SoReal Cru is a

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crew from

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who gained fame as the runner-up on the second season of '' America's Best Dance Crew'' (ABDC). Before ABDC, they won first place at the World of Dance competition in Pomona in 2008. After the second season of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' was over, they returned to MTV for a two-part ABDC special, ''Battle of the VMA's''. In the spin-off, popular crews from seasons one and two competed for an opportunity to win $25,000 for charity and to present the 2008 VMA for Best Dancing in a Video. Alumni crews BreakSk8, Fanny Pak,

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, Status Quo, and SoReal Cru participated in the event. SoReal Cru danced to ''

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and made the cut in the preliminary rounds while BreakSk8 and Status Quo were eliminated. After the public voted, SoReal Cru lost to Fanny Pak and Kaba Modern for having the fewest votes. After a dance off at the VMA Preshow, the public voted again, and it was announced during the VMA's that Fanny Pak won. Andrew Baterina also choreographs for famous Korean-American singer

Jay Park Jay Park ( Korean name: Park Jae-beom (Hangul: 박재범; Hanja: 朴載範); born April 25, 1987) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and entrepreneur of based in South Korea. He is a member of the Seattle-based ...

. SoReal Cru performed with Jay Park to his song "Abandoned" at The Korean Music Festival. They have a hip-hop dance studio, SoReal Studios, in Houston, Texas. Crew member

Brian Puspos Brian Puspos is a Filipino-American choreographer & recording artist from Houston, Texas. He was a member of SoReal Cru, who were declared runners up in Season 2 of the America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC) championship in 2008. Later, in season 7 o ...

competed once again on the seventh season of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' as a member of Mos Wanted Crew.

Later career (2010–present)

During an interview with crew member Brian Puspos, it was stated that the crew never broke up but "retired". The crew members split into different subdivisions such as: SoReal Pac and ArchiTeks. For instance, Andrew Baterina and Jackie Lautchang are lead choreographers for SoReal Pac while Brian Puspos, Mark Fucanan, Brian Fucanan, Pat Lam and Ailyn Isidro are current members of the ArchiTeks. Brian Puspos also became a member of Mos Wanted Crew to represent ArchiTeks

References

External links

SoReal Dance Studio
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