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|parents = Laura Rice (Mother) Brad Rice (Father) Janelle Ginestra-Adams (Mama Beast) William Adams (Papa Beast)

|siblings = [[Kylie Rice]] Devon Rice

|friends = [[Victoria Caban]] [[Haley Huelsman]] [[Eva Igo]] [[Ashtin Roth]] [[Chloe Smith]] [[Tessa Wilkinson]] Shengela Laquifa Wadley [[McKenzie Morales]] [[Bailey Sok]] [[Tahani Anderson]] [[Tati McQuay]] [[Sean Lew]] [[Charlize Glass]] [[Big Will Simmons]] [[Gabe De Guzman]] [[Julian DeGuzman]] ~~ Josh Price Kenneth San Jose ~~ [[Vivien Lopez]] Bailey Holt Tricia Miranda Tessandra Chavez Matt Steffanina Brain Fridman [[JoJo Gomez]] [[Taylor Hatala]] [[Marissa Temme]] Amari Smith [[Maddie Ziegler]]

|friends = [[Victoria Caban]] [[Haley Huelsman]] [[Eva Igo]] [[Ashtin Roth]] [[Chloe Smith]] [[Tessa Wilkinson]] Shengela Laquifa Wadley [[McKenzie Morales]] [[Bailey Sok]] [[Tahani Anderson]] [[Tati McQuay]] [[Sean Lew]] [[Charlize Glass]] [[Big Will Simmons]] [[Gabe De Guzman]] [[Julian DeGuzman]] [[Vivien Lopez]] Bailey Holt Tricia Miranda Tessandra Chavez Matt Steffanina Brain Fridman [[JoJo Gomez]] [[Taylor Hatala]] [[Marissa Temme]] Amari Smith [[Maddie Ziegler]]

|pets = owns a dog (Lulu) 1 family dog (Kino)

|nicknames = Weirdo, ~~rarely~~ Munch

|nicknames = Weirdo, Munch, Munche

}}'''Kaycee Caitlin Rice''' (born on October 21, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, U.S.), is a professional dancer, choreographer, actress, model, personal health & fitness trainer (NASM certified), social media personality and a philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California.

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She wants also to be a writer, creative in dance and create her own business, travel one day to Australia and Japan, teach and travel around the world soon, meet new people and inspire others. In 2022, regarding her own HP, she is considering herself as an actress now, most likely due projects to which those haven't gone public yet.

She did commercials, for instance, for Walmart~~, Nike~~ and Anti-Vaping. She won a Nike sneaker design competition and beat out other kids like actress Jules LeBlanc and got Nike ~~sponsorship in where they~~ produced her sneaker design - Weirdo and Nike let her run her own campaign to promote the Nike Weirdo sneakers. Kaycee has a diverse portfolio with dozens of past partnerships on social media - from tech companies including AT&T, Google and Dell, over broadcasters such as FOX, Netflix and Radio Disney, over beauty brands YSL Beauty and Givenchy Beauty, to athletic lifestyle brands such as FILA and Nike~~, and many more~~.

She did commercials, for instance, for Walmart and Anti-Vaping. She won a Nike sneaker design competition and beat out other kids like actress Jules LeBlanc and got Nike to sponsor and produced her sneaker design - Weirdo and Nike let her run her own campaign to promote the Nike Weirdo sneakers. Kaycee has a diverse portfolio with dozens of past partnerships on social media - from tech companies including AT&T, Google and Dell, over broadcasters such as FOX, Netflix and Radio Disney, over beauty brands YSL Beauty and Givenchy Beauty, to athletic lifestyle brands such as FILA and Nike.

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. It seems that Kaycee was a busily student of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3BKnmtlMco Bruce Lee's philosophy]. She runs a small clothing line had first the slogan "Weirdo - Just be you.".

