"Previously on Dance Academy..." "When Dad thought I was the best it was barely acceptable." "Now he knows I'm the worst." "He was never gonna come, was he?" "He was absolutely going to try." "I think I like you." "That's not true." "I know I like you." "You're not ditching me because you're confused." "OK." "I have to go." "There's someone at the door." " Come with me." " I can't." "Why not?" "You'll be understudying Clara." "You should be proud of your audition." "You argued for Tara in the audition and I saw enough potential to give her a chance, but she's struggling." "Abigail, take over Tara's part for this rehearsal, please." "Good, Abigail." "At home we have a billion stars, so many I've always believed in magic." "It's no secret that Clara's rehearsals have been a bit hit-and-miss." "I'm hoping that changes now that we're in the theatre." "Not wizards and sorcerers." "My magic is the kind of four-leaf clovers and star signs..." "Oh, wait." "Come on, T." "This is you." "And that in another life I could fly." "This is not all for me?" "You and..." "That's my mirror." "It used to be so easy to believe in magic." "These days I'm just struggling to believe in myself." "Tara, I'm not gonna sugar-coat it." "But the understudy's run-throughs have been more consistent." "I will not be making a decision till after the dress rehearsal, but I want you to both be prepared for the fact that I may be switching the roles." "Someone's told my dad that our exam results come out tomorrow and he wants to discuss my five-year plan." "I was thinking this could be a good chance to get to know other guys in other years." "Why?" "I don't know." "I guess you could figure out if you're..." "Or not." "He's fit." "Mate." "Too soon?" "Just a little bit." "Sorry." "This is a big theatre, Tara." "I need you to tell the story with your whole body." "I didn't mean smile more." "This is not an eisteddfod." "Better." "When are you getting the costume for this?" "Um, this afternoon." "Stay." "I don't understand why act one goes so well and then you get to this solo." "Alright, that's it." "We'll have to come back to this." "Moving ahead to Snowflakes." "She takes a while to process, but when she gets it..." "If you were directing this, would that still be your call?" "Excellent." "Abigail is the safer option, technically proficient, a little cold but..." "Clara is meant to be weaving her way through the Snowflakes, not crashing into them." "Tara may be a risk, but when she gets it there'll be magic." "Promise." "Yep, no, the parents are fine, but then ever since I got too old for day care they haven't known what to do with me over the holidays." "Is that Myles?" "I'll call you back." "Looking forward to meeting this young man." "Um, hi, Dad." "Sorry, are we talking?" "Sweetheart, we're always talking." "Well, me walking out of the audition, you instant coronary..." "Dad, if there's been a ceasefire, nobody's shown me the white flag." "I'm just giving you space to do your own thing." "It's what you've always wanted, right?" "Let me take that." "Oh, T, can you pick a dress that you like and take it down to Wardrobe for alterations?" "OK." "Ta." "I took the newest." "Dust doesn't work with my allergies." "Imagine if your parents drive all this way and you're not even dancing anything." "Ouch." "I'm just saying." "They'd have to make you a party guest or a flower." "Wow, that is weirdly perfect." "I..." "I don't think it needs to be altered at all." "Girls, I have some notes." " Tara..." " Yep." "Sorry." "I haven't seen that costume in a long time." "Ooh, it's an ancient." "My mum wore it and Olga Boranski and Dame Josie Doran." "Yes, it came out with the Ballets Russes, 1936." "Superstition says it's never had so much as a broken thread." "Take good care of it." "It's gorgeous." "I need you to tell the story with your whole body." "Hey." "You going home at all tonight?" "I just thought I should try the solo with my costume on, see if it made a difference." "It did." "So how long were you standing there?" "Did you see anything strange?" "Strange how?" "Never mind." "I can't believe this year is almost over." "Yeah." "I'm hoping Sammy's dad gets off his back or else holidays at the Liebermans' will be a little tense." "Well, if he doesn't, you should so come stay at the farm." "I'm serious." "They always need the extra help and Christmas lunch we have, like, 50 people over, so you wouldn't be in the way." "How do you have 50 people?" "Cousins, second cousins..." "We all go swimming in the dam." "I think you'd really love it." "Yeah, but then other stuff would probably happen." "Is that...?" "I don't know." "Is that a bad thing?" "Tara, you and I don't really have the best track record." "I'm sorry." "I just..." "No, you're right." "Bad idea." "Just forget I said anything." "Take that, Anatomy, and stuff it in your... prostatic fascia." "You know we do Anatomy in second year as well, yeah?" "Scholarship?" "Part." "Shared with..." "Mum, I got it." "Yeah." "And I topped everything." "Yes, hip-hop." "I said 'everything'." "Check out audition week." "Excuse me." "Hi." "Can you tell me where the dressing room is?" "Um, back the way you came and second door to your left." "Is it amazing being at the Academy?" "You have no idea." "Thank you." "'Bye." "Shh." "High distinction." "High distinction." "You're in the top percentile of every subject." "I know how I place academically, but what about my dance exams?" "These ARE your dance exams, Sammy." "You should be really proud of how far you've come this year, which is why I was so disappointed to receive this email from your father." "Sorry?" "It says he's withdrawing his financial support." "Full dress rehearsal." "Act two beginners to the stage." "Act two beginners." "All technicians prepare for rehearsal." "He doesn't even want you here." "Why is next year any different?" "Because I'm in Grade 11 next year." ""The subjects you choose, the school you go to," ""they all affect your university entrance, Samuel."" "Mum?" "Yeah." "Could you put me on to Dad?" "OK, OK." "Well, you