Dance Academy - dance your dream!
Television series | |
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German title | Dance Academy - dance your dream! |
Original title | Dance Academy |
Country of production | Australia |
original language | English |
Year (s) | 2010-2013 |
Production company |
Werner Film Productions ZDF Enterprises ACTF |
length | 25 minutes |
Episodes | 65 in 3 seasons ( list ) |
genre | Youth series |
Theme music | My Chance - The White Rhinos |
production |
Bernadette O'Mahony Joanna Werner |
First broadcast | May 31, 2010 (Australia) on ABC1 |
German-language first broadcast |
September 26, 2010 on ZDF |
occupation | |
Dance Academy - dance your dream! (Original title: Dance Academy ) is an Australian youth - television series , which from 2010 to 2013 by Werner Film Productions in collaboration with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the ZDF was produced. The series revolves around Tara Webster, a new student at the National Academy of Dance .
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season 1
Tara Webster grew up on a farm in Australia. At 15, she was accepted into the prestigious National Academy of Dance , where her life changed. With her classmates Katrina Karamakov (Kat), Ethan Karamakov, Samuel Lieberman (Sammy), Abigail Armstrong and Christian Reed, she is not only learning ballet, but also hip-hop dance and modern dance. But the friends also have to realize that life as a professional dancer is harder than expected, as they always have to fight for their dream with commitment, discipline and ambition.
season 2
In the season, Tara returns for her sophomore year at the National Academy of Dance . The friends all hope to take part in one of the most important international ballet competitions, the Prix de Fonteyn. Later in the season they have to deal with the death of their friend Sammy, who was killed in a traffic accident.
season 3
Tara and her friends are in their third and final year of the Academy. They are all concerned with the question of what happens to them after their training. Because they all dream of a permanent job with the National Ballet Company .
In the end, Ollie and Abigail make it to the company. Instead, Christian, who was actually offered a contract, starts teaching at the Academy. Kat (who also gained experience in film over the course of the season) stopped dancing and devoted herself to acting. Grace also stops and travels to Vietnam, among other places . Ben keeps dancing in Texas . Tara, who was seriously injured again, learns to dance again. However, a great misfortune happens during her final exam. She slips on a pearl that Grace has lost and breaks her spine. At the end of the season, she slowly begins to resume dancing.
production
The auditions began in Brisbane , Melbourne and Sydney in spring 2009 . Filming for the first season started on July 13, 2009 and lasted until mid-November.
The series was extended for a second season. Production for the second season began on January 31st and lasted until August 4th, 2011.
In August 2012, the production of a third, 13-episode season began in Sydney, the first broadcast of which was initially scheduled for autumn 2013. In fact, it began broadcasting in Australia in July 2013.
In 2016 a separate film was produced, which belongs to the actual series and is considered a continuation of the third season. The feature film was released on April 6, 2017 in Australian cinemas.
Cast and dubbing
Main cast
Actress | figure | Main role | Supporting role | Voice actor | ||
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Season | episode | Season | episode | |||
Xenia Goodwin | Tara Webster | 1-3 | 1-65 | Julia Casper | ||
Alicia Banit | Katrina "Kat" Karamakov | 1-3 | 1-65 | Dorothee Fall | ||
Dena Kaplan | Abigail Armstrong | 1-3 | 1-65 | Nadine Schreier | ||
Jordan Rodrigues | Christian Reed "Reedo" | 1-3 | 1-65 | Leonhard Mahlich | ||
Tom Green | Samuel "Sammy" Lieberman | 1-2 | 1-52 | Patrick Bach | ||
Tim Pocock | Ethan Karamakov | 1-2 | 1-41, 51-52 | Tim Knauer | ||
Isabel Durant | Grace Whitney | 2-3 | 27-65 | Vanessa Czapla | ||
Thomas Lacey | Benjamin "Ben" Tickle | 2-3 | 28-65 | Henning Nöhren | ||