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Weirdo got online home schooled since 6th grade<ref>[http://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>[http://youtu.be/8e6nGIRgpKc?t=104 GONE FOR 3 WEEKS?!?! - Kaycee Rice]</ref>, showing she has much more to offer than just a high career IQ. Her favorite subject was math. She finds it quite challenging. She also started writing poems in 2018 and has a talent for drawing; especially cartoons. She graduated in 2018 as ten grade with 15 by a [https://www.chspe.org/about CHSPE] test, which by state law is equivalent to a high school diploma, because she wanted to work in the industry as legally teen.<ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@kayceerice/video/6935832138835135750 KX's TikTok Graduation]</ref> Otherwise she needed to have due California Child Labor Laws frequently breaks on sets etc. By the way, her school wanted her to skip first grade and move up to second, but her parents didn't want her to do it.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Hb8vHX9094g?t=368 WHO KNOWS ME BETTER? (SIBLING EDITION) - Kaycee Rice]</ref>

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. She is trying to keep a permanent positive outlook to the world. Her new dance partner Sean Lew said about her ''"Try bowling with her. She left a trail of glitter and unicorns!" <ref>[http://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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7txBKgigE Kaycee Rice - Weirdo Wednesday - Q and A Part 2🤗⁉️]</ref> This got public interest, because people were asking how a shy and innocent girl deals with the fact, that she was suddenly dragged into an huge spotlight of public eye by Katy Perry's tweet without asking. But she took it cool and ground-standing when "the microphones were pressed in her face" since she was ten. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjwzo-JbPG/ KC's IG interview Queen Latifa show]</ref> She had never hard feelings about that. On the contrary, she is very thankful that Katy launched her career, mined so many opportunities for her and to quote "being on a crazy ride" ever since.

Kaycee is literally famous for being humble and not to take off by success. 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. She is trying to keep a permanent positive outlook to the world. Her new dance partner Sean Lew said about her ''"Try bowling with her. She left a trail of glitter and unicorns!" <ref>[http://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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7txBKgigE Kaycee Rice - Weirdo Wednesday - Q and A Part 2🤗⁉️]</ref> This got public interest, because people were asking how a shy and innocent girl deals with the fact, that she was suddenly dragged into an huge spotlight of public eye by Katy Perry's tweet without asking. But she took it cool and ground-standing when "the microphones were pressed in her face" since she was ten. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjwzo-JbPG/ KC's IG interview Queen Latifa show]</ref> She had never hard feelings about that. On the contrary, she is very thankful that Katy launched her career, mined so many opportunities for her and to quote "being on a crazy ride" ever since.

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 rise very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer and she personally has had spent some time with kids diagnosed cancer.<ref>[http://youtu.be/vn41p-ugjsc Kaycee Rice meets Parker Monhollon]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/0O88GIxQ5u8 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice Dancė Nėtwork Interview]</ref> Other engagements by her went public are [http://www.mda.org Muscular Dystrophy Association] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0YpUxu0lo "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera (2013 Show Of Strenth Telethon For Reagan)]</ref>, the [https://bornthisway.foundation/ BornThisWay/ Foundation]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jg3B0Jjuy/ KC's IG account]</ref>, [https://pedrogtprelief.org Camp Fire Victims], [https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers DonorsChoose] and the former [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLuhyfBeeU Lily Sarah Grace Foundation], which supported once to establish practicing arts in classrooms, for cognitive development.

Kaycee also dances many years as a philanthropic, 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 rise very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer and she personally has had spent some time with kids diagnosed cancer.<ref>[http://youtu.be/vn41p-ugjsc Kaycee Rice meets Parker Monhollon]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/0O88GIxQ5u8 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice Dancė Nėtwork Interview]</ref> Other engagements by her went public are [http://www.mda.org Muscular Dystrophy Association] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0YpUxu0lo "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera (2013 Show Of Strenth Telethon For Reagan)]</ref>, the [https://bornthisway.foundation/ BornThisWay/ Foundation]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jg3B0Jjuy/ KC's IG account]</ref>, [https://pedrogtprelief.org Camp Fire Victims], [https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers DonorsChoose] and the former [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLuhyfBeeU Lily Sarah Grace Foundation], which supported once to establish practicing arts in classrooms, for cognitive development.

