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{{Infobox dancer

|name = Sophia Maria Lucia

|gender = Female

|age = {{age|2002|09|07}}

|hair color = Brown

|school grade = High School Class of 2021 <br> College Class of 2025 (Bachelor in Psychology (major) - University of Arizona)

|affiliations = Bloc Talent Agency (former) <br> Clear Talent Group <br> Unity Dance Ensemble <br> Paradigm Talent Agency

|dance studios = San Diego Dance Centre (2004-2013) <br> Abby Lee Dance Company (2013) <br> RT Dance Academy (2013-2014) <br> Danceology Performing Arts Campus (2014-2015) <br> Master Ballet Academy (2015-2016) <br> Rhythmic Gymnastics School (2016-present) <br> PAVE School of the Arts (2021-2022) <br> Dance Lab OC (2022-present) <br> Adage Dance Center (2022-present) <br> Avanti Dance Company (present) <ref>[https://www.avantidancecompany.com/youth-schedule/ ADC HP Youth Schedule]</ref>

|parents = Jaclyn Lucia (mother), IFBB Bikini Pro <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/jaclynlucia_/ Jaclyn Lucia IG]</ref><br />Michael Lucia (father)<br>Tiffani King <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/tiffaniking/ Tiffani King IG]</ref><br>Rachel Sebastian (her other real Dance Moms)<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/rachel__sebastian/ Rachel Sebastian IG]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/ChLPWHzqCFF/ Soph`s IG real dance moms]</ref>

|siblings = Vinny Lucia (brother) <br> [[Gianna Mojonnier]] (cousin)

|pets = 2+ cats

|nicknames = Soph <br> Sophie

   

She started at San Diego Dance Centre when she was two years old until she was 11 to be one day on Lifetime’s ''Dance Moms'' show. She is trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Ballroom, and Contemporary. Sophia moved to Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of twelve to train with Master Ballet Academy and later danced with the Phoenix Ballet and Ballet Arizona. When she was 8 she was already dancing 55 hours per week. Still today she has an average 9-10 hours working day.

In 2015, Sophia participated in a YouTube series named "Teen Dance Challenge" ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfMBFE_odUk Ep10 Sophia Lucia HD], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctv5T6sJCiQ EP9 Sophia BTS HD]) alongside [[Talia Seitel]], [[Lucy Vallely]], [[Chloe East]] and [[Sean Lew]]. In December, she was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz10oGO4osU announced as the winner] by Instagram online voting of the grand prize of a one year scholarship at the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City worth $30,000 USD, including full tuition and housing.

On July 2021, she moved to LA after she lost her job due COVID-19 and actually had to leave her own house until December, because she couldn't afford it any longer. She would prefer Orange Country, where she got a new fantastic job. She hates LA and would like to go to Orange Country <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CSNhfBoJ-6q/ Soph#s IG Instagram Live 8/5/21]</ref>, but actually her boyfriend moved later to her when she was 19.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CaAxktYqjL7/ body & soul]</ref>

==Dances==

! Refs

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| Industry Dance Awards

| Favorite Dancer

| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>[https://industrydanceawards.com/dancers-choice-awards/2014/nominees Industry Dance Awards 2014]</ref>

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| Industry Dance Awards

| Favorite Dancer 17 & under

| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxz6fl1NYqE Awards to Sophia Lucia and William Jackson Beckham @VARNA IBC 2016]</ref>

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| Silver Metal - Junior Contemporary Dance

| Sophia Lucia and William Jackson Beckham - "Path"

| style="background:silver;" |Silver  

| style="text-align:center;" | <ref>[https://yagp.org/yagp-2016-new-york-ny-winners/  YAGP 2016 NY]</ref>

|}

For all inquiries not as dancer, choreographer or Guinness World Record Holder:<br />

Email: sophialuciaproductions@gmail.com<br />

See also dance studios and agencies in infobox top right for contacts.

*When she was asked if she ever get nervous, she answered: "''"All the time. I’m a very anxious person and I’ve had to overcome a lot of things, but nerves never go away.''"

