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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 wearing enterprise first the slogan "Weirdo - Just be you.", managed by her mom, which became much more than a fan merchandiser. | 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 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>[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 carrier IQ. Her favorite subject is math. She finds it quite challenging. She also started writing poems in 2018 and has a talent for drawing;especially cartoons. | Weirdo gets 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 carrier IQ. Her favorite subject is math. She finds it quite challenging. She also started writing poems in 2018 and has a talent for drawing; especially cartoons. | ||
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. She had never hard feelings about that. On the contrary, she is very thankful that Katy launched her carrier, mined so many opportunities for her and to quote "being on an incredible ride" ever since. | 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. She had never hard feelings about that. On the contrary, she is very thankful that Katy launched her carrier, mined so many opportunities for her and to quote "being on an incredible ride" ever since. | ||
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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> . | <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> . | ||
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 | 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 professionals she has an incredible musicality. Everything is on time in a fraction of second with fierce accentuation, body language and face expression. | ||
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]]. | 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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==Dance Titles== | ==Dance Titles== | ||
*Pulse Protégé 2013/2014 - 2015/2016 | *Pulse Protégé 2013/2014 - 2015/2016 | ||
*Pulse Elite Alumni since 2015/2016 (lifetime title) <ref>[http://nexusontour.com/protege-elite-alumni Protégés Elite Alumni]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/VG8zRT3UvWA The Pulse | *Pulse Elite Alumni since 2015/2016 (lifetime title) <ref>[http://nexusontour.com/protege-elite-alumni Protégés Elite Alumni]</ref><ref>[http://youtu.be/VG8zRT3UvWA The Pulse Alumni show 2014]</ref> | ||
*Miss Petite Starquest | *Miss Petite Starquest | ||
*Miss Petite KAR 2010 & 2011 | *Miss Petite KAR 2010 & 2011 | ||
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|Red Velvet | |Red Velvet | ||
|Co-Choreographer, along with Janelle Ginestra and Choi Sunhee. | |Co-Choreographer, along with Janelle Ginestra and Choi Sunhee. | ||
|Kaycee's | |Kaycee's Assistant Choreographers/Skeleton Crew:<br />[[Bailey Sok]]<br />Sean Lew<br />and more <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWJUPY-2EIM Red Velvet 레드벨벳 'RBB (Really Bad Boy)' MV]</ref> <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq3Rg1MFFVg/ Kaycee's IG Red Velvet]</ref><br />Fan and group feedback on Twitter: <ref>[https://twitter.com/KayceeRice/status/1069024688771342338 Kaycee's Twitter]</ref> | ||
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|2018.10.10 | |2018.10.10 | ||
|Alessia Cara - Growing Pains | |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 | |Concept and Choreography by [[JoJo Gomez|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 | |Headliner with 5 backgrounds | ||
|Other dancers:<br />Nick Pauley<br />Daniel Camilleri<br />Shea Saulino<br />Lucas Parada<br />Francisco Gonzalez | |Other dancers:<br />Nick Pauley<br />Daniel Camilleri<br />Shea Saulino<br />Lucas Parada<br />Francisco Gonzalez | ||
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*Kaycee is good in playing cards; she 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> | *Kaycee is good in playing cards; she 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 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 "TOMBOY " or "Boy" on videos and is rarely wearing dresses, skirts, heels or make-up. Dancing in heels is more a kind of job that's evil for her. | *She describes herself as a tomboy person. She is wearing in a sort of self-irony occasionally sweaters with a label "TOMBOY " or "Boy" on videos and is rarely wearing dresses, skirts, heels or make-up. Dancing in heels is more a kind of job that's evil for her. This was a permanent concept in past before she preferred wearing her own merchandise. Most famous her "Bad 1" team jersey. "I Need More Space" on sweater properly means that her class mates got to intrusive and she wants to respect the water trench before stardom a little bit more - "I came to werq ...werq ... werq" (see "Werk" solo). | ||
*Kaycee celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah. | *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 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. | ||
*After a resurrection, the first person she would like to talk to would be Debbie Reynolds. | |||
*Stranded on lonely island, the top three items she would like to have are food, a smartphone with reception and a friend. - Sorry Kaycee! No net in the middle of the pacific and you forgot water. Big minus points in surviving guidance. | |||
*She started practicing Tae Kwon Do before dancing, being certified Blue Belt. | *She started practicing Tae Kwon Do before dancing, being certified Blue Belt. | ||
*After a long working day she like to take a shower, got to bed and fall asleep during watching Netflix. She described herself as pretty lazy. Maybe that's Kaycee's subtle style of bragging. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||