Editing Kaycee Rice

{{Infobox dancer
|name = Kaycee Caitlin Rice
|image = File:Kaycee Rice - Hawaii 2015-04-04 crop.jpg
|gender = Female
|age = 16
|birthdate = October 21, 2002
|nationality = American
|hometown = Los Angeles, California
|height = 5'2"
|eye color = Brown
|hair color = Brown
|school grade = 10th (18/19)
|profession = Student<br>Dancer<br>Actress<br>Model
|affiliations = Daniel Hoff Agency<br>Bloc Talent Agency<br>ImmaBEAST Co.
|dance studios = Studio 13 Dance Studio (2009-2016)<br>Candy Apple's Dance Center (guest)
|titles = ''see below''
|parents = Laura Rice (Mother)<br>Brad Rice (Father)
|siblings = Kylie Rice<br>Devon Rice
|friends = [[Haley Huelsman]]<br>[[Ashtin Roth]]<br>[[Chloe Smith]]<br>[[Tessa Wilkinson]]<br>Laquifa<br>[[McKenzie Morales]]<br>[[Bailey Sok]]
|pets = own a dog
|nicknames = Weirdo
}}'''''Kaycee Caitlin Rice''''' (born on October 21, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, U.S.), is a young professional dancer, actress, model and a philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California.

At the age of 10, Kaycee did a "Werk" routine for a national dance competition, choreographed by former star dancer Tricia Miranda, which she won. Pop singer Katy Perry somehow found the YouTube video of her routine four months later and tweeted it to about 38,000,000 of her followers. After then she became an overnight internet sensation.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2345230/EXCLUSIVE-Katy-Perrys-Tiny-Dancer-How-superstar-turned-little-girl-internet-sensation.html DailyMail EXCLUSIVE: Katy Perry's Tiny Dancer: How the superstar turned one little girl into an internet sensation]</ref> She was the first dance kid ever went viral by a non-televised competition video and inspired the youth in 2013. She got immediately interviewed by CNN, appeared on the Queen Latifah Show and some national newspapers and magazines wrote articles about her, plus an exclusive interview with her entire family by UK's Daily Mail. The singer of the performance song "Werqin Girl", Shengela Laquifa, visited her in Simi Valley at Dance Studio 13, which her mom owned, to thank her for enormous boost in record selling.

Kaycee danced for TV shows and series, music and concept videos, classes and conventions assistance, teaching, commercials and live stage performances. Since joining ImmaBEAST in 2014 <ref>[https://thebeastnetwork.com/channels/kaycee-rice/#.W8j8UYrLfdQ KAYCEE RICE IMMA Channel]</ref>, she is considered full professional, in the sense of child labor laws allowed it.

She got most fame by dancing or starring on many hours of class routines and concept videos in high quality with some of Los Angeles most influential and established choreographers with millions of hits over the years. In September 2018, she had about 1.3M followers on Instagram, 260K subscribers on YouTube, 100K followers on Facebook, representing millions of her fans worldwide.

With the age of 15, Weirdo has had already a thumb thick productive and professional record, with a level of summarizing highlights that many professional dancers cannot match at the end of their carriers, such as; performing on the TV broadcast with most watchers in American history, 120 millions plus 80,000 in the arena, the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, side-by-side with Katy Perry and Missy Elliott with the age of 12; she's also been on the Oscars (2014) and featured in the music video for "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor (2.2 billions hits in 2018) with the age of 11. Performing on the stage with Justin Bieber and Janet Jackson with the age of 13; and many more. A resume until early 2017 is on her Website - [https://www.kayceerice.com/resume THINGS I HAVE DONE]. In 2018, she announced getting more focus on an acting carrier in future.

Kaycee was a guest dancer on the fifth season of ''Dance Moms'' and Nickelodeon's ''School of Rock TV series''. She got her first acting main role on Disney's short film ''How to catch a ghost and'' got a minor role in ''Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later'' - Season 3 episode'' "Fast Times at Bayview High Gallery"''. She played also Maggie on crowd founded TV series ''The Neighborhood Kiddos, ''but the series never launched successfully.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5863524/ Kaycee Rice IMDb data]</ref>

She did commercials, for instance, for Walmart and Nike. She gets first dance kid ever sponsored by Nike, running her own campaign and had been allowed to design her own shoe for them - design Weirdo.

She got the nickname "Weirdo" by her mom to describe the not normal behavior of her daughter, which she accepted and made it to her personal philosophy - "Be yourself and be weird." aka have self-esteem and be self-confident and don't care what others think. She runs a small wearing enterprise first the slogan "Weirdo - Just be you.", managed by her mom, which became much more than a fan merchandiser.

