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Dance Academy

TV·2010–2013·ABC Entertains·Drama, Music, Romance·30m·Created by Joanna Werner, Samantha Strauss

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Fifteen year old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in country Australia and has dreamt of being a dancer ever since she was a little girl. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best school in the country - she is sure her life is about to be spectacular. What Tara doesn't realise is how far behind she is in her training, and that there's a whole lot more to surviving the Academy than just dancing...

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Xenia GoodwinXenia GoodwinTara WebsterAlicia BanitAlicia BanitKatrina KaramakovDena KaplanDena KaplanAbigail ArmstrongJordan RodriguesJordan RodriguesChristian ReedTara MoriceTara MoriceLucinda RaineThomas LaceyThomas LaceyBenjamin TickleIssi DurantIssi DurantGrace WhitneyTim PocockTim PocockEthan Karamakov

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