Kaycee began dancing when she was four in a half years old and began competing when she was five years old. Her mother founded "Studio 13" in Simi Valley, where Kaycee grow up, when she was seven years old, to keep up with her basic training; and had to close it seven years later at August 31, 2016 for multiple reasons.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKhqXeADAG/ KC Instagram Studio 13]</ref> Kaycee went daily strait after school (before homeschooling) to the studio for training. Sometimes until late into the evening when her mom was closing the studio. She choreographed first time at the age ~~about 11 or~~ 12 for two of her own hip-hop solos in the studio.

Kaycee began dancing when she was four in a half years old and began competing when she was five years old. Her mother founded "Studio 13" in Simi Valley, where Kaycee grow up, when she was seven years old, to keep up with her basic training; and had to close it seven years later at August 31, 2016 for multiple reasons.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKhqXeADAG/ KC Instagram Studio 13]</ref> Kaycee went daily strait after school (before homeschooling) to the studio for training. Sometimes until late into the evening when her mom was closing the studio. She choreographed first time at the age 12 for two of her own hip-hop solos in the studio.

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 was tap when she was younger,<ref>[http://youtu.be/h9NRGWsjHew Get To Know: Kaycee Rice]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/vfQOmvluGd4 Kaycee Rice Interview July 2013]</ref> ~~but It has changed to contemporary and hip-hop later.~~ But she loves actually all styles of dancing and finds challenging to adapt on different styles. 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 Dance Spirit 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>[http://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 with smooth transitions ending in accentuated fierce moves with not too much power 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, the moment ... *showing move* ... the turn around, 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 Incredible. She's that flexible." Her new partner [[Sean Lew]] stated: "She has no bones." <ref>[http://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 Kwan 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref>

She is trained in various styles of dancing - ballet, tap, jazz,hip hop, and lyrical, her strongest suits contemporary. She also trained doing tumbling and acro. Her favorite style was tap when she was younger. <ref>[http://youtu.be/h9NRGWsjHew Get To Know: Kaycee Rice]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/vfQOmvluGd4 Kaycee Rice Interview July 2013]</ref> But she loves actually all styles of dancing and finds challenging to adapt on different styles. 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 Dance Spirit 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>[http://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 with smooth transitions ending in accentuated fierce moves with not too much power 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, the moment ... *showing move* ... the turn around, 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 Incredible. She's that flexible." Her new partner [[Sean Lew]] stated: "She has no bones." <ref>[http://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 Kwan 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref>

According Tricia Miranda's rule "Stop dancing! Start performing!" she is going into class with the attitude, she is on stage and never is holding back. Weirdo is watching the mirror to the minimum and gets full focus on the camera in front of her. That's why on hundreds of videos she is performing she looks like live-on-stage show casing and these videos got up to 60M+ views at the end of 2018. <ref>[https://youtu.be/RfEcfrJwOrw?t=83 JASON DERULO feat. FRENCH MONTANA - "TIP TOE", Choreography by @nikakljun]</ref> <ref>[https://youtu.be/qQraeOG-3L8?t=71 Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money - Choreography by Tricia Miranda | @timmilgram @rihanna]</ref> Soon people are realizing that headlining new videos by "ft. Kaycee Rice" or showing her performing in first frame could be always good for a couple millions of additional hits. <ref>[https://youtu.be/I1TpYj72O6w?t=121 Jason Derulo - Swalla ft Nicki Minaj - Choreography by Jojo Gomez - ft Kaycee Rice]</ref> - One million views equals to at least $2,000 USD income as a YouTube Partner Program member. - Those have given Kaycee world fame by name, way before her NBC World of Dance performances with [[Sean Lew]] and makes her a permanent viral phenomenon beginning at the end of 2016 when her mother had to shut down the studio and she massively took filmed classes in LA. And since working together with Sean as duet, they both doubled their individual popularity. Dance Spirit wrote after an interview with her: "I don't feel like I'm a big star," she says. "I'm just a normal person, who loves what she does, and loves sharing it with the world."<ref>[https://www.dancespirit.com/8-dance-stars-doing-social-media-right-2622705386.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 8 Dance Stars Doing Social Media Right]</ref> Humble to the last. By quantity and variety of dances and of getting attention. Kaycee and some other kid dancers are literally a big economical influence on many video editors by making compilation and reaction videos from other videos of or by her, and those increase her popularity again.

