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At the age of 10, Kaycee did a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82WwqXyyWXg "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, <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahiF79y-No4 Kaycee Rice- interview at CNN Los Angeles for Showbiz Tonight- Katy Perry's Tiny Dancer]</ref> 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 DailyMail. The singer of the performance song "Werqin Girl", Shengela Laquifa Wadley, visited her in Simi Valley at Studio 13 Dance, 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.

Kaycee danced for TV shows and series, music and concept videos, classes and conventions assistance, teaching, commercials and live stage performances. Since joining [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_jqmpebyece6Jgl26_wfw IMMA] in 2014<ref>[http://thebeastnetwork.com/channels/kaycee-rice/ KAYCEE RICE IMMA Channel]</ref>, she is considered full professional, in the sense of child labor laws allowed it. She was a member of the dance companies Studio 13 Project Team, Lilbeast, Immabeast, and The Pulse on Tour, where she had studied three seasons as Pulse Elite Protégé under some of world's best in business together with many other prodigies, who are still considered industry worldclass today and became her close friends as well. ~~The~~ graduated as The Pulse Elite Alumnus in 2016.

Kaycee danced for TV shows and series, music and concept videos, classes and conventions assistance, teaching, commercials and live stage performances. Since joining [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_jqmpebyece6Jgl26_wfw IMMA] in 2014<ref>[http://thebeastnetwork.com/channels/kaycee-rice/ KAYCEE RICE IMMA Channel]</ref>, she is considered full professional, in the sense of child labor laws allowed it. She was a member of the dance companies Studio 13 Project Team, Lilbeast, Immabeast, and The Pulse on Tour, where she had studied three seasons as Pulse Elite Protégé under some of world's best in business together with many other prodigies, who are still considered industry worldclass today and became her close friends as well. She graduated as The Pulse Elite Alumnus in 2016.

She got world fame by dancing or starring on many hours of class routines and concept videos in high quality with some of Los Angeles' most influential and established choreographers with millions of hits over the years.

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In 2021, [[Sean Lew]]'s one hour shortfilm [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uQLDRlp0xI "II: AN UNSPOKEN NARRATIVE" - The Short Film"] was released on February 27 and Kaycee was starring with many of her friends and some of dance industry world-class. On May 14th, she was teaching her first class at the Millennium Dance Complex LA<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/COsgoTmroPy/ KC's IG class Millennium Dance Complex LA]</ref> and broke her mentor [[JoJo Gomez]]' record <ref>[https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a47586/jojo-gomez-celebrity-choreographer-get-that-life/ Here's How I Became a Celebrity Choreographer at 17-Years-Old]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgHgnPnhUKg Jojo Gomez - The Choreographer Behind The Top Singers | American Latino]</ref>, which was already broken by her friend [[Bailey Sok]] shortly before being the youngest ever at Millennium. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFrLU4hB2z/ Millenium IG Bailey]</ref> To understand, being a regular teacher or instructor at the "most iconic dance studio in the world" is like getting a professorship in Harvard on other fields - in Weirdo's case with 18. Closing this development with a nostalgic ''The Pulse on Tour'' feeling on two days ''Prodigy Dance Intensive'' event in St. Louis, but this time as part of the faculty with the tons big awarded grandmasters to get her last fine grinding in teaching masterstudents. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/prodigydanceintensive/ Prodigy Dance Intensive IG]</ref> Now she is ready to experience on her own bones what a pain in the neck herself she was by her own permanent students. - [https://www.instagram.com/p/COzOXUqgEta/ "No, no, no! Don't turn back. They sense fear."]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tg6ZGUtZWs Rio Scene They sense fear.]</ref> She appeared on Olivia Rodrigo's short film ''SOUR Prom'' and her music video ''brutal''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14955694/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 IMDb Olivia Rodrigo: SOUR Prom]</ref> <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14956994/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 IMDb Olivia Rodrigo: Brutal (Live from SOUR Prom)]</ref> In Sep 21, she posted the Princess is leaving Rice Castle now, and will move in her '''first''' bought, own house at the age of 18. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFoHMOJ1wA/ KC' IG I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k30HP5NemVs I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE YYT]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuB1WAyuL4s FIRST DAY MOVED IN]</ref> If wondering, she has family members in real estate and mortgage business. Two days before her birthday Kaycee made her older fans and herself happy by dusting off the tap shoes after seven years not using them and is united after four years with her former partner Ryan Maw again and still killing it. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVG6_SfJh6U/ Ryan's IG Taping /w KC]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVIl5NMlqQS/ Ryan's IG Taping /w KC II]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVLhMpegFT0/ KC's IG Taping /w Ryan]</ref> On Dec 13, Sean & Kaycee attended the ''[https://worldchoreographyawards.com/ The World Choreography Adwards] 2021'', the "Oscars of Dance". They were norminated in the category ''Digital Content'' twice for their Radio Disney Channel dance videos - ''Party in the USA'' and '' Don't Start Now''. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5v7nyPDeJ/ Norminees 2021 Digital Content]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CXDPpFhF4aO/ Don't Start Now Clip]</ref>

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 choreo and three classes at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfxoKApHVI Millenium 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 travelled to Europe and visited London, Italy and ~~held~~ a workshop in Spain.

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 choreo and three classes at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfxoKApHVI Millenium 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 travelled to Europe and visited London, rehearsed about a couple weeks, took a class from [https://www.instagram.com/lukas_mcfarlane/?hl=enLucas Lucas McFarlane] she worked with <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgc1Cw5IEBe/?hl=en LUcas IG@Base Studios]</ref>, visited Italy and hold a workshop in Sevilla Spain <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJM4f-joOS/?hl=en KC's IG Sevilla Spain workshop]</ref>.