Weirdo gets online home schooled since 6th grade <ref>[https://youtu.be/Jg7FwIVJCFs?t=179 50 FACTS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ME⁉️😝 - Kaycee Rice]</ref> and got A-s straight in first semester of 10th grade<ref>[https://youtu.be/8e6nGIRgpKc?t=104 GONE FOR 3 WEEKS?!?! - Kaycee Rice]</ref>, showing she has much more to offer than just a high carrier IQ.

Kaycee is literally famous for being humble and not to take off by success, start bragging or being cocky, even if false modesty seems sometimes ridiculous. Her parents and choreographers conventionalized her to keep ground-standing. If she wants to compare with someone else, she should trying the girl in the mirror or on video. But that was exactly what led to her popularity. Always smiling, in good mood and supportive. Her new dance partner Sean Lew said about her ''"Try bowling with her. She left a trail of glitter and unicorns!" <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbAzjiORhL0 Sean & Kaycee - The Zoo LA TV]</ref> ''Kindness is her number one must-have feature; for herself and others.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7txBKgigE Kaycee Rice - Weirdo Wednesday - Q and A Part 2🤗⁉️]</ref>

Kaycee also dances many years as philanthropist, such as for http://www.idance4acure.org, and supporting to fight childhood cancer. Due her engagement and popularity, and those of many other dancers and choreographers, the funds rises very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer and she personally has had spent some time with kids diagnosed cancer.<ref>[https://youtu.be/vn41p-ugjsc Kaycee Rice meets Parker Monhollon]</ref>
<ref>[https://youtu.be/0O88GIxQ5u8 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice Dancė Nėtwork Interview]</ref> Other engagements by her went public are http://www.mda.org <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0YpUxu0lo "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera (2013 Show Of Strenth Telethon For Reagan)]</ref> and the http://lilysarahgrace.org/ <ref>[https://vimeo.com/43318668 Kaycee Rice Block]</ref> (Dance tech: Kaycee was on Pointe with 8 or 9 years old).

She is trained in various styles of dancing - ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, tumbling, acro and her strongest suits contemporary and hip-hop. Her favorite style is tap. Her former partner Gabe De Guzman described: "She picks up choreography really quickly—and she can do any style of dance you throw at her." And DanceSpirit wrote: "Armed with limitless flexibility and a natural expressive quality, Kaycee carved out her place in the competition world as a versatile technical dancer." <ref>[https://www.dancespirit.com/teenage-mutants-2326732372.html Gabe De Guzman and Kaycee Rice Are a Stage Match Made in Hip-Hop Heaven]</ref> Her back flexibility combined with her without-first-sign spin and turn combinations ending in accentuated fierce moves became to a kind of trademark of her dance. Derek Hough, who was not used to watch Kaycee stated in The Duels round of World of Dance Season 2: "First of all, your back bend over there, was sick, absolute stunning!" She made a stretching routine video, to show how she kept that flexibility. Gabe described her with "She's like Elastigirl from The Incredibles. She's that flexible." Her new partner Sean Lew stated: "She has no bones." <ref>[https://popcorntalknetwork.com/sean-lew-kaycee-rice-to-the-pointe-with-kristyn-burtt/ Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice To the Pointe with Kristyn Burtt]</ref> But actually he should know better after experiencing Weirdo's martial arts unplugged - she has a Blue Belt in Tae Kwon Do - during rehearsals of World of Dance by getting it twice in the testicles and one time straight in his head with her leg, of course accidentally. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref>

In 2018, she competed with Sean Lew in season two of NBC's ''World of Dance''. Both were nominated for the Industry Dance Awards 2018 for most fierce dancer under 18, together with [[Charlize Glass]], [[JT Church]] and the winner [[Eva Igo]]. As absolute surprise must be considered her nomination for a Streamys Award - The Oscars of Web - in the category Dance together with 1million Dance Studio, Dytto (Courtney Nicole Kelly), Kyle Hanagami and Matt Steffanina with still sweet 15 years old. The winner is TBD on Oct 22, 2018. She also started teaching her first dance classes with her own choreography. All of her first three classes of about 80 dancers were sold out in advance.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2FWu3RsYfv-JK46b3DppLw Kaycee Rice (2nd channel)]</ref>

