Phoenix native Jeff "Phi" Nguyen had met Rynan Paguio at various Los Angeles area auditions and performances and earned a spot in the Jabbawockeez in 2004 by battling Kevin Brewer. Jabbawockeez rounded out their numbers with additional members, bringing their total to eleven. This lineup consisted of Gary, Randy, Phi, Phil, Kevin, Joe, Rynan, and Chris. The original eight-member iteration of the Jabbawockeez began performing as a group in 2004. In San Diego, through Gary's connections, the Jabbawockeez added b-boys Rynan "Kid Rainen" Paguio and Chris "Cristyle" Gatdula to the group. Overtime, the group switched to their signature white masks and gloves which better fit their persona and image. We're all one." The name Jabbawockeez, coined by Joe Larot, was inspired by the fantastical monster from the Lewis Carroll nonsense poem " Jabberwocky". When we put on, it's not about who we are or where we came from. Our philosophy is that when you watch us perform, you have to watch us as a whole. Jeff "Phi" Nguyen explains, "There's no lead dancer in our crew. Gary "Gee One" Kendall and Randy "DJ Wish One" Bernal were both members of the MindTricks dance crew who were active in the San Francisco Bay Area. The mask and glove motif was adopted as a tribute to the 1970s San Francisco strutting crew Medea Sirkas.
The dancers began performing wearing ski masks and gloves. The Jabbawockeez does not have a group leader choreography for their performances, as well as music, design choices, is made as a collective unit. Tony "Transformer" Tran joined the crew in 2013. With Jabbawockeez, they showcased freestyle dance, were able to strike a balance between dancing to the music, and dancing as an artistic expression.īy 2004, the Jabbawockeez's members included Phil "Swagger Boy" Tayag, Ben "B-Tek" Chung, Chris "Cristyle" Gatdula, Rynan "Kid Rainen" Paguio, and Jeff "Phi" Nguyen. At the time they felt that dance crews were clones of one another were dancing to the "top" of the music instead of digging deep into the music, and they set out to do something different.
They participated in dance competitions with the idea of disrupting the existing dance scene. The Jabbawockeez (stylized as JabbaWockeeZ) is an American hip-hop dance crew that rose to prominence as the winner of the first season of America's Best Dance Crew in 2008. Established in 2003 in San Diego, California when dancers Kevin "KB" Brewer and Joe Larot put together an innovative dance crew.
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