*"''Dance world is really tricky. It's really unhealthy. There is so many unhealthy people in the dance world. There are a lot of toxic people and there are a lot of people, they want not be supportive. And it want not to be a very supportive community. "It's seems to be supportive". Everyone says they are supportive to each other, but they are really not. Everyone is just out to get, what is best for them. And when you are succeeding and they are not, they are not really happy for you and vise versa. That how it is. There was like I felt like there is not a lot of support around me and I felt like because I had so much success at the young age that people just cannot stand it. That's fine, but it made it really hard for me. Beyond that, there is a lot of body image issues that come being in the dance world, whether or not is praised, said there are gone or that happened any more, it does! I gone through every dance struggle you could possibly imagine and every dance struggle I ever had, people told me I have to lose weight and I was this big *showing a cycle with tumb and pointing finger*. ... It took me really a long time to learn to be mental stable, but how you can do that is with a good support system and really try to stay grounded, and know a lot of stuff in the dance world then don't mean anything to you in a few years. I know what was a big deal for me then is not a big deal for me now. Winning that competition doesn't mean anything to me now. Nothing. Like, it's so interesting, because you move yourself in a situation, oh my god, everything seems so big. It's really not a big deal. So being much easier to yourself, because you do it because you love it and you cannot listen to any other noice. That's what I think. And that's I think how I get a healthy relationship with dance and being in the dance world. But it took me out of it so long. Hmm I was like, "I destroyed my fandom.", I guess you might can say. - Not you, because you guys are here. You guys are so awesome. - "I destroyed my fandom and my name in a sence", like many people told me that all the time, but my mental health was at risk and I think quiting dance for three years I did and remove myself from the dance world, was the best thing I had ever done for myself, because it told me how to be normal and it told me have a healthy relationship with myself. And I think that has to come always first and if not; take a step back and look at it for what it is and don't put not to much pressure on you to do or be a certain way and know that everything comes at time. ''" (Soph's Live Interview Aug 6, 2021 Instagram <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CSNhfBoJ-6q/ Soph's Live Interview Aug 6, 2021 Instagram]</ref>)

==Fun Facts==

*Before Sophie broke the offically world record, she had broken it twice unoffically by posting in 2012 two videos on YouTube where she did [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmeyKXDegFI 40 pirouettes] and [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMbB6bmjBxA 54 pirouettes] in row at the age of 9. Both videos went viral, so the idea came up to call Guiness Officials, financed by sponsorship of ''Kids Artistic Revue'' and ''California Kisses'', and the event was held at her home studio San Diego Dance Center in Poway in front of hundreds of observers.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5JY7LlRKwT/ Soph's IG 11th WR anniversary]</ref> She broke the official one in her first attempt. She managed 47 pirouettes on the first attempt, 48 on the second and 55 on her third.<ref>[https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/arts/most_consecutive_pirouettes_Sophia_Lucia_smash_Guinness_world_record_213392.html Most consecutive pirouettes: Sophia Lucia smash Guinness world record (VIDEO)]</ref> The previous Guinness Book world record was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKWStmq7mM  done by 36 pirouettes] on Dec 9, 2005 held by Miss Oklahoma 2012 [https://missoklahoma.org/about/history/miss-oklahoma-2012-alicia-clifton/ Alicia Clifton] at Applause Studio in Oklahoma at the age of 13 and she was the first female dancer to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in this category. At age 18, University College freshman Alicia Clifton had two world records under her belt. Alicia is still holding the most [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo250jmBl6I fouettés] in 30 seconds by done 50 at Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 19 December 2010.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-grandes-pirouettes-a-la-seconde-in-30-seconds-female-ballet Most grandes pirouettes a la seconde in 30 seconds (female)]</ref><ref>[https://www-oudaily-com/news/sooner-spins-her-way-into-world-record-book-for-dancing/article_9bb655e2-180e-5522-823b-86d0c3ce411c.html Sooner spins her way into world record book for dancing]</ref> Alicia got fame in many fields later, such as Runner-Up Miss America in 2013.<ref>[https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2013/01/12/miss-oklahoma-is-second-runner-up-in-miss-america-pageant/61014636007/ Miss Oklahoma is second runner-up in Miss America Pageant]</ref>  

*Sophia completed her first pirouette when she was 4. Completed 4 in row when she was 5, and kept going on. In 2020, she got asked, if she can do world record again these days. She answered, she could, but it would hurt her. When she was training to break the world record she was turn so fast and so much on daily basis that she started to break blood vessels in her hands. Her hands would turn purple, swell and itch if she tried to turn that fast now. She said for pirouettes  it`s all about physics and science - spot and momentum. Still these days she can do 8-9 pirouettes on call without moving a muscle in her face. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yntcoPCc_So Can Sophia Lucia still do her 55 turns?]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1M1OXI0i1k Sophia Lucia Interview at her Guinness World Record Celebration]</ref>

*Soph got challenged a couple times about her record. E.g. on Dancepalooza she had a turn contest against break dancer Simrin Player, who turned on her head. Sophie did more turns, but Simrin did it longer. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVqdiieKhkk Dancepalooza - Sophia Lucia vs Simrin Player Turn Contest]</ref> She was also challenged many time by dance battles, such as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqpNJxf-KdU Contemporary Eric at Industry Dance Awards 2014].