In 2017, she was nominated for the Industry Dance Awards for favorite dancer 17 & under, together with [[Mackenzie Ziegler]], [[Kalani Hilliker]], [[Tate McRae]], [[Bailey Sok]] and the winner [[Nia Frazier]]. At the end of the year, statistically in 2017, she is shown on 6 of the top 50 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2017.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5lCm9bMigQ Most Viewed Dance Videos Published In 2017 | Top 50 Videos Of 2017 Choreography]</ref>

In 2017, she was nominated for the Industry Dance Awards for favorite dancer 17 & under, together with [[Mackenzie Ziegler]], [[Kalani Hilliker]], [[Tate McRae]], [[Bailey Sok]] and she lost to the winner [[Nia Frazier]]. At the end of the year, statistically in 2017, she is shown on 6 of the top 50 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2017.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5lCm9bMigQ Most Viewed Dance Videos Published In 2017 | Top 50 Videos Of 2017 Choreography]</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 1 million Dance Studio, Dytto (Courtney Nicole Kelly), Kyle Hanagami and the winner Matt Steffanina with still sweet 15 years old. 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>[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2FWu3RsYfv-JK46b3DppLw Kaycee Rice (2nd channel)]</ref> Two months later she was a co-/assistant choreographer for Red Velvet's new music video "Really Bad Boy". At the end of the year, statistically in 2018, her fans were able to watch every fourth day a new taped dance by her (about 90 in total) and she is shown on 12 of the top 100 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2018.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivAzv91FLCc Top 100 Most Viewed Dance Videos Published In 2018]</ref>

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On February 25, 2022 she performed as background dancer on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' for ''Banks - Holding Back''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQSFbiv8DE BANKS – Holding Back]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CaaWB_3vMTI/ KC's IG Banks]</ref> and got finally a gig in "small business", which had been denied her for last three years, because she is "such a star". But who considers ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' small business?! To say it with [[Sean Lew]]'s lyrics [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkEoViReeu0 "There is a big difference to being me and being successful"]. On April 10, she performed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4i8jAq1SVM with Kid Cudi on Kid Choice Awards]. She hold online workshops [https://www.theartistinsideyou.com/tdxchoreocamp22 for Mumbai and New Delhi at Jun 9 - 11] in contemporary fusion choreography and three classes at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfxoKApHVI Millennium LA to celebrate JLo's Netflix documentary "HALFTIME"] on June 14-16 <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cet-WWfPgyg/ KC's IG MDC LA "Halftime"]</ref>. In July, she traveled to Europe and visited London, rehearsed and was shooting for a movie about a couple weeks, took a class from [https://www.lukasmcfarlane.co.uk/ Lucas McFarlane] she worked with <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgc1Cw5IEBe/?hl=en LUcas IG@Base Studios]</ref>, visited Italy<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgARn-7L3Q3/?hl=en KC's IG Italy]</ref> and hold a workshop in Sevilla, Spain <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJM4f-joOS/?hl=en KC's IG Sevilla Spain workshop]</ref>. Then business as usual like doing a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gcCuN2Rws class at the Millennium LA].

In 2023, she posted on her IG to [https://www.instagram.com/p/CncXYgRpn5d/ JP Saxe•When You Think Of Me] a nice concept video that shows again why Kaycee is considered the ''Queen of Expressive Performance''. Sometimes she is [https://www.tiktok.com/@kayceerice/video/7211155351071198506 just in the zone] when no big camera team is on hand. Her first class she put on herself in LA to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79V3Vg-K3wI GIVE ME LOVE - Ed Sheeran] was sold out.