==Dances==
===Solos===
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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Year
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Style
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Choreographer
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Competition
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Place Awards
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |2009
| style="text-align: center; " |Goodie Goodie
| style="text-align: center; " |Tap
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Showstopper
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Hound Dog
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Showstopper
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: center; " |2010
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; " |ABC's of Love
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; " |Tap
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Long Beach I)
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Petitie Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Redondo Beach II)
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Petitie Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Anaheim II)
| style="text-align: center; " |3<sup>rd</sup> in Mini Competitive Solos
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Cooties
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Acrobatic Jazz
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Redondo Beach II)
| style="text-align: center; " |3<sup>rd</sup> in Junior Petitie Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Long Beach I)
| style="text-align: center; " |4<sup>th</sup> in Junior Petitie Solos
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |2011
| style="text-align: center; " |All About Me
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Showstopper (Anaheim II)
| style="text-align: center; " |4<sup>th</sup> in Mini Competitive Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Somewhere
| style="text-align: center; " |Lyrical
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align: center; " |2012
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; " |Evil Gal
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |KAR (Long Beach)
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Secondary 8 & Under Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Thunderstruck (Las Vegas)
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Rainbow (Ontario I)
| style="text-align: center; " |2<sup>nd</sup> in Elite Starz 9-11 Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Favorite Things
| style="text-align: center; " |Lyrical
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Showstopper
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |That's Tap
| style="text-align: center; " |Tap
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
|-
| rowspan="8" style="text-align: center; " |2013
| style="text-align: center; " |Black Widow
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |Kristin Abbadini
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Redondo Beach)
| style="text-align: center; " |9<sup>th</sup> in Junior Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Werk
| style="text-align: center; " |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align: center; " |Tricia Miranda
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |DaCara
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |Kristyn Abbadini
| style="text-align: center; " |KAR Dance - Long Beach
| style="text-align: center; " |1st - Top Intermediate Solo 9-11
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |DaFace
| style="text-align: center; " |Tap
| style="text-align: center; " |Joy Mosman
| style="text-align: center; " |Revolution (Upland)
| style="text-align: center; " |Regional Junior Miss Revolution
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Gone
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Open
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Showstopper (Anaheim II)
| style="text-align: center; " |5<sup>th</sup> in Junior Competitive Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Redondo Beach II)
| style="text-align: center; " |3<sup>rd</sup> in Junior Solos
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |OMG
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Tap
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |KAR (Long Beach)
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound (Redondo Beach)
| style="text-align: center; " |2<sup>nd</sup> in Junior Solos
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center; " |2014
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Flawless
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Hip-Hop
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Tricia Miranda
| style="text-align: center; " |Thunderstruck
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Revolution (Upland)
| style="text-align: center; " |3<sup>rd</sup> in Blue 9-11 Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Trapped
| style="text-align: center; " |Open
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Revolution (Upland)
| style="text-align: center; " |2<sup>nd</sup> in Junior Superstar Solos<br />1<sup>st</sup> Runner-Up for Regional Junior Miss Superstar
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center; " |2015
| style="text-align: center; " |Fine Objects
| style="text-align: center; " |Open
| style="text-align: center; " |Zoi Tatopoulos
| style="text-align: center; " |Spotlight Dance Cup
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Teen Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Hot Stuff
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Misdemeanor
| style="text-align: center; " |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Nextstar
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Nextstar Teen Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Talk
| style="text-align: center; " |Open
| style="text-align: center; " |Kristyn Abbadin
| style="text-align: center; " |Showstopper (Anaheim II)
| style="text-align: center; " |Diamond Winner
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |2016
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Nerodia
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Open
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |Zoi Tatopoulos
| style="text-align: center; " |Rockstar
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Teen Solos
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Spotlight Dance Cup
| style="text-align: center; " |Diamond Winner
|}

