Canuck nets ask Nico to dance

BBC Kids and Knowledge Network in Canada are onboard the first preschool series from Vancouver-based animation studio Atomic Cartoons.

Show host Rachel Frost Franco

Production is underway on Nico Can Dance (65×2′), which features a combination of traditional 2D animation and a live-action host, with the episodes set to air this fall.

The focus of the series, which was created by Rachel and Rafael Franco and developed and produced by Atomic Cartoons, is to create a fun environment for kids and encourage them to be active.

The project went from pitch to production in 11 months and sees its host, Rachel Frost Franco, teach Nico, an animated cat, how to dance while their own movement creates the world around them.

Also planned are related apps that further the themes of movement and activity.

Atomic Cartoons creates and produces both original properties such as Atomic Betty and Pirate Express, as well as coproductions like Ella the Elephant, Little Charmers and Rocket Monkeys.