Dance Academy

Season 2

Episode 21: Ladder Theory

Nationals of the Prix de Fonteyn begin, with tensions running high. Ben tries to psyche out Christian by pursuing Tara by asking her out, leaving Kat feeling left out, and Tara grows closer to Ben (who tells her about his "ladder theory", the step up from friendship that a relationship involves). When Ben kisses Tara in front of Christian right before his solo, it obviously distracts Christian and makes Tara realise Ben was using her. Sammy tries to hide having a boyfriend from his father and brother, who come to watch him dance, so he brings Abigail to lunch, but his family soon finds out he's with Ollie after his (literally) show-stopping number, who take it fairly well. Abigail, meanwhile, chooses the musical over her mother's pressure to compete at Nationals. Tara, Grace, Sammy and a Tasmanian student named Michael Slade (Rarmian Newton) who tried to sabotage Sammy's contemporary solo are all chosen to represent Australia on the International stage.