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 |parents = Laura Rice (Mother) <br> Brad Rice (Father) <br> Janelle Ginestra-Adams (Mama Beast) <br> William Adams (Papa Beast)
 |siblings = [[Kylie Rice]] <br> Devon Rice
-|friends = [[Victoria Caban]] <br> [[Haley Huelsman]] <br> [[Eva Igo]] <br> [[Ashtin Roth]] <br> [[Chloe Smith]] <br> [[Tessa Wilkinson]] <br> Shengela Laquifa Wadley <br> [[McKenzie Morales]] <br> [[Bailey Sok]] <br> [[Tahani Anderson]] <br> [[Tati McQuay]] <br> [[Sean Lew]] <br> [[Charlize Glass]] <br> [[Big Will Simmons]] <br> [[Gabe De Guzman]] <br> [[Julian DeGuzman]] <br> Josh Price <br> Kenneth San Jose <br> [[Vivien Lopez]] <br> Bailey Holt <br> Tricia Miranda <br> Tessandra Chavez <br> Matt Steffanina <br> Brain Fridman <br> [[JoJo Gomez]] <br> [[Taylor Hatala]] <br> [[Marissa Temme]] <br> Amari Smith <br> [[Maddie Ziegler]]
+|friends = [[Victoria Caban]] <br> [[Haley Huelsman]] <br> [[Eva Igo]] <br> [[Ashtin Roth]] <br> [[Chloe Smith]] <br> [[Tessa Wilkinson]] <br> Shengela Laquifa Wadley <br> [[McKenzie Morales]] <br> [[Bailey Sok]] <br> [[Tahani Anderson]] <br> [[Tati McQuay]] <br> [[Sean Lew]] <br> [[Charlize Glass]] <br> [[Big Will Simmons]] <br> [[Gabe De Guzman]] <br> [[Julian DeGuzman]] [[Vivien Lopez]] <br> Bailey Holt <br> Tricia Miranda <br> Tessandra Chavez <br> Matt Steffanina <br> Brain Fridman <br> [[JoJo Gomez]] <br> [[Taylor Hatala]] <br> [[Marissa Temme]] <br> Amari Smith <br> [[Maddie Ziegler]]
 |pets = owns a dog (Lulu) <br> 1 family dog (Kino)
-|nicknames = Weirdo, rarely Munch
+|nicknames = Weirdo, Munch, Munche
 }}'''Kaycee Caitlin Rice''' (born on October 21, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, U.S.), is a professional dancer, choreographer, actress, model, personal health & fitness trainer (NASM certified), social media personality and a philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California.
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 She wants also to be a writer, creative in dance and create her own business, travel one day to Australia and Japan, teach and travel around the world soon, meet new people and inspire others. In 2022, regarding her own HP, she is considering herself as an actress now, most likely due projects to which those haven't gone public yet.
-She did commercials, for instance, for Walmart, Nike and Anti-Vaping. She won a Nike sneaker design competition and beat out other kids like actress Jules LeBlanc and got Nike sponsorship in where they produced her sneaker design - Weirdo and Nike let her run her own campaign to promote the Nike Weirdo sneakers. Kaycee has a diverse portfolio with dozens of past partnerships on social media - from tech companies including AT&T, Google and Dell, over broadcasters such as FOX, Netflix and Radio Disney, over beauty brands YSL Beauty and Givenchy Beauty, to athletic lifestyle brands such as FILA and Nike, and many more.
+She did commercials, for instance, for Walmart and Anti-Vaping. She won a Nike sneaker design competition and beat out other kids like actress Jules LeBlanc and got Nike to sponsor and produced her sneaker design - Weirdo and Nike let her run her own campaign to promote the Nike Weirdo sneakers. Kaycee has a diverse portfolio with dozens of past partnerships on social media - from tech companies including AT&T, Google and Dell, over broadcasters such as FOX, Netflix and Radio Disney, over beauty brands YSL Beauty and Givenchy Beauty, to athletic lifestyle brands such as FILA and Nike.
 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. It seems that Kaycee was a busily student of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3BKnmtlMco Bruce Lee's philosophy]. She runs a small clothing line had first the slogan "Weirdo - Just be you.".
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 Weirdo got online home schooled since 6th grade<ref>[http://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>[http://youtu.be/8e6nGIRgpKc?t=104 GONE FOR 3 WEEKS?!?! - Kaycee Rice]</ref>, showing she has much more to offer than just a high career IQ. Her favorite subject was math. She finds it quite challenging. She also started writing poems in 2018 and has a talent for drawing; especially cartoons. She graduated in 2018 as ten grade with 15 by a [https://www.chspe.org/about CHSPE] test, which by state law is equivalent to a high school diploma, because she wanted to work in the industry as legally teen.<ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@kayceerice/video/6935832138835135750 KX's TikTok Graduation]</ref> Otherwise she needed to have due California Child Labor Laws frequently breaks on sets etc. By the way, her school wanted her to skip first grade and move up to second, but her parents didn't want her to do it.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Hb8vHX9094g?t=368 WHO KNOWS ME BETTER? (SIBLING EDITION) - Kaycee Rice]</ref>
