Ethan convinces Abigail to dance for a piece he is composing, but still faces his father's harsh judgements, who tells him he isn't ready. Miss Raine discovers Sammy's job at the restaurant, and the two discuss his supporting himself. Sammy says he was hoping to get a scholarship the following semester, to which Miss Raine replies he will need a tutor.

31
5
"Showcase"
Keith Thompson
19 March 2012 (2012-03-19)
N/A

Ethan changes his piece for Showcase after criticism from his father, adding extra dancers (including Grace), angering Abigail. Christian's street-smart friend Kaylah arrives at the academy, looking for help from Christian (who she calls "Cheds") for her Showcase routine, alienating Tara, who realises that she is in love with Christian and had been wanting to tell him so. Kat, who has also been told by her parents that her father wants to travel to Berlin to choreograph The Firebird with her mother as the principal dancer, alters Sammy and Ben's "steampunk" tap-dancing entry into a more modern three-person dance piece with herself as a burlesque ballerina being fought for by the two guys, and is offered an opportunity by a talent agent. Kaylah is overcome by last-minute nerves and Tara helps talk her into taking the stage, for which Christian is thankful and unknowingly alleviates her earlier uneasiness by telling her he loves her first. Abigail then closes the Showcase with Ethan's originally-intended solo performance for her to a new piece of music, "The Last Day on Earth".

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6
"Like No One's Watching"
Emily Ballou
20 March 2012 (2012-03-20)
N/A

Sammy's younger brother Ari unexpectedly turns up at the academy with a bruise on his face, but Sammy finds out in a call from their mother that he had a fight with a "mathlete" for taking his spot on his school's hockey team. Kat takes up the talent agent's offer, and accompanied by a keen Ben, attends a football cheerleading tryout before getting a callback. Tara begins having body issues, feeling like she's not attractive enough for Christian and accidentally fake tans herself to excess, but Christian eventually assures her she's fine as she is.

33
7
"A Choreographed Life"
Kirsty Fisher
21 March 2012 (2012-03-21)
N/A

The second years are assigned a dance project. Ben invites Kat to join his and Sammy's flash mob to impress her. Tara finds a picture of Christian and his mother on his bulletin board and unfolds it to reveal Christian's father. Tara questions him about his father but Christian refuses to talk about it. Grace makes things awkward between Abigail and Ethan when she says they obviously are dating each other, making Abigail tense and amusing Ethan. Tara and Christian, criticised by Miss Raine for skipping class, make their dance project a duet but still join Ben and Sammy's flash mob. Grace and Abigail also participate in the flash mob with Ethan as the cameraman. Sammy informs Ben that their planned flash mob show on the ferry is not possible due to the workers being on strike; Ben then decides to hold it on the train. Afterwards, Grace makes it known to Ethan that she in fact likes him before kissing him in sight of Abigail. This crosses into Tara and Christian's argument over Tara researching his father's whereabouts. In anger, Christian breaks up with Tara.

34
8
"Connectivity"
Samantha Strauss
22 March 2012 (2012-03-22)
N/A

Pas de deux exam time arrives, and Tara is partnered with Ben, Abigail with Christian and Sammy with Grace. Sammy is hyped with energy (and caffeine) and is still trying to juggle his work priorities with dancing, but in a mind slip, accidentally forgets to lock up at work and allows the cash to be stolen. Tara is still reeling from her break-up with Christian, and tries calling him to help her practice as Ben is unworried (and has BO); meanwhile, Tara takes her and Ben's concerns that Saskia has a grudge against her up with Miss Raine, who brushes her off, telling her she asked Saskia to be hard on Tara due to her recent lack of commitment to dancing. Christian is unresponsive to Tara's calls, and skips class the next day with Kat (who is struggling with her own exams, having skipped school) to entertain kids at a fairy-themed birthday party, leaving Abigail to do her routine with Sammy, who accidentally lets her fall, causing even more mayhem.

35
9
"The Break"
Josh Mapleston
26 March 2012 (2012-03-26)
N/A

On the last day of semester, the boys (Sammy, Ben and Christian) and the girls (Tara, Abigail, Grace and Kat) all try to have fun without talking about the other, but fail as Christian grows closer to Kat and further away from Tara. The boys try to get into a club (Kat says to the girls that her agent gave her tickets to get in), but fail to and then visit a tattoo parlour, where Sammy insists he wants a tattoo. When Christian interferes, he, Sammy and Ben come to blows; all then visit the club after Christian and Kat exchange photos and texts (into which Grace had been prying)—the pair later kiss. Sammy, still in dire straits financially and having learned that he has failed all of his exams, says he will call his father for financial support. Christian and Tara finally discuss their uncertain break-up, and officially decide to take a break. Grace and Abigail's friendship turns sour when Abigail deduces that Grace has spent the day scheming and manipulating to drive a wedge in between Kat and Tara's friendship. She then reconciles with Ethan and asks him for help with choreographing her solo for the Prix de Fonteyn auditions.

36
10
"A Good Life"
Roger Monk and
Samantha Strauss
27 March 2012 (2012-03-27)
N/A

Sammy is looking to get Youth Allowance to support his dancing until he learns his Grandpa Morrie has died, so he returns home to his family (including his emotionally distant father) and then attends the funeral. Grace and Abigail fall out as friends, so Grace schemes to bring Tara on her side by breaking both hers and Tara's pointe shoes to make it look as if Abigail is against both of them and jealous. Abigail is later forced to apologise, however Tara still decides to move out of their shared room and into a room with Grace instead. Kat avoids Christian and Tara and gets an audition, then an interview and finally accepted to be a part of the Moulin Rouge in Paris. It is also later revealed Sammy's father begins repaying his tuition fees.

37
11
"Self Sabotage"
Shanti Gudgeon
28 March 2012 (2012-03-28)
96,000[17]

Miss Raine introduces Sammy to his tutor—talented, opinionated and uninterested third-year Ollie. Ollie is initially unimpressed by Sammy, telling him to buy him food and not paying attention while Sammy tries to receive constructive criticism. However, after Sammy analyses him, Ollie decides to take Sammy on as a serious protégé. Grace convinces Tara to film her dancing for Saskia, also managing to capture Saskia harshly criticising Tara's performance, who tells her, "You're never going to make it." Grace later convinces Tara to upload it online, where it becomes a viral hit overnight, and comes to the attention of Miss Raine; Tara apologises to Saskia, but defies Saskia's past criticism of her Red Shoes performance by asking Miss Raine if she can perform it at the Prix de Fonteyn. Kat continues practicing for the Moulin Rouge, but arrives late and unprepared. Despite being told she is talented but just needs to work at it, she is let go.

