The LXD officially launches next week on 7.7.10. We posted some behind the scenes footage with director Jon M. Chu. Now, we’ve got a sneak peek of the first episode. Here’s the synopsis: “Against his father’s wishes, Trevor attends the prom and shows off his bboy moves.” Looks like a dance off right on the first episode.

Here’s some thoughts about the LXD series from us. We were quoted in an SFGate.com column today.

And then there’s the third in Jon Chu’s series of dance-off flicks, “Step Up 3D.” “It’ll be the biggest surprise hit of the summer,” asserts Kevin Hsieh, who runs the videoblog ChannelAPA. “Jon Chu knows how to market dancing; just look back at the online dance battle he staged, the biggest in YouTube history: ACDC versus M&M Cru with Miley Cyrus. With his new Web series, ‘LXD’ — ‘Legion of Xtraordinary Dancers‘ — starting up on Hulu in July, all the dance hype will lead directly into the ‘Step Up 3D’ release in August. And hey, both feature Harry Shum Jr. — think of ’em as the only ‘Glee’ action you’ll get this summer!”

Read the whole article here.

The LXD : Episode 1 sneak peek