Perfect webseries mash-up? b-boys, poppers, superhero powers? 'The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers' is ready to battle with flips, spins and dance steps

via latimes.com

By Zachary Pincus-Roth, Special to the Los Angeles Times
July 4, 2010

"It's your classic western pastiche: The good guys saunter through the saloon's double doors. The bad guys put down their whiskey. The brawl begins.

But in this scene, rehearsed at Melody Ranch in Newhall a week ago, the two sides compete not with fists and guns but with flips and spins. "What if dance was actually a weapon?" asks the director, Jon M. Chu. "They can use it for good or for evil."

Chu was filming an episode of "The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers," a.k.a. "The LXD," a new Web series in which hip-hop dancers are portrayed as superheroes. It's dance crew meets "Fantastic Four" — ordinary people discover their exceptional powers and decide to join the Legion, which then faces off against mysterious enemies. But instead of specializing in firepower or invisibility, it's breaking, popping, locking, finger tutting or boogaloo...."

Much more to read here:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-extraordinarydancers-20100704...

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