38
12
"Breaking Pointe"
Samantha Strauss
29 March 2012 (2012-03-29)
N/A

Kat asks Miss Raine if she can come back to the academy, and continues pestering her until she begrudgingly relents—but tells Kat that she must repeat first year as she failed; in the meantime, Ethan assigns Abigail to train Kat for readmission as payment for choreographing her solo. Kat also tells Christian that although she may have feelings for him, she knows that he's only pretending not to still have feelings for Tara, who is literally being pushed to the limit in practice by Saskia, who injures Tara's back by stretching her leg in exaggerated arabesque position to reprimand her. Tara seems to find comfort for her injury from Christian, but he says he won't be guilted into getting back together with her. Tara gets an MRI scan from a non-academy doctor, who tells her she has cracked a bone in her spine, and not to do any high-strain activities—like dancing.

39
13
"Backstab"
Samantha Strauss
2 April 2012 (2012-04-02)
N/A

Prix de Fonteyn auditions begin, while Sammy re-takes his dancing exams and Kat dances for Miss Raine to get back into first year. Tara continues practicing despite her injury, and goes to see the non-academy doctor again as her friends become concerned. She eventually decides to tell Miss Raine with her dad present, who tells her she has no choice but to expel her because of her lying about not being injured and the academy's rules about other doctors. Tara also finds out that Kat and Christian kissed, and claims Kat backstabbed her. Saskia asks Abigail to audition with The Red Shoes, but Abigail sees that Saskia wants to use her to get back at Tara. Waiting backstage, Abigail kisses Ethan and then performs the solo he has choreographed for her. Kat is also accepted back into first year.

40
14
"Rescue Mission"
Samantha Strauss
3 April 2012 (2012-04-03)
N/A

Tara is taken home by her father, who wants to get an opinion on her back injury from their family doctor. Tara's friends begin calling her, offering support—even Ethan and Abigail, and later, Christian. Kat tries to integrate herself with the first-year dance students, who see her as an outsider due to her past uncommitted attitude to dancing, but their idol Abigail tells them to accept her. Kat and Abigail's childhood friendship shows signs of being rekindled then and Kat moves into Abigail's room. Tara visits St. Vincent's Hospital, where Ben is coincidentally volunteering and helping children with leukemia put on a play involving space dog Laika called Space Rescue Mission Adventure. She soon discovers from a nurse that Ben was a patient in the past, and after the play finishes, asks Ben to back her up in telling the academy that Saskia caused her injury (as he was also present during the practice session), to which he agrees.

41
15
"Moving On"
David Hannam
4 April 2012 (2012-04-04)
N/A

Ethan is offered the chance of choreographing a fringe musical, for which he recruits Abigail, who also practices singing for the role. Tara arrives back at the academy, having recovered enough to present her case against Saskia. Although Miss Raine offers Tara her position again, Tara refuses to accept it as Saskia is unrepentant and denies she did any wrong. After the second-year dancers become hostile and make sarcastic remarks to Saskia, she resigns and heads home to Perth. Despite still not apologising to a returning Tara, Saskia tells her she'll be jealous of new dancers one day too, but Tara says she will never do what Saskia did, because although she loves ballet, she won't let it destroy her. After a party on a yacht for him, Ethan is offered a job opportunity in Barcelona, and bids a tearful goodbye to everyone.

42
16
"Origins"
Melina Marchetta
5 April 2012 (2012-04-05)
N/A

The second-year students are asked to perform a piece expressing what made them who they are—Tara's piece is influenced by a critical Grace, while everyone learns from Tara that Ben had leukemia, so he changes his initial performance (pretending to be a red blood cell) to an upbeat number to deflect the pity he says he became a dancer to get away from. Sammy travels to the Regional finals of the Prix de Fonteyn as he missed the Preliminary round in the city, taking a road trip with Ollie and Christian, whose father, Raf, unbeknownst to the others, runs his own custom surfboard shop in the area. Sammy auditions and gets in with Ollie's help. Ollie is also revealed to be gay and admits to Sammy he likes him. Christian visits his father, and the two talk about Christian's mother. His dad later gives him a surfboard as well as his phone number. Arriving back at the Academy, Christian visits Kat and kisses her, and dances his second-year piece from the experience of meeting his father.

43
17
"Love and War"
Emily Ballou
9 April 2012 (2012-04-09)
N/A

After the first-years flour bomb the second-years in the middle of the night, both years become competitive and schedule a hip hop dance-off. Sammy recruits Ollie's help, saying he is the best hip-hop dancer at the academy, while both years practice their moves and throw parties (the second-years' party being quiet and relaxed compared to the first-years' upbeat dance party with glowsticks and a hot tub). Tara, whose attitude has been influenced by Grace, drunkenly confronts Christian and Kat at the party, and tries to kiss Ben, but ends up throwing up and being given advice by Miss Raine. Before the eventual showdown (at which the second-years win), Ollie and Sammy kiss.

44
18
"Catch Me If I Fall"
Alicia Walsh and
Samantha Strauss
10 April 2012 (2012-04-10)
N/A

Ballet teacher Zach wants to get all of the students re-enthused about dancing after the mid-semester break, so he takes them to a circus to help them learn to trust their bodies and "trust each other"; the bonding helps Tara and Kat reunite fully. Sammy announces to his friends that he and Ollie are dating, getting a mostly positive reaction, but was pressured having learnt that Ollie already told his friends; being somewhat "outed", Sammy stresses, initiating an argument and premature split between the two. Christian's dad Raf turns up at the academy and circus hoping to further bond with him, telling him that he will take him to get his learner's license, but later reneges on his offer.

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"The Naturals"
Kirsty Fisher
11 April 2012 (2012-04-11)
N/A

Abigail, having trouble with Zach's practice, is sought by Finn, the producer of the musical Ethan was initially choreographing, and new director Mistii, who both pretend to be planning to cast a ditzy blonde (Mistii) in the lead role. Even after discovering their ploy, Abigail accepts that the role is suited to her. Grace becomes bored with dancing she considers beneath her natural ability, and seeks Zach out for more complicated practice. Tara looks for a new crush, saying that there are no crush-worthy guys at the school, when Ben kisses her.

