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. 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, Lydia "Lyddz" Paek, Aris "Sfffeee" Paracuelles, Andy "Rocket Man" Luo, Brian Hirano, and Victor Kim. 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 Flexable 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. 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. He appeared in the Black Eyed Peas "Pump It" music video, and has also appeared in the film Memoirs of a Geisha. Brian Hirano appeared in Natasha Bedingfield music video "Pocketful Of Sunshine". Victor Kim and Lydia Paek are also widely searched youtube stars for their singing and instrumental skills.Their covers and originals are widely viewed with thousands of subscribers added each day. The entire crew appeared in the Far East Movement music video "Dance Like Michael Jackson". Quest Crew also performed on Idol Gives Back in 2008,and toured with Gloria Estefan and Sheila E. Later on seven of the members, Ryan, Dominic, Hok, Steve, Victor, Feng, and Brian, represented the crew on thethird 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.
So You Think You Can Dance:
Five out of the ten active members of Quest Crew have appeared on So You Think You Can Dance. Crew member Ryan 'Ryanimay' Conferido appeared on the first season as a finalist. He was eliminated in the fourth week. Steve Terada, Victor Kim, and Hokuto 'Hok' Konishi had all auditioned for the second season. Steve and Victor were both eliminated in the early Las Vegas rounds. Hok nearly made it to the top 20, but was only in the United States on a student visa, and was ineligible to be employed which led to his dismissal from the program. After obtaining a work permit, he had returned for the third season along with Dominic 'D-Trix' Sandoval. This time, both made it to the top 20. Hok was eliminated during the fifth week of competition and D-Trix was eliminated in the seventh week. Both D-Trix and Hok went on tour with the rest of the top 10 dancers with D-Trix as a featured dancer and Hok serving as a substitute/swing dancer.
ABDC seasons 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. 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.
The Weeks:
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