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Dance Academy

2010–2013 · 3 seasons

A warm, earnest plunge into a pressure-cooker ballet school where friendship and ambition collide.

Created by: Samantha Strauss, Joanna Werner
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring: Xenia Goodwin, Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan

Overview: At Sydney's National Dance Academy, a few talented youngsters are recruited for the excruciatingly tough course. It follows Tara Webster, a sheepfarmgirl who's ambition is to be the next best ballerina. Jewish long line of doctors' heir Samuel 'Sammy' and minor juvenile offender Christian are the outsiders but gradually fit in, making new kinds of friends. Star ballerina's daughter Kat also introduces them in the circle of last-year brother Ethan, who already aspires a career as choreographer. Also Abigail, a smart young girl who'll walk over dead bodies to reach the stars tries to sabotage everything and everyone.

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Created by: Samantha Strauss, Joanna Werner
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring: Xenia Goodwin, Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
friendship
coming-of-age
identity
betrayal
Places: school
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: comedy, drama, family
Created by: Samantha Strauss, Joanna Werner
Written by: Samantha Strauss, David Ogilvy, Sarah Lambert, Michael Miller
Starring: Xenia Goodwin, Alicia Banit, Dena Kaplan, Isabel Durant, Thom Green, Jordan Rodrigues, Thomas Lacey, Tim Pocock
Music: Bryony Marks
Cinematography: Martin McGrath
Length: 3 seasons, 65 episodes, 24 min each
Network: ABC Me
Country: Australia, Japan
Languages: English, Japanese

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