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"Tick, Question Mark, Cross"
Sarah Lambert
12 April 2012 (2012-04-12)
N/A

As a cold goes around at the academy (which Miss Raine, Abigail and Ben have), Abigail discovers an email while waiting in Miss Raine's office that ranks the students' viability for Nationals with either a tick (Tara, Grace and Christian), a cross (Sammy and Abigail) or a question mark in Ben's case, who feels as if this mirrors his life as he waits for the results of his leukemia biopsy check-up. The email, having been sent around, incites the students and angers the teachers. Meanwhile, Sammy is annoyed by criticism from Ollie, Grace is strangely enjoying her intense practice with Zach, and Abigail's ballet teacher mother Anthea arrives at the academy, revealing family troubles and wanting Abigail to dance her old Helen Keller role. Abigail then feels torn between this and her musical role, which she later quits.

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"Ladder Theory"
Holly Phillips
16 April 2012 (2012-04-16)
N/A

Nationals of the Prix de Fonteyn begin, with tensions running high. Ben tries to psych out Christian, pursuing Tara by asking her out. This leaves Kat feeling left out, but Tara grows closer to Ben (who tells her about his "ladder theory", the step up from friendship that a relationship involves). When Ben kisses Tara in front of Christian right before his solo, it distracts Christian and makes Tara realise Ben was using her. Sammy tries to hide having a boyfriend from his father and brother, who come to watch him dance, so he brings Abigail to lunch. After his performance, they find out the truth but are mostly unfazed. Meanwhile, Abigail chooses the musical over her mother's pressure to compete at Nationals. Tara, Grace, Sammy and a Tasmanian student named Michael Slade (Rarmian Newton) who tried to sabotage Sammy's contemporary solo are all chosen to represent Australia on the International stage.

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"Win or Lose"
Josh Mapleston
17 April 2012 (2012-04-17)
N/A

The students selected to represent Australia are featured on (fictional) talk show Gav & Lena, with Sammy having a "meltdown", describing the rivalry between himself and Michael, and reenacting his performance as Michael cut the music off to his piece. Grace, whose father cancels his visit to see her perform, tries to kiss Zach, feeling confused after their closeness during practice sessions, leading to her returning to the UK. Christian and Kat argue over his attitude after his failure to make Nationals, and his reckless behaviour as a result (riding off on a motorcycle after learner's training, neglecting his end-of-year production audition). After Ollie is denied a place in the Company, he loses his cool and harshly criticises Sammy, saying they aren't equal in their abilities, leading Sammy to break up with him.

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"Love It or Fight It"
Courtney Wise
18 April 2012 (2012-04-18)
N/A

Roles for the end-of-year production of Peter Pan are announced, with Christian as Peter, Kat as Tinker Bell, and Abigail as Wendy Darling. Ben goes out of his way to get Tara to like him again, singing and dancing in front of the other students. With Christian's advice, Ben sets up an ice rink on Bondi Beach for her, eventually winning her over. Zach encourages Kat to tap into Tinker Bell's jealous side, which leads her to have an epiphany about Christian. Realising that Christian is still in love with Tara, Kat decides to end their relationship. Abigail decides she needs to take time off from everything (including ballet), and despite visiting Sydney Aquarium with Sammy to "prepare" for a date with Finn, cancels. Sammy and the other students also think about their future prospects.

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"The Prix de Fonteyn"
Liz Doran
19 April 2012 (2012-04-19)
N/A

The international competitors arrive for the Prix de Fonteyn at the Sydney Opera House as Tara and Sammy go into final preparations. Tara discovers that Grace has returned to represent the UK, and is dancing Tara's Red Shoes solo to prove she's better by winning, which upsets her. Sammy decides to have the others on stage with him despite the rules, but in the end, settles on a video montage accompanying his dance. He asks for Abigail's advice, who loves it; the pair then share a kiss. With the possibility of Tara studying elsewhere and still being in denial about his feelings for her, Christian finally realises how much Tara means to him. Despite her dating Ben, Christian prepares to tell Tara his feelings for her although Sammy advises him not to. After receiving a phone call, Miss Raine tells the students and Christian (who was on his way to the Opera House) that Sammy was hit by a car while out running and died on the way to hospital, leaving everyone in shock and emotional distress. Tara later listens to a voice mail on her phone Sammy had sent her earlier.

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"The Second"
Samantha Strauss
23 April 2012 (2012-04-23)
N/A

After the second-year students attend Sammy's funeral, Miss Raine announces that the Prix de Fonteyn will be delayed for a week, that the production of Peter Pan is cancelled, and that absences will be excused. Abigail, however, throws herself back into training for a new production, while the others begin to plan a "memorial" to grieve and allow a better chance for closure, as everyone vividly remembers how they met Sammy—Miss Raine, who recognised him from not getting through initial auditions for the Academy; Kat, who helped him forge his dad's signature; and Christian, who met him while breakdancing. Christian fights with Kat, who wants to look at Sammy's laptop to play a song at the memorial, and also with Ollie, over Sammy's cardigan. Tara pulls out from the Prix, while Abigail breaks down during auditions for the production; later, the memorial goes ahead on the beach and Ethan returns to join them. Christian reads a eulogy, as well as a list Sammy wrote of the top 50 things he wanted to achieve, with the first being to make a group of close friends he could have for the rest of his life. The group stays all night at the beach, then in the morning, dance and play with each other in the water to remember Sammy.

