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Adolfo “Shabba-Doo Quiñones Biography
“Shabba-Doo…The Bob Fosse of the Streets” – People Magazine
Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones is an award-winning Choreographer/Director who has amassed
an impressive 40 plus years of experience in the entertainment industry. Shabba-Doo has
worked extensively in creative and executive production capacities for highly successful feature
films, television shows, major concert tours, and Broadway musical theater productions.
In the early 1970’s, Shabba-Doo, danced his way into a lucrative professional career, making his
initial mark as an original Soul Train Gang member and a founding member of the legendary,
world renowned street-dance troupe, The Lockers, forefathers of contemporary urban dance (HipHop). After several successful years with the fabled troupe, Shabba-Doo embarked on a standout solo career, starring in and choreographing a string of high-profile internationally televised
specials and feature films, including: Breakin’ (Cannon/MGM); Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
(Cannon/Tri-Star Pictures); Lambada…Set The Night On Fire (Warner Bros.); Saturday Night
Live, The Tonight Show, and The Big Show (NBC).
The success of his trend-setting, box-office smashes impelled the authoritative Dance Magazine
to dub Shabba-Doo “Hip-Hop’s first matinee idol” and People Magazine, “The Bob Fosse of the
Streets. This distinguished recognition of his visionary dance talents, led to collaborative working
relationships with a wide-range of superstars such as Madonna, Bette Midler, Michael Jackson,
Lionel Ritchie, Bill Cosby and even ole blue eyes himself, Frank Sinatra!
Shabba-Doo’s collaboration with award winning stage director Ron Link on Stand Up Tragedy,
the celebrated musical presented by the Mark Taper Forum, led the Los Angeles Theater Critics
Association to bestow on him the prestigious Drama Critics Circle Award. To broaden his artistic
scope, he attended the world-renowned American Film Institute as a Directing Fellow. Upon his
subsequent graduation, he secured the financing, co-wrote, choreographed, and made his
directorial debut with the independent feature film Rave…Dancing to a Different Beat, distributed
by New Line Cinema.
Shabba-Doo formed and heads On Q Media Group, a California based corporation that integrates
new media technologies and practices with traditional filmmaking methods to efficiently produce
visually stimulating entertainment and marketing packages that will enlighten a global audience.
In addition to inter-media production activities, On Q Media Group offers specialized theater art
workshops, and dance related seminars. Shabba-Doo has recently conducted master classes
and performed in Poland, in Russia for Hip Hop International-Russia, Rome, Sweden, London,
and Wales. He will also be casting and coordinating a multi city Hip Hop dance tour of China in
association with Sterling Plus, Inc. Additionally, a Street Dance Instructor Certification Program is
offered to qualified dancers. This 12 week master program certifies teachers in Lockin’ and
Waackin’.
The ever-evolving Shabba-Doo has set his sights on new horizons. He has several projects
currently in development including a theatrical feature dance film A Breakin’ Uprising, Battle for
the Streets, a reality-dance competition television series, and “Planet Dance,” a reality series
focused on global dance. Shabba-Doo’s recent choreography projects include the Yari Film
Group production "Kickin' It Old Skool," starring Jamie Kennedy, now on DVD, and a music video
for rising rap stars J McCoy and Tha Gruva. He will be producing, choreographing, and codirecting the 2014 Hip Hop Hall of Fame Show: Legends and Icons in Los Angeles at L.A. Live
and was invited to join the Artifacts, Exhibits and Preservation Committee for the Hip Hop Hall of
Fame. He will be receiving several honors during the Awards Show this June. Shabba-Doo will
also be featured in Entertainment Expo 2014 in July. Shabba-Doo is currently writing his
memoirs, Shabba-Doo: How Breakin’ Shaped American Pop Culture and Saved my Life, which
will look at the history of Hip Hop through the lens of his career.
ADOLFO “SHABBA-DOO” QUINONES
RESUME
SAG - AFTRA - AEA
FEATURE FILMS
BREAKIN’
BREAKIN’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
STEEL FRONTIER
RAVE
LAMBADA
DEADLY DANCER
GHOSTS
TANGO & CASH
THE SITTER
MOTOWN MUSTANG
PLANET B-BOY
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Featured
Featured
Featured/Lead
Featured/Cameo
Guest Star/Historian
MOVE THE FILM
Guest Star/Historian
MGM UA
Tri-Star Pictures
HBO/PM Entertainment
Smart Egg Pictures/New Line Cinema
Warner Bros.
A.I.P. Films
Michael Jackson Short Film
Warner Bros.
Fox Network
Modern Film
Independent Film
Documentary Film
Independent Film - Kurt Soderling
Documentary Film
TELEVISION APPEARANCES
LEAVE IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR
JAMIE KENNEDY’S BLOWIN’ UP!
*79th ACADEMY AWARDS
BREAKIN’ vs. KRUMPIN’
THE BIG SHOW
PHIL DONAHUE SHOW
TONIGHT SHOW
w/Johnny Carson
ARSENIO HALL SHOW
MARRIED W/ CHILDREN
MIAMI VICE
R.E.L.A.X.
EBONY JET SHOWCASE
*SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
GRAMMY AWARDS
PLAYBOY BUNNY SPECIAL
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
DORIS DAY TODAY
WHAT’S HAPPENING?
