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Dance Academy volume 25
Language
English
Description
Rehearsals for The Nutcracker are underway. Tara is playing the role of Clara and quickly discovers that being the star is not all its cracked up to be as Abigail's claws re-emerge. Sammy is forced to admit that his feelings for Christian have moved beyond that of just friendship and Myles Kelly returns to rescue Kat from the costume dungeon where she has been exiled since walking out of her audition.
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Series
Dance Academy volume 12
Language
English
Description
Pressure is building at the Academy as the students prepare for exams. Tara tries to ignore her recent "almost-pash" with Ethan in an attempt to stay focused. With her sights set on the first year scholarship, Abigail pushes herself too far and severely restricts her eating.
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Series
Dance Academy volume 24
Language
English
Description
Sammy decides to alter his Prix de Fonteyn solo one day before the start of the International Round, while Tara encounters a new-old nemesis in the girls' competition.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 12
Language
English
Description
Auditions for the National Ballet Company have arrived bringing superstitions, old competitive battlelines and the performance that will determine the rest of their lives.
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Series
Dance Academy volume 7
Language
English
Description
Grace seems to have found a perfect match with life on the road until Zach clamps down on declining standards during the Third Year regional tour. At the Academy, Kat commences a leading role in the indi dance movie.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 2
Language
English
Description
Tara arrives at the Academy excited about the year ahead but soon discovers that she is the worst dancer in the class. As Tara struggles to fit in, she learns the hard way to respect her teachers, who her true friends are, and to watch her back around her roommate Abigail.
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Series
Dance Academy volume 17
Language
English
Description
The escalating conflict between the First and Second Years results in a showdown to determine which year has the greatest talent, and Tara becomes unhinged when Grace tempts her to get less serious.
48) Playground
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Language
Français
Description
In this debut feature by writer-director Laura Wandel, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following 7-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place on the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent,...
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Series
Dance Academy volume 14
Language
English
Description
Tara returns from the holidays excited to have been awarded the first year scholarship. However, this soon turns to disappointment when Kat leaves her standing alone outside a warehouse party the night before their first ballet class. Abigail is trying to be a perfect patient in her therapy sessions but has to ask for help in order to start tackling the real issues behind her eating disorder.
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Series
Dance Academy volume 4
Language
English
Description
Ben has to choose between the girl he cares about and the opportunity to partner a principal dancer, while Tara is worried about Kat but goes about trying to fix her in all the wrong ways. Ollie challenges Abigail to a dance off.
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Series
Dance Academy volume 20
Language
English
Description
Abigail's best efforts to balance her ballet commitments with the fringe musical splinter when a leaked staff email discounts her chances in the Prix de Fonteyn and her over-supportive mother Anthea unexpectedly arrives at the Academy.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 8
Language
English
Description
Abigail is devastated that her body seems to be developing and defies Miss Raine by wearing a loose top to class. Sammy is forced to buy a dance belt, with Christian as his unlikely shopping buddy. Meanwhile, in an attempt prove to Ethan that she's not just a little kid, Tara pretends to be dating Damien Lang, an older dancer in the Company.
53) Sweet Thing
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Language
English
Description
Two children in contemporary New Bedford, Massachusetts spend an eventful summer in a beach house with their mother and her boyfriend.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 10
Language
English
Description
Christian's best mate Aaron comes to stay and reveals the truth about the robbery they committed. Later, Aaron uses Christian as an alibi forcing Christian to lie to the police, and to question whether old friends are necessarily good friends. Meanwhile, Abigail's control issues are spiralling out-of-control and she is caught shoplifting.
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Series
Dance Academy volume 16
Language
English
Description
Kat is upset when her parent's ignore her 16th birthday and throws herself a huge party at their harbour front home as revenge. However chaos soon reigns when Tara spies Kat kissing Christian and realizes she can't ignore her own feelings, Petra accidentally gets drunk, the photo of Tara and Christian together is revealed, and the police are called to end the out-of-control party!
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Series
Dance Academy volume 5
Language
English
Description
Saskia schemes to arrange an early audition for her favourite student, with disastrous results, while Ollie continues to pursue career alternatives and creates a professional music video.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 4
Language
English
Description
Tara's overjoyed when Company starlet Saskia Duncan is appointed to teach the Academy Second Years; and Ethan rebels against Sebastian's suppression of his choreography skills.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 25
Language
English
Description
Fighting shock and numbness after a sudden tragedy, Tara is struggling to find her motivation as a dancer. Meanwhile, Abigail attempts to block her grief by immersing herself in a prestigious audition for a contemporary company tour.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 9
Language
English
Description
While Ethan and Christian become more competitive with one another, Kat, Sammy and Tara post a video of Kat dancing to pop star Myles Kelly on the internet and it becomes a viral sensation. When Kelly's team find out about it, they invite her to be apart of his next music video.
Author
Series
Dance Academy volume 19
Language
English
Description
Tara hunts for a new crush while the director of a fringe musical tries to convince Abigail to be the star of his show and Grace goes to increasing lengths to get Zach's attention.
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