More Dance Academy on the Way

MAINZ: A second season of the hit live-action series Dance Academy is in production, following a commission for a further 26 episodes from Germany’s ZDF and Australia’s ABC. 

Funding for the series is again coming from ZDF Enterprises, ZDF, ABC, Screen Australia, Screen NSW and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation. ZDF Enterprises handles the international distribution, and has already wrapped sales to to YLE in Finland, TG4 in Ireland, Cartoon Network in Latin America, NRK in Norway, Disney in Portugal and Spain, RTI-Mediaset in Italy, Canal+ in France, SF in Switzerland, NPO in the Netherlands, Vitaya in Belgium and South Korea.

Returning cast members include Tara (Xenia Goodwin), Abigail (Dena Kaplan, I Am You), Sammy (Tom Green, The Ground Beneath), Christian (Jordan Rodrigues, Home and Away), Ethan (Tim Pocock, X-Men Origins: Wolverine), Kat (Alicia Banit, Summer Heights High) and Miss Raine (Tara Morice). Two new characters join in the second run: Grace Whitney (Issi Durant, So You Think You Can Dance) and Ben Tickle (Thomas Lacey, Blue Heelers).