Quest Crew is an American hip-hop dance crew from Los Angeles, California who were declared winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew.[1] They made their first few appearances individually on shows like So You Think You Can Dance and at events such as Kollaboration 8 and World of Dance.
"Quest Crew" was named America's Best Dance Crew for Season 3 of the show and consists of Hokuto "Hok" Konishi, Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido, Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval, Steve Terada, Ryan "Feng" Feng, Victor Kim, Aris "Sfffeee" Paracuelles, Andy "Rocket Man" Luo, Brian Hirano and Lydia Paek. A number of the team members originally performed with the SickStep dance troupe, but later joined other dancers to form Quest. D-Trix and Victor Kim are also part of the world famous b-boy crew Flexible Flav which recently won Freestyle session in 2008 and placed second at Kb-boy World Masters in Korea in 2008.
The crew's name reflects the influence that the Quest Learning Center, located in Artesia, California, has had on the group.[2] Individually Ryan appeared on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance while Hok and Dominic appeared on the third season. During the third season, Hok and his partner Jaimie Goodwin performed a jazz routine called The Hummingbird and the Flower which was choreographed by Wade Robson. Robson later won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography for this routine. Steve Terada is a well established extreme martial artist and tricker.[3][4] He appeared in the Black Eyed Peas "Pump It" music video,[5] and has also appeared in the film Memoirs of a Geisha.[6] Brian Hirano appeared in Natasha Bedingfield music video "Pocketful Of Sunshine".[7] The entire crew appeared in the Far East Movement music video "Dance Like Michael Jackson".[8] Quest Crew also performed on Idol Gives Back in 2008,[9] and toured with Gloria Estefan and Sheila E.[10] Later on seven of the members, Ryan, Dominic, Hok, Steve, Victor, Feng, and Brian, represented the crew on the third season of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew, winning the competition on March 5, 2009. Lydia Paek also appeared in the third season of America's Best Dance Crew, but due to the seven member cap, she performed with the Boxcuttuhz crew instead.
Brian Hirano is also featured in Colby O' Donis music video for "What You Got".
America's Best Dance Crew Season 3
In 2009 Quest Crew became the winners of season three of America's Best Dance Crew. The seven members who competed were Hok, Feng, D-Trix, Brian, Victor, Steve, and Ryan. Lydia Paek, who is also a member of Quest Crew, decided to perform with the Boxcuttuhz due to the show's 7 member limit rule, meaning she could not dance with Quest.[11] Aris Paracuelles and Andy Luo didn't compete due to the seven member limit. Quest Crew originally auditioned for season one but were unable to take part of the show because crew members D-Trix and Hok's original contract with So You Think You Can Dance.
| 1: Sudden Death Challenge | None | Hero - Nas | Safe |
| 2: Fit Test Challenge | Kickboxing | Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf ft. Lil' Wayne | Safe |
| 3: Britney Spears Challenge | Perform Part of the Routine Blindfolded | Toxic - Britney Spears | Safe |
| 4: Whack Track Challenge | Crotch Grab Pendulum | You Got It (The Right Stuff) - New Kids on the Block | Safe |
| 5: Illusion Challenge | Make an object pass through their body | Got Money - Lil' Wayne ft. T-Pain | Safe |
| 6: Battle of The Sexes Challenge | Emulate a Male or Female artist's music video | Forever - Chris Brown | Safe |
| 7: Hip-Hop Decathlon Challenge | Incorporate hip-hops most difficult styles of dancing in their routine | Threading: Poker Face - Lady Gaga Tutting: Love Lockdown - Kanye West Waving: I'm in Miami Bitch (Trick) - LMFAO Housing: Closer - Ne-Yo Krumping: Get Up - 50 Cent | 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 | Winners |
| Partner: Beat Freaks | Beggin' - Madcon | ||
| Victory Dance after being announced season's 3 ABDC winners | On Top of The World - T.I. |
credits to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_Crew
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