Quest Crew
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Origin | hip-hop dance |
Years active | 2006–2020 |
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Website | www www |
Quest Crew is an American
History
The name "Quest Crew" reflects the support that the Quest Learning Center, located in Artesia, California, has had on growth within the team and individually.[2] Quest Crew won the title of America's Best Dance Crew on the third season of the show and consists of eleven members. Team members originally performed with the SickStep dance troupe, but later disbanded to recreate and include dancers to form Quest. D-Trix and Victor Kim are also part of the b-boy crew Fallen Kings, formally known as Flexible Flave, which won Freestyle session.[when?]
The entire crew appeared in the
Members
- Hokuto Konishi appeared on the third season of So You Think You Can Dance, choreographed "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It" and is seen in "Champagne Showers" and "Sorry for Party Rocking" by LMFAO. He also appeared and performed Steve Terada's martial arts choreography in "Fine China" by Chris Brown.
- Steve Terada is a well-established The Black Eyed Peas' "Pump It" music video[7] and has also appeared in the film Memoirs of a Geisha.[8] He was also part of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem".
- Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido appeared on the first season of Sexy And I Know It".
- NigahigaYouTube videos.In 2019 he was a judge in So you Think You can dancer's season 16
- Brian Hirano has appeared in the Pocketful Of Sunshine". Brian Hirano is also featured in the Colby O'Donis music video for "What You Got".[9] Seen in "Champagne Showers" and "Sorry for Party Rockingmusic videos by LMFAO. Performed with the rest of the crew for LMFAO's 2012 Tour.
- Ryan "Feng" Feng choreographed "Champagne Showers" by LMFAO. He can also be seen in LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sorry for Party Rocking"
- Aris "FreakinAris" Paracuelles appeared on America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 Finale and Champions for Charity as a temporary performer for Feng and D-Trix. He was also part of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" and "Champagne Showers", and he can be seen in "Sexy and I Know It", also seen in Sorry for Party Rocking.
- Rudy "Ru" Reynon, II is a professional extreme martial artist, martial arts tricker, music producer "Ru AREYOU", and dancer from Sacramento, CA. Seen in "Champagne Showers" and "Sorry for Party Rocking music videos by LMFAO.
- Victor Kim also performs with Fallen Kings alongside D-Trix. He was also in " and JR Aquino.
- Andy "RocketMan" Luo performed with the rest of the crew as a guest performance for LMFAO's 2012 Tour.
- Lydia Paek also appeared on the third season of America's Best Dance Crew but due to limited space on teams competed with the Boxcuttuhz crew instead. She is working with YG Entertainment. She co-wrote and co-produced "Don't Cry" with Teddy for 2NE1 member Park Bom. Lydia was introduced through Shaun Evaristo, who choreographs for Big Bang and 2NE1.
- Joe "Joleethal" Lee appeared on the seventh season of America's Best Dance Crewas a member of Mix'd Elements. He became a part of Quest Crew after Victor's departure from the crew.
Members on America's Best Dance Crew Season 3
- Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval - Filipino-German-Irish-Spanish-Indonesian-Chinese-Portuguese-Native-American
- Hokuto Konishi – Japanese-British[10]
- Steve Terada – Japanese-American
- Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido – Filipino-American
- Victor "King" Kim – Korean-American
- Ryan "Feng" Feng – Chinese-American[10]
- Brian "Hirano" Hirano – Portuguese-Korean-Japanese-Filipino-Chinese-American
Members on America's Best Dance Crew Season 8
- Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval - Filipino-Mexican-American
- Hokuto Konishi – Japanese-British[10]
- Steve "Dope Turtle" Terada – Japanese-American
- Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido – Filipino-American
- Rudy "Ru" Reynon, II – Filipino-American
- Ryan "Feng" Feng – Chinese-American[10]
- Joe "Jolee" Lee – Chinese-American
- Brian "Hirano" Hirano – Portuguese-Korean-Japanese-Filipino-Chinese-American
- Aris "FreakinAris" Paracuelles – Filipino-American[11]
Inactive members
- Victor "King" Kim – Korean-American
- Andy "Rocket-Man" Luo – Taiwanese-American
- Lydia "Lyddz" Paek – Korean-American
- Aichi "Spinboy" Ono – Japanese
- Nick "Nicky T" Teti – American. He is currently in the VFactory.
- Dansefeber, the Norwegian version of SYTYCD, in 2006. He is now acting in Norway.
Appearances
Television
- Quest Crew won the eighth season of America's Best Dance Crew.
- Steve did stunts in Deadwood and My Name Is Earl.
- Ryan, D-Trix, Hok, and Aris performed at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
- Both D-Trix and Hok appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2009. D-Trix returned as a performer in 2013.
- D-trix, Hok, Steve, and Ryan appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
- Ryan was a backup dancer for Whitney Houston performance on Dancing with the Stars.