===Duets===
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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Year
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Style
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Choreographer
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Other Dancer
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Competition
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Place Awards
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| style="text-align: center; " |2010
| style="text-align: center; " |Car Wash Cuties
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Bailey Holt
| style="text-align: center; " |Showstopper (Anaheim II)
| style="text-align: center; " |4<sup>th</sup> in Mini Competitive Duet/Trio
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |2013
| style="text-align: center; " |Monster
| style="text-align: center; " |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Gabe De Guzman
| style="text-align: center; " |The Pulse
| style="text-align: center; " |
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| style="text-align: center; " |2014
| style="text-align: center; " |This Is Us
| style="text-align: center; " |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Bailey Holt
| style="text-align: center; " |
| style="text-align: center; " |
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| rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; " |2016
| style="text-align: center; " |Control
| style="text-align: center; " |Open
| style="text-align: center; " |Zoi Tatopoulos
| style="text-align: center; " |Gabe De Guzman
| style="text-align: center; " |
| style="text-align: center; " |
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| style="text-align: center; " |Gumball
| style="text-align: center; " |Contemporary
| style="text-align: center; " |Zoi Tatopoulos
| style="text-align: center; " |Bailey Holt
| style="text-align: center; " |Spotlight Dance Cup
| style="text-align: center; " |Diamond Winners
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===Groups===
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! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Year
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Name
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Dance Style
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Choreographer
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Other Dancers
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Competition
! style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Place Awards
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| style="text-align: center; " |2013
| style="text-align: center; " |Beat Thieves
| style="text-align: center; " |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Nextstar
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Groups
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align: center; " |2015
| style="text-align: center; " |Pink Friday
| style="text-align: center; " |Hip-Hop
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |Hayley Kassel<br />Abbigail Hoogveld<br />Anneston Pisayavong<br />Aubrie Shadday<br />Bailey Holt<br />Kinsley Holt<br />Kioni Gallagher<br />Kylie Rice<br />Becca Perenchio<br />Alexandra Markow
| style="text-align: center; " |Starbound - National Talent Competition
| style="text-align: center; " |1st Place - Teen Elite Group
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Sassy Seven
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |Kristyn Abbadini
| style="text-align: center; " |Kinsley Holt<br />Violet Osmanson<br />Becca Perenchio<br />Rayline Perez<br />Anneston Pisayavong<br />Marissa Temme
| style="text-align: center; " |Spotlight Dance Cup
| style="text-align: center; " |Ruby Winner - Junior Small Group
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Six
| style="text-align: center; " |Jazz
| style="text-align: center; " |Kristyn Abbadini
| style="text-align: center; " |Bailey Holt<br />Kinsley Holt<br />Becca Perenchio<br />Anneston Pisayavong<br />Marissa Temme
| style="text-align: center; " |Nextstar
| style="text-align: center; " |1<sup>st</sup> in Junior Advanced Small Groups
|-
| style="text-align: center; " |Ethreal
| style="text-align: center; " |Contemporary
| style="text-align: center; " |unknown
| style="text-align: center; " |[[Haley Huelsman]]<br />[[Tessa Wilkinson]]<br />[[Chloe Smith]]<br />[[Ashtin Roth]]
| style="text-align: center; " |Energy
| style="text-align: center; " |2<sup>nd</sup> in Teen Small Groups
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==TV Competition Shows==
===America's Got Talent===
In 2014, Kaycee competed on season 9 of AGT with her dance partner Gabe De Guzman as Kaycee & Gabe, but they were eliminated during Judgment Week. Judge Howie Mandel voted "No", because he felt Gabe was much better than Kaycee. He did not know that she had a broken foot <ref>[https://www.showstopper.vip/showstopper60-kayceerice/ Showstopper 60: Kaycee Rice]</ref>, because she did not tell. Otherwise she would not being allowed to perform on stage and had to let down Gabe.

===tWitch & Allison's Kids Dance Challenge===
In 2015, the duet with Gabe De Guzman was much more successful on ''The Ellen DeGeneres'' Show season 13, where they both won the prize to get a chance being on the Ellen show. At the beginning it was announced that just one kid was allowed on Ellen, but they danced together first round as duo, were been accepted, spitted up for next one and at the end met each other as finalists. However, tWitch & Allison were so amazed by their talent, that they had spoken with Ellen let them both on the show, but they didn't tell, until final duel was battled out. After then they had shown the kids a video of Ellen telling them the good news. On the show, they performed as a quartet with tWitch & Allison, after a short interview with Ellen.

