“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] 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”.[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. |