- D-Trix, Aris, Hok, Ryan, and Victor were featured as background dancers for Sean Kingston's Performance on the 2009 Teen Choice Awards.[12]
- The entire ABDC crew 7 appeared in the teaser trailer for the fourth season of America's Best Dance Crew
- Steve served as a guest instructor for the Martial Arts challenge on the fourth season of America's Best Dance Crew
- The crew, minus Feng, Andy, and Lydia, performed on December 2, 2009, on So You Think You Can Dance Season 6 with Snoop Dogg
- The crew minus Lydia, Feng and Andy performed as back up dancers for Usher's introduction performance during the 2010 NBA All-Star Game
- The ABDC crew returned on April 15 on ABDC for a special Champions for Charity episode, with fellow winners (season 5). Aris replaced Feng for the performance, due to Feng's ankle injury. They still received a standing ovation.
- D-Trix returned to Season 7as an all-star.
- The crew performed on the live season finale of So You Think You Can DanceSeason 7 on August 12, 2010
- The crew appeared on the second episode of the Shake It Up. D-Trix made a guest appearance in the next season.
- Quest Crew performed in the finale of America's Best Dance Crew (Season 6)on June 5, 2011.
- Steve plays as a stunt double for Ryan Potter and other actors on Nickelodeon's Supah Ninjas.
- Steve made an uncredited cameo appearance in the first episode as one of the Black Dragons with nunchukus in Disney XD's Kickin' It.
- Hok, Ryan, Feng, Brian, Victor, Aris, and Steve performed as backup dancers for So You Think You Can Dance Season 8on June 23, 2011.
- Hok, Ryan, Brian and Victor performed as backup dancers for The X factor Australia Season 3on September 28, 2011.
- Hok, Ryan, Feng, Brian, and Aris performed as backup dancers for .
- D-Trix can be seen in the video game trailer for Just Dance 4.
Music videos
- Steve can be seen at the beginning of the music video "The Black Eyed Peas.
- Members of Quest appeared in the music video "Dance Like Michael Jackson" by Far East Movement.
- Members of Quest appeared in music videos for Baby Bash and Snoop Dogg.
- Victor was one of the dancers in Kevjumba, Wong Fu Productions, and David Choi's Music video for "Dance to this Song".
- Steve and Victor can be seen in the music video "Rocketeer" by Far East Movement.
- D-Trix appeared in the music video for "Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind)" by Panic! at the Disco.
- Members of Quest appeared in the music video of "Somebody to Love" by Justin Bieber
- Hok choreographed the music video "MTV Video Music Awardfor Best Choreography. Hok, Ryan, Feng, Victor, Steve, Aris, and Hirano also make an appearance in the music video.
- Hok and Feng choreographed the music video "LMFAO. Hok, Ryan, Feng, Victor, Steve, Aris, and Hirano also make an appearance in the music video.
- Hok is one of the main backup dancers in the "LMFAOMusic Video. Ryan, Feng, Aris, Victor, Steve also make an appearance in the music video.
- Hok is one of the main backup dancers in the "LMFAOMusic Video. Ryan, Feng, Aris, Victor, Steve, and Hirano also make an appearance in the music video.
- Hok, Ryan, Feng, Victor, Steve, and Hirano also appeared in the music video for "Live My Life" by the Far East Movement feat Justin Bieber(party rock remix).
- Lydia Paek was a backup dancer in "GDragon.
- Hok appeared in the music video "Fine China" by Chris Brown
Miscellaneous events
- Quest Crew performed at hip-hop dance charity showcase, Ken-Ya Dance, in 2011 and will be returning for another headliner appearance in April 2014.
- The ABDC crew performed on a 5 City Tour promoting Samsung/T-mobile's new Behold II Phone.
- D-trix, Ryan, and Victor performed for Nike Live for Kobe Bryant's shoe release.
- D-Trix, Steve, Hok, and Victor all performed at Urban Street Jam 2010.
- Quest Crew performed at the 2010 East Coast Asian American Student Union Conference at the University of Pennsylvania
- Quest Crew came to Orlando, Florida, for the dance convention Monsters of Hip-Hop
- Quest Crew performed at the Asian Heritage Month in Calgary, Alberta Canada on May 16, 2010
- Quest Crew performed at the International Secret Agents New York concert in Webster Hall on August 28, 2010
- Quest Crew also performed at The World of Dance with members Lydia and Aris. D-Trix did not perform with them
- Crew members Hok and Steve were featured on Inside Edition.[13]
Movies
- Steve made a brief appearance as an uncredited martial artist in Beverly Hills Ninja.
- Steve is seen riding a bike in Memoirs of a Geisha.
- Crew members Hok, Ryan Feng and Victor Kim made an appearance in Boogie Town.[14]
- The crew made a guest appearance in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
- Hok, Feng, Ryan, Aris, Victor, Hirano and Steve have cameos in Honey 2.
- Steve performed stunts in Crank and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
- Steve played as Will Forte's flip/stunt double for MacGruber.
- Steve Terada, Victor Kim and Dominic Sandoval were in the 2013 film Battle of the Year.
- D-Trix played a role as a nearby student in Smosh: The Movie.
