Global InformationThe Legion of Extraordinary Dancers information
| The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers | |
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| Genre | Web series Dance Action Drama Interactive |
| Created by | Jon M. Chu |
| Narrated by | Roger Aaron Brown |
| Composers | Nathan Lanier Paul Dateh |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jon M. Chu Scott Ehrlich Hieu Ho Larry Tanz |
| Production locations | Los Angeles, California |
| Cinematography | Alice Brooks[fn 1] |
| Running time | 10 minutes |
| Production company | Agility Studios[2] |
| Original release | |
| Network | Hulu |
| Release | July 7, 2010 – September 22, 2011 |
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The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, commonly called The LXD, is a 2010–2011 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.[3][4] The entire story takes place over hundreds of years, beginning in the 1920s, up to the year 3000.[1]
The series was created, directed, and produced by Jon M. Chu,[4][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][fn 2] The series was choreographed by Christopher Scott and Harry Shum, Jr., with assistant choreography by Galen Hooks.[2][4][8][fn 3] Members had a wide variety of specialties, including hip-hop, krumping, contemporary, tricking, popping, b-boying, jazz, tap, and ballet.[1][4][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.[1]
50% of the sales of the official LXD T-shirt went to support the work of the nonprofit organization Invisible Children, Inc.[13][fn 4] Puma was the lead sponsor for The LXD.[15] As of 2010, an official soundtrack was in production.[16] The first LXD theatrical release was presented as a 3D short film, screening before the director's fan cut of Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.
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- ^ Bloom, Julie (June 24, 2010). "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's a Superdancer!". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
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- ^ a b Harper, Rebecca (July 7, 2010). "Interview: The LXD's Jon Chu". Hulu.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
- ^ Julie Steinberg (October 30, 2010). "'Glee's' Harry Shum Jr. on the Creepy Halloween-Timed 'Rising' Episode of The LXD". WSJ.com. Archived from the original on 2010-11-05. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ^ a b Yamato, Jen (July 9, 2010). "On the Set of 'The LXD,' Where Dancers Are Superheroes". MovieFone.com. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ Choreographer: Jonathan "Legacy" Perez. "I Seen a Man". The LXD. Season 1. Episode 10. 9:05 minutes in. Hulu.com.
- ^ Choreographer: Jamal Sims. "Can't Dance". The LXD. Season 3. Episode 4. 7:57 minutes in. Hulu.com.
- ^ Choreographer: Dee Caspery. "Mess in Aisle 7". The LXD. Season 3. Episode 8. 8:18 minutes in. Hulu.com.
- ^ Choreographer: Kenneth "Free" Crawford and Mike Song. "Reprogram". The LXD. Season 3. Episode 6. 5:13 minutes in. Hulu.com.
- ^ "LXD T-shirt". InvisibleChildren.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-05. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ^ "LXD premieres tonight". InvisibleChildren. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ Mark Hustvedt (April 6, 2009). "'Legion of Extraordinary Dancers' Steps Up With PUMA as Agility's First Series". Tubefilter.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-05-10. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
- ^ "New LXD Episode: Tails Of War". District78.com. November 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-02-17. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
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