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{{Infobox musical artist|
{{Infobox musical artist|
| Name = SoReal Cru
| name = SoReal Cru
| Img = Sorealcrulogo.png‎
| image =
| Landscape = no
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], United States
| Background = group_or_band
| Origin = [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]], [[United States|USA]]
| genre = [[Hip-hop dance]]
| Genre = [[Hip hop]]
| years_active = 2008–10
| Years_active = 1998–2010
| label =
| associated_acts = Mos Wanted Crew<br/>ArchiTeks
| Label =
| Associated_acts =
| website =
| URL =
| past_members =
| Past_members = Andrew "Goodfoot" Baterina<br />Brian "Buyoiyoi" Fucanan<br />Mark "Monkiee Boi" Fucanan<br />Ailyn "Eye Candy" Isidro<br />Pat Lam<br />Jackie "Jackstar" Lautchang<br /> Brian "Burna" Puspos
}}
}}


'''SoReal Cru''' is a [[hip-hop dance]] crew from [[Houston]], [[Texas]] who gained fame as the runner-up on the [[America's Best Dance Crew (season 2)|second season]] of ''[[America's Best Dance Crew]]'' (ABDC). Before ABDC, they won first place in the World of Dance competition in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sorealdancestudio.com/instructors/andrew/ |work=SoRealDanceStudio.com |title=Instructors: Andrew Baterina |accessdate=2010-07-01}}</ref> 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 [[MTV Video Music Awards|VMA]]'s''. In the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]], popular crews from seasons one and two competed for an opportunity to win $25,000 for charity and to present the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards|2008 VMA]] for Best Dancing in a Video.<ref name=details>{{cite web |title=Kaba Modern vs Fanny Pak at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) |url=http://www.channelapa.com/2008/09/kaba-modern-vs-fanny-pak-at-mtv-video.html |date=September 8, 2008 |work=ChannelAPA.com |publisher= |accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> Alumni crews BreakSk8, [[Fanny Pak]], [[Kaba Modern]], Status Quo, and SoReal Cru participated in the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive: America's Best Dance Crew - Battle for the VMAs |url=http://www.bakitwhy.com/2008/08/bakitwhycom-exclusive-americas-2.html |date=October 31, 2008 |work=BakitWhy.com |publisher= Kasama Media |accessdate=2009-09-09}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> SoReal Cru danced to ''[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]'' by [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] and made the cut in the preliminary rounds while BreakSk8 and Status Quo were eliminated. After the public voted, SoReal Cru was declared runner-ups for having the least amount of votes. After a dance off at the VMA Preshow,<ref name=details/><ref>{{cite web |title=Fanny Pak represents! |url=http://dancemanila.com/2008/09/09/fanny-pak-represent/ |date=September 9, 2008 |work=DanceManila.com |publisher=WordPress.com |accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref> the public voted again, and it was announced during the VMA's that Fanny Pak won.
'''SoReal Cru''' is a [[hip-hop dance]] crew from [[Houston]], [[Texas]] who gained fame as the runner-up on the [[America's Best Dance Crew (season 2)|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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sorealdancestudio.com/instructors/andrew/ |work=SoRealDanceStudio.com |title=Instructors: Andrew Baterina |accessdate=2010-07-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922000857/http://www.sorealdancestudio.com/instructors/andrew/ |archivedate=2010-09-22 }}</ref> 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 [[MTV Video Music Awards|VMA]]'s''. In the [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]], popular crews from seasons one and two competed for an opportunity to win $25,000 for charity and to present the [[2008 MTV Video Music Awards|2008 VMA]] for Best Dancing in a Video.<ref name=details>{{cite web |title=Kaba Modern vs Fanny Pak at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA) |url=http://www.channelapa.com/2008/09/kaba-modern-vs-fanny-pak-at-mtv-video.html |date=September 8, 2008 |work=ChannelAPA.com |publisher= |accessdate=2009-09-10}}</ref> Alumni crews BreakSk8, [[Fanny Pak]], [[Kaba Modern]], Status Quo, and SoReal Cru participated in the event.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive: America's Best Dance Crew - Battle for the VMAs |url=http://www.bakitwhy.com/articles/bakitwhycom-exclusive-americas-best-dance-crew-battle-vmas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102243/http://www.bakitwhy.com/articles/bakitwhycom-exclusive-americas-best-dance-crew-battle-vmas |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |date=October 31, 2008 |work=BakitWhy.com |publisher= Kasama Media |accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref> SoReal Cru danced to ''[[Forever (Chris Brown song)|Forever]]'' by [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] 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,<ref name=details/><ref>{{cite web |title=Fanny Pak represents! |url=http://dancemanila.com/2008/09/09/fanny-pak-represent/ |date=September 9, 2008 |work=DanceManila.com |publisher=WordPress.com |accessdate=2009-09-09}}</ref> the public voted again, and it was announced during the VMA's that Fanny Pak won.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}


Andrew Baterina also choreographs for famous Korean-American singer [[Jay Park]]. 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]] competed once again on the seventh season of ''America's Best Dance Crew'' as a member of Mos Wanted Crew.
SoReal Cru now has their own clothing line and studio where they offer dance classes in hip-hop, [[contemporary dance|contemporary]], [[jazz dance|jazz]], [[ballet]], and [[Salsa (dance)|salsa]]. Two of their instructors, Laura Milani and Donna Hood, were members of the dance crew Distorted X who also appeared on the second season of ''America's Best Dance Crew''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sorealdancestudio.com/instructors/donna/ |title=Instructors:Donna Hood |work=SoRealDanceStudio |accessdate=2010-07-02}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sorealdancestudio.com/instructors/lori/ |title=Instructors:Lori Millini |work=SoRealDanceStudio |accessdate=2010-07-02}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> In 2009 SoReal Cru competed at the USA Hip Hop Dance Championships and came in second after first place dance crew [[Poreotics]] and before [[Kaba Modern]] who placed third.<ref name=results>{{cite web |url=http://www.hiphopinternational.com/results/2009/usafinals/09usafinalsadult.pdf |title = 2009 USA Hip Hop Dance Championship Finals |work=HipHopInternational.com |date=November 7, 2009 |accessdate=2010-07-01 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5qv47lfxr |archivedate=2010-07-02}}</ref>


