Dance Academy — Season 3
13 episodesFirst aired 8 July 2013
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.
E1Glue
Jul 201325m
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.
E2New Rules
Jul 201325m
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.
E3Second Chances
Jul 201325m
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.
E4Short Cut Clause
Jul 201324m
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.
E5Negative Patterns
Aug 201325m
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.
E6Fake It Until You Make It
Aug 201325m
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.
E7Graceland
Aug 201325m
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.
E8Travelling Light
Aug 201325m
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.
E9Don't Let Me Down Gently
Sept 201325m
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.
E10N'FEKTD
Sept 201325m
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.
E11Start of an Era
Sept 201325m
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.
E12A Perfect Storm
Sept 201325m
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.
E13Not for Nothing
Sept 201325m
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?