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The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers, commonly called The LXD, was a 2010–2011 web series about 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 The Legion of [3][4] have superpowers referred to as "the Ra" through their dance abilities. The entire story takes place over hundreds of Extraordinary Dancers 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 the series 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] He has described the show as "balletic", "operatic", "high quality"[6] and a "Justice League of dance."[3] The Genre Web series series was choreographed by Christopher Scott and Harry Shum, Jr. with assistant choreography by Galen Hooks.[2][4][8][fn 3] Dance Members had a wide variety of specialties including hip-hop, krumping, contemporary, tricking, popping, b-boying, jazz, tap, Action/adventure 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 Drama Interactive series was shot on location without the use of green screens.[1] Created by Jon M. Chu 50% of the sales of the official LXD t-shirt went to support the work of the non-profit organization Invisible Children, Directed by Jon M. Chu [13][fn 4] [15] [16] Inc.. PUMA was the lead sponsor for The LXD. As of 2010, an official soundtrack was in production. The first Scott Speer LXD theatrical release was presented as a 3D short film, screening before the director's fan cut of Justin Bieber: Never Say Ryan Landels Never. Charles Oliver Christopher Scott Presented by Roger Aaron Brown Contents Composer(s) Nathan Lanier Paul Dateh 1 Members and cast Country of United States 2 Series history origin Original English 2.1 The Uprising Begins language(s) 2.2 Secrets of the Ra No. of seasons 3 2.2.1 Super Ballet No. of episodes 30 2.3 Rise of the Drifts Production Executive Jon Chu 3 Reception producer(s) Scott Ehrlich Hieu Ho 4 Live performances Larry Tanz 5 Footnotes Location(s) Los Angeles, California 6 References Cinematography Alice Brooks[fn 1] 7 External links Running time 10 minutes Production Agility Studios[2] company(s) Members and cast Distributor Paramount Digital Entertainment[2] Sources:[17][18] Release Roger Aaron Brown as The Narrator Original Hulu Jaime "Venum" Burgos, Ivan "Flipz" Velez, network and Josh "Milky" Ayers as The Observers[fn 5] Original release July 7, 2010 – Wilbur "Wilpower" Urbina as Joe Drift September 22, 2011 Luis "Luigi" Rosado as Trevor Drift[fn 6] Carly Lang as Alice Wondershaw External links [fn 7] Daniel "Cloud" Campos as The Illister Website (http://www.thelxd.com/) Jeremy Marinas as Justin Starr Travis Wong as Jimmy Angel a.k.a. Shado Nicholas Braun as Cole Waters Chadd "Madd Chadd" Smith as Sp3cimen John "J Rock" Nelson as Jasper James a.k.a. The Dark Doctor Marie "Pandora" Medina as Autumn Shelby Rabara as The Dark Nurse Richard "Steelo" Vazquez as Spex Vivian Bang as Miss Harlow Oscar Orosco as Tendo Aaron "Duece" Cooke as Dante Christopher "Lil' C" Toler as Z Galen Hooks as Ninjato William Wingfield as Katana Harry Shum, Jr. as Elliot Hoo[fn 8] Aja George as Stereo Terence Dickson as Minijack Straphanio "Shonnie" Solomon as Phono[fn 9] Christa Lewis as Parvine Sean "Fresh" Redding as Polo Diva Zappa as Ruth Nick Demoura as Murray Robert Rich as Gus Charlie "VZion" Schmidt as The Prophet (season one) and The Ringmaster (season three) Christopher Scott as Copeland David "Kid David" Shreibman as Karen a.k.a. The Kidd[fn 10] Stephen "tWitch" Boss as Dr. E Harmony Costa, Antwan Davis, and Khalid Freeman as Beat Bullies Caity Lotz as Taylor Jensen Adedamola "Nugget" Orisagbemi, Nicholas "Slick" Stewart, and Marc "Marvelous" Inniss