==Later career (2010–present)==
A former member, Andrew Baterina, also choreographs for famous Korean pop sensation [[Jay Park]]
During an interview with crew member Brian Puspos, it was stated that the crew never broke up but "retired".<ref>{{Citation|title = Brian Puspos Interview @ U4RIA|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI-BrGSQEM4|date = 2010-12-02|accessdate = 2016-02-06|last = U4riaDance}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Citation|title = The ArchiTEKS Presents: The Beginning|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUpoZGMBRv8|date = 2010-06-26|accessdate = 2016-02-06|last = TheArchiTEKS}}</ref> Brian Puspos also became a member of Mos Wanted Crew to represent ArchiTeks<ref>{{Citation|title = Mos Wanted Crew|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQGmqxOHpYs|date = 2011-02-07|accessdate = 2016-02-06|last = World of Dance}}</ref>
==ABDC Performances==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Week
!Song
!Result
|-
|0: Live Auditions Special
|"O" by Omarion
|align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|1: Crew's Choice Challenge
|"[[Entourage (song)|Entourage]]" by [[Omarion]] featuring [[50 Cent]]
|align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|2: Video Star Challenge
|"[[Love In This Club]]" by [[Usher (entertainer)|Usher]] featuring [[Young Jeezy]]
|align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|3: Rock the Title Challenge
|"[[Chocolate Factory|Snake]]" by [[R.Kelly]]
|align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|4: Speed Up Challenge
|"[[With You (Chris Brown song)|With You]]" by [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]]
|align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|5: [[Janet Jackson]] Challenge
|"[[I Get Lonely]]" by Janet Jackson
|align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|6: Bring The Beat Challenge
|"[[Tambourine (song)|Tambourine]]" by [[Eve (rapper)|Eve]] featuring [[Swizz Beatz]] and [[Sean Garrett]]
|align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|7: [[Missy Elliott]] Challenge
|"[[One Minute Man]]" by Missy Elliot
| align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|8: Eighties Theme Challenge
|"[[Tour de France (song)|Tour de France]]" by [[Kraftwerk]]
| align="center" bgcolor="green"|Safe
|-
|9: Championship Showdown
| "[[A Milli]]" by [[Lil Wayne]]
| align="center bgcolor="blue"|Returning
|-
|rowspan="2"|10: The Live Finale
| "[[It's Me Snitches]]" by [[Swizz Beatz]] and "[[In the Ayer]]" by [[Flo Rida]] featuring [[will.i.am]] (with Super Cr3w) </br> "[[Get Like Me]]" by [[David Banner]] featuring [[Chris Brown (American singer)|Chris Brown]] (with Distorted X)
| align="center bgcolor="lightblue"|Runner-Up
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.sorealdancestudio.com SoReal Dance Studio]
*{{official|1=http://sorealcru.com/}}
*{{myspace|sorealcru|SoReal Cru}}
*{{YouTube|user=sorealstudiotv|SoReal Studio TV}}
*{{YouTube|channel = sorealcrutv|SoReal Cru TV}}
*{{YouTube|MTrpnXYoCNY|KevJumba and SoReal Cru - I'm Gonna Be A Dancer! (Ep.19)}}
*{{YouTube|channel = sorealstudiotv|SoReal Studio TV}}


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Latest revision as of 21:56, 7 August 2020

SoReal Cru
OriginHouston, Texas, United States
GenresHip-hop dance
Years active2008–10

SoReal Cru is a hip-hop dance crew from Houston, Texas 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.[1] 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.[2] Alumni crews BreakSk8, Fanny Pak, Kaba Modern, Status Quo, and SoReal Cru participated in the event.[3] SoReal Cru danced to Forever by Chris Brown 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,[2][4] the public voted again, and it was announced during the VMA's that Fanny Pak won.[citation needed]

Andrew Baterina also choreographs for famous Korean-American singer Jay Park. 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 competed once again on the seventh season of America's Best Dance Crew as a member of Mos Wanted Crew.

Later career (2010–present)

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During an interview with crew member Brian Puspos, it was stated that the crew never broke up but "retired".[5] 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.[6] Brian Puspos also became a member of Mos Wanted Crew to represent ArchiTeks[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Instructors: Andrew Baterina". SoRealDanceStudio.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
  2. ^ a b "Kaba Modern vs Fanny Pak at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA)". ChannelAPA.com. September 8, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
  3. ^ "Exclusive: America's Best Dance Crew - Battle for the VMAs". BakitWhy.com. Kasama Media. October 31, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  4. ^ "Fanny Pak represents!". DanceManila.com. WordPress.com. September 9, 2008. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  5. ^ U4riaDance (2010-12-02), Brian Puspos Interview @ U4RIA, retrieved 2016-02-06{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ TheArchiTEKS (2010-06-26), The ArchiTEKS Presents: The Beginning, retrieved 2016-02-06
  7. ^ World of Dance (2011-02-07), Mos Wanted Crew, retrieved 2016-02-06
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