Flying Steps
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The B-Boy crew Flying Steps was originated in the year 1993 by Kadir Memis ("Amigo") and Vartan Bassil in Berlin. The crew has 9 members. They specialized themselves on the urban dance forms B-Boying (Breakdance), Popping and Locking and they became world champions in these dance styles several times, as they won the international Battle of the Year and the Red Bull Beat Battle. Nowadays the crew does also include the dance forms Hip Hop and House 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 as one of the most successful urban dance acts worldwide.
Their single Operator was released on the 1st June 2007 and their new album including another single is going to be released soon. They are working 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.[citation needed]
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[edit] Championships
- 1994: International Battle Of The Year mit "Vlinke Vüsse" / Braunschweig - 1st Place
- 1995: National Battle of the Year / Hannover - 1st Place
- 1997: National Battle of the Year / Hannover - 1st Place
- 1999: Splash Battle / Chemnitz - 1st Place
- 2000: National Battle of the Year / Hamburg - 1st Place
- 2000: International Battle of the Year / EXPO Hannover - 1st Place
- 2005: Red Bull Beat Battle International / London - 1st Place
- 2007: Red Bull Beat Battle International / London - 1st Place
- 2007: Juste Debout International Category Hip Hop Lil´Steph / Paris - 1st Place
- 2008: Red Bull BC-1 International Lil´Ceng / Paris - 3rd Place
[edit] Members
- "Amigo" - Kadir Memis
- "Benny" - Benny Kimoto
- "KC-1" - Khaled Chaabi
- "Lil'Ceng" - Gengis Ademoski
- "Lil'Steph" - Stephanie Nguyen
- "Mikel" - Michael Rosemann
- "Vartan"-Vartan Bassil
- "Pikachu"-Lukas Langermann
[edit] Discography
[edit] Singles
- In Da Arena / We Gonna Rock It (2000)
- We Are Electric (2000)
- Breakin' It Down (2001)
- We Gonna Rock It (2001)
- Operator (2007)
[edit] Albums
- B-Town (2001)
- Greatest Hits (2002)
- Breakdance Battle (2005)
[edit] Videography
- Super Sonic (with Music Instructor) (1998)
- Rock Your Body (with Music Instructor) (1998)
- Get Freaky (with Music Instructor) (1998)
- In Da Arena (2000)
- We Are Electric (2000)
- Breakin' It Down (2001)
- We Gonna Rock It (2001)
- Operator (2007)