-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. She is trying to keep a permanent positive outlook to the world. Her new dance partner Sean Lew said about her ''"Try bowling with her. She left a trail of glitter and unicorns!" <ref>[http://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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7txBKgigE Kaycee Rice - Weirdo Wednesday - Q and A Part 2🤗⁉️]</ref> This got public interest, because people were asking how a shy and innocent girl deals with the fact, that she was suddenly dragged into an huge spotlight of public eye by Katy Perry's tweet without asking. But she took it cool and ground-standing when "the microphones were pressed in her face" since she was ten. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjwzo-JbPG/ KC's IG interview Queen Latifa show]</ref> She had never hard feelings about that. On the contrary, she is very thankful that Katy launched her career, mined so many opportunities for her and to quote "being on a crazy ride" ever since.
+Kaycee is literally famous for being humble and not to take off by success. 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. She is trying to keep a permanent positive outlook to the world. Her new dance partner Sean Lew said about her ''"Try bowling with her. She left a trail of glitter and unicorns!" <ref>[http://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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P7txBKgigE Kaycee Rice - Weirdo Wednesday - Q and A Part 2🤗⁉️]</ref> This got public interest, because people were asking how a shy and innocent girl deals with the fact, that she was suddenly dragged into an huge spotlight of public eye by Katy Perry's tweet without asking. But she took it cool and ground-standing when "the microphones were pressed in her face" since she was ten. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CCjwzo-JbPG/ KC's IG interview Queen Latifa show]</ref> She had never hard feelings about that. On the contrary, she is very thankful that Katy launched her career, mined so many opportunities for her and to quote "being on a crazy ride" ever since.
-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 rise very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer and she personally has had spent some time with kids diagnosed cancer.<ref>[http://youtu.be/vn41p-ugjsc Kaycee Rice meets Parker Monhollon]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/0O88GIxQ5u8 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice Dancė Nėtwork Interview]</ref> Other engagements by her went public are [http://www.mda.org Muscular Dystrophy Association] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0YpUxu0lo "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera (2013 Show Of Strenth Telethon For Reagan)]</ref>, the [https://bornthisway.foundation/ BornThisWay/ Foundation]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jg3B0Jjuy/ KC's IG account]</ref>, [https://pedrogtprelief.org Camp Fire Victims], [https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers DonorsChoose] and the former [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLuhyfBeeU Lily Sarah Grace Foundation], which supported once to establish practicing arts in classrooms, for cognitive development.
+Kaycee also dances many years as a philanthropic, 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 rise very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer and she personally has had spent some time with kids diagnosed cancer.<ref>[http://youtu.be/vn41p-ugjsc Kaycee Rice meets Parker Monhollon]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/0O88GIxQ5u8 Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice Dancė Nėtwork Interview]</ref> Other engagements by her went public are [http://www.mda.org Muscular Dystrophy Association] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0YpUxu0lo "The Voice Within" - Christina Aguilera (2013 Show Of Strenth Telethon For Reagan)]</ref>, the [https://bornthisway.foundation/ BornThisWay/ Foundation]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B8jg3B0Jjuy/ KC's IG account]</ref>, [https://pedrogtprelief.org Camp Fire Victims], [https://www.donorschoose.org/teachers DonorsChoose] and the former [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLuhyfBeeU Lily Sarah Grace Foundation], which supported once to establish practicing arts in classrooms, for cognitive development.