===World of Dance===
In 2018, on the NBC World of Dance show season 2 she performed with her new partner Sean Lew as Sean & Kaycee, getting second in Divisional Final and they became one of the most popular acts of the show with a lot of special clips and interviews by NBC. They got huge laudatio during the show. Jennifer Lopez eulogized them as with "If anyone in this competition can be called prodigies, it's Sean and his partner Kaycee." ... "You have a real talent" .."technically perfect" ... "You move me in a way I cannot explain sometimes." and actually broke out in tears after Sean & Kaycee had the nerves to perform half of their qualifiers routine blindfolded in front of 8.5 million watchers (air day + 7 days) on national television later (taped 4 months before), making an huge impact in the dance community. Jenna Dewan stated in an interview later: "I swear, they are the future of choreography and dance." After first airing the adorable couple was no longer treated as dance stars, but as common celebrities, who pointed out that they are just best friends and not dating (yet). Scores of rounds see below.
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! colspan="2" style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Qualifiers (Silence)
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| style="text-align: center;" |Ne-Yo
| style="text-align: center;" |97
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| style="text-align: center;" |Jennifer Lopez
| style="text-align: center;" |96
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| style="text-align: center;" |Derek Hough
| style="text-align: center;" |95
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| style="text-align: center;" |'''AVERAGE'''
| style="text-align: center;" |'''96'''
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! colspan="2" style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Duels Round (Grimey)
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| style="text-align: center;" |3 Xtreme
| style="text-align: center;" |87
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |'''Sean & Kaycee'''
| style="text-align: center;" |'''93.3'''
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-uncollapsed wikitable sortable" data-expandtext="Show" data-collapsetext="Hide" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" font-size:90%;   "
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#f2c8e0;" |The Cut (Can I Be Him)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |Ne-Yo
| style="text-align: center;" |88
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |Jennifer Lopez
| style="text-align: center;" |94
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |Derek Hough
| style="text-align: center;" |94
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |'''AVERAGE'''
| style="text-align: center;" |'''92'''
|}
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-uncollapsed wikitable sortable" data-expandtext="Show" data-collapsetext="Hide" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" border="1" font-size:90%;   "
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#f2c8e0;" |Divisional Final (The Way I Do)
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |Ne-Yo
| style="text-align: center;" |91
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |Misty Copeland
| style="text-align: center;" |92
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |Jennifer Lopez
| style="text-align: center;" |95
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |Derek Hough
| style="text-align: center;" |91
|-
| style="text-align: center;" |'''AVERAGE'''
| style="text-align: center;" |'''92.3'''
|}

==Dance Titles==
*Pulse Protégé 2013
*Miss Petite Starquest
*Miss Petite KAR 2010 & 2011
*Miss Petite Encore
*Regional Petite Miss KAR 2012
*Regional Junior Miss Revolution 2014
*Thunderstruck International Top Soloist Title Winner 2010, 2011, & 2012
*Starbound Miss Star of Hope 2012
*Rainbow Dancer of the Year 2012
*Miss Jr. Nexstar 2012
*Teen Miss Nexstar 2015
*Teen Miss Dance Icon as well as the grand title champion at Thunderstruck's 2015 International Finals.

===Runner-Up Titles===
* 1st runner up for Regional Junior Miss Rainbow Elite Starz DOY 2012

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Category
! Nominated
! Result
! Refs
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Industry Dance Award
| Most fierce dancer under 18
| Kaycee Rice
| style="background:pink;" |nominated
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>[https://www.industrydanceawards.com/2018/vote/193/most-fierce-dancer-under-18 Industry Dance Awards 2018 for most fierce dancer under 18]</ref>
|-
| Streamys Award
| Dance
| Kaycee Rice
| style="background:#d0d0d0;" |TBD
| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>[http://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/8th-annual-nominees/ Dance brought to you by Just Dance(R) 2019]</ref>
|-
|}

==Filmography==
===Television===
====TV Acting Roles====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Series/Movie/Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2016
| ''How to Catch a Ghost''
| Jase
|Nominated for a World Choreography Award (Christopher Scott) <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4-MAoptzOk Kaycee Rice 7th Annual World Choreography Awards Red Carpet]</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| ''The Neighborhood Kiddos''
| Maggie
|
|-
| ''Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later''
|Popular Girl
|
|}

