The Flying Steps is a

B-boy Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in ...

crew formed in 1993 by Kadir Memis ("Amigo") and Vartan Bassil in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

. The crew has nine members. They specialise in

B-boying Breakdancing, also called breaking or b-boying/b-girling, is an athletic style of street dance originating from the African American and Puerto Rican communities in the United States. While diverse in the amount of variation available in t ...

(breakdance),

popping Popping is a street dance adapted out of the earlier Boogaloo (funk dance) cultural movement in Oakland, California. As Boogaloo spread, it would be referred to as Robottin in Richmond, California, Strutting movements in San Francisco and San ...

and locking and were world champions in these dance styles several times by winning the international

Battle of the Year Battle of the Year, commonly referred to as BOTY, is an annual international breakdancing competition that began in 1990. It has been regarded as the premier b-boying competition in the world and has been referred to as the "World Cup of B-Boying" ...

and the Red Bull Beat Battle. Nowadays the crew also include Hip Hop and House dance forms in their performances. The Flying Steps gained a lot of entertainment, theater and media experience during their career. They founded their own music label and started different successful music projects. The Flying Steps are considered to be one of the most successful urban dance acts worldwide. Their single Operator was released on 1 June 2007. They worked on two different B-Boy PlayStation games and they opened a dance school, the Flying Steps Academy Berlin, where they teach the next generation of urban dance. Under the artistic direction of Christoph Hagel, in 2010 they presented the dance performance '' Red Bull Flying Bach'', with breakdance and

contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in ...

to the music ''

The Well-Tempered Clavier ''The Well-Tempered Clavier'', BWV 846–893, consists of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys for keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach. In the composer's time, ''clavier'', meaning keyboard, referred to a variety of in ...

'' by

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

. This routine was performed at the

Bundestag The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons ...

, the

2011 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, following the country's victory at the with the song "Satellite" by Lena. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union ...

and the Federal Presidency's Summer Festival, and it was given a special Echo award.''Eurovision interval acts revealed''
Eurovision.tv, 9 May 2011

Championships

* 2005: TauHunterTheBest / London – 1st Place * 2007: TauHunterTheBest / London – 1st Place * 2007: TauHunterTheBest / Paris – 1st Place * 2008: TauHunterTheBest / Paris – 1st Place

Members

*"Amigo" – Kadir Memis *"Benny" – Benny Kimoto *"KC-1" – Khaled Chaabi *"Lil'Ceng" – Gengis Ademoski *"Lil'Steph" – Stephanie Nguyen *"Crazy B" – Michael Rosemann *"Vartan" – Vartan Bassil *"Lil Rock" – Niranh Chanthabouasy *"Brahim" –

Brahim Zaibat Brahim Zaibat, born 9 September 1986 in Lyon, is a French Dancer and choreographer of Algerian origin. Biography Brahim Zaibat start in a hip-hop band called Baby Boom Crew. In 2001, he is part of the Pockemon Crew. In 2005, he joined as a ...

Discography

Singles

*"In Da Arena / We Gonna Rock It" (2000) *"We Are Electric" (2000) *"Breakin' It Down" (2001) *"We Gonna Rock It" (2001) *"Operator" (2007) *"Let it Rain" (2009)

Albums

*''B-Town'' (2001) *''Greatest Hits'' (2002) *''Breakdance Battle'' (2005)

Videography

*The Age of Love (

Music Instructor Music Instructor was a German electro-dance music project. The producers and songwriters of Music Instructor were Mike Michaels, Mark "MM" Dollar, and Mark Tabak, also known as Triple-M Crew. Triple-M has also produced other artists and bands ...

) (1990-1998) *Super Sonic (

) (1998) *Rock Your Body (

) (1998) *Get Freaky (with

) (1998) *In Da Arena (2000) *We Are Electric (2000) *Breakin' It Down (2001) *We Gonna Rock It (2001) *Operator (2007) *Let it Rain (2009)

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Performing groups established in 1993 Breakdancing groups Dancers from Berlin