"JIM HENSON'S MONSTER DANCE," THE JIM HENSON COMPANY'S NEW ANIMATED SERIES OF SHORTS FOR AMAZON KIDS+, ROARS INTO PRODUCTION

The CG-Animated Series of Shorts will be Available for International Distribution at MIPJunior and MIPCOM 2025

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jim Henson Company announced today that it has begun production on Jim Henson's Monster Dance, its new 10-episode CGI animated series of three-minute shorts for Amazon Kids+. The series will be seeking international distribution partners throughout the world at MIPJunior and MIPCOM 2025 [Booth R7.D19]. Amazon Kids+ will be distributing in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany and Japan.

In Jim Henson's Monster Dance, all kids are invited to let their inner monster out on the dance floor where they can express big emotions through physical movements. Carrying on Jim Henson's legacy of creating loveable monsters, the shorts feature a new cast of colorful animated monsters inspired by his original designs that are brought to life by the award-winning Henson Digital Puppetry Studio.

"Jim Henson's Monster Dance lets The Jim Henson Company break new ground with the shorts format and continues to push innovation by bringing these fun, vibrant monsters to life with the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio," says Lisa Henson, Executive Producer and CEO of The Jim Henson Company.

"As someone who performed in three Broadway shows and worked with dancers and choreographers of the highest caliber to tell stories, I know the unique communicative power dance carries between performers and audiences," says John Tartaglia, the show's Tony-nominated and Emmy-winning Co-Creator and Executive Producer (Avenue Q and Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock respectively). "With top-notch music and ferociously choreographed dance numbers crafted by top industry talent, Jim Henson's Monster Dance exposes kids to talent rarely seen in children's television."

"Jim Henson's Monster Dance's fun, loveable monsters are the positive allies kids need that give them permission to express their most monstrous emotions in ways words cannot in a safe, accepting environment," says Russell Hicks, Co-Creator and Executive Producer.

Jim Henson's Monster Dance is Executive Produced by Lisa Henson for The Jim Henson Company. The series is created by John Tartaglia (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Splash and Bubbles) and Russell Hicks (Nickelodeon) who also executive produce along with Halle Stanford (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance). Tom Keniston will serve as Producer. Samantha Berger is Head Writer. Sam Hollander is Executive Music Producer with choreography by Mandy Moore (Dancing with the Stars, Taylor Swift's The Eras World Tour).

About The Jim Henson Company

The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for 70 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company's most recent credits include Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip, starring Eva Longoria and Cheech Marin for Disney+, the Oscar®-winning Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio for Netflix, and the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV+. Other television credits include Slumberkins and Harriet the Spy for Apple TV+; Dinosaur Train, Splash and Bubbles, and Sid the Science Kid all for PBS; Earth to Ned for Disney+; and Word Party and the Emmy-winning series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, both for Netflix. Iconic catalogue titles include Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, the sci-fi series Farscape, and the ground-breaking fantasy classics The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.

Headquartered in Los Angeles with additional locations in New York and London, the Company is also home to Jim Henson's Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent puppet and creature-building group and industry leader in puppeteered digital animation, with international film, television, theme park, and advertising clients.

SOURCE The Jim Henson Company