-Kaycee began dancing when she was four in a half years old and began competing when she was five years old. Her mother founded "Studio 13" in Simi Valley, where Kaycee grow up, when she was seven years old, to keep up with her basic training; and had to close it seven years later at August 31, 2016 for multiple reasons.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKhqXeADAG/ KC Instagram Studio 13]</ref> Kaycee went daily strait after school (before homeschooling) to the studio for training. Sometimes until late into the evening when her mom was closing the studio. She choreographed first time at the age about 11 or 12 for two of her own hip-hop solos in the studio.
+Kaycee began dancing when she was four in a half years old and began competing when she was five years old. Her mother founded "Studio 13" in Simi Valley, where Kaycee grow up, when she was seven years old, to keep up with her basic training; and had to close it seven years later at August 31, 2016 for multiple reasons.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKhqXeADAG/ KC Instagram Studio 13]</ref> Kaycee went daily strait after school (before homeschooling) to the studio for training. Sometimes until late into the evening when her mom was closing the studio. She choreographed first time at the age 12 for two of her own hip-hop solos in the studio.
-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 was tap when she was younger,<ref>[http://youtu.be/h9NRGWsjHew Get To Know: Kaycee Rice]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/vfQOmvluGd4 Kaycee Rice Interview July 2013]</ref> but It has changed to contemporary and hip-hop later. But she loves actually all styles of dancing and finds challenging to adapt on different styles. 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 Dance Spirit 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>[http://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 with smooth transitions ending in accentuated fierce moves with not too much power 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, the moment ... *showing move* ... the turn around, 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 Incredible. She's that flexible." Her new partner [[Sean Lew]] stated: "She has no bones." <ref>[http://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 Kwan 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref>
+She is trained in various styles of dancing - ballet, tap, jazz,hip hop, and lyrical, her strongest suits contemporary. She also trained doing tumbling and acro. Her favorite style was tap when she was younger. <ref>[http://youtu.be/h9NRGWsjHew Get To Know: Kaycee Rice]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/vfQOmvluGd4 Kaycee Rice Interview July 2013]</ref> But she loves actually all styles of dancing and finds challenging to adapt on different styles. 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 Dance Spirit 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>[http://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 with smooth transitions ending in accentuated fierce moves with not too much power 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, the moment ... *showing move* ... the turn around, 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 Incredible. She's that flexible." Her new partner [[Sean Lew]] stated: "She has no bones." <ref>[http://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 Kwan 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref>
 According Tricia Miranda's rule "Stop dancing! Start performing!" she is going into class with the attitude, she is on stage and never is holding back. Weirdo is watching the mirror to the minimum and gets full focus on the camera in front of her. That's why on hundreds of videos she is performing she looks like live-on-stage show casing and these videos got up to 60M+ views at the end of 2018. <ref>[https://youtu.be/RfEcfrJwOrw?t=83 JASON DERULO feat. FRENCH MONTANA - "TIP TOE", Choreography by @nikakljun]</ref> <ref>[https://youtu.be/qQraeOG-3L8?t=71 Rihanna - Bitch Better Have My Money - Choreography by Tricia Miranda | @timmilgram @rihanna]</ref> Soon people are realizing that headlining new videos by "ft. Kaycee Rice" or showing her performing in first frame could be always good for a couple millions of additional hits. <ref>[https://youtu.be/I1TpYj72O6w?t=121 Jason Derulo - Swalla ft Nicki Minaj - Choreography by Jojo Gomez - ft Kaycee Rice]</ref> - One million views equals to at least $2,000 USD income as a YouTube Partner Program member. - Those have given Kaycee world fame by name, way before her NBC World of Dance performances with [[Sean Lew]] and makes her a permanent viral phenomenon beginning at the end of 2016 when her mother had to shut down the studio and she massively took filmed classes in LA. And since working together with Sean as duet, they both doubled their individual popularity. Dance Spirit wrote after an interview with her: "I don't feel like I'm a big star," she says. "I'm just a normal person, who loves what she does, and loves sharing it with the world."<ref>[https://www.dancespirit.com/8-dance-stars-doing-social-media-right-2622705386.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1 8 Dance Stars Doing Social Media Right]</ref> Humble to the last. By quantity and variety of dances  and of getting attention. Kaycee and some other kid dancers are literally a big economical influence on many video editors by making compilation and reaction videos from other videos of or by her, and those increase her popularity again.
