Quick Style, also known as Quick Crew, is a hip-hop/urban dance crew created in 2006.
It was formed by the twin brothers Suleman Malik and Bilal Malik, with their childhood friend Nasir Sirikhan. They already had a profound interest in music and dance in childhood, and at a young age, they started to take dance classes at X-Ray, a local youth club in Oslo, Norway.
Since then, three dancers have been a bit like three musketeers.
In 2009, Quick Crew won Norway’s Got Talent, or Norske Talenter, on TV2, bringing home the prize of 500,000 NOK.
Their win also resulted in Sony Music signing them as their first artists who weren’t musicians.
After their victory, they held many tours in the country and performed at some of the biggest events around Norway such as VG Lista Top 20.
Each donning a non la, a Vietnamese hat usually worn by farmers, and a loose red suit, they performed Act One of the Strawhatz series.
It was a dance concept that started as a fun project.
This movement was what really drew international audiences to Quick Style. Strawhatz is a group of performers that have decided to blend different cultures into their urban art to create a unique universe with the fusion of visual art and innovative music. The concept is what they, as artists, wanted to show to the audience. It may be an emotion, information, or most often a combination of the two.
They explained it in their own words as well:
“Strawhatz allows us to create what we desire. With Strawhatz we can be involved in different categories like art, music, and performance.”
As the group says, “There is no limit to curiosity, determination, and imagination.”
In this live performance, they decided to add a short piece to their usual activities.
Quick Crew popped and locked at the Asian ambient instrumental song “Kibun,” a Japanese word that means “feelings.”
They hit every beat with precision. Even at a fast tempo, the trio moved in sync, with legs crisscrossing and arms waving. They then grooved to a remix of Hifana’s “Wamono.”
The choreography was overall simple, but it was their execution that made it extraordinary.
Their routine was clean yet energetic. The group mostly did isolation, a dance technique where you move a certain part of your body only (quite a bit like the famous dance crew the Jabbawockeez) while keeping the other parts still. With a hint of comedy, their flawless performance drew cheers and applause from the crowd.
The Norwegian trio has also worked thrice so far on choreography for the Korean superstar BTS’ songs: “Save Me,” “Blood Sweat & Tears” in collaboration with Fil-Am dancer Keone Madrid and “Boy With Luv” with Son Sung Deuk and Team Quick Style MG.
At the moment, Quick Style is involved in artist management, dance studios, shows, classes, teaching, workshops and judging international events and competitions.
They are working together with a Korean record label and provide choreography for the K-Pop music industry as mentioned earlier. They have been living and working in various cultures and destinations in Asia, such as Japan and China. And they just opened a dance studio in Chengdu in 2016! Needless to say, we can only expect more performances like this one from the group in future.
Watch the entire routine by clicking on the link below:
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