"Previously on Dance Academy..." "Amazeballs!" "Show me so I can do it better." "I'm stuck here but I don't care about being the best." "Everyone cares about being the best." "I'm not everyone." "I think I like you." "I know I like you." "It was a blip." "Just forget it ever happened." "Oh yeah, who caved first?" "He did." "She did." "Mum, we both know the only part of me you've ever been interested in is dancing." "Actually, I'm cancelling my tour commitments." "You're going to go to school as a day girl." "So I'll be staying at home, with you?" "We're just going to learn to be a normal family." "Actually, new girl, we've already made up our minds." "Ally." "Trilby." "So far I've been to 17 ballet schools." "That includes four in London, two in Singapore and an unfortunate month of classical tutoring from a half-deaf sadist in Prague." "The one thing I never get used to is being the new kid." "That fear of being left out." "Gentlemen!" "We have a new guy." "Ben Tickle." "First year couldn't contain his mad skills so he's been bumped up." "Get into pairs." "Someone bring Ben up to speed." "Usually you've got about three seconds to make a decent first impression." "Thanks, Mr Lieberman." "The Liebermeister!" "My usual tactic is to make a splash." "That way, in theory, you get to choose your friends, rather than them choosing you." "Stop pretending it doesn't hurt." "Like it's not easy for you too." "Now that I'm at normal school, I don't want to stick out anymore." "For once, I want to blend in." "You can have her." "No." "Look at her." "She's one of yours." "Lexie, Elke, one warning." "Kat, join Elke's group." "Now this next piece is all kinds of exciting, because it requires you to use two art forms, music and movement, to tell a dramatic story." "Ms Fawsie?" "Yes, Elke, you may use the spoken word as well." "No, Lexie, it's not a requirement." "Let's get started." "So we're all boat people and we're coming to Australia across the sea, while Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs plays." "How do boat people dance again?" "Trilby, I am so sick of your negativity." "It's called realism, Elk." "We have to keep it simple." "You can't dance, I can't dance." "Marysa and Darcy can't dance." "What about you, new girl?" "Can you dance?" "I've got it." "A piece about humanity's destruction of the environment." "We can call it Gaia's Vengeance." "That sounds like a really good idea." "Girl's class is boring without Kat." "Do you reckon you could smuggle me in with you?" "You might need to grow some wispy facial hair first." "Um, do the words 'third' and 'wheel' mean anything to you guys?" "Seriously, she's your big threat?" "Don't be fooled by the naive country bumpkin act." "The best pas de deux partner and the assistant choreographer both succumbed." "Basically she owes her status to pash rash." "You're funny." "I've always thought so." "What are you bringing to the table?" "You two!" "Be quiet, or chop!" "To the centre." "I could even the odds for you." "Really travel this, guys, and explode that front foot into the air, yeah?" "Show me that photo moment." "OK, here we go." "You guys organising that hip hop night was so cool." "But even before they tapped me on the shoulder," "I knew second year was where I belonged." "Shhh." "I mean, I wouldn't call first years immature." "It's just like my mum says - I'm an old soul." "Old soul?" "Right, we're up." "Five, six, seven, eight." "So Ben, good stuff in there." "Thanks, Reedo." "And Ben's pretty boring." "Most people call me the Benster." "Really?" "So did you do martial arts before you danced?" "No." "Why?" "There was this Asian kid in dance school back in Newy." "He started out in taekwondo." "You look a bit like him." "Yep, we all look the same." "Mate, that's a bit racist." "Cucumber on a sandwich, that is so gay." "What?" "I'm just taking them off." "That's what I mean." "It's gay." "News flash." "I think Abigail's made a friend." "Hi." "Tara, the Benster." "Have you always walked funny, or did ballet make you that way?" "What?" "Ballet girls." "They're so sensitive." "How do normal people walk?" "Ah, heel-toe." "I think you're more toe-heel." "Great." "So I'll just, you know, unlearn that." "Hey, we should come up with a name for our gang." "The Untouchables." "Yeah, that's great." "That's appropriate." "Look, can you just excuse me a second?" "You push me off balance like yesterday," "I will punch you in the brain." "It's good to see you too, Abigail." "The fairy godmother has spoken." "My child, you shall go to the ball." "Good afternoon, students." "I've decided to make some changes." "You're swapping partners." "Lovely, Abigail." "Stay with me, muscles." "Come on." "Ow!" "Oh, is that really necessary, Ben?" "Couldn't you sweat less?" "Better lay off the lamingtons." "Thank you." "You owe me." "Celebration in my room." "Seven o'clock." "So how's school, kitten?" "Any fun activities?" "What, like finger painting?" "Ah, best