‘Utopia Falls’ Trailer: Hip-Hop Is The Revolution For Teens In A Future Dance Dystopia
What if an entire dystopian colony in the far future was like the town fromFootloose? That’s basically the premise ofUtopia Falls, an upcoming Hulu sci-fi series set in a distant future where dance becomes the revolution. Adance dance revolution, you might say. But unlikeFootloose, not all dance is outlawed here, just hip-hop, which becomes the inspiration for a group of rebellious teens who live in a society built around a…dance competition? Watch theUtopia Fallstrailer and try to make sense out of this premise with us.
Utopia Falls Trailer
In a distant future where teens train to be chosen for a dance performance to prove their loyalty to their dystopian society of New Babyl, one group discovers that their leaders have hidden away a secret cache of art, literature, and music, including a never-before-heard genre called hip-hop. Inspired, they start incorporating hip-hop into their dance routines and find themselves at the center of a dance revolution that threatens to topple this very strange dystopian society. It’s likeThe GivermeetsSo You Think You Could Dancein the oddest new take on the dystopian sci-fi story ever.
But hey, the dancing — which seems to be a mix of ballet and modern dance — looks pretty good, even if it’s unclear exactly what kind of music and art has been hidden from this society all these years. Is it just hip-hop? Why is there a book of fairy tales in this secret cache of artifacts called the Archive (voiced bySnoopDogg)? Just whose idea was this show?
Here is the synopsis toUtopia Falls:
A group of teens in a distant future colony uncover an ancient forbidden archive of historical, cultural and musical relics. This discovery forces them to question everything they’ve been taught, and use the power of music to ignite change in their reality to expose the truth.
All 10 episodes ofUtopia Fallswill be available on Hulu February 14.