==Dances==

===Solos===

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 At the age of 10, Kaycee did a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82WwqXyyWXg "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, <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahiF79y-No4 Kaycee Rice- interview at CNN Los Angeles for Showbiz Tonight- Katy Perry's Tiny Dancer]</ref> 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 DailyMail. The singer of the performance song "Werqin Girl", Shengela Laquifa Wadley, visited her in Simi Valley at Studio 13 Dance, 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.
-Kaycee danced for TV shows and series, music and concept videos, classes and conventions assistance, teaching, commercials and live stage performances. Since joining [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_jqmpebyece6Jgl26_wfw IMMA] in 2014<ref>[http://thebeastnetwork.com/channels/kaycee-rice/ KAYCEE RICE IMMA Channel]</ref>, she is considered full professional, in the sense of child labor laws allowed it. She was a member of the dance companies Studio 13 Project Team, Lilbeast, Immabeast, and The Pulse on Tour, where she had studied three seasons as Pulse Elite Protégé under some of world's best in business together with many other prodigies, who are still considered industry worldclass today and became her close friends as well. The graduated as The Pulse Elite Alumnus in 2016.
+Kaycee danced for TV shows and series, music and concept videos, classes and conventions assistance, teaching, commercials and live stage performances. Since joining [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_jqmpebyece6Jgl26_wfw IMMA] in 2014<ref>[http://thebeastnetwork.com/channels/kaycee-rice/ KAYCEE RICE IMMA Channel]</ref>, she is considered full professional, in the sense of child labor laws allowed it. She was a member of the dance companies Studio 13 Project Team, Lilbeast, Immabeast, and The Pulse on Tour, where she had studied three seasons as Pulse Elite Protégé under some of world's best in business together with many other prodigies, who are still considered industry worldclass today and became her close friends as well. She graduated as The Pulse Elite Alumnus in 2016.
 She got world fame by dancing or starring on many hours of class routines and concept videos in high quality with some of Los Angeles' most influential and established choreographers with millions of hits over the years.
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 In 2021, [[Sean Lew]]'s one hour shortfilm [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uQLDRlp0xI "II: AN UNSPOKEN NARRATIVE" - The Short Film"] was released on February 27 and Kaycee was starring with many of her friends and some of dance industry world-class. On May 14th, she was teaching her first class at the Millennium Dance Complex LA<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/COsgoTmroPy/ KC's IG class Millennium Dance Complex LA]</ref> and broke her mentor [[JoJo Gomez]]' record <ref>[https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/music/a47586/jojo-gomez-celebrity-choreographer-get-that-life/ Here's How I Became a Celebrity Choreographer at 17-Years-Old]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgHgnPnhUKg Jojo Gomez - The Choreographer Behind The Top Singers | American Latino]</ref>, which was already broken by her friend [[Bailey Sok]] shortly before being the youngest ever at Millennium. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFrLU4hB2z/ Millenium IG Bailey]</ref> To understand, being a regular teacher or instructor at the "most iconic dance studio in the world" is like getting a professorship in Harvard on other fields - in Weirdo's case with 18. Closing this development with a nostalgic ''The Pulse on Tour'' feeling on two days ''Prodigy Dance Intensive'' event in St. Louis, but this time as part of the faculty with the tons big awarded grandmasters to get her last fine grinding in teaching masterstudents. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/prodigydanceintensive/ Prodigy Dance Intensive IG]</ref> Now she is ready to experience on her own bones what a pain in the neck herself she was by her own permanent students. - [https://www.instagram.com/p/COzOXUqgEta/ "No, no, no! Don't turn back. They sense fear."]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tg6ZGUtZWs Rio Scene They sense fear.]</ref> She appeared on Olivia Rodrigo's short film ''SOUR Prom'' and her music video ''brutal''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14955694/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2 IMDb Olivia Rodrigo: SOUR Prom]</ref> <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14956994/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1 IMDb Olivia Rodrigo: Brutal (Live from SOUR Prom)]</ref> In Sep 21, she posted the Princess is leaving Rice Castle now, and will move in her '''first''' bought, own house at the age of 18. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFoHMOJ1wA/ KC' IG I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k30HP5NemVs I BOUGHT MY FIRST HOUSE YYT]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuB1WAyuL4s FIRST DAY MOVED IN]</ref> If wondering, she has family members in real estate and mortgage business. Two days before her birthday Kaycee made her older fans and herself happy by dusting off the tap shoes after seven years not using them and is united after four years with her former partner Ryan Maw again and still killing it. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVG6_SfJh6U/ Ryan's IG Taping /w KC]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVIl5NMlqQS/ Ryan's IG Taping /w KC II]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVLhMpegFT0/ KC's IG Taping /w Ryan]</ref> On Dec 13, Sean & Kaycee attended  the  ''[https://worldchoreographyawards.com/ The World Choreography Adwards] 2021'', the "Oscars of Dance". They were norminated in the category ''Digital Content'' twice for their Radio Disney Channel dance videos - ''Party in the USA'' and '' Don't Start Now''. <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CV5v7nyPDeJ/ Norminees 2021 Digital Content]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CXDPpFhF4aO/ Don't Start Now Clip]</ref>
-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 choreo and three classes at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfxoKApHVI Millenium 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 travelled to Europe and visited London, Italy and held a workshop in Spain.
+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 choreo and three classes at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfxoKApHVI Millenium 