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"The Red Shoes"
Samantha Strauss
24 April 2012 (2012-04-24)
N/A

After everyone celebrates Christian's 18th birthday on Observatory Hill, Abigail convinces Tara to compete in the Prix again, telling her she'll help her practice, while Ben says that he'll take Sammy's place in the competition, as he was third behind Sammy and Michael. Naturally-talented Grace remains in first place until the last day of competition, when contestants perform their solos. Meanwhile, Kat turns up for her first-year exams despite being given a break. Christian visits Tara who invites him back to spend the holidays on the farm despite her dating Ben. Tara confesses that things with Ben are awkward. At the same time Christian's father contacts him and invites him on a road trip during the holiday break to clear his head. Abigail wants Tara to remain focused and to do her Red Shoes solo even though Grace is still going ahead with it. Tara agrees after Abigail convinces her she can do it well. When the final day arrives, Grace's performance is noted by Tara to be "technically and artistically perfect", but Abigail says that she dances without emotion. Tara shows genuine emotion during her performance, imagining Sammy helping her perform, and she receives a standing ovation and emotional responses from everyone, including Grace. Ben, in second place, decides on doing Sammy's piece (with the video montage backdrop), despite choreography having to be approved, and invites his friends onstage. When he finishes, balloons fall down on the group, who embrace, while the judges look bewildered as Zach and Miss Raine also take to the stage. Tara's voiceover concludes the episode by saying that despite Grace winning (and deciding to attend the Academy for third year), it was "never about winning" for her. Christian chooses to spend the holidays motorcycling with his Dad in Tasmania, promising Tara he will return for third year, while Abigail goes to Barcelona with Ethan, and Kat decides to spend her break with Tara on the farm.

text: Series 3 (2013)[edit]

text: Dance Academy series three began airing on ABC3 on 8 July 2013. This series follows Tara and her friends in their final year at the Academy, where they are focused on landing a job with The Company.

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"Glue"
Samantha Strauss
8 July 2013 (2013-07-08)
N/A

The Academy is three weeks into the year. Tara is throwing Abigail her first birthday party, while Christian still has not enrolled or even shown up to the Academy. No one knows where he is or can get in touch with him. There are three openings for fill-ins for the corps de ballet in The Company's production of Giselle.

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"New Rules"
Josh Mapleston
15 July 2013 (2013-07-15)
N/A

Tara finds Christian at his dad's surf shop. He blows her off to be with his new and reckless friends. Tara, Ben, and Grace rehearse for Giselle. Kat helps Abigail appeal to other dance companies. Saskia is back and gives Tara a journal to express her feelings about the school year.

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"Second Chances"
Liz Doran
22 July 2013 (2013-07-22)
N/A

Christian catches up with his friends at the Academy and goes through an interview to renew his scholarship. Grace starts meddling in Ms. Raine's private life so that Ms. Raine will stop messing with her. Marcus Caine, Ms. Raine's boyfriend while she was a student and company dancer at the Academy, comes to the Academy to help the second year students. He gives them an assignment to study a non-dancer and then reinterpret that person in a dance. Abigail and Christian spend the day together, which inspires Christian to stay at the Academy. Kat takes her second year assignment as an opportunity to study a man named Nick Hesk, who is the driver that hit Sammy in series two. She begins to feel insecure and becomes bulimic. She talks to Nick again and hears his side of the story. In the end, Kat ends up not using Nick as her assignment; she uses herself.

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"Short Cut Clause"
Kirsty Fisher
29 July 2013 (2013-07-29)
N/A

Saskia offers to become Ben's mentor after seeing him and Tara dancing together onstage after a performance of Giselle. While Ben is torn between loyalty to Tara and fast-tracking his career, after a session with Saskia, he starts to feel comfortable with the idea, although Tara suspects Saskia has an ulterior motive. Abigail returns to her classes and she and Christian post Ollie's music video online without permission; Ollie later takes Abigail to a commercial dancer's class to prove she isn't up to standard but it results in Abigail signing on for beginners' classes. Tara worries about Kat after noticing she is not eating in public any more and gets hypothetical advice from Dr Wicks. Kat gets mad at her when confronted about her bulimia. Christian calls Tara after finding Kat upset and she leaves a Company performance to comfort her friend.

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"Negative Patterns"
Samantha Strauss
5 August 2013 (2013-08-05)
N/A

Tara, Ben and Grace near the end of their stint as fill-ins for Giselle, but Saskia arranges an early audition for Ben with The Company's artistic director Sir Jeffrey. However, Ben is worried when Saskia also asks him out. Ollie and Abigail are making a music video; Abigail hires Kat as a dancer to take her mind off her bulimia while Zach agrees to let Christian take part as part of his make-up classes. Ollie and Christian clash over Christian changing the choreography and Christian walks off the shoot but Ollie ends up using his ideas. Grace is considered for a place on tour but loses out on both the tour spot and a place in the gala when the girl she was replacing returns unexpectedly. Coupled with the news that Miss Raine is engaged to Marcus, she sabotages the dance outfits with heat cream. Saskia and Ben fill the gap with a performance of the Black Swan but Saskia deliberately falls and runs off stage. Tara joins Ben on stage, repairing their friendship but earning them both Sir Jeffrey's scorn.

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"Fake It Until You Make It"
Greg Waters
12 August 2013 (2013-08-12)
N/A

The cast list for the third year's touring show of Romeo and Juliet is posted. Ben is Romeo with Grace as Juliet. Tara plays Lady Capulet, Christian as the Nurse, Ollie as Mercutio, with Abigail playing Benvolio, a minor male part. Tara and Christian are selected to understudy the leads. With the arrival of Wes Cooper, the choreographer for the contemporary piece in the third year tour and Ethan's flatmate from Spain, more of Abigail's vacation is revealed: She had a fling with Wes in Barcelona but feels guilty about dating him so soon after Sammy's death and refuses to audition for his solo piece. Meanwhile, a movie requiring dancers hosts auditions at the academy, with Kat and Abigail auditioning for minor roles. Ollie begins flirting with the male lead of the film. Grace struggles with her feelings about her mother who also had the part of Juliet. Tara, now dating Ben again, tries not to be jealous of him working closely with Grace, but when Tara and Ben go bowling together Grace invites herself and Christian along to cause trouble. Abigail misses rehearsals for the tour to audition for the film. Kat is rejected as a dancer so helps Abigail with her audition, but the director, Gabrielle, seems more interested in her.

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"Graceland"
Kirsty Fisher
19 August 2013 (2013-08-19)
N/A

Zach attempts to enforce discipline on the third years out on tour. Kat begins filming for the movie, in which she has been cast as the lead. She clashes with Jamie, the third assistant director assigned to look after the class, but refuses an offer to have him dismissed and they end up on better terms. Things continue to be tense between Abigail and Wes. A night time game of truth or dare and Ben, Grace and Christian taking part in the traditional "dawn challenge" (in which the contestants have to run naked, collect three items of clothes and photograph themselves by the fountain) results in Grace being arrested and Ben playing sick so Christian can take the part of Romeo after finishing behind him and losing a bet. Despite Ben trying to stick up for her, Grace is sent home, and Zach announces Ben and Christian will alternate, leaving Christian dancing with Tara.