====TV Dance Performances====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Show
! Celebrities
! Role
! Other Dancers
! Notes
|-
|2013
|''The Queen Latifah Show''
|Self
|Starring Solo
|
|plus an interview by Queen Latifah
|-
|2014
|''The Oscars''
|Pharell Williams
|Background
|
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015
|''The XLIX Super Bowl Halftime Show''
|Katy Perry<br />Missy Elliott
|Background
|Gabe De Guzman<br />[[Charlize Glass]]<br />Will Simmons<br />ImmaBEAST
|Choreography of Elliott's performance<br />dance group by Tricia Miranda
|-
| rowspan="3" |''Dance Moms Season 5''
|'''Abby's Trash, Cathy's Treasure:'''<br />Self
|Starring Group
|[[Haley Huelsman]]<br />[[Tessa Wilkinson]]<br />[[Chloe Smith]]<br />[[Ashtin Roth]]
|2<sup>nd</sup> in the Teen Small Group Division<br />3<sup>rd</sup> Overall
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''Mackenzie's Time to Shine:'''<br />Self
|Starring Solo
|
|did not place
|-
|Starring Group
|[[Haley Huelsman]]<br />[[Tessa Wilkinson]]<br />[[Chloe Smith]]<br />[[Ashtin Roth]]
|1<sup>st</sup> in the Teen Division<br />1<sup>st</sup> Overall - 295.6 points
|-
| rowspan="4" |2015-8
| rowspan="4" |''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''
|'''2015:'''<br />tWitch & Allison Hooker
|Starring Quartet
|Gabe De Guzman
|Winner of Kids Dance Challenge
|-
|'''2017:'''<br />Portugal
|Background
|Sean Lew<br />[[Charlize Glass]]<br />Josh Price
|
|-
|'''2017:'''<br />Ellen DeGeneres
|Starring Sextet
|tWitch Hooker<br />4 others
|Ellen's Birthday
|-
|'''2018:'''<br />Self
|Starring Duet
|Sean Lew
|
|-
|2016
|''Lip Sync Battle Shorties''
|Kyndall Harris
|Background
|[[Tahani Anderson]]<br />3 more
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016-7
| rowspan="2" |''The Disney Music Awards''
| rowspan="2" |Many
| rowspan="2" |Hype Squad
|'''2016:'''<br />Kyndall Harris<br />Larsen Thompsen
| rowspan="2" |Intermezzo shows
|-
|'''2017:'''<br />[[Tahani Anderson]]<br />Gabe De Guzman<br />Will Simmons<br />Prince Aidan
|-
|2017
|''School of Rock''
|
|
|
|
|-
|2018
|''KTLA5 News''
|Self
|Starring Duet
|Sean Lew
|plus interview
|}

====More TV Appearances====
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Broadcast
! style="width:10%;" |Hosts
! Subjects
! style="width:20%;" |Other Guests
! style="width:20%;" |Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|''Teens Wanna Know'' - Latin Flavah - Behind the Scenes
|Michael Pena
|Extra subsection (coming soon)
|[[Jordyn Jones]]<br />Malia Tinay<br />Tatiana McQuay<br />Lexee Smith<br />Victoria Hernandez<br />Julian Hott<br />Kayla Kawasaki<br />Marlee Hightower<br />Zach Belandres<br />Kida Burns<br />Gabriel De Guzman<br />Brian Pierce<br />Josh Levi<br />Melissa Ochoa<br />DJ Kiss<br />Bobby "Kato" Drake<br />Brenda Russell-Baca<br />Cassius Weathersby<br />Shane Baca
|Featuring the choreography and artistic direction of the award-winning Shane Sparks from ''So You Think You Can Dance?'' and ''America's Best Dance Crew''
|-
|''CNN - The Showbiz Tonight''
|Carlos Diaz
|Interview about "Werk" hip-hop solo and Katy Perry tweet
|none
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
|''NBC LA - Channel 4 Morning News''
|
|Interview about NBC World of Dance, their background etc.
|Sean Lew
|
|-
|''LA TV - The Zoo''
|
|Interview about NBC World of Dance, their background etc.
|Sean Lew
|
|-
|''Disney Radio''
|self
|Clip about "Being yourself"
|none
|
|}

===Online Platforms===
====Music Videos====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Platform
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Celebrities
! rowspan="2" |Role
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
! style="width:07%;" |Name
!Release<br />Date
|-
|YT-Vevo
|2014.06.11
|''All About That Bass''
|Meghan Trainor
|Background
|
|-
|YT
|2017.06.30
|''The Man - Feel It Still''
|Portugal
|Starring Sextet
|Directed and Edited By: David Javier Concept/Creative Direction/Choreography: Brian Friedman<br />Other Dancers "The Outlaws":<br />[[Charlize Glass]]<br />[[Maddie Ziegler]]<br />Sean Lew<br />Josh Price<br />Gabe de Guzman
|-
|YT
|2017.07.14
|WORTH IT (PERFECT)
|SUPERFRUIT
|Starring Duet with 4 background duets
|Other dancer:<br />Sage Rosen<br />Interesting concept about switched gender perception. Kaycee in taxedo and leading during dancing and Sage wearing a pink dress. Always the Tomboy :-).
Directed by Colin H Duffy, Lindsey Blaufarb and Craig Hollamonnn
|-
|YT
|2017.12.06
|''Missing You''
|Blake McGrath
|Starring Group
|Choreography by Tessandra Chavez. Directed & Filmed by Tim Milgram. 19 more dancers including Blake.
|-
|YT-Vevo
|2018.04.03
|''NO EXCUSES''
|Meghan Trainor
|Starring Group
|11 more dancers
|-
|YT
|2018.06.21
|''JUNE feat Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice''
|Sage Charmaine
|Headlining duet with Sage
|Director: Brian Friedman<br />DP: Brazil<br />Editor: Kalyne Lionheart<br />Choreography: Tessandra Chavez<br />Assistant Choreographer: Kevin Frey
|}