part was probably drama." "We're doing a music and movement piece." "Oh, is that like dance?" "No, in fact in it's almost entirely unlike dance." "It's a classic, isn't it?" "I'll get more carrot sticks." "And Golden Steps III?" "If it's as good as one and two, then I am there." "I'm actually pretty tired." "Hey, I wasn't criticising." "Let's bring this trilogy home." "I forgot." "We have Character at eight." "OK." "Well, thanks for the celebration." "I had fun." "I'm glad." "Hey, it's Kat." "Leave a message and I'll get back to you." "Kat?" "You no write." "You don't love me no more?" "Hey, Liebermeister!" "Hey, give me your arm." "OK, so..." "That is your invitation to my Welcome to Second Year party." "Observatory Hill, straight after class." "I'm inviting all the second years, but I'm making you the co-host." "OK, thanks." "Reedo, let's go." "So you're throwing yourself a welcome party?" "I'm kind of an alpha male." "Except my stupid stamp's run out of ink." "That is gay!" "I'll see you guys there?" "Wouldn't miss it." "No stamp." "Drats." "Guess I can't go." "No, you guys have to come." "No, I don't think so." "Well, you just said you would." "A new kid's not just for Christmas." "Where did that come from?" "Seven, eight." "We are glaciers, shedding ice as we recede." "Shake out your dandruff, girls." "Look, we only have to be better than Lexie and her plastics, and they're doing nothing." "Guys, vengeance is about making a difference." "Geri!" "Over here." "Who is that?" "That's Geri Sherm." "She's a commercial choreographer." "She's pretty good, actually." "What?" "You know her name and you know her specialty." "How come?" "What do you mean, no?" "Dance for us, monkey!" "Well I would, but I've sort of retired." "Look, we thought you were like Lexie, only more boring." "But you could help us beat her." "You don't know that." "She said she got kicked out." "I did." "I did, which is why I don't dance anymore, and I definitely don't choreograph." "But in terms of help, I guess I do have some connections." "Ow!" "Oh yeah, no ink." "Hey, starts really soon so don't worry about getting dressed up." "Hey, did I tell you I'm claustrophobic?" "No, you didn't." "I didn't think so." "See, the problem wasn't with Golden Steps III... it's just medically dangerous for me to stay in." "How sad for you." "OK, assuming you're not going to the new guy's party, how about I show you my version of fun?" "Yoohoo!" "Oh, Karamakov!" "See?" "You leave me one voicemail and - pow!" " I materialise." "Now put your ballet slippers back on." "I have a job for you." "World of ballet, kindly collide with the real world." "Hi." "Um, we're here for a dance lesson." "Well, I have this thing I'm supposed to go to." "Wait." "No, no, I forbid you." "The Benster invited all the second years." "I'm pretty sure you're off the hook." "You're off the hook." "There's only one rule." "We get everything for free." "Help!" "Someone help!" "My friend's collapsing!" "What are you doing?" "My friend is collapsing." "Go with me." "Please, anyone!" "It's an emergency!" "Is she OK?" "My friend Hermione gets super low blood sugar." "Don't try to be brave, Hermione, honey." "This man is going to help us." "What does she need?" "I'll call an ambulance." "There's no time." "If she doesn't get something sweet immediately, she'll go into shock." "OK, stay right here." "I'll be right back." "Organic chocolate only!" "Faster!" "I could kill you." "Sweating forehead, wide eyes, racing pulse." "Abi, I think you just had fun." "That was the least amount of fun I've ever had in my entire life." "So what's next?" "Come on." "Try it." "It's easy." "Too easy." "Yep, that's it." "It's all about coordinating both movements." "So..." "Maybe... maybe we can do the breaking ice like this." "Ah, wow." "Cool motif." "I like it." "And then we can go..." "For melting, like this, and then turn." "Whoa." "We should do this more often." "Hi." "Excuse me, um, is Anoushka in?" "I don't know, sorry." "It's my second day." "Really?" "It's kind of awkward." "My cousin Vanessa's visiting from LA." "She's got this premiere thingy tonight and um," "Anoushka promised a dress." "That's not..." "Babe, I'm going to have to call you back." "Your cousin's not Vanessa Hutchens, is it?" "Oh, my gosh!" "I'm such a big fan." "Go Wildcats!" "Yeah, well today she's just a girl looking for a dress." "Right, Nessie?" "Hi!" "OK, no worries." "That's fine." "Um, alright, let's see what we have here for you." "We need a taxi." "Uh!" "Against the rules, remember?" "Everything has to be free." "Abi, what are you doing?" "Hello!" "Ah, my name is Helga." "This is my friend, Pia." "We are from Sweden, ah, but we are so lost." "So Kat has new friends." "Does that feel weird to you?" "You miss her a lot, don't you?" "Yeah." "We all do." "Look, do you ever worry that Kat was kind of the main thing that we had in common?" "OK, it might not sound very ballet of me, but you know, when