Pacionsbo
Absolutely Fantastic
Tobias Burrows
It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Philippa
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Hope
Horrible drama. Every one of the main characters pretty much have a relationship with every other person of the opposite sex in the show. Which is disturbing and gross. So obvious that the story is being dragged and dragged - a 6 year old could think of a better plot than this. Complete waste of time. I thought it would get better when i first started watching it but it was so extremely repetitive that i quit in the middle of season 2. I felt that the lead actor who plays Tara didn't even seem to know acting very well. In terms of the characters my favorite was that of Kat. Abigail was another interesting character.
kendall_maui
When I first watched Dance Academy I was on a Dance movies extravaganza on Netflix. At first I was torn because it seemed like a teen drama series and those who's dating who plot lines always repel me. But I was fascinated by the fact that the whole cast could dance! Quite an achievement and set in Australia, double bonus. It also has quite a range of problems that the characters go through, professional choices, life choices, and so on. But I also love the down moments when the characters are just getting to know each other and character building. The actors make the characters believable and will raise anyone's adrenaline when you feel they are on the verge of making wrong decisions. I am extremely fond of the actor who plays Ben Tickle in the second series; he has quite a future ahead of him, charismatic and entertaining to watch.
seanymph_760
I stumbled upon this gem of a show. If you love dance you will love this show. Great characters, great dancers, good story lines told in a very refreshing and more true to life way. One of my favorite dance movies is Center Stage and this reminds me of that only like an extended version.The show revolves around a young girl named Tara who is accepted at the Ballet Academy in Sydney and her encounters with friends like Kat and Samuel, her frenemies like Abby and Grace and crushes like Christian and Ethan and there time spent at the Dance Academy. They fall in and out of love and friendship through out the show but the dance is worth all of the drama. Christian (Jordan Rodrigues) would definitely have had my heart pitter pattering if I were a teenage girl. Totally worth the watch!
tide42
Dance Academy is a series about a girl named Tara Webster who wants to be a principal ballet dancer. To chase her dream she auditions to and gets accepted into the prestigious National Academy of Dance located in stunning Sydney, Australia.The show is predominantly built around cute romantic story lines, though it never succumbs to fluff and is surprisingly complex at times for a show of its genre. And there's enough dancing (ballet primarily as well as some hip-hop) to satisfy the most hardcore dance fan.Newcomer Xenia Goodwin perfectly embodies the innocence and wide-eyed wonder of Tara Webster. Tara is a girl who is a natural dancer but anything but natural when it comes to dealing with boys. Her dorkiness trying to come to terms with the opposite sex forms much of her story arc.Alicia Banit plays Katrina "Kat" Karamakov, Tara's fun loving and rebellious BFF with some deep reservations about whether she wants to be in a ballet school. Katrina takes the Academy for granted as just another school to attend rather than a lifelong dream come true as Tara does.Dena Kaplan portrays Abigail Armstrong, Tara and Kat's frenemy. Abigail is an overachieving ballet student who is obsessed with being a principal dancer and is willing to do anything including back stabbing and sabotage to become one.Abigail's perfectionist personality forms much of the angst as well as the humor of her character. Kaplan expertly plays a girl who is a conniving bitch yet displays enough vulnerability and gentleness that she remains sympathetic to the audience.Other characters include Samuel "Sammy" Lieberman; a boy who wants to dance despite objections from his father, Christian Reed; the bad boy of the Academy with a mysterious past and Ethan Karamakov; Kat's older brother and target of Tara's affection.Finally Tara Morice is a pleasure to watch as the strict and unyielding ballet instructor of the Academy.Dance Academy is a show that fuses teen romance with some very beautiful dancing in a very entertaining way.