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"Traveling Light"
Melina Marchetta
26 August 2013 (2013-08-26)
N/A

The tour is on its last stop, at an aboriginal town, and Ben and Tara still have not worked out their chemistry for Romeo and Juliet compared to how Tara and Christian operate. Kat is disappointed when the film hires Grace as her dancing double but the two girls end up bonding over their mutual insecurities. Tara decides to sleep with Ben but they are unable to go through with it, and Tara learns Kat never slept with Christian. The tour attempt to give dance lessons to the local children but Abigail's harsh teaching nearly reduces the girls to tears and Ollie's hip hop lesson leaves the boys unimpressed; Tara and Christian end up taking over and Christian takes an interest in Jayden, a talented boy from a poor family. Abigail, who had been trying to get Wes to give her his solo instead of Tara, tells him she's lost too much that she loves to risk it again but a free-spirited dance and a kiss with Wes seem to change her mind. Ben reads Tara's journal and is annoyed that she talks so much about Christian; Tara is upset that she can't get rid of her feelings for him.

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"Don't Let Me Down Gently"
Courtney Wise
2 September 2013 (2013-09-02)
N/A

Kat finishes filming her movie and accepts a date with crew member Jamie. After spending a chaste night with Christian and realising she still has feelings for him, Tara breaks up with Ben who has trouble accepting the relationship is over. An injury means Ollie has to pull out of the festival so he accompanies Rhys to the wrap party; Rhys is disappointed that he seems more interested in networking but arranges for him to sing in front of the crew. Kat is worried about ruining her friendship with Jamie but still kisses him on the dance floor. Abigail becomes paranoid when Wes is rejected for a job at the Company; he offers to get a job in Sydney but she suggests they pursue a long distance relationship. Christian volunteers to take over as Mercutio so Ben can play Romeo at the festival, and their love triangle seems to come to a head during the performance.

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"N'Fektd"
Liz Doran
9 September 2013 (2013-09-09)
N/A

Ollie and Christian put together a crew for the Street Beatz battle. After Grace and Ben fail to make Tara jealous, they decide to start their own crew for the battles in a effort to get back at Christian and rope Abigail in to help them. Jayden also turns up and Christian convinces Ollie to let him join the crew. The second years are auditioning for Coppelia but Lulu, top of the class, dictates who all the other girls are allowed to audition for. Tara helps Kat practise for a minor role but, after some encouragement from Jamie, Kat leads a rebellion to try out for the lead. Christian reluctantly beats Ben in the Street Beatz battle, then refuses to meet with Sammy's father when he tries to make a donation to the academy in Sammy's memory, upsets Jayden and goes surfing on the day of the final. He ends up apologising to Jayden and suggesting a drop-in centre for children who can't afford dance classes, but he and Ollie still end up outclassed in the final.

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"Start of an Era"
Josh Mapleston
16 September 2013 (2013-09-16)
N/A

Christian tells Tara he's ready to commit but she is reluctant and confused after his recent behaviour towards her and wonders if their previous failed relationships are a sign it will never work out. Sir Jeffrey unexpectedly resigns as musical director, leaving Rebecca in charge. Tara's back injury becomes a problem and she is told to take time off from rehearsals; with her audition coming up in a few weeks, she goes to see Saskia, who Rebecca has dismissed from the company, for advice. Saskia convinces her to forget the complex solo Miss Raine assigned her and try the simple but artistic Persephone solo. Kat lands the lead role in Coppélia. Ben and Grace need Kat's help in executing muck-up day and she organises a seaweed fight between the third and second years. Ollie meets Jessica Mauboy, who tells him she is a fan of his music. He and Abigail audition to be her warm-up act on tour, and must decide between the auditions and accepting her offer.

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"The Perfect Storm"
Samantha Strauss
23 September 2013 (2013-09-23)
N/A

Kat attends the premiere of her film, despite being disappointed by a review that called her "clunky", but not all goes smoothly and she trips on the red carpet. Grace misinterprets her time spent with Ben to be more than a friendship and, when Marcus offers her a place at Austin, she tries to use it to pressure Rebecca into taking them on at the Company, leaving Ben accusing her of ruining his chances. When she sees him rehearsing together with Tara, she sabotages Tara's costume. Ollie, doing the cursed Macbeth solo, locks himself in his room on the night of the auditions but is rescued by Kat, Jamie and Rhys, and kisses Rhys before going on stage. Tara arranges for Raf to watch Christian's audition. Ben changes his piece at the last minute but Miss Raine convinces Tara to do the piece she worked on with Saskia. Tara slips on a bead, accidentally left on stage by Grace during her audition, causing serious injury.

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"Not for Nothing"
Samantha Strauss
30 September 2013 (2013-09-30)
N/A

The Academy students must deal with their professional futures being laid out for them; while some receive Company contracts, most do not. Christian must choose between dancing for the Company or teaching at the Sammy E. Lieberman Memorial Studio for kids who cannot afford a dance education. In the end, he chooses teaching. Tara must come to terms with the fact she may never dance again due to her injury. Kat chooses an acting career after finishing third year.
The episode ends in an open house for Sammy's memorial studio, where the Academy graduates all perform, except for Tara, who has not danced in months. Christian invites her to dance along (within reason of her injury) and he tells her that they'll take things slow, hinting at a possible relationship re-igniting between the two. The reason for Tara's narrative throughout the three series is revealed as her writing a book about her life at the Academy.

text: Movie (2017)[edit]

text: The movie based on the series, featuring most of the original cast, was released in Australia on 6 April 2017.

