Raghav juyal the slow motion king of dance

Born 10 July 1991 (age 23)
Dehradun , India
Nationality Indian
Other names Crockroaxz
Occupation Dancer, choreographer, actor
Years active 2011–present
Style Slow Motion, Lyrical Hip-Hop, Dubstep
Popping, Crock-Style
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

(born 10 July 1991) [1] is an Indian dancer,choreographer and actor. He is renowned as the King of Slow Motion for his surreal dance moves in slow motion style and for his flawless reinvention of the Slow Motion Walk . His stage name Crockroaxz best describes his dancing style which is an amalgamation of being powerful like a crocodile and creepy like a cockroach .
[2] Raghav has become a youth icon inspiring dancers, who gleefully imitate his trademark moves and dance style, popularly known as Crock-style. [3]
He rose to fame after being a finalist in Zee TV dance reality shows like
Dance India Dance (Season 3) , as a skipper for the team Raghav Ke Rockstars in DID Li'l Masters 2 [4] and
Dance Ke Superkids . His team was declared the winner in Dance Ke Superkids under his captainship. [5]
Career
Dance India Dance (Season 3)
Raghav became popular when his audition video went viral on YouTube, and was back on public demand. He received individual popularity via the show Dance India Dance 3 (2012) aired on Zee TV. He dubbed himself as
Crockroaxz and was not professionally trained by anyone prior to coming on the show. Raghav showcased a new dance style but wasn't selected in the Top 18 by the Grand Master in Mega Audition. Later, on public demand, Grand Master Mithun Chakraborty made an exception in the format by reintroducing him on the show as his Trump Card in the Wild Card round. Through which, he entered the competition again. Master Terence Lewis (choreographer) said, [6]
Thereafter, Raghav proved his versatility and individuality by creating unique fusions with different dance-forms and went all the way up to the finale. He was the most popular contestant of the season having garnered the most No. 1 positions in weekly voting. At the Grand finale, he was voted with 3,481,685 votes in the 2nd runner up position despite being a wildcard entrant. [7]
DID Li'L Masters (Season 2)
After DID, Raghav became the skipper of team Raghav Ke Rockstars in DID Li'l masters (Season 2) where he choreographed for Saumya Rai, Rohan Parkale. [8] He was chosen as a choreographer for his originality, innovative moves and choreographic ingenuity displayed during his stint in
DID 3 . He was the only skipper to lead both of his students to the Grand finale, in which Rohan and Saumya attained 2nd and 3rd runner up positions respectively.
Dance Ke Superkids
Raghav, then, choreographed for Zee TV's show Dance Ke Superkids as the Captain of DID Li'l Masters (Season 2) team Yahoo and competed against DID Li'l Masters (Season 1) team Wakao – with Dharmesh Yelande as the Captain. [9] His performances on the show prompted the esteemed choreographers and judges, Farah Khan to declare him a "Wonder of the world" and Geeta Kapoor to deem it unlikely for anyone to be able to dance like him in the world. In the Grand Finale, his team was declared the winner.
2013–present
He played a pivotal role in a Bollywood movie Sonali Cable produced by
Ramesh Sippy Entertainment which was released on 18 October 2014. [10] The critics singled out Raghav's vivacious performance and praised his screen presence. [11]
He also worked in the film ABCD-2 which was released on 19 June 2015, directed by Remo D'Souza co-starring
Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor.
Influences
Raghav accredited learning dance from Internet and Television. He also gets inspiration from observing things that move and nature. [12] He created a fusion mainly inspired from the slow yet powerful movements of a Crocodile and the swiftness of a Cockroach. [13]
His signature step is his Slow Motion Walk . Choreographers like Remo D'Souza and Terrence Lewis have stated that, they had never seen anyone emulate the effect as realistically, before Raghav, Geeta Kapoor said that no one can do Slow Motion better than Raghav Juyal.
Personal life
He is the son of advocate Deepak Juyal & Mrs. Alka Bakshi Juyal. Raghav is presently living in Mumbai and he belongs to Dehradun, Uttarakhand, he basically belongs to gram khetu, uttarakhand[14]
Raghav had never taken any formal training in dance, but picked it up from watching performances on internet and television. He started winning laurels as a dancer right from his days in Doon International School. Later, he joined DAV (PG) College to pursue his B.Com. [15]
Filmography
Year Film Role
Note
2015 ABCD 2 Raghav
Releas date 19 June 2015
2014
Sonali Cable (Ramesh Sippy Entertainment)
Sada
Releas on 10 Octobe 2014 [1
TV Shows and Appearances
Year Show Channel Notes
2014
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 3
Zee TV
Skipper of team Raghav Ke Rockstars
2013
Dance India Dance (season 4)
Zee TV
Guest Performanc on 20 December 2013 and Finale performanc(with Sumedh Mudgalkar)
2013
Dance India Dance Super Moms
Zee TV Skipper
2012 Dance Ke Superkids Zee TV
Captain of winning team DID Li Masters 2 (Yahoo)
2012 Zee Gold Awards Zee TV Guest Performanc
2012
Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2
Zee TV
Skipper of team Raghav Ke Rockstars
2012
Dance India Dance (season 3)
Zee TV
Second runner up (Season 3)
2011
Chak Dhoom Dhoom (season 2) Team Challenge
Colors TV
Performed with dance group D-maniax