tell him that my phone is on." "If he wants to call me, he can, but he can't make up his mind till he sees me dance tomorrow night." "So you and Myles got any exciting plans for the holidays?" "Um, why are we talking about this now?" "'Cause I'm trying to distract myself." "Break a leg, Tara." "If after the rehearsal I decide to recast" "I want you to be the one to tell Tara." "I'm keeping it?" "Really?" "!" "I never doubted it for a second." "It's this dress." "It's like magic." "When I'm wearing it nothing can go wrong." "Listen, I've decided to stick around Sydney for a bit." "Dad's offered me a job as his assistant and there's some stuff I can learn." "Sounds smart." "You should stay with us over the break." "We can take class, you and Kat can hang out, you and I can hang out." "Just think about it." "I don't..." "I don't have to." "I'm in." "Really?" "Will I be able to change any time this century?" "Alright." "We'll talk details later." "I have a favour to ask." "Tickets are sold out and some idiot put my parents together." "I'm not sure if you heard, but they won't come if they're sitting next to each other." "I was just wondering whether one of yours might swap with mine." "Oh, um..." "Forget it." "No, no." "I can ask them." "It's fine." "I'll sort something out." "It's not much, just a couple of presents, but it would be awesome if you could play Santa at the right moment." "Why?" "Are you not planning on being around?" "No, actually." "Myles and I are flying to Darwin, doing a road trip around the country." "Oh, I hadn't heard." "It's not exactly for public record yet, but I was planning on calling Ethan from the airport and then he could let everyone know." "You're running away?" "Going away." "Wow." "You were actually the one person I thought would understand." "Look, there's one in there for you." "So I'm stuck in the Bermuda love triangle." "Do you still like Ethan?" "I don't know." "Maybe." "Kat, would it totally ruin your holiday if I went out with your brother?" "OK, stop." "Why?" "Did you see a shark?" "No, Sammy." "It's the end of the year." "You guys are my two best friends." "Can we just be here for a minute together?" "Contemporary - distinction." "Pas de deux - high distinction." "General comment - "Christian lives up to his potential."" "I..." "I just wanted to say thanks, Mum, for making me audition." "So, anyway, there's this girl..." "May I help you?" "Um, I don't know." "I'm doing work experience." "I have to take costumes." "OK, those are for side-stage changes and those are fine to go into storage." "And that one?" "Storage." "Thanks." "Cast and crew, 30 minutes till curtain." " Hey, I'll see you guys later." " OK." "Kit Kat, you sitting with me out front?" "No, I'm gonna stay back here with costumes." "Sure, OK." "You're seriously leaving now?" "I finally worked out what we both have in common." "This is it for us." "These guys are our family." "So quit dancing, blow off your parents, but at least say goodbye." "I can't." "They'll try to stop me." "Hey, Myles." "Yeah, I'm on my way now." "Yep. 'Bye." "Open." "Oh, Abigail, I fixed up the tickets and your mum's sitting with mine." "Close." "Miss Raine, when you danced Clara, what costume did you wear?" "I never danced Clara." "Oh." "Is your dad a no-show?" "Yeah, well, mine hasn't spoken to me since he found out I had a boyfriend, so..." "Really?" "Hey." "Hey, let's do this." " Is that it?" " Yep." "That's it." " Sorry, Sebastian." " Yes?" "I was just hanging my Clara costume side stage." "Obviously, nothing's going to happen to Tara." "Anyway, I noticed her nightgown doesn't seem to be there." "I'm sure it's fine." "I just thought I'd better mention something." " What's happening, Abigail?" " Thank you, Abigail." " Ethan will check that out." " Sure." "Whoa!" "That was fun." "What?" " What did you do with it?" " Hey!" "Back off, OK?" "It's just been misplaced." "Alright." "Wardrobe gave me these." "No." "Tara's had a blue sash." "Yeah." "No." "Everything's under control." "Tara, you're gonna have to wear one of these or Abigail's." "I can't." "It's just a costume." "No, it's not." "It'll be like in rehearsal." "I never got through this act without the costume." "Abigail will have to go on." "I can't have a different Clara halfway through." "Tara, what do you need?" "Kat." "I need to talk to Kat." "Can someone find my sister?" "Wait." "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "T, slow down." "It's gone and I can't dance without it." "I'll make a fool of myself." "Alright." "Abigail, start getting dressed." "Listen, you're an expert at making a fool of yourself." " Where are you?" " That doesn't matter, OK?" "What does is that you stop making excuses." "I get that you're scared, T, but you need to suck it up and do what it is that you've been working for this whole year." "Kat's right." "You're going to have to go on because I'm not." "You're better... you're better at this than me, with or without a costume... and the audience will see it." "Babe, do they even know you're going?" "Listen, I don't care if we miss this plane, if we miss the next one, or we don't go at all." "Alright?" "All I care about is you." "Why are they holding the curtain?" "Wardrobe issue." "But I think I'm ready now." "I know you are." "OK, wait." "Wait, wait." "Can you read that for me, please?" "You didn't make it into second year." "OK." "So, Christmas Day..." "Are your family seafood people or turkey?" "What?" "You know, I'd love to come down to the farm with you, if that's still cool." "You have the worst possible timing." "Shh." "I think you're about to miss your entrance." "If I have to get six jobs I'm staying at the Academy." "Shh." "I'm watching the dancing." "So I'm in this place I've only ever glimpsed before where gravity can't touch me, nothing can." "If I think about it I can feel the ache in my knee, but rather than stopping me, it's spurring me on, a reminder... one of the hundreds of turning points over the last 12 months" "that have brought me here to this moment, and finally I'm flying."