Keiynan Lonsdale | Oliver "Ollie" Lloyd | 3 | 53-65 | 2 | 37-52 | Tobias Schmidt |
Supporting cast
Actress | figure | Supporting role | Voice actor | |
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Season | episode | |||
Tara Morice | Miss Lucinda "Lucy" Raine | 1-3 | 1-65 | Traudel Sparrowhawk |
Matt Cranleigh | Sean Callahan | 1 | 1-26 | Jannik Schümann |
Josef Brown | Patrick | 1 | 1-25 | Lennardt Kruger |
Steven Vidler | Neil Webster | 1-3 | 1-2, 13, 39-41, 64-65 | Achim book |
Anne Looby | Dr. Wicks | 1-3 | 1, 8, 21-22, 34, 39, 56, 63-65 | Katharina Keller (St. 1 + 2), Carla Becker (St. 3) |
Cariba Heine | Isabelle | 1, 3 | 2-4, 7, 17, 54-57 | Celine Fontanges |
Luke Bracey | Aaron | 1 | 3, 10, 23 | Timm new |
Anthony Cogin | Dr. David Lieberman | 1-3 | 5, 32, 36, 47, 51, 62 | Robin Brosch |
Victoria Hill | Natasha Willis-Karamakov | 1-2 | 6, 13, 20, 27, 29, 31 | Sabine Arnhold |
Kristina Risteka | Kaylah | 1-2 | 7, 22-23, 31 | Linda Foelster |
Adam Saunders | Myles Kelly | 1 | 9, 25-26 | Christian Stark |
Maria-Victoria Dragus | Petra Hoffman | 1 | 15-18 | Manuela Baker |
Peter O'Brien | Sebastian Karamakov | 1-2 | 24-32 | Erik Schäffler |
Kip Gamblin | Zach Andrews | 2-3 | 27-65 | Sascha Draeger |
Brooke Harman | Saskia Duncan | 2-3 | 28-41, 54-64 | Kathrin Spielvogel |
Steven Heathcote | played himself | 2 | 39, 50, 52 | Mark Bremer |
Jason Chong | Raf Reed | 2-3 | 42-64 | Konstantin Graudus |
Sacha Horler | Anthea Armstrong | 2 | 46-47, 51 | Heidi Schaffrath |
Rarmian Newton | Michael Slade | 2 | 47-52 | Tim Kreuer |
Alyssa McClelland | Rebecca | 3 | 53-57, 61-65 | Anne Moll |
Barry Otto | Sir Jeffrey McEwan | 3 | 53-57, 61 | Eberhard Prüter |
David E. Woodley | Marcus Kane | 3 | 55-65 | Holger Mahlich |
Andrew Lees | Wes Cooper | 3 | 58-65 | Nico Mamone |
Sean Keenan | Jamie | 3 | 59-64 | Timm new |
Charisma
Australia
In Australia, the first season started on May 31, 2010 on ABC1 and on ABC3 on June 6, 2010. There the first season was broadcast until July 5, 2010 and the second from March 12, 2012 to April 24, 2012. The third season first aired between July 8, 2013 and September 30, 2013.
Germany
In Germany, the first two episodes were broadcast on September 26, 2010 on ZDF. In KiKA , the first season started on September 27, 2010 and then ran Monday to Thursday at 8:15 pm in double episodes. The remaining episodes were also shown in double episodes on ZDF from October 3, 2010 on Sundays at 7.45 am. The second season was shown between August 29 and September 19, 2012 at KiKA. The third season was broadcast on KiKA from September 17, 2013 to September 26, 2013.
German series title
Although the German version of the series is in all accompanying media (official website, program information) with the title Dance Academy - Dance your dream! is called, only the Australian original title Dance Academy appears in the German-language opening credits of the episodes .
Web links
- Official Site for Series of ABC (English)
- Website for the series from ZDF
- Dance Academy - dance your dream! in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dance Academy Kicks Off Today . ABC. July 13, 2009. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved on August 6, 2010.
- ↑ Official: Dance Academy wins second season . TV Tonight.com.au. July 15, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- Jump up ↑ Dance Academy: Episode Guide Season 2 . Australian Television Information Archive . Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- ↑ Screen Australia's announcement on TV Tonight.com.au . December 5, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Report about the start of shooting on campaignbrief.com . August 27, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
- ↑ Feature film “Dance Academy - The Comeback” will be a major new co-production . zdf-enterprises.de. May 31, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ Dance Academy: The Movie . imdb.com. April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ↑ a b Dance Academy - Dance your dream! in the German dubbing index
- ↑ Michael Brandes: Pixi book heroine Conni gets her own Ki.KA animation series . In: Wishlist.de . May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012.