Quick (dance Group)

Quick Style or The Quick Style and also known as the Quick Crew, is a Norwegian hip-hop/urban dance group founded by two Norwegian-Pakistani brothers. The group is 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.

History

Quick Style was formed in 2006 by two Norwegian-Pakistanis Suleman Malik and Bilal Malik 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.

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 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 on 19 June 2022 has garnered over 92 million views as of December 2022.

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.
* 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 and Team Quick Style MG.
*Save Me
*Blood Sweat & Tears
*Boy With Luv

West Meets East

A 5-part documentary-based travel series presented by Quick Style filmed by director/filmmake
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 Projectbr>

* Episode 1: Xiamen
* Episode 2: Beijing
* Episode 3: Shanghai
* Episode 4: Guangzhou
* Episode 5: Chengdu

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'' /''Norske Talenter''
** (2009 – winner)
*** (2015 – guest performance)
**** (2017 – guest performance)
* “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.
* "Senkveld TV2"

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

References

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Hip hop dance groups
Norwegian people of Pakistani descent
Norwegian people of Thai descent
Norske Talenter