New Network Devoted to All Dance Programming to Launch This Fall

Variety reports that Dance Network, a subscription-based streaming-video service, which will feature dance programming, will launch in the fall. The news was announced by the network's backers today.

Subscribers may chose from a yearlong or month subscription service, ranging from $6.99 a month to $4.99 a month for a yearlong subscription.

Among the network's original programming will be "Traveling Dancer," which "showcases local dance styles from around the globe; "To the Stage," which follows the competitive real life efforts of high school show choirs in the vein of Fox's hit series "Glee"; and a flash mob series, "Steady Mobbin'."

The network will launch in October 2015 on Apple iOS and Android mobile phones, Roku and through its Web portal.

In a statement, Joe Kissack, the chief operating officer of Dance Network, commented, "Just look at the enduring popularity of movie musicals and films like the 'Step Up' franchise, 'Flashdance' and 'Strictly Ballroom' and to the global success of TV shows like 'So You Think You Can Dance' and 'Dancing with the Stars'!. Clearly people love music and love to dance, two universal languages that can offer the added value of playing well across all platforms, including Web portals, mobile phones and tablets. We will offer every style of dance, in every genre of production, from country to ballet, from hip-hop to Ballroom, from feature films to documentaries, from reality to competitions, and instruction to scripted programming."

Dance fans and entrepreneurs Julie C. Stadler and David J. Medeiros are the network's founders.