Quick Style
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| Also known as | Quick Crew | |||||||||
| Origin | Oslo, Norway | |||||||||
| Genres | Hip hop dance | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
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Founding members
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| Origin | Oslo, Norway | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2009–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 2.04 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 374.51 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: October 1, 2022 | ||||||||||
Quick Style or The Quick Style and also known as the Quick Crew, is a Norwegian hip-hop/urban dance group. They are notable for having won Norske Talenter, a Norwegian version of America's Got Talent in 2009. They have also participated in NBC's World of Dance and other dance competitions.[2]
History
Quick Style was formed in 2006 by the Pakistani-Norwegian twin brothers Suleman Malik and Bilal Malik, and their Thai-Norwegian childhood friend Nasir Sirikhan.[3] They had an interest in music and dance since childhood and started to take dance classes at X-Ray, a local youth club in Oslo.[4]
In early 2007, the twins' elder brother Ibrar Malik joined the team as manager. They started to participate and win local and national dance battles and competition.
In 2008, they began to represent Norway in the international dance competitions organized by the International Dance Organization / IDO. Same year the twins participated at the IDO Hip Hop World Championship in Bremen, Germany. Both brothers competed in the adult male solo category and secured a spot in the finals. They also competed as duo and achieved first position becoming World Champions for the first time.
In 2009, the whole crew competed again at the IDO European and World Championship event as solo, and the twins as duo and achieved spots in the finals with the twins taking second and third position respectively and Suleman taking a second position as male solo.
In the same year, they also won "Norway's Got Talent" or Norske Talenter on TV2, winning a prize of 500,000 NOK, which also resulted in Sony Music signing them as their first artists which were not musicians. After this win they toured the whole country and performed at some of the biggest events around Norway such as "VG Lista Top 20". They also started to get a lot of views and subscribers on their YouTube channel where they often posted their dance routines, which led to invitations from international events to perform, judge or teach.
In 2010, they attended the IDO Hip Hop World Championship one last time, where the twins once again became World Champions in the Adult Duo category, and all three members achieved spots in the finals as Adult Solo, and Suleman once again taking a second position. They have since then worked with major international brands like Samsung, Redbull, Puma, Monster and Nike, and performed at big World stages and TV shows in countries like USA, Japan, China, Dubai and Korea.
In 2017, they participated on the American dance show, NBC's World of Dance[5][6] and BBIC Korea.
In 2020, they competed on the second season of America's Got Talent: The Champions but were eliminated in the preliminary rounds.
In July 2022, a video of the group performing at Suleman's wedding went viral on social media. The full version of the video posted in their Youtube channel has garnered over 83 million views as of October 2022.[7]
Quick Style is currently involved in artist management, shows, teaching classes and workshops. They have two working dance studios and judge international dance events and competitions.
Notable Projects
Strawhatz
A concept which started out as a fun project was what really drew international audiences to Quick Style. Strawhatz allows for the blending of different cultures into urban dance to create a unique style with both fusion visuals and sound.[8][9]
- Strawhatz X Yinglee:
- Strawhatz: Koto
- Strawhatz ft.: Kimono
- Strawhatz X Jinjo Crew: Heroes
- Strawhatz X Samsung Galaxy S5 Norway Official Release
- Strawhatz X Toyota, Japan
BTS and Big-Hit Entertainment
Quick Style has worked thrice so far on choreography for BTS' songs in collaboration with Keone Madrid, BTS' choreographer Son Sung Deuk[10] and Team Quick Style MG.
- Save Me[11]
- Blood Sweat & Tears
- Boy With Luv
West Meets East
A 5-part documentary-based travel series presented by Quick Style filmed by director/filmmaker Christian Bastiansen. It takes the viewer on a journey through 5 different cities in China through the eyes of Bilal, Suleman and Nasir (Quick Style). It covers dance, travel, cultural experiences and interactions, and also gives an insight into the personalities of all three members. In these episodes, they also dance free-style to music by the Shanghai Restoration Project [1].
Television Appearances
Quick Style has appeared on various TV shows as contestants, judges and guest performers.
- “Shall We Dance” - TV5 Philippines
- “Star Game”
- “Norway's Got Talent” or Norske Talenter
- (2009 - winner)
- (2015 - guest performance)
- (2017 - guest performance)
- (2015 - guest performance)
- (2009 - winner)
- “My Dance Crew”
- Chinese New Year Special - Hunan TV China
- "Battle Ground" (2016) in Malaysia
- "World of Dance" on NBC judged by Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo and Derek Hough and hosted by Jenna Dewan.[12]
- "Senkveld TV2"
Aside from these, they have appeared in a number of shows in France, Vietnam, Thailand and Japan.
References
- ^ a b "About YouTube channel". YouTube.
- ^ Davidson, Denton (21 June 2017). "'World of Dance' episode 4 recap: How did the show's first duels play out?". GoldDerby.
- ^ Yuan, Jada (10 July 2018). "The 52 Places Traveler: Keep Oslo Weird". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
Soon enough, though, the hero dancers had come over to say hi. They were Suleman and Bilal Malik, twentysomething twin Norwegian-Pakistani brothers who grew up in Oslo, and their Norwegian-Thai childhood friend Nasir Sirikhan.
- ^ Halkidis, Anna. "Three Norwegian Performers Stun With Their Original Dance Routine". LittleThings.
- ^ Davidson, Denton (21 June 2017). "'World of Dance' episode 4 recap: How did the show's first duels play out?". GoldDerby.
- ^ "Norske Talenter-dommeren hylles av Jennifer Lopez". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 12 June 2017.
- ^ "FAMOUS WEDDING SHOW (FULL) 2022 - Quick Style". Retrieved August 2, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Dance Show: 'Strawhatz' by Quick Crew". VnExpress.
- ^ "You won't be prepared for what these three dancers in straw hats are about to do". Rare (website). 7 June 2016.
- ^ "BTS Says Choreography For "DNA" Is Their Most Difficult Yet". Soompi. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
- ^ "BTS's Choreographers, The Quick Style Crew, Are So Handsome They Could Be Members". Koreaboo. 19 May 2018.
- ^ ""World of Dance"'s Duel Round Proves No One is Safe". Dance.com. 21 June 2017.