-In 2017, she was nominated for the Industry Dance Awards for favorite dancer 17 & under, together with [[Mackenzie Ziegler]], [[Kalani Hilliker]], [[Tate McRae]], [[Bailey Sok]] and the winner [[Nia Frazier]]. At the end of the year, statistically in 2017, she is shown on 6 of the top 50 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2017.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5lCm9bMigQ Most Viewed Dance Videos Published In 2017 | Top 50 Videos Of 2017 Choreography]</ref>
+In 2017, she was nominated for the Industry Dance Awards for favorite dancer 17 & under, together with [[Mackenzie Ziegler]], [[Kalani Hilliker]], [[Tate McRae]], [[Bailey Sok]] and she lost to the winner [[Nia Frazier]]. At the end of the year, statistically in 2017, she is shown on 6 of the top 50 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2017.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5lCm9bMigQ Most Viewed Dance Videos Published In 2017 | Top 50 Videos Of 2017 Choreography]</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 1 million Dance Studio, Dytto (Courtney Nicole Kelly), Kyle Hanagami and the winner Matt Steffanina with still sweet 15 years old. 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>[http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2FWu3RsYfv-JK46b3DppLw Kaycee Rice (2nd channel)]</ref> Two months later she was a co-/assistant choreographer for Red Velvet's new music video "Really Bad Boy". At the end of the year, statistically in 2018, her fans were able to watch every fourth day a new taped dance by her (about 90 in total) and she is shown on 12 of the top 100 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2018.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivAzv91FLCc Top 100 Most Viewed Dance Videos Published In 2018]</ref>
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 On February 25, 2022 she performed as background dancer on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' for ''Banks - Holding Back''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePQSFbiv8DE BANKS – Holding Back]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CaaWB_3vMTI/ KC's IG Banks]</ref> and got finally a gig in "small business", which had been denied her for last three years, because she is "such a star". But who considers ''Jimmy Kimmel Live'' small business?! To say it with [[Sean Lew]]'s lyrics [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkEoViReeu0 "There is a big difference to being me and being successful"]. On April 10, she performed [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4i8jAq1SVM with Kid Cudi on Kid Choice Awards]. She hold online workshops [https://www.theartistinsideyou.com/tdxchoreocamp22 for Mumbai and New Delhi at Jun 9 - 11] in contemporary fusion choreography and three classes at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfxoKApHVI Millennium LA to celebrate JLo's Netflix documentary "HALFTIME"] on June 14-16 <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cet-WWfPgyg/ KC's IG MDC LA "Halftime"]</ref>. In July, she traveled to Europe and visited London, rehearsed and was shooting for a movie about a couple weeks, took a class from [https://www.lukasmcfarlane.co.uk/ Lucas McFarlane] she worked with <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgc1Cw5IEBe/?hl=en LUcas IG@Base Studios]</ref>, visited Italy<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgARn-7L3Q3/?hl=en KC's IG Italy]</ref> and hold a workshop in Sevilla, Spain <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJM4f-joOS/?hl=en KC's IG Sevilla Spain workshop]</ref>. Then business as usual like doing a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0gcCuN2Rws class at the Millennium LA].
 In 2023, she posted on her IG to [https://www.instagram.com/p/CncXYgRpn5d/ JP Saxe•When You Think Of Me] a nice concept video that shows again why Kaycee is considered the ''Queen of Expressive Performance''. Sometimes she is [https://www.tiktok.com/@kayceerice/video/7211155351071198506 just in the zone] when no big camera team is on hand. Her first class she put on herself in LA to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79V3Vg-K3wI GIVE ME LOVE - Ed Sheeran] was sold out.
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