Keone Madrid

Keone Madrid is a choreographer and dancer for the Kinjaz. Keone is not a full time Kinja, he normally travels the world with his wife Mari and teaches dance. Keone is a childhood friend of Vinh Nguyen which is his connection to the Kinjaz. Although Keone had been working with the Kinjaz for a while specifically with the Arena dance competition held in Chengdu China, he only joined the Kinjaz in late 2016 and made his Kinjaz debut at the 2017 Arena dance competition with his Choreography to the song 'Betta Watch Yoself' by Problem.

Madrid is the 36th member to join The Kinjaz.

Teachers and students showdown!

Keone is a highly skilled dancer who has worked behind the scenes of many dance events. His skills and teaching are respected in the international dance camp community. When he began teaching with his wife in the international dance camps 3 of his first students were the trio of Quickstyle crew. In 2017 Keone and Mari had to face off against Quickstyle in the duel rounds of World Of Dance. Quick Style grew to be amazing dancers, the quick style also go by another name "The Strawhatz". Keone and Mari would do a piece to the song 'Like real people do' by Hozier which is artistic piece that has the message put your phones down and see the world and its wonderful. An amazing piece praised by many as the best dance of the entire competition

Notable Work

Being one of the greatest choreographers in the world, Keone has worked with many international artists, mainly in South East Asia where he has created choreography for many K-POP groups including BTS. He has also choreographed for dancers competing in the 'So You Think You Can Dance' competition where individuals test themselves in multiple genres of dance.

World Of Dance 2014 LA: Cookies vs GRV
 * Justin Bieber “Love yourself” / lead roles, choreographer
 * Billie Eilish “&Burn” coachella Where do we go Us tour: LA & san dieGo / choreography, dancer
 * Flying lotus & Kendrick Lamar “never catch me” [dir: hiro murai] / choreographer
 * BTS: “DOPE(쩔어) ” “Run” “Am I wrong” "불타오르네 (Fire)” “피 땀 눈물 (Blood Sweat & Tears)” “Not Today” “DNA” “I’m Fine” “Singularity” / choreographer
 * mark ronson “i can’t lose” / lead roles, choreographer
 * chainsmokers “closer” nye LA concert / dancer
 * got7: “A” “Around the world” “all about you” “Laugh” “just right” / choreographer
 * jus2 “focus on me” / choreographer
 * Tedashii “nothing i can’t do” [official dance video] / choreographer, dancer
 * mariah carey show opening / choreographer
 * triple h “365 fresh” “retro future” / choreographer
 * vixx “fantasy” “shangri-la”sf9 “now or never” / choreographer
 * Henry “trap” boy story “enough” / choreographer
 * 2ne1 “clap your hands” “can’t nobody” / choreographer
 * taeyang “just a feeling” / choreographer
 * b1a4 “what’s happening” “no more” “solo day” “lonely” “sweet girl” / choreographer
 * b.a.p. “young wild and free” / choreographer
 * 2pm “come back when you hear this song” “adtoy” “step by step” “my house” “guilty love” “higher” JYp “had enough Parties” / choreographer
 * junho “so good” “love letter” troublemaker “now” zhera “xox” / choreographer
 * kim hyung joong “kiss kiss” “timing” “your story” “gentlemen” / choreographer
 * se7en “better together” “digital bounce” / choreographer
 * monsta-x / choreographer
 * “daichi miura “right now” “i’m on fire” “can you see our flag wavin’ in the sky” / choreographer

In 2014 Cookies came in first place at the World Of Dance competition. Competing in the same competition was GRV where Jawn Ha and Bam Martin were both in this crew. GRV placed second. Many have debated over who should have won first place that year.

2020

In 2020, Keone, Mari, and their daughter contracted the COVID-19 virus.