The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers

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The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers
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Genre Dance
Action
Drama
Created by Jon M. Chu
Narrated by Roger Aaron Brown
ComposersNathan Lanier
Paul Dateh
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes30
Production
Executive producersJon M. Chu
Scott Ehrlich
Hieu Ho
Larry Tanz
Production locations Los Angeles, California
CinematographyAlice Brooks
Running time10 minutes
Production companyAgility Studios [1]
Original release
Network Hulu
ReleaseJuly 7, 2010 (2010-07-07) 
September 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)

The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, commonly called The LXD, is an American web series that premiered on Hulu. The series follows two groups of rival dancers: the Alliance of the Dark, who are the villains, and the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, the heroes, who discover they have superpowers referred to as "the Ra" through their dance abilities. [2] [3] The entire story takes place over hundreds of years, beginning in the 1920s, up to the year 3000. [4]

Contents

The series was created, co-directed, and co-produced by Jon M. Chu, [3] [5] who says he was inspired to create it by Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and "Smooth Criminal" music videos and by the dancers he met while filming the movie Step Up 2 the Streets . [6] [7] The series was choreographed by Christopher Scott and Harry Shum, Jr., with assistant choreography by Galen Hooks. [1] [3] [8] [fn 1] Members had a wide variety of specialties, including hip-hop, krumping, contemporary, tricking, popping, b-boying, jazz, tap, and ballet. [4] [3] [8] All of the choreography and stunts were real. There were no special effects or wire work, [6] and the entire series was shot on location without the use of green screens. [4]

50% of the sales of the official LXD T-shirt went to support the work of the nonprofit organization Invisible Children, Inc. [13] [14] |group="fn"}} Puma was the lead sponsor for the series. [15] [16]

Members and cast

Sources: [17] [18]

Series history

The first two seasons of The LXD were released in 2010 and the third premiered in August 2011. [24] Shooting first began for the series in February 2009. [4] It took 18 months to complete filming for the first two seasons. [4]

The Uprising Begins

Season one focuses on the back story of the Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, the "good guys". [25] Each episode introduces each of the characters and their specific dance ability. [6] The season premiered July 7, 2010 on Hulu. [17] [26] The first two webisodes (Chapters in the series), "The Tale of Trevor Drift" and "AntiGravity Heroes", were both released July 7. The remaining eight were released every Wednesday afterward. [17]

Chapter (Episode)Character(s) introducedDance style(s) showcasedDate released
The Tale of Trevor DriftTrevor Drift
The Observers
The Illister
Alice Wondershaw
Brendan Broman
B-boying July 7, 2010
AntiGravity HeroesJimmy Angel
Justin Starr
Cole Waters
Tricking
Robot LovestorySp3cimen
The Dark Doctor
Autumn
The Dark Nurse
Invalid
Shadows
(Ro)boting
Popping
Tutting
Ballet
July 14, 2010
The Uprising BeginsMiss Harlow
Spex
Tendo
B-boyingJuly 21, 2010
The LettermakersZ
Dante
Krumping
DuetNinjato
Katana
Contemporary July 28, 2010
The Dark Doctor DealPopping
Elliot's ShoesElliot Hoo Hip-hop August 11, 2010
FanboyzStereo
Phono
Minijack
Krumping
Popping
Hip-hop
Boogaloo
August 18, 2010
I Seen a ManCopeland Tap dance
Waving

Secrets of the Ra

Season two tells the back story of the villains of The LXD [25] which consist of Organization X—called The Ox—and The Umbras. The second season also premiered with two chapters, "The Legion" and "Lessons", which were released October 26, 2010. The remaining webisodes were released every Wednesday after with the exception of Wednesday, November 24 due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

Chapter (Episode)Character(s) introducedDance style(s) showcasedDate released
The LegionThe Kidd
Elder Jack
Dr.E
B-boying
Popping
October 26, 2010
LessonsBeat Bullies
Taylor Jensen
Stepping
Tap
Popping
B-boying
The RisingThe Eaters
Fangz
Flexing
B-boying
October 28, 2010
Mark of the OxKarey
The Wave
Achilles
Waru
Dreads
Stakka
Tricking
Waving
Fire dancing
B-boying
November 2, 2010
Tails of WarScales
Teethe
Gills
Finns
(Ro)boting
Jazz
Jazz Funk
Popping
November 9, 2010
The Greater of Two EvilsThe UmbrasJazz
Free running
Krumping
Tricking
Jazz Funk
November 16, 2010
OriginsHip-hop
B-boying
December 1, 2010
ExperimentsExperiment 2A2 (Energy Manipulation)
Experiment 4K8 (Force Displacement)
Experiment J4E (Matter Disruption)
Experiment 9S2 (Gravity Distortion)
The Exterminator
Ballet
Popping
B-boying
December 8, 2010
The Good, the Bad and the Ra, Part 1Gimpspark Tumbling (gymnastics)
B-boying
Krumping
Tricking
Popping
December 15, 2010
The Good, the Bad and the Ra, Part 2The LXD Elders(Ro)boting
Popping
Tutting
Waving

Super Ballet

There is episode titled "Super Ballet" that was supposed to be presented as part of the series narrative. It was left out of season two because Chu felt it didn't fit into the storyline. He eventually released it in 2012 when The LXD became available on YouTube. [27] The dancing performed in the episode is a mix of ballet and tricking.