it comes to friends, I don't play favourites." "OK?" "OK." "Auf wiedersehen!" "Ciao ciao!" "But we're finally getting a little bit of rhythm." "They're actually moving to the music instead of miming to Elke's poetry." "Mm, that sounds nice." "Nice?" "Typical." "If my thing was a performance at the National Academy, you would be all over it." "You'd turn up with photographers to record yourself watching me dance." "Come on, Kat, you're being unreasonable." "We can't second guess everything that's important to you." "She's not asking you to guess, Dad." "She's asking you to show an interest." "Thank you." "Except if I show an interest I'm being patronising, and if I'm not all over you, I'm the worst mother in the world." "Well, why do you have to be the worst or the best?" "I just want you to be normal." "I am being normal." "We're sitting here having a family activity." "This is my best attempt at being normal!" "See how they're both using their pile?" "Good, Christian." "Good." "Now, everyone." "Good luck with the Benster." "Ah, Miss Raine, may I be excused?" "Samuel!" "Where do you think you're going?" "Ben!" "Benster!" "Hey, can you stop?" "No!" "I'm sorry I didn't come to your thing." "Something just came up." "Well, if you weren't going, you should've RSVPed no." "Not yes - no." "You're right." "My bad." "I tried so hard to be friends with you guys." "That's the thing." "You've just been pretty full on." "That's who I am." "That's the Benster." "You want me to tone it down just so I'll fit in?" "That's totally gay." "See?" "Right there - 'gay' doesn't actually mean lame." "You don't know what people are going through." "Right now, someone could be trying to work all that stuff out, like figure out who they are." "You're turning it into this negative." "It's not cool." "Oh." "Right." "Um..." "I'm such an idiot." "Myles Kelly?" "How low can you go?" "You'd be surprised." "Thank you, girls." "I'm sure there was a story in there somewhere." "Elke's group, you're up next." "Darling, am I on time?" "Tell me that's not your mother." "Worse." "It's her android replacement, programmed to humiliate." "Got a bit held up." "Mm-hmm!" "Kill me now." "My husband's rehearsing." "Sends apologies." "Oh!" "It's so great they've involved parents." "They don't normally come to assessments." "So... 17 degrees." "17.5, 17.7, 18.2, 18." "18.6, 19 degrees." "Heat." "Rising." "Danger." "Rising." "Bureaucratic apathy." "Rising." "Crack!" "Crack!" "Splash!" "The ice shelf of the Arctic, icebergs breaking free." "Drifting, drifting away, melting as they go." "The polar bears roar their farewell to humanity." "Fantastic!" "That is possibly the finest music and movement piece" "I've ever had in any of my classes." "Well, you did a great job of the choreography." "Mum, don't!" "What?" "It was surprisingly good." "Yeah, for an amateur performance by first-time dancers in a school exercise." "Well, there are some excellent dance classes in the city..." "Mum, again, don't!" "Katrina, I'm just trying to work out what you want." "Please believe me." "I know." "Last year, it was like I broke up with ballet, or maybe ballet broke up with me." "I didn't think it would hurt so much, but it did." "I didn't know that." "Well, it was my fault." "And I don't want to get back together, but I think I need to miss it for a little while." "If it helps, I miss it too." "So, round two?" "No, I'm taking the dress back." "And recommending they hire a smarter sales assistant." "I don't want to be mistaken for a thief, or some B list celebrity." "But you still had fun, right?" "Yeah." "You coming?" "So we're good, right?" "Yeah." "It's just you and Tara being so full on." "A little weird adjusting to." "OK." "It's gross, obviously, but yeah, it's great." "Well honestly, I haven't really known how to play it." "You said things were cool between us." "Yeah, it is." "I don't feel the same way I did last year." "That's gone." "But it did mean something, I guess." "At some stage I have to figure out what." "You know?" "Yep." "Come on, let's go." "Boys." "Hey, look, I made you rainbow cupcakes." "When I said 'That's so gay,' I didn't mean to offend you." "Um, OK." "Ah, wait, that's a bad turn of phrase." "Um, look, it's totally cool that you guys are... yeah." "Ben!" "Mate, the cupcakes are..." "The toughest thing about being kicked out of the academy wasn't that I didn't fit in." "Ooh!" "Excuse us!" "Sorry, partner." "It was how much I DID fit with the people there, my friends." "Hello!" "I don't know how things are going to work out at school No.18." "Hey, are you the one who got rejected last year?" "I don't think I've found my place yet." "The very same." "And you are Ben?" "Call me Benster." "Mm, no-one gets to pick their own nickname, Ben." "She's awesome." "Hey, she should be part of our gang." "Can I be a part of your gang?" "But I know who I fit with." "And maybe that's enough for now." "Give me!" "No!" "Oh, there's a pink one."