Mnet, which sparked a 'dance syndrome' in Korea, has announced the birth of a new dance series this summer.
Mnet on the 17th (Tue) released the first teaser video for a new dance program that will heat up the summer of 2026 on its official YouTube channel The CHOOM. This new work is Mnet's ambitious project that follows in the lineage of Street Woman Fighter, which thrilled the world.
Where past programs focused on dancers' dance skills, this time the competition will depict 'performance directors' who plan and complete the entire stage based on choreography creation. Recently in the K-pop scene, the role of performance directors who oversee not only choreography composition but also positioning, directing and stage utilization has been growing increasingly important. Viewers have also seen the power of directing that produces a single, highly complete "work" through the class missions and mega crew missions of the 'Street' series. This series will spotlight the world of directing based on that trend and is expected to portray a fierce battle of works by global performance directors armed with original ideas and directing skills.
In particular, the biggest feature of this series is an 'all-gender' competition system, attempted for the first time in an Mnet dance survival show. Mnet, which has until now divided seasons by gender, broke down gender boundaries this time to focus on the essence of the program—the 'performance directing.'
Mnet producers said, "In professional directing settings where actual choreography production and stage directing take place, collaboration and competition are already carried out based solely on skill and sensibility, without gender distinctions," and added, "Because this series judges not 'who dances better' but 'who left a more overwhelming work,' we plan to show directors' pure creativity and professionalism without imposing gender constraints."
Meanwhile, starting with Street Woman Fighter in 2021, which sparked a dance syndrome in Korea, Mnet expanded the series to Street Man Fighter, Stage Fighter and World of Street Woman Fighter, creating new K-culture icons.
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