UGOT DANCE Canada, a leading provider of dance education programs to schools and childcare centres, and Hop To It Productions, producers of the popular Gemini nominated Pop It! TV series, announced a licensing and distribution agreement for the Canadian educational market.

“Kids know and love the dance-along show Pop It! and it is a great fit for UGOT DANCE,” said G. Randall Munger, founder of UGOT DANCE. “Not only does Pop It! introduce exciting Star Power into our extracurricular dance clubs, it extends the health and fitness benefits of our dance clubs into children’s homes. UGOT DANCE students will receive a Pop It! DVD so they can continue their dance education at home with their parents. We could not ask for a more exciting way to get children active.”

Susan Nation, President of Hop To It Productions, added “Our award winning TV series Pop It! inspires kids with charismatic young hosts, catchy original pop songs, and cool choreography. We believe dance is a fun, accessible way for kids to get exercise and improve balance, strength, fitness, memory and self esteem. We have been very impressed by the UGOT DANCE programs and philosophy. We are thrilled that they have chosen to work with us and look forward bringing the joy of dance to more kids across Canada together.”

About UGOT DANCE Clubs
Starting in September 2012, UGOT DANCE will integrate Pop It! in to its extracurricular club programs across the country, featuring a different Pop It! song and dance routine each term. The Pop It! DVDs will serve as training tools for instructors, and the basis for standardized age appropriate songs, lesson plans and choreography. In addition, each UGOT DANCE student will receive a Pop It! DVD so they can practice at home.

Press Release:
Aron Dunn launches his new Canadian independent prodco Treason Media with a deal with fellow Canadian indie Hop To It Productions to develop “Lucas Rocks”, a live action comedy series for kids 8 to 12.
Susan Nation, President of Hop To It says “ We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with Aron and his new company Treason Media. He is an incredibly talented storyteller who really knows how to make kids laugh. He also brings a strong understanding of the development process and the players in the kids market to the table. Developing this project with Aron rocks ”
Aron Dunn of Treason Media says “Susan is a wonderful creative partner with her finger on the pulse of youth and a great sense of the market. Character driven comedy with funny, physical set pieces is my specialty and “Lucas Rocks” has a deep vein of comedy to mine. I’m thrilled to launch Treason Media with such a wonderful collaboration.”
Susan and Aron will both be at Kidscreen Summit next week exploring further partnerships.

“Lucas Rocks”
Life changes forever for Lucas, a shy twelve-year-old who prefers collecting rocks to rocking out with friends, after he finds a mischievous spirit hiding in a chunk of quartz he brought back to Canada from the Australian Outback. This spirit is determined to rock Lucas’ world by setting off absurdly chaotic chain reactions that force him out of his shell with hilarious consequences. Talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Treason Media www.treasonmedia.ca
Treason Media is a full-service content creation company focused on comedy for kids and kids at heart. Founded in 2011 by industry vet Aron Dunn to develop creator-driven projects, Treason’s mission is to turn words into laughter, stories into memories, characters into icons and visions into reality. Every revolution starts with an act of treason.

Hop To It Productions www.hoptoitproductions.com
Hop To It is an independent entertainment company based in Toronto, Canada. It was formed in 2006 by Susan Nation, Nina Beveridge and Paul Hart to create and market innovative, relevant multi-platform content, with a focus on kids.

Tails are wagging at Hop To It Productions. In a great start to the year, we have committed to develop our exciting “Talent Hounds” multi-platform project with Canadian broadcaster The Pet Network. President of Hop To It Productions Susan Nation commented “We are thrilled to be sharing heartwarming and fun stories that celebrate wonderful dogs and their owners on TV and Online. We look forward to bringing together a community of people that care for and about their pets with our wonderful partner The Pet Network.”

Rosemary Fusca, Head of Programming for Toronto-based Stornoway Communications, which owns and operates The Pet Network, said: “Our company is committed to developing properties that integrate television with the online, social media and mobile worlds. We are excited to work with Hop To It Productions on a unique project that will help to connect pet owners from coast to coast and celebrate our shared love for our animal companions.”

The development agreement comes just in time for Realscreen Summit. Hop to It Partner and Producer Nina Beveridge will be attending, looking for further partners. Nina said “I am very excited to be attending Realscreen Summit to build our relationships and business”

Nina will also be pitching the rest of the Hop To It factual development slate which includes “Romance Rehab”, “Life’s a Pitch”, “No Guts, No Glory” and her own project “Fear Facer”. She will also be looking for sales on finished properties “Suck It Up Princess” (1 hour doc www.superstarrenee.com), “Pop It!” (52 x 5 mins dance how to videos www.popittv.com) and her documentary “The Idealist”.

We are excited to announce that Pop It! has launched on cool kids channel Pop TV in the UK http://www.popfun.co.uk/
Kids there will soon be practising their moves and popping along to our catchy original songs with Brianna, Shemar and Lamar.