Quick Style

Quick Style, AKA Quick Crew is a hip-hop/urban dance crew formed in 2006. It was formed by the twin brothers Suleman Malik, Bilal Malik and their childhood friend Nasir Sirikhan. 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.[1]

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 Noway in the international dance competitions organised by the International Dance Organisation / 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 achieves 1st 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 2nd and 3rd position respectively and Suleman taking a 2nd position as male solo.

In 2009 Quick Crew 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 stated 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 come 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 2nd 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.

Quick Style is currently involved in artist management, shows, teaching classes and workshops. They have 2 working dance studios and judge international dance events and competitions. Most recently, they were on NBC's World of Dance[2][3] and BBIC Korea 2017.

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.[4][5]

  • 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[6] and Team Quick Style MG.

  • Save Me[7]
  • 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 .

Television Appearances

Quick Style has appeared on various TV shows as contestants, judges and guest performers.

Aside from these, they have appeared in a number of shows in France, Vietnam, Thailand and Japan.

References
  1. Halkidis, Anna. "Three Norwegian Performers Stun With Their Original Dance Routine". LittleThings.
  2. Davidson, Denton (21 June 2017). "'World of Dance' episode 4 recap: How did the show's first duels play out?". GoldDerby.
  3. "Norske Talenter-dommeren hylles av Jennifer Lopez". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 12 June 2017.
  4. "Dance Show: 'Strawhatz' by Quick Crew". VnExpress.
  5. "You won't be prepared for what these three dancers in straw hats are about to do". Rare (website). 7 June 2016.
  6. "BTS Says Choreography For "DNA" Is Their Most Difficult Yet". Soompi. Retrieved 2017-10-03.
  7. "BTS's Choreographers, The Quick Style Crew, Are So Handsome They Could Be Members". Koreaboo. 19 May 2018.
  8. ""World of Dance"'s Duel Round Proves No One is Safe". Dance.com. 21 June 2017.
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