Ryan Conferido

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Ryan Conferido (born 1983) is a Filipino American bboy, best known for being a contestant on the first season of the United States dance competition television series, "So You Think You Can Dance" (2005).

Biography

Born on June 13, 1983 in Downey, California, Conferido was raised in a strict religious household where dance was discouraged. He picked up bboying on his own in high school. In 2005, though he had no formal training, he decided to audition for the first season of the Fox dance competition "So You Think You Can Dance." His impressive self-taught breakdancing style earned him rave comments from the judges and was eventually picked as one of the top 16 finalists for the show. On the premiere episode, his ability to pick up what seems to be a technically difficult Latin dance routine brought him a standing ovation. He proceeded through multiple rounds of eliminations, and was one of the last 16 dancers eliminated.

Prior to his fame in the Fox show, Conferido appeared in numerous movies as an extra.

Conferido was also seen in some of the audition episodes during the 2006 season accompanying some of his dancing associates who were trying out during the new auditions in Los Angeles. He and his "Sickstep" dance troupe were invited to be featured performers on the June 21, 2006 episode.

Following news that he and other members have officially left the dance crew Sickstep, Conferido started his own crew Quest together with Hokuto "Hok" Konishi, Steve Terada, Victor Kim, Nick Teti, Brian Hirano & Aris Paracuelles. Conferido is also a core member of the b-boy crew "The City Drifters". He has been in music videos for Papa Roach, the live action adaptation of Fat Albert, the Bboy DVD "Unsigned Undadog", and "Based on a True Story, volume 2". He also appeared for both an interview and performance on Live with Regis and Kelly.

References

* [http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/s1_conferido.htm Fox.com bio] dead link|url=http://www.fox.com/dance/bios/s1_conferido.htm|date=October 2008 (Season 1)

External links

* [http://www.rickey.org/blog/2005/08/ryan_conferido_.html Ryan Conferido fansite] - includes links to video clips of Conferido's dancing