*As of August 2021 she has 8 tatoos so far. Small pictos yet.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuqTV_BNyv/?hl=en Sophia's IG Tats]</ref> But the number of youth sins are increasing fast.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/C4qq8oLORcP/?img_index=2 Soph's IG Paris]</ref>

*Regarding Soph, her dance teacher insulted her at the MDA over two years. Here some quotes by Sophia <ref>[https://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia/video/7116325855466425642?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7116325855466425642 Soph's TikTok]</ref>:

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*The day before the performance of the fifth dance in Varna, Jack and Sophia had an huge argument. Due that Soph wasn't planning to turning up at all, but she changed her mind. They apologized and made it in 10 min before they  had to performed. - Pro dance is pro dance.

* An international alternative for Ballet (classic and contemporary) to [https://varna-ibc.org/ Varna IBC], which seems to be [https://www.dancemagazine.com/varna-ibc/#gsc.tab=0 inactive since 2020], for youth dancers is the [https://www.prixdelausanne.org/ Prix de Lausanne] in Switzerland. Entry is reserved for young student-dancers, aged 15 through 18, who have not yet been in professional employment and open to candidates of all nationalities. So Soph would be too young again at that time, further she was already pro.  Currently, participants are required to submit a 15–20 min digital file recording showing them performing a combination of barre and centre-work exercises in a studio environment and pay a registration fee in CHF (150 CHF in 2024), but for 2025, thanks to generous sponsors, the Prix de Lausanne can offer financial support to candidates who may be in need. Applicants must contact the Prix de Lausanne to communicate their intention to apply for financial support before their registration for the video selection.<ref>[https://www.prixdelausanne.org/practical_information/ Practical Information]</ref> The video selection jury panel, consisting of nine professionals from the dance world, gathered in Lausanne last weekend to watch all video submissions. There were 445 applicants (354 girls and 91 boys) from 42 countries who sent their videos. A total of 75 dancers (38 girls & 37 boys) have been selected via this process while 11 candidates had already been preselected. In total, 86 dancers (44 girls and 42 boys) from 23 countries were selected to participate in 2025. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_de_Lausanne Wikipedia]). - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPpFjRj2smY Day 6 – FINALS 2024], [https://www.prixdelausanne.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/liste-candidats-prog2025.pdf 2025 Selected Candidates], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhxVjfMsrBA&list=PLe146Eh6XHuSspKnK6VixaDPA_EfVDDrK Meet the 2025 Candidates], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTXg5KXUulM 2025 – Day 1 – Morning], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF4bLPFtB3w 2025 – Day 1 – Afternoon], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0f73cJFN3U 2025 – Day 2 – Morning], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEynmCQGKCY 2025 – Day 2 – Afternoon], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwEvym9EUkU 2025 – Day 3 – Morning], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfkE3WRHvXo 2025 – Day 3 – Afternoon], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGswVrvAbeQ 2025 – Day 4 – Morning], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnToTex-soY 2025 – Day 4 – Afternoon], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb2mQ3nda2o 2025 – Day 5 – Junior Selection], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psHSeQmIKC4 Day 5 – Senior Selection], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcvq_dayGiU 2025 – Day 6 – FINALS].

* Because it's arts and sports, not politics or war, we have to list as alternative the ''[https://benois.theatre.ru/english/ Prix Benois de la Danse]'' in Moscow as well. We hope one day our dancers will meet in Moscow again ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_Benois_de_la_Danse Wikipedia]).

*[http://www.tiktok.com/@_sophialucia TikTok]

*[http://www.youtube.com/user/sophiamlucia YouTube]

*[http://www.halloffamedance.com/halloffame/search.aspx?s=Sophia%20Lucia Hall of Fame Dance Videos]

*[http://vimeo.com/156936922 Sophia in Sync]

*[http://vimeo.com/80948265 Sophia goes to her CK photoshoot]

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