====Concept Videos====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Platform
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Director/<br />Choreographer/<br />Producer
! rowspan="2" |Role
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
! style="width:07%;" |Name
!Release<br />Date
|-
|YT
|2013.12.13
|YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say?
|
|Dance Group<br />Plot:<br />People doing crazy stuff. Part of a very long list of actors doing nonsense.
|About 128M hits. But for what? ...
|-
|YT
|2013.12.26
|"Kidz"
|Directed and Edited:<br />Erik Saradpon<br />Concept and Choreography:<br />Tricia Miranda
|Starring Group
|Other Dancers:<br />Alexus Armijo<br />Soni Bringas<br />[[Charlize Glass]]<br />Gabe de Guzman<br />Julian Hott<br />[[Jordyn Jones]]<br />Sierra Neudeck<br />Songs:<br />"Baby I" by Ariana Grande<br />"Slow Down" by Selena Gomez<br />"Best Song Ever" by One Direction<br />Filmed at Studio 13 Dance in Simi Valley
|-
|YT
|2015.10.15
|Kaycee Rice - "Brand New Sound" 12 years old
|Choreography:<br />Janelle Ginestra
|Headlining with two background dancers
|Other dancers:<br />[[Tahani Anderson]]<br />Sparkles Lund<br />Filmed at Studio 13 Dance in Simi Valley<br />Film Credit-Brazil: Burn The Boats
|-
|YT
|2015.11.11
|Kaycee Rice & Brooklyn Rice - "Klaus"
|Choreography:<br />Zoi Tatopoulos
|Headlining Duet
|Film and Edit:<br />Raul Sanchez & Nico Tatopoulos
|-
|YT
|2016.02.02
|EPIC SPORTS DANCE BATTLE! - Chicken Wing
|Director, editor and producer:<br />Scott David Winn<br />(aka ScottDW)
|A sister who joins her brother for a dance battle.<br />Plot:<br />The chicken wing snacks running out during a sports evening with many friends. Two duos battle it out who is to blame.
|Music:<br />ScottDW
|-
|YT
|2016.02.23
|MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE
|Concept, Choreography and Direction by Janelle Ginestra<br />Filmed, Edited, and Special Effects by Ricki Crouch
|Headlining Duet
|Other Dancer:<br />Gabe De Guzman
|-
|YT
|2016.04.13
|Suicide Squad<br />Part 2 of 3
|Filmed and edited by Typo (@MyTypoLife)<br />Script:<br />Jabari Howard<br />Music and Choreography:<br />TJ Lewis<br />Assisting choreographer:<br />Deja Carter
|Properly a supervillain called Dr. June Moone/Enchantress with super power go transcended.<br />Plot:<br />The second part of dance parody of the movie "Suicide Squad" with 7 supervillains.
|Other dancers:<br />Deja Carter<br />Josh Price<br />(Big) Will Simmons<br />[[Bailey Sok]]<br />Peyton Elizabeth Cortez<br />Aidan Prince<br />Tre De Rego<br />Tiffany
|-
|YT
|2016.05.21
|Kaycee Rice & Bailey Holt - GUMBALL
|Choreography:<br />Zoi Tatopoulos
|Headlining Duet
|Film Credit by @_Typo. Music by Metome Song "GUMBALL".
|-
|YT
|2016.06.04
|Kaycee Rice & Gabe De Guzman "KONTROL"
|Choreography:<br />Zoi Tatopoulos
|Headlining Duet
|Film Credit by @_Typo.
|-
|YT
|2016.07.02
|#KAYHANATI
|Choreography:<br />Will "Willdabeast" Adams
|Headlining Trio<br />Plot:<br />Planned pilot of a parody of Charlie's Angels where the 3 Bestis (in real life) played the angels, while Will is Charlie.
|Other dancers:<br />[[Tahani Anderson]]<br />Tatiana McQuay<br />Planned to use on BABE 2016. But sequels never went public.
|-
|YT
|2017.06.02
|Life Experiences: Wrong Words ft. Kaycee Rice
|Choreography, directing and editing:<br />Sean Lew
|Headlining Duet
|Other dancer:<br />Sean Lew<br />Camera:<br />David Javier
|-
|YT
|2017.06.11
|Stranger Things Dance Parody
|Filmed, Edited, Concept by Rickie "Typo" Crouch<br />Music, Choreography by Tj "True Justice" Lewis<br />Choreography by Tiffany Rojas<br />and Deja Carter
|Jane "El" Hopper, better known as Eleven
|Other dancers:<br />Will Simmons<br />Myles Perez<br />Tre De Rego<br />Sheaden Gabriel
|-
|YT
|2017.08.31
|Look What You Made Me Do
|Directed, filmed and edited by Ryan Parma<br />Choreography by Alyson Stoner and Dolores Ninja
|Headlining Duet
|Other dancer:<br />Alyson Stoner
|-
|YT
|2018.05.26
|FALL IN LINE - Christina Aguilera ft Demi Lovato
|Concept and Choreography:<br />Jojo Gomez<br />Director of Photography:<br />Tim Milgram<br />Producer:<br />Tim Milgram
|Starring Duet
|Other Dancer:<br />Jojo Gomez<br />1st AC: Donovan Okimura<br />Grip: Brandon Anastascio<br />Production Assistant: Lexi Okimura
|-
|IG
|2018.07.11
|“you know what i want to do”
|Choreography:<br />Sean Lew
|Starring Duet
|Other Dancer:<br />Sean Lew<br />Filmed:<br />Gerald Nonasdez<br />Song: Troye Sivan<br />Dance To This
|-
|YT
|2018.07.19
|Låpsley - Station
|Directed, Shot, & Edited:<br />Tim Milgram<br />Choreography:<br />Tessandra Chavez
|Headlining Duet
|Other dancer:<br />Sean Lew
|-
|YT
|2018.08.11
|HIGH SCHOOL DANCE BATTLE V! FRESHMAN DANCE OFF!
|Director, editor and producer:<br />Scott David Winn<br />(aka ScottDW)
|A high school student who is going into senior years.<br />Plot:<br />She and her class mate met two senior dance teams who tried to recruit them and have a dance battle over it. Finally both freshmen joined the battle and impressed both teams.
|Other dancers:<br />Gabe De Guzman<br />Angel Gibbs<br />Jevohn Gentry<br />Music:<br />ScottDW
|-
|YT
|2018.10.10
|Alessia Cara - Growing Pains
|Concept and Choreography by Jojo Gomez<br />Directed and Filmed by Donovan Okimura<br />Produced by Jojo Gomez & Tim Milgram<br />Production Assistant: Christopher Davis
|Headliner with 5 backgrounds
|Other dancers:<br />Nick Pauley<br />Daniel Camilleri<br />Shea Saulino<br />Lucas Parada<br />Francisco Gonzalez
Comment by A. Cara herself on YT: "Amazing amazing amazing"
|}