CBS MORNING NEWS
SATURDAY CELEBRATION
CRAZY NIGHTS
KIDS INCORPORATED
SOUL TRAIN
SOLID GOLD
Guest Star
Guest Star
2 Episodes
Lead Performer
Taraji P. Henson
Host
Series Regular
Guest Star/Profile
Guest Star/Performance
2 Episodes • The Lockers
Guest Star/Interview
Guest Star
Guest Star
Guest Star/Pilot
Guest Star/Profile
Guest Star/Performances
2 Episodes • The Lockers
Guest Star/Presenter
The Lockers
Guest Star/Performer
The Lockers
Guest Star/Performance
3 Episodes • The Lockers
Guest Star/Performance
The Lockers
Guest Star/Performance
2 Episodes
Guest star/Profile
Series Regular
Pilot/Regular
Guest Star
Guest Star/Performance
Guest Star/Performance
Gatorade
MTV
Three 6 Mafia - ABC
Winner Best Original Song
HBO/ShowTime
NBC
Syndicated
NBC
Paramount
Fox Network
NBC
CBS
Syndicated
NBC
NBC
NBC
NBC
CBS
ABC
The Lockers
CBS
NBC
Syndicated
Syndicated
Syndicated
Syndicated
PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CREDITS
A BREAKIN’ UPRISING
HIP HOP HALL OF FAME AWARDS
Legends and Icons
Producer/Writer
Producer/Co-Director
Script/In Development
L.A. Live/Nokia Center
KICKIN’ IT OLD SKOOL
Starring Jamie Kennedy
JAMIE KENNEDY’S BLOWIN’ UP!
Dance Director
Yari Film Group
Choreographer
MTV
*78th ACADEMY AWARDS
Associate Choreographer
Three 6 Mafia - ABC
Winner Best Original Song
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO:
The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Guest Star/Himself
Documentary Film=Mark Hartley Director
Producers: Brett Ratner/Veronica Fury
BREAKIN’ vs. KRUMPIN’
Choreographer
Producer
RAVE … Dancing To A Different Beat
Writer/Director/Choreographer
MARRIED W/ CHILDREN
Choreographer
Rock – n- Roll Girl
Opening Act/Choreography
The Lockers
Opening Act/Choreography
The Lockers
Writer/Director/Choreographer
Writer/Director
Choreographer/Lead
Choreographer/Lead
Choreographer
Series Choreographer
Series Choreographer
Documentary Film
Krump Kings/ On Q Media
Showtime
Smart Egg Pictures/ New Line Cinema
Feature Film
Fox Network
FRANK SINATRA
BILL COSBY
A PLAYER
IT MAKES YOU WONDER SOMETIMES
MADONNA
MADONNA
BETTE MIDLER
THE BIG SHOW
COUNTDOWN At The
NEON ARMADILLO
LAMBADA
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
KILLER RANKS
MARTY BALIN
*STAND UP TRAGEDY
STAND UP TRAGEDY
LIONEL RICHIE
LIONEL RICHIE
ANRI
CHAKA KAHN
NORMA KAMALI
BREAKIN’ & ENTERING
KIDS INCORPORATED
NEW YORK FRESH TOUR
JELLY BEAN
JELLY BEAN
THA GRUVA
JOEY McCOY
Choreographer
Associate Choreographer
Associate Choreographer
Co-Director/Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer/Featured Lead
Choreographer/Composer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Guest Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Choreographer
Director/Choreographer
Choreographer
Carnegie Hall
MGM GRAND HOTEL
Short Film - AFI
Short Film - AFI
“Ciao Italia “ - Concert Video
“Who's That Girl” - World Tour
“Divine Madness” - Broadway/U.S. Tour
NBC
Country Western Series - Buena Vista TV
Cannon - Warner Bros.
Gary Weis Film – NBC
The Lockers – NBC
Music Video
Music Video
Mark Taper Forum
Drama Critics Award
Winner Best Choreography
Hartford Stage Company
“All Night Long” - World Tour
“All Night Long” - Music Video
“Circuit Rainbow” - World Tour
“I Feel For You” - Music Video
“Street Beat” - Fashion Video
Rainbow Productions
Syndicated
Concert/Performance - U.S. Tour
“Who Found Who” World Track Dates
“The Real Thing” World Track Dates”
Music Video
Music Video
SPECIAL SKILLS - RECOGNITION:
Hip Hop Hall of Fame Artifacts, Exhibits, and Preservation Committee and Inductee Designate
Recipient of the Drama Critics Circle Award for Choreography
U.K. Life Time Achievement Dance Award (Solo) • USA Outstanding Contribution in Dance Award (The Lockers)
Hip-Hop Legend/Street-dance/Hip-Hop Co-Founder
American Film Institute Directing Fellow Graduate - Class of 96
SHABBA-DOO INTERVIEWED FOR THE DOCUMENTARY
ELECTRIC BOOGALOO: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Director: Mark Hartley Produced by: Veronica Fury, Brett Ratner Interview: Sunday, February 23, 2014 Scheduled to premiere July 2014 at The Melbourne International Film Festival
Management: Candace Lake – 415.419.5503
[email protected]
SHABBA-DOO OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
ARTIFACTS, EXHIBITS, AND PRESERVATION COMMITTEE
Congratulations, as a valued member of Hip Hop History you have been selected to serve on the Hip Hop
Hall of Fame Artifacts, Exhibits, and Preservation Committee. The committee is hosted by HHHOF
Artifacts and Exhibits Coordinator Easy AD of the Cold Crush Brothers.
Greetings Shabba-Doo:
It is an honor and with great admiration and respect that I write to you today. The Hip Hop Hall of Fame
is proud to announce that we have secured our Museum and Educational Institutional Charter, and our
Midtown Manhattan location. We anticipate starting construction in late 2nd quarter of 2014, for a grand
opening target date of November 2015 during the Hip Hop History Month Celebration.