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. They helped with the choreography for well-known duo LMFAO and have previously toured with them as well.
On August 29, 2015, Quest Crew was declared all-star champions of Season 8 of America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) receiving $100,000 and the ABDC trophy again. This is the crew's second time being declared champion of MTV's hit show.
In 2016, the group won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography at the 68th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
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. 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.
The entire crew appeared in the Far East Movement music video "Dance Like Michael Jackson"Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: and LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem", "Champagne Showers", "Sexy And I Know It" and "Sorry for Party Rocking". Quest Crew also performed on Idol Gives Back in 2008.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
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 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. He was also part of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem". Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido appeared on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance. He was also part of LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem", "Sorry for Party Rocking", "Champagne Showers" and "Sexy And I Know It". Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval appeared on the third season of So You Think You Can Dance along with Hokuto Konishi and returned in season seven as an All-Star. He was a judge for America's Best Dance Crew, and was a member of YTF alongside Victor Kim, Kevin Wu (KevJumba), Ryan Higa (NigaHiga), Chester See, Andrew Garcia and JR Aquino. He also has his own YouTube channel 'the DOMINIC show' which has over 3 million subscribers. In addition, he has appeared in several Nigahiga YouTube videos.In 2019 he was a judge in So you Think You can dancer's season 16 Brian Hirano has appeared in the Natasha Bedingfield music video "Pocketful Of Sunshine". Brian Hirano is also featured in the Colby O'Donis music video for "What You Got". Seen in "Champagne Showers" and "Sorry for Party Rocking music 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 "Party Rock Anthem", "Champagne Showers", and "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO and endorsed the new McDonald's Frozen Strawberry Lemonade drink. He was also a member of YouTube group YTF, alongside D-trix, Kevin Wu (KevJumba), Ryan Higa (NigaHiga), Chester See, Andrew Garcia 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 Crew as 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-BritishArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Steve Terada – Japanese-American Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido – Filipino-American Victor "King" Kim – Korean-American Ryan "Feng" Feng – Chinese-American 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 Steve "Dope Turtle" Terada – Japanese-American Ryan "Ryanimay" Conferido – Filipino-American Rudy "Ru" Reynon, II – Filipino-American Ryan "Feng" Feng – Chinese-American Joe "Jolee" Lee – Chinese-American Brian "Hirano" Hirano – Portuguese-Korean-Japanese-Filipino-Chinese-American Aris "FreakinAris" Paracuelles – Filipino-AmericanArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:
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 Lionsgate singing group VFactory. Adil Khan (Beyond) – Norwegian. He is listed as an inactive member. He won Dansefeber, the Norwegian version of SYTYCD, in 2006. He is now acting in Norway.
Appearances
Television Quest Crew won the third and 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. 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 JabbaWockeeZ (season 1), Super Cr3w (season 2), We Are Heroes (season 4), and Poreotix (season 5). Aris replaced Feng for the performance, due to Feng's ankle injury. They still received a standing ovation. D-Trix returned to So You Think You Can Dance in Season 7 as an all-star. The crew performed on the live season finale of So You Think You Can Dance Season 7 on August 12, 2010 The crew appeared on the second episode of the Disney Channel show 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 LMFAO's performance of Party Rock Anthem on So You Think You Can Dance Season 8 on June 23, 2011. Hok, Ryan, Brian and Victor performed as backup dancers for LMFAO's performance of Party Rock Anthem on The X factor Australia Season 3 on September 28, 2011. Hok, Ryan, Feng, Brian, and Aris performed as backup dancers for LMFAO's performance of Party Rock Anthem and Sexy and I Know It on the American Music Awards 2011. 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 "Pump It" by 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 "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO Ryan And Feng Were Co-Choreographers. The music video had also been nominated for the 2011 MTV Video Music Award for 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 "Champagne Showers" by 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 "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO Music Video. Ryan, Feng, Aris, Victor, Steve also make an appearance in the music video. Hok is one of the main backup dancers in the "Sorry for Party Rocking" by LMFAO Music 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 "One of a Kind" by 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.
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.