as The Eaters Jesse "Casper" Brown as Peetie a.k.a. Fangz Anis Cheurfa as Achilles[fn 11] Carey Ysais as Karey[fn 12] Ricardo "Boogie Frantick" Rodriguez as The Wave Josue "Beastmode" Figueroa as Stakka Danni "Danni G" Gutierrez as Dreads Cuong "Tony Styles" Ly as Waru Marie "Maryss from Paris" Courchinoux as Scales[fn 13] Rino Nakasone Razalan as Teethe Maya Chino as Gills Chanel Malvar as Finns Brandon Philips as Umbra Bryan Tanaka as Umbra Dondraico 'Draico' Johnson as Umbra Giovanni Watson as Umbra JD McElroy as Umbra Mykal Bean as Umbra Brandon Shaw as Umbra Cassidy Noblett as Umbra Johnny Erasme as Umbra Beau "Casper" Smart as Ox Luke Broadlick as Ox Ryan "McLovin" Houchin as Ox Tara Macken as Ox Cameron Boyce as [Young] Jasper James a.k.a. The Dark Doctor Ele Keats as Diane James Johnathan "Johnny 5" Malstrom as Experiment 2A2 Peter "Smurf" Quintanilla as Experiment 4K8 Jefferey "Machine" McCann as Experiment 9S2 Lorenzo "Devious" Chapman as Experiment J4E Patrick "Pakelika 10" Wesley as The Exterminator Terrance Harrison as Gimpspark Ron "Tempo" Evans Jr., and Soh "Tetris" Tanaka as Rabids Adrian "Lobo" Miramontes, Joshua "ACE" Ventura, Mike Song, and Anthony "Anflowny" Lee as Shadows Nancy "Asia One" Yu as LXD Elder: The Countess Rueben Lucky "Flat Top" Hall as LXD Elder: Groove Guardian Andre "Boppin Dre" Diamond as LXD Elder: Black Diamond Jerry "Flo Master" Randolph as LXD Elder Roger "Orko" Romero as LXD Elder Ceasare "Tight Eyez" Willis as LXD Elder: Style Ripper Kendall Glover as Lil Rina Angelo "Lil Demon" Baligad as Dark Nurse's son Series history The first two seasons of The LXD were released in 2010 while the third premiered in August 2011.[24] Shooting first began for the series in February 2009.[1] It took 18 months to complete filming for the first two seasons.[1] 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) introduced Dance style(s) showcased Date released Trevor Drift The Observers The Tale of Trevor Drift The Illister B-boying Alice Wondershaw Brendan Broman July 7, 2010 Jimmy Angel AntiGravity Heroes Justin Starr Tricking Cole Waters Sp3cimen The Dark Doctor (Ro)boting Autumn Popping Robot Lovestory July 14, 2010 The Dark Nurse Tutting Invalid Ballet Shadows Miss Harlow The Uprising Begins Spex B-boying Tendo July 21, 2010 Z The Lettermakers Krumping Dante Ninjato Duet Contemporary Katana July 28, 2010 The Dark Doctor Deal — Popping Elliot's Shoes Elliot Hoo Hip-hop August 11, 2010 Krumping Stereo Popping Fanboyz Phono Hip-hop Minijack Boogaloo August 18, 2010 Tap dance I Seen a Man Copeland 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) introduced Dance style(s) showcased Date released The Kidd B-boying The Legion Elder Jack Popping Dr.E Stepping October 26, 2010 Beat Bullies Tap Lessons Taylor Jensen Popping B-boying The Eaters Flexing The Rising October 28, 2010 Fangz B-boying Karey The Wave Tricking Achilles Waving Mark of the Ox November 2, 2010 Waru Fire dancing Dreads B-boying Stakka Scales (Ro)boting Teethe Jazz Tails of War November 9, 2010 Gills Jazz Funk Finns Popping Jazz Free running The Greater of Two Evils The Umbras Krumping November 16, 2010 Tricking Jazz Funk Hip-hop Origins — December 1, 2010 B-boying Experiment 2A2 (Energy Manipulation) Experiment 4K8 (Force Displacement) Ballet Experiments Experiment J4E (Matter Disruption) Popping December 8, 2010 Experiment 9S2 (Gravity Distortion) B-boying The Exterminator Tumbling (gymnastics) B-boying The Good, the Bad and the Ra, Part 1 Gimpspark Krumping Tricking Popping December 15, 2010 (Ro)boting Popping The Good, the Bad and the Ra, Part 2 The LXD Elders 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".