Research: Philip Cheebs

Phillip Chbeeb has had no formal dance training, but he began dancing when he was 15 years old. At age 16, he found the Marvelous Motion Studio in Houston. He is currently an engineering physics major at Loyola Marymount University.
Born on November 30, 1988, Phillip (nicknamed PacMan) is a dancer residing Los Angeles but was originally from Houston, Texas. In So You Think You Can Dance, he was previously partnered with contemporary dancer Jeanine Mason who turned out to be the winner, until week 5, when Phillip was eliminated. An announcement by executive producer Nigel Lythgoe said that Phillip and the female dancer also eliminated in week 5, Caitlin Kinney, would be going on tour with rest of the crew.
Phillip had previously auditioned for the show during season three, but was cut in Vegas Week. He returned in season four and once again made it to Vegas, but contracted pneumonia and was unable to compete. He later danced on the season finale against Robert Muraine.
Phillip's quote on dancing: "I started dancing around 15 years old, actually, pretty late. Instantly fell in love with hip hop dance and popping, mostly just 'cause it seemed like almost unreal what some of the people could do. It seemed almost unnatural, and I really kind of enjoyed the creativity that was in the art form, so, I jumped into that, and I've just been trying to progress and get better ever since then. For me there wasn't necessarily a performance that stood out as my first performance, 'cause I was just one of those kids that danced at the school dance and just tried to break it down in circles. I think my first battle as a popper, I think was one of the biggest experiences for me, because it was just a funny experience for me. I wore clothes that were way too big for me the entire time, and it was just the first confrontation with the one-on-one battle kind of mentality, trying to out-do the other person, and, I don't know, it was just a crazy experience for me."
I came across Philip Cheebs back when I used to watch America Best Dance Crew and I fell in love with his crew I aM mE, back then I used to go to my hip hop dance classes. One time I was talking to our tutor about a dance seminar he went to in Czech republic. He mentioned that he met Philip Cheebs as he was doing master classes there, I was so fascinated I decided I wanted to go to that seminar. However the only way to get a ticket there is to win it in a dance battle cup which i participated in but never won anything, so far it remained a dream. Anyway Cheebs does contemporary choreography as well as hip hop and I might just take some ideas from his work.

The thing I like about this choreography is that it takes these formation ideas from robotic pop and lock dances where dancers create shapes using their hands and legs making very precise movements.
A good example of popping would be poreotix, their famous for this specific type of dance:

 So its nice to see some hip hop tendencies merge with contemporary dance. This gave loads of inspiration for building my choreography for the final year project.