Rise of the Drifts

Season three tells the back story of how the LXD was formed and what led to the Ox and the Umbras uniting to become the Alliance of the Dark. I.aM.mE, a dance crew from Houston, TX who won season six of America's Best Dance Crew , makes an appearance in season three as the Reanimators. [28] Ceasare "Tight Eyez" Willis, the creator of the dance style krumping, also appears in season three [28] as the character of Style Ripper, one of the LXD Elders. Season three premiered on August 11, 2011, with two chapters: "The Extraordinary 7" and "Ashes". With the exception of September 1, the rest of the chapters in the season were released weekly on Thursdays.

Chapter (Episode)Character(s) introducedDance style(s) showcasedDate released
The Extraordinary 7Annabelle
Black Diamond
The Countess
Groove Guardian
Joe Drift
The Mignifisick
Sir Swoop
Style Ripper
Ringmaster
Winston
Bollywood dance
Roboting
B-boying
Krumping
August 11, 2011
AshesLocking Goons Locking
Forbidden Flamenco August 18, 2011
Can't DanceVivienneRhythmic Gymnastics
Burlesque
Hip-hop
Vogue
August 25, 2011
SalvageRobotsRobotingSeptember 8, 2011
ReprogramRoboting
Popping
Tutting
RA GamesB-boying
Mess in Aisle 7The RinasBallet
B-boying
September 15, 2011
Alliance of the DarkReanimatorsPopping

Animation

Rise of the DriftsContemporary
Jazz
B-boying
Popping
Ballet
September 22, 2011

Reception

The LXD is the most viewed original web series on Hulu. [29] AdvertisingAge.com gave the series a favorable review stating "...each episode of 'LXD' packs a wealth of narrative sophistication into its eight or nine minutes. Combine this with the theater-worthy production values and a cast that exerts itself to an ungodly extent, and the end result is—pun time!—extraordinary." [30] Mashable.com called the series "...a game-changer in the way that web series—and the arts—are presented online. Oh yeah, and it’s stunning." [31] In its review of season one, PentacleBlogs.org praised the dancing but felt the acting was weak: "At best this Hollywood narrative approach makes The LXD series seem a bit clunky and cheesy, and at worse it detracts from the enjoyment of truly great dancing." [32]

After their performance at TED 2010, The LXD received the longest standing ovation in TED history. [33] In November 2010, The LXD won a Media Vanguard Award for "Best Original Web Series." [34] In January 2011, the series won a Digital Luminary Award in the "Original Web Content" category. [35] In February 2011, it was announced that Jon Chu would win the Pioneer Award at the International Digital Emmy Awards for the series. [36] At the announcement, IATAS President and CEO, Bruce Paisner remarked "Jon M. Chu is one of the most up & coming directing talents of our time and we look forward to honoring him for his innovative contributions to the field of digital entertainment with our Pioneer Prize." [36]

Live performances

The LXD has performed live for YouTube Live '08 [37] and for the TBS Ellen DeGeneres special Ellen's Even Bigger Really Big Show at Caesar's Palace. [38] In May 2010, they were the opening act for the Glee Live! tour. [39] They performed by invitation [6] on season six of So You Think You Can Dance , the 2010 TED conference, [40] and the 82nd Academy Awards. [3] [5] In October 2010, the LXD performed at YouTube Play in New York. [41] In December 2010, they performed on the Conan show. [42] In 2011, they joined the cast of Glee again on their second international tour. [43]

Footnotes

  1. Chris Scott, Harry Shum, and Galen Hooks are the main choreographers; however, other choreographers have been brought in throughout the series. Jonathan "Legacy" Perez choreographed season one's first episode, "The Tale of Trevor Drift". [9] Jamal Sims choreographed season three's episode "Can't Dance". [10] Dee Caspery choreographed season three's episode "Mess in Aisle 7". [11] Kenneth "Free" Crawford and Mike Song choreographed season three's episode "Reprogram". [12]
  2. Venum, Lil Demon, Flipz, Cloud, and Luigi are all members of Skill Methods b-boy crew. [19]
  3. Luigi was a competitor at Red Bull BC One 2010, [20] a competition where the world's top 16 ranked b-boys battle each other.
  4. Cloud was a competitor at Red Bull BC One 2009. [21]
  5. Shum also stars as Mike Chang on the FOX television show Glee . [22]
  6. Shonnie's uncle is Samuel "Boogaloo Sam" Solomon, the man who invented the popping style of dance.
  7. Kid David was a competitor at Red Bull BC One in 2008 and 2012. [23]
  8. Anis Cheurfa plays the role of Rinzler in the 2010 film Tron: Legacy .
  9. Carey Ysais is the co-creator of The Carnival: Choreographer’s Ball.
  10. Maryss from Paris and Rino are both members of Beat Freaks.

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