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}}'''''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.

}}'''''Kaycee Caitlin Rice''''' (born on October 21, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, U.S.), is a young professional dancer, assistant choreographer, 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 very first hip-hop solo ever 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 Wadley, visited her in Simi Valley at Dance Studio 13, which her mom owned, <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GcEuQ8FiM Shangela surprises Kaycee Rice]</ref> to thank her for enormous boost in record selling.

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<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 <ref>[http://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>[http://vimeo.com/43318668 Kaycee Rice Block]</ref> .

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 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>[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 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 ... *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 Incredibles. 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 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref>

Kaycee began dancing when she was 4 in a half years old and began competing when she was 5 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 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 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>[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, smooth transitions and turn combinations ending in accentuated fierce moves with 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 ... *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 Incredibles. 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 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref> Like most top professional she has an incredible musicality. Everything is on time in a fraction of second with fierce accentuation.

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]].

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==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 color is blue, her favorite number is 13 and her favorite food is steak or shrimps with fried rice.

*Kaycee~~'s favorite style of dance~~ is ~~tap~~.

*She is a regular visitor at Disneyland LA and once in Disneyland Paris as prize of all-inclusive trip for being grand title champion and Miss Teen Dance Icon Thunderstruck International Finals 2015 for attending World Final.

*~~In 2014~~, ~~Kaycee was dancing around 20 hours per week~~.

*Regarding IMDb Weirdo used to be a stunt girl for Mackenzie Foy in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, ''but that seems to be one-time event until now.

*She liked to edit funny musical.ly videos when she was younger. Maybe she has talent as a comedian as well. For sure one of her best acting references. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBLh_fwWhc Kaycee Rice Best Musical.ly Compilation #2 - All Musically Collections]</ref>

*Kaycee is good in playing cards; has always a set in pocket. Regarding Sean Lew she is in general good at sport games; frustrating her friends - and choreographers. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SGxRB03g4Y "BANG BANG BANG" Dance | Matt Steffanina ft Kaycee Rice & Bailey Sok]</ref>

*She likes to go swimming and waterboarding at "the lake".

*She describes herself as a tomboy person. She is wearing in a sort of self-irony occasionally sweaters with a label "Tom_Boy " or "Boy" on videos and rarely wearing dresses, skirts, heels or make-up. Dance in heels is more a kind of job evil.

*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.

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 |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.
+}}'''''Kaycee Caitlin Rice''''' (born on October 21, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, U.S.), is a young professional dancer, assistant choreographer, 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 very first hip-hop solo ever 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 Wadley, visited her in Simi Valley at Dance Studio 13, which her mom owned, <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4GcEuQ8FiM Shangela surprises Kaycee Rice]</ref> to thank her for enormous boost in record selling.
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 <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 <ref>[http://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>[http://vimeo.com/43318668 Kaycee Rice Block]</ref> .
-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 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>[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 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 ... *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 Incredibles. 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 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref>
+Kaycee began dancing when she was 4 in a half years old and began competing when she was 5 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 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 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>[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, smooth transitions and turn combinations ending in accentuated fierce moves with 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 ... *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 Incredibles. 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 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>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UkcAIi72TU Sean Lew - "Bloppers" video - Behind the scene of World of Dance]</ref> Like most top professional she has an incredible musicality. Everything is on time in a fraction of second with fierce accentuation.
 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]].
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 ==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 color is blue, her favorite number is 13 and her favorite food is steak or shrimps with fried rice.
-*Kaycee's favorite style of dance is tap.
+*She is a regular visitor at Disneyland LA and once in Disneyland Paris as prize of all-inclusive trip for being grand title champion and Miss Teen Dance Icon Thunderstruck International Finals 2015 for attending World Final.
-*In 2014, Kaycee was dancing around 20 hours per week.
+*Regarding IMDb Weirdo used to be a stunt girl for Mackenzie Foy in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, ''but that seems to be one-time event until now.
+*She liked to edit funny musical.ly videos when she was younger. Maybe she has talent as a comedian as well. For sure one of her best acting references. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cBLh_fwWhc Kaycee Rice Best Musical.ly Compilation #2 - All Musically Collections]</ref>
+*Kaycee is good in playing cards; has always a set in pocket. Regarding Sean Lew she is in general good at sport games; frustrating her friends - and choreographers. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SGxRB03g4Y "BANG BANG BANG" Dance | Matt Steffanina ft Kaycee Rice & Bailey Sok]</ref>
+*She likes to go swimming and waterboarding at "the lake".
+*She describes herself as a tomboy person. She is wearing in a sort of self-irony occasionally sweaters with a label "Tom_Boy " or "Boy" on videos and rarely wearing dresses, skirts, heels or make-up. Dance in heels is more a kind of job evil.
 *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.