====Good Quality Videos of Kaycee's Live Showcases====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |Platform
! rowspan="2" |Title
! rowspan="2" |Event
! rowspan="2" |Role
! rowspan="2" |Notes
|-
! style="width:07%;" |Name
!Release<br />Date
|-
|YT
|2015.10.02
|Kaycee Rice Experience
|Barbie Rock ‘n Royals Concert
|Headlining with two backgrounds
|Other dancers:<br />[[Tahani Anderson]]<br />Sparkles Lund<br />Choreography:<br />Janelle Ginestra<br />Song:<br />"Brand New Sound"
|-
|YT
|2016.12.16
|Kaycee Rice FrontRow
|World of Dance Live OC 2016
|Starring Solo
|
|}

==Gallery==
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===Videos===
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World of Dance 2018 - Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice Qualifiers (Full Performance)
World of Dance 2018 - Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice Confessional (Digital Exclusive)
World of Dance 2018 - Sean & Kaycee The Duels (Full Performance)
</gallery>

====Famous Birthdays====
<gallery position="center" widths="300">
Kaycee Rice Q&A
Kaycee Rice - Guess Their Age
</gallery>

==Fun Facts==
*Kaycee began dancing when she was 4 in a half years old and began competing when she was 5 years old.
*Kaycee's favorite style of dance is tap.
*In 2014, Kaycee was dancing around 20 hours per week.
*Kaycee celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.
*She danced on America's Got Talent with a broken foot and on a national dance completion with a broken arm. Last her dance group won.
*She started practicing Tae Kwon Do before dancing, being certified Blue Belt.

==References==
<references />

==External Links==
*[http://www.kayceerice.com Official Site]
*[http://www.facebook.com/KayceeRiceOfficial Facebook]
*[http://www.twitter.com/kayceerice Twitter]
*[http://www.instagram.com/kayceericeofficial Instagram]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/brads411 YouTube]
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