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"The Movie"
Samantha Strauss
6 April 2017 (2017-04-06)
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Tara is suing the company for negligence over her accident but the new director, Madeline Moncur, invites her to audition instead. Despite training from Christian and Abigail, she is rejected. She heads to New York, where Kat is starring as a fairy in a show, to audition there but faces further rejection. Upset that she left just as they were about to move in together, Christian breaks up with her. After also falling out with Kat, Tara goes to stay with Miss Raine and finds Ben there; his leukaemia has reoccurred and he has just had a stem cell transplant. Tara and Ben choreograph a new piece, "Enoumént", and enter it in the fringe section of the New York festival. Tara is seen performing by Madeline and offered a position in the company, with Ollie taking her place performing with Ben. Abigail is told to train Tara in her solo. Kat is slated by the press after leaking naked photos of herself to try and change her image. Ben collapses during a performance and Tara leaves the theatre to be by his side. The gang reunite at the hospital; Christian also appears and reunites with Tara, while Ben and Kat also get together. Tara resigns from the company. Abigail and Ollie perform Enoumént at the gala with Tara directing. The movie ends with the gang having seemingly set up their own company and academy in the memorial studio, with Tara as choreographer.


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text: Student of the Year

text: Plot[edit]

text: Former principal Dean Yogendra Vashisht (Rishi Kapoor) has aged and fallen ill. He desires to see the students from his last batch, who were part of the "Student of the Year" competition. Some former students arrive to the hospital to meet the Dean and talk about their regrets from ten years ago in college. They hold themselves responsible for the lively Dean having falling ill. The film then goes into a flashback set ten years back at the college.

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text: The richest and most popular guy in the college, Rohan Nanda (Varun Dhawan), is the son of a huge business tycoon Ashok Nanda (Ram Kapoor). His father wants him to be a businessman like him and disagrees with his passion for music. Shanaya Singhania (Alia Bhatt), a fashion addict and the most popular girl in the campus is Rohan's girlfriend. She is unsatisfied with her family, as her mother constantly divorces and marries rich men. Shanaya gets upset with Rohan's regular flirting with Tanya (Sana Saeed), another student. Abhimanyu Singh (Sidharth Malhotra) arrives at the college and becomes the classy new heartthrob. Abhi becomes the most popular guy in the college. He plays the role of the perfect student and a perfect man. He is an orphan from a middle-class family, and lives with his aunt, uncle and grandmother. His dream is to become a big business tycoon like Rohan's father. Rohan and Abhimanyu argue at first but soon become best friends. Rohan introduces Shanaya to Abhimanyu, warning Abhimanyu not to get involved with her romantically.

text: Abhimanyu is invited to Rohan's elder brother's destination wedding in Thailand, which Shanaya and other rich family friends are attending as well. In Thailand, Shanaya sees Tanya and Rohan flirting again and gets even more upset when Rohan is rude to her and sides with Tanya. Abhimanyu tells her that they can teach Rohan to respect his girlfriend. At a party, Shanaya openly flirts with Abhimanyu, attempting to make Rohan jealous. The plan works but Rohan discovers she did this to get him back on track.

text: On the wedding day, Rohan apologises to her and is easily forgiven while Abhimanyu realises that he is in love with Shanaya. They head back to India, where the "Student Of The Year" competition, which determines the best student with good logical thinking and is a good sportsperson, commences.First round is the quiz in which Rohan ,Abhi and most of their friends win., The second round is the treasure hunt. Abhimanyu and Shanaya's team wins in the though Rohan's team also qualifies. Abhimanyu's grandmother falls sick and eventually dies. Shanaya stands by him during this difficult time. Upset, Abhimanyu sends Shanaya away, but now she is also attracted to him, stays back and they happen to kiss. Rohan sees this and is heartbroken, becoming enemies and fighting with Abhimanyu.

text: In the third round, the Prom, a confused Shanaya picks Rohan's friend Jeet as her partner as she can't choose between Abhimanyu and Rohan. Rohan goes with Tanya and Abhimanyu with Shanaya's ex best friend Shruti (they had a big fight). Shanaya is disqualified for leaving the dance before it ends. The last round of the competition is a triathlon. Abhimanyu is winning but sees how Rohan's father doesn't want Rohan to win. He intentionally slows down and lets Rohan win.In the award ceromony ,Yogi is abused by a drunken friend of theirs due to which he eventually retires.

text: In the present, Rohan is a pop star but single. Abhimanyu and Shanaya are now married and Abhimanyu in the present day is now a successful business tycoon. They all see each other after coming to meet their principal, Abhimanyu and Rohan have a fight and let out everything they were holding back for ten years. They then unite after Rohan discovers the truth about the triathlon. They realise how important friendship is.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Sidharth Malhotra as Abhimanyu Singh
Varun Dhawan as Rohan Nanda
Alia Bhatt as Shanaya Abhimanyu Singh (née Singhania)
Sana Saeed as Tanya Israni
Rishi Kapoor as Dean Yogendra Vashishth
Sahil Anand as Jeet Khurana
Manasi Rachh as Shruti Pathak
Kayoze Irani as Kaizad "Sudo" Sodabottleopenerwala
Manjot Singh as Dimpy
Ronit Roy as Coach Shah
Ram Kapoor as Ashok Nanda
Gautami Kapoor as Gayatri Nanda
Farida Jalal as Abhimanyu's grandmother
Akshay Anand as Abhimanyu's uncle
Manini Mishra as Geeta Singh (Abhimanyu's aunt)
Prachi Shah as Coach Shah's wife
Nandini Sen as Shanaya's mother
Boman Irani as Harikishan Sanan
Sushma Seth in a cameo appearance as Yogendra's mother
Farah Khan in a guest appearance as a judge in "The Disco Song"
Nitesh Kalbande in a guest appearance as a judge in "The Disco Song"
Kajol in a guest appearance in "The Disco Song"

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text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: On 5 January 2011, Karan Johar uploaded the first look poster of the new film on the micro-blogging website Twitter.[6] Student of the Year marks the debuts of Alia Bhatt, the daughter of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, the son of director David Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Boman Irani's son Kayoze Irani and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai fame Sana Saeed (role of "Anjali" as the daughter of Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji).

text: Malhotra and Dhawan had previously worked as assistant directors under Johar during the making of the 2010 film My Name Is Khan.[7] Rishi Kapoor played a gay dean.

text: The first official trailer was released on 2 August 2012. Karan Johar later tweeted saying that the film will be released on 19 October 2012.[8]

text: Filming[edit]

text: On 16 August 2011, director Karan Johar took the Mahurat shot and Mumbai socialite Parmeshwar Godrej rolled the cameras.[9] Some parts of the movie were shot in Kashmir and Dehradun (Forest Research Institute, Dehradun).[10] The external view of the school was taken from Kasiga School Dehradun, whose name was changed to St. Teresa. The hospital scenes were filmed outside The Lalit Grand Palace, Srinagar. The film was also shot in Thailand.[11] Rob Miller of ReelSports, who had worked with Shahrukh Khan on Chak De! India, was hired to direct the sports action in Student of the Year.

text: Marketing[edit]

text: The film targeted viewers with contest-based marketing. Stressing 'competition' which would make up for a significant part of the movie, contests such as the 'Nano Student of the Year', 'The Buddy of the Year' and 'FedEx International Student of the Year' were launched targeting students across the country.

text: Tata Motors, on-ground promotion partner for the movie, launched the 'Nano Student of the Year' contest for all college students in India.[12] In the first round students were judged on four parameters; namely, academics, culture, sports and social life. The top eight finalists would compete for the 'Nano Student of the Year' title.[13] The contest was held across India in mid-September 2012.

text: The production house partnered with FedEx Express announcing a special 'FedEx Student Offer' and launch of 'FedEx International Student of the Year' campaign. It was aimed at individuals in India applying for higher education abroad. Student of the Year was promoted across non-fiction properties such as Kaun Banega Crorepati on Sony Entertainment Television and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa and Bigg Boss on Colors. Radio stations such as Red FM, Radio City, Big FM were used for the promotion of the film and its music.[14]

text: Pre-release business[edit]

text: The satellite rights of Student of the Year were sold with Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani for ₹500 million (US$7.8 million) together to Sony Entertainment Television.[15] The music rights were sold to Sony Music for a sum of ₹70 million (US$1.1 million).[16]

text: Post-release box office[edit]

text: Critics were apprehensive of the success of the film as several hyped movies have flopped over the years. Also, the movie had a very high price tag and newcomers starred in the movie.[17] However, the film took a thunderous start at the box office, becoming the biggest non-starcast opener ever in Bollywood.[18] The movie surpassed trade expectations and caused profit to both makers and distributors in the first week itself. It remained the highest grossing non-starcast film in Bollywood until its record was broken by Aashiqui 2.[19]

text: India[edit]

text: Student of the Year had a good opening at multiplexes while little lower at single screens due to limited release where it had collected ₹74.8 million (US$1.2 million) on its opening day.[20][21] The film showed good growth on its second day and collected ₹85.0 million (US$1.3 million) nett.[22] Student of the Year collected a good figure of around ₹253 million (US$3.9 million) at the end of its first weekend.[23] It did very well and collected ₹431 million (US$6.7 million) nett in its first week.[24] The film had a moderate second weekend where it earned around ₹80 million (US$1.2 million) nett.[25] Student of the Year had a drop in its second and third week where it had collected ₹140 million (US$2.2 million) and ₹32.5 million (US$510,000) respectively to make a total of ₹633 million (US$9.9 million) in three weeks.[26][27]

text: As per the latest updates, Student of the Year stands at an all India collection of ₹700 million (US$11 million) after four weeks run at the box office.[28]

text: Overseas[edit]

text: Student of the Year collected about million, which Box Office India thought was a poor showing for having been released on 300 screens .[29] It collected around million in ten days. The film fell in the second week in most markets.[30] Student of the Year closed at around million in overseas markets.[31]

text: Critical reception[edit]

text: Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 4/5 stars, saying that "Student of the Year is a love story that traverses the trodden path. But KJo is an artisan with intellect and taste and he ensures that the script is spruced up and modernized with such elan that it doesn't offend the spectator's wisdom or intelligence. The accomplished director takes on familiar material and gives it an entirely new twirl. This is escapist cinema at its best! On the whole, Student of the Year is amongst Karan Johar's most accomplished works. The youth brigade would love it and those who have already passed that age would want to revisit those days. This one's entertainment, entertainment and entertainment at its best. Clearly, KJo has a winner on hands, yet again!"[32] Komal Nahta also gave it 4/5 calling it a "supremely entertaining" movie.[33] Raedita Tandon of Filmfare gave it a 4/5 stars stating "All in all, Karan’s SOTY world is surreal and spectacular yet it has moments that will bring you back to reality and warm the cockles of your heart. This is escapism at its best."[34] Joginder Tuteja of Indiaglitz gave the movie 4/5 stars and commented,"With a fun outing like Student of the Year, Karan Johar has proven once again that he can fluctuate between making a relatively serious film like 'My Name Is Khan' and come back to candy floss youth entertainer in the mode of 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'. With an eye on some lavish entertainment translating on screen and bringing new talent to the industry, 'Student of the Year' is a winner." Madhureeta Mukherjee of The Times of India gave the film 3.5/5 stars, stating that "Student of the Year takes you back to your books and sinks you in true-blue Bollywood syllabus, following the 'formula' – Two boys, one girl, one glorious trophy and lots of testosterone. It is larger-than-life, colourful, lavish, beautifully shot and directed. With medleys, dance, drama and everything good-looking (from cast to couches, dorms to discos)."[35] Indicine gave it 3.5/5 stars, commenting "Overall, there isn’t a dull moment in Student of the Year. It has something in it for everyone – romance, action, entertainment, good performances and catchy music. Go for it."[36] Social Movie rating site MOZVO gave it a score of 3.7/5 putting it in the recommended category.[37]

text: Rajeev Masand of IBNLive gave it 3/5 stars and wrote, "Nitpickings aside, this is a breezy, enjoyable film by a director who knows his craft." He remarked, "If fun is what you’re seeking, you won't be disappointed."[38] Giving the film 3/5 stars, Anupama Chopra of Hindustan Times wrote, "Karan Johar's forte is excess. He creates fantastical worlds brimming with beautiful people and expensive things and yet anchors them in high emotion. His films work as both designer porn and soap opera." She also praised the performance of the cast.[39] Sukanya Verma of Rediff gave 3/5 stars, commenting that "Student of the Year is no Kuch Kuch Hota Hai but Karan Johar makes it look good."[40] Rubina A Khan of The First Post gave the film 3/5 stars, stating that "Student of the Year is not KJo's finest work. Sure, it’s got all the elements of finesse and expansive production values that his films are known for, but he has also been very pivotal in directing and producing films with engaging stories in the past."[41] Nabanita of Oneindia gave it 3/5 commenting "Student of the Year is a youthful and interesting movie that deserves a thumps up. Three cheers for this."[42] India Today also gave the film a rating of 3/5.[43] Sify awarded it 3/5 stars saying, "So there you have it – a fun, frothy film that won't insult your intelligence and sensibility. Worth a watch!"[44]

