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.
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" 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.
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.