YouTube
- Ryan, Hok, Feng, Victor & Lydia appeared in the Boogiezone communitycenter commercial 2009 (D-trix only made it into the outtakes)
- Victor, Steve, and D-Trix have been cameos for Nigahiga, a popular video maker on YouTube
- D-Trix, currently an active YouTuber, starred in a short web film Agents of Secret Stuff, made by Wong Fu Productions, starring Ryan Higa, Arden Cho, Smosh, and other YouTube celebrities.
So You Think You Can Dance
Five out of the ten active members of Quest Crew have appeared on
America's Best Dance Crew Season 3
In 2009 Quest Crew became the winners of
Performances
Week | Challenge | Music | Result |
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1: Sudden Death Challenge | Own Master Mix | Hero - Nas | Safe |
2: Fit Test Challenge | Kickboxing | Lil' Wayne
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3: Britney Spears Challenge | Perform Part of the Routine Blindfolded | Toxic - Britney Spears | |
4: Whack Track Challenge | Crotch Grab Pendulum | You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids on the Block | |
5: Illusion Challenge | Make an object pass through their body | Lil' Wayne ft. T-Pain
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6: Battle of The Sexes Challenge | Emulate a Male or Female artist's music video | Chris Brown
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7: Hip-Hop Decathlon Challenge | Incorporate hip-hop's most difficult styles of dancing in their routine | Threading: | Bottom 2 |
Last Chance to hook the voters using an original performance | "orQUESTra" | Safe | |
8: The Live Finale | Partners: Dynamic Edition Strikers All-Stars |
Right Round - Flo Rida | Champions |
Partner: Beat Freaks |
Beggin' - Madcon | ||
Victory Dance after being announced season's 3 ABDC winners | On Top of The World - T.I. | ||
Special: Champions for Charity | Partners: Poreotix
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"All I Do Is Win" - DJ Khaled with the past ABDC winners | Helped for Charity |
" Swing Kids
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America's Best Dance Crew Season 6 Finale | Guest Performance | LMFAO
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Guest Performance |
Week 1: Sudden Death Challenge
During the
Week 2: Fit Test Challenge
During the
Week 3: Britney Spears Challenge
During the
Week 4: Whack Track Challenge
During the
After this performance, there were controversies by some fans of the show throughout the internet. It was pointed out that the move done by Hok had been performed by Korean B-Boy crew, Project Seoul. Quest was accused of being "biters", however D-Trix soon issued an apology through a bboy forum.[18]
Week 5: Illusion Challenge
During the
JC criticized their performance by pointing out that there was too much posing. JC also criticized Quest on their transitions. Some fans in the audience did not approve of JC's comments and responded with 'boos.' However, Lil Mama responded by instructing the fans in the audience not to boo because that would not enable Quest to listen to their "Words of Wisdom." Shane Sparks also stated to Quest that "Beat Freaks are on y'all butts", with Victor jokingly looking behind him and responding backstage saying "I'm honored that they're on our butts. I like them there, actually."
Week 6: Battle of the Sexes Challenge
During the
Week 7: Hip-Hop Decathlon and Last Chance Challenge
During the
The second challenge involved creating their own song, much like
ABDC Finale
For the finale Quest performed in a dance collaboration with Strikers All Stars and Dynamic Edition. This group which was chosen by
Special: Champions for Charity
On April 15, 2010
ABDC Season 6 Finale
On June 5, 2011, Quest Crew performed on the
References
- ^ "MTV Remote Control Blog » Blog Archive » ABDC, Season 3: Find Out Which Crews Made The Final Cut!". Remotecontrol.mtv.com. June 13, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ "Quest Learning Center Cerritos". Questlearningcenter.com. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Far East Movement - Dance Like Michael Jackson - Official MV - Wong Fu Produdctions ft. Quest Crew". YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Quest Dance Crew on American Idol Gives Back". YouTube.
- ^ Steve Terada (Adobe Flash). Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ "Steve Terada on America's Best Dance Crew". Tricks Tutorials. Archived from the original on February 11, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ Black Eyed Peas - Pump It: Closed Captioned, MTV Version (Adobe Flash). March 10, 2007. Archived from the original on April 20, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ "Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval". Quest Crew. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ Broadcast Yourself (Adobe Flash). Archived from the original on August 7, 2008. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "QUEST CREW Interview & Performance at East West Players Dinner 2009". YouTube.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "DJ Trix of Quest Finally Reveals his Ethnic Background". YouTube.
- ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ "News". Inside Edition. January 5, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ NancyT (March 11, 2009). "Blogging America's Best Dance Crew: Boogie Town Trailer, with Kaba Modern Quest's Hok, & Boxcuttuhz' Lando". Bloggingbestdancecrew.blogspot.com. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ "Lydia Paek with Boxcuttuhz". channelAPA.com. January 15, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ Christina Kinon (January 30, 2009). "ABDC: Quest Crew Speared The Competition". New York Post. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ^ Christina Kinon (February 6, 2009). "America's Best Dance Crew: Wiggidy Whack". New York Post. Retrieved February 23, 2009.
- ^ "Quest Apology to Bboy World.... - Bboy World Com | Bboy BGirl Source". Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2009.