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The legendary, most successful, most respected and dopest breaking crew.
Rock
Steady Crew was founded by Jo-Jo.
The second generation of Rock Steady which
were worldwidely famous,
consisted of Crazy Legs, Prince Ken Swift, Baby Love,
Buck 4, Kuriaki, and Doze.
Crazy Legs and Prince Ken Swift are still b-boying as
members of Rock Steady Crew.
Buck 4 and Kuriaki died a couple of years ago for unfortunate incidents.
Doze are still
doing graffiti.
The original crew was established 1970s in South Bronx, New York.
They have been a part of Zulu
Nation.
Rock Steady Crew has always try to keep the original foundation of breaking which is footwork.
Nowdays, RSC has many chapters all over the places such as West Coast, Japan, UK, and Italy.
To be a
official member of Rock Steady Crew,
it is necessary to battle with members of Rock Steady
Crew in NY
and to get props from them.
Currently, the main members are Crazy Legs, Prince
Ken Swift, Mr. Wiggles, Masami, and Orko.
There are many young generation of Rock
Steady Crew who will take over the crew in the future.
Crazy Legs
An 18-year veteran of hip-hop culture, is one of the original members of the legendary Rock Steady Crew.
Credits include many of the first hip-hop tours,
which set the foundation for what the culture has become.
He has
been featured such films as Flashdance, Beat Street, Wild Style and Style Wars.
He participated in the Peabody
Award winning documentary "Dance in America:Everybody Dance Now"
and in the Great Performances 20th
Anniversary Special,
danced in a tribute to the Nicholas Brothers at the Kennedy Center Honors and the Boston Ballet Gala.
As a member of Rock Steady Crew, Crazy Legs performed at Lincoln CenterÍs Serious Fen!
He won the 1991 Bessie Award
for choreography
and the 1994 hip-hop Pioneer Award from The Source magazine.
Crazy Legs' success is a testament of the
longevity of hip-hop.
Prince Ken Swift
His real name is Kenny Gabbert.
He was called "the epitome of a B-Boy" for 16 years and has helped to preserve
and promote hip-hop culture.
As a member of Rock Steady Crew, Swift participated in the first hip-hop
international tour,
New York City Rap.
His documentary and film credits include
Wild Style, Style Wars, Beat
Street, and Flashdance.
For television, Swift has appeared on CBS's "The Kennedy Center Honors,"
Great Performances'
20th Anniversary, Kurt Weill's "September Songs."
With GhettOriginal Productions Swift has performed at P.S. 122, Central
Park Summer Stage,
Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Boston Ballet and in Toronto, Paris,
Vienna and tours throughout the
United States.
He won the 1991 Bessie Award for choreography.
He continues to create and name new moves -1990's
Kaboom,
air babies and flowing downstream -adding to the vocabulary of b-boying worldwide.
His real name is Steve Clemente. He began dancing in the clubs of New York.
His unique dance ability has taken
him and the dance group
Rock Steady Crew and Magnificent Force on tour throughout the United States,
Europe, South Africa, the Middle East, and Africa.
He has appeared on Broadway in "Chess",
"The Mystery of
Edwin Drood" and "Largely New York".
With members of GhettOriginal he performed a commissioned work at Lincoln
Center's Serious Fun!
His film appearances include Beat Street and Wild Style.
For television he has appeared on "The
Kennedy Center Honors" for CBS,
performed in Bette Midler's "Mundo from Beyondo" for HBO,
created many segments for
"Sesame Street,"
performed in PBS's Peabody Award-winning "Everybody Dance Now,"
the Great Performances 20th
Anniversary Special, and Kurt Weill's "September Songs,"
which was nominated for an Emmy Award.
He has performed with
the Monterey and Joffrey Ballet in Paradise,
choreographed by Ann-Marie D'Angelo.
One of the core members of
GhettOriginal,
he produces music for the company.
He received artists grants from the National Endowment for the
Arts and
the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, inc.
He won the 1991 Bessie Award for choreography and is currently distributing a
compilation of his work on home video.
Orko
His real name is Roger Romero.
Raised in Los Angels, he has been popping and breaking since the age of 12.
He
has performed with
the dance group Air Force Crew in Japan,
California, Las Vegas, and New York City.
His
television and film credits include "Soul Train"
Fox-TV's hip hop documentary special, music videos for ElMaestro,
an Adidas commercial,
and the feature films "Thrashing" and "Electric Boogaloo".
Orko participated in the 1995
L.A Funk Festival
at the Los Angeles Coliseum,
the Big Five sporting expo in Long Beach and as part of the closing
ceremonies of the 1984 Los Angels Olympic Games.
His 1990 (8 times spins in row) is known as one of the best in the world.
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