text: Roshni Devi of Koimoi gave it 2.5/5 stars, praising the performances. Kanika Sikka of DNA India gave 2.5/5 stars, concluding that "Student of the Year is not something you would want to miss if the surreal setting with bubble gum romance is your calling. The performances make this film a great watch."[45] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 2.5/5 stars, commenting that "Student of the Year definitely isn't the film of the year. But if you like your entertainment to be served up with glitzy but pulpy garnishing, pirouette your way to the nearest screen by all means."[46] Ananya Bhattacharya of Zee News gave the film 2/5 stars, saying that "Student of the Year is worth a watch only for the debutantes. They have really pulled off a tough task of playing praiseworthy roles in a film which suffers from the lack-of-a-story syndrome."[47]

text: Home media[edit]

text: A two-disc DVD set was released on 24 December 2012 which contains making of the film, song, and deleted scenes. Bollywood Hungama gave the DVD 4/5 stars.[48]

text: Soundtrack[edit]

text:
Student of the Year

Soundtrack album by Vishal-Shekhar

Released
31 August 2012

Genre
Film soundtrack

Length
33:28

Label
Sony Music

Producer
Karan Johar

Vishal-Shekhar chronology

Shanghai
(2012)Shanghai2012
Student of the Year
(2012)
Gippi
(2013)Gippi2013

tag: table

text: The soundtrack is composed by Vishal-Shekhar with the lyrics penned by Anvita Dutt Guptan.

text:
Track list

No.
Title
Lyrics
Singer(s)
Length

1.
"The Disco Song"
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Benny Dayal, Nazia Hassan, Sunidhi Chauhan
5:42

2.
"Ishq Wala Love"
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Shekhar Ravjiani, Salim Merchant, Neeti Mohan
4:18

3.
"Radha"
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Shreya Ghoshal, Udit Narayan, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani
5:41

4.
"Ratta Maar"
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Vishal Dadlani, Shefali Alvares
3:30

5.
"Kukkad"
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Shahid Mallya, Nisha Mascarenhas
4:22

6.
"Vele"
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Shekhar Ravjiani, Vishal Dadlani
3:50

7.
"Mashup of the Year"
Anvita Dutt Guptan
Various artists, DJ Kiran Kamath
3:02

8.
"Gulabi Aankhen"

1:59

9.
"Shanaya"

1:12

Total length:
33:38

text: Critical reception of soundtrack[edit]

text: Joginder Tuteja of Bollywood Hungama gave the album 4/5 stars, saying that "Student of the Year is a winner all the way with Vishal Shekhar (yet again) justifying their stance of doing a few films but lending quality sound to it. They create the kind of score which totally compliments the mood of the campus setting without straying even once."[49] IANS of CNN-IBN gave the album 4/5 stars, concluding that "The soundtrack of Student of the Year is a good mix with very minor flaws that can surely be ignored to enjoy the music that perfectly describes the mood of the movie."[50] Satyajit of Yahoo! gave the album 3.5/5 stars, stating that "Student of the Year is complete youthful musical entertainment, an album that brings all the positive elements of a typical Karan Johar entertainer. Vishal Shekhar delivers a potential winner this time."[51]

text: The romantic track "Ishq Wala Love" became the biggest hit of the album concluded by "Radha" and "Disco Song".[52] On 26 September 2012, The Times of India reported that the soundtrack was "appealing to people of all tastes and there's something for everyone in it".[53]

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text: Student of the Year won several awards, particularly for its direction, performances of the lead actors, and music.

text:
List of awards and nominations[hide]

Ceremony
Category
Recipient
Result

8th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award[54]
President's Honour
Karan Johar
Won

Best Actor in a Comic Role
Rishi Kapoor
Nominated

Best Female Debut
Alia Bhatt
Nominated

Best Male Debut
Sidharth Malhotra
Nominated

Best Male Debut
Varun Dhawan
Nominated

Best Choreographer
Farah Khan (for the song "Radha")
Nominated

Best Female Playback Singer
Neeti Mohan (for the song "Ishq Wala Love")
Nominated

58th Filmfare Awards[55][56]
Best Music Director
Vishal-Shekhar
Nominated

Best Debutant – Male
Sidharth Malhotra
Nominated

Best Debutant – Male
Varun Dhawan
Nominated

Best Debutant – Female
Alia Bhatt
Nominated

RD Burman Award
Neeti Mohan (for the song "Ishq Wala Love")
Won

Lions Gold Awards[57]
Favourite Debut-Male
Varun Dhawan
Won

Favourite Debut-Female
Alia Bhatt
Won

Mirchi Music Awards[58][59]
Album of the Year
Student of the Year
Nominated

Listener's Choice Album of the Year
Student of the Year
Won

Listener's choice Song of the Year
Radha
Won

Stardust Awards[60][61]
Dream Director
Karan Johar
Won

Film of The Year
Student of the Year
Nominated

Superstar of Tomorrow – Female
Alia Bhatt
Nominated

Superstar of Tomorrow – Male
Sidharth Malhotra
Nominated

Superstar of Tomorrow – Male
Varun Dhawan
Nominated

Best Male Debut
Sidharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan
Won

New Musical Sensation Singer – Female
Neeti Mohan (for the song "Ishq Wala Love")
Nominated

Times of India Film Awards[62][63][64]
Best Debut Female
Alia Bhatt
Nominated

Best Debut Male
Sidharth Malhotra
Nominated

Best Debut Male
Varun Dhawan
Nominated

Best Music Director
Vishal-Shekhar
Nominated

South Africa India Film And Television Awards[65]
Most Promising Newcomer- Female
Alia Bhatt
Nominated

Most Promising Newcomer- Male
Sidharth Malhotra
Won

Most Promising Newcomer- Male
Varun Dhawan
Nominated

Film of the Year
Student of the Year
Nominated

Most Popular Song
Radha
Nominated

Supporting Actor of the Year
Rishi Kapoor
Nominated