The B-Boy crew Flying Steps was formed in 1993 by Kadir Memis ("Amigo") and Vartan Bassil in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

. The crew has 9 members. They specialise in B-Boying (Breakdance), Popping

Popping

Popping is a street dance and one of the original funk styles that came from California during the 1960s-70s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer's body, referred to as a pop or a hit...

 and Locking

Locking (dance)

Locking is a style of funk dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. The name is based on the concept of locking movements, which basically means freezing from a fast movement and "locking" in a certain position, holding that position for a short while and then continuing in the same...

 and were world champions in these dance styles several times by winning the international Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year, commonly referred to as BOTY, is an annual international b-boying series that began in 1990. It is a crew competition...

 and the Red Bull Beat Battle. Nowadays the crew also include Hip Hop and House dance forms 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 to be one of the most successful urban dance acts worldwide.

Their single Operator was released on the 1st June 2007. They worked 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.

Under the artistic direction of Christoph Hagel, in 2010 they presented the dance performance Red Bull Flying Bach, with breakdance and contemporary dance

Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...

 to the music The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier , BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach...

by Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

. This routine was performed at the Bundestag

Bundestag

The Bundestag is a federal legislative body in Germany. In practice Germany is governed by a bicameral legislature, of which the Bundestag serves as the lower house and the Bundesrat the upper house. The Bundestag is established by the German Basic Law of 1949, as the successor to the earlier...

, the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

 and the Federal Presidency

President of Germany

The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial...

's Summer Festival, and it was given a special Echo award.

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 / Paris 1st Place
• 2008: Red Bull BC One
  Red Bull BC One
  Red Bull BC One is an annual international b-boy competition organized by the energy drink company Red Bull. It is an individual b-boy competition...
  
  / Paris 3rd Place

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
• "Lil Rock" - Niranh
• "Brahim" - Brahim Zaibat

Singles

• In Da Arena / We Gonna Rock It (2000)
• We Are Electric (2000)
• Breakin' It Down (2001)
• We Gonna Rock It (2001)
• Operator (2007)
• Let it Rain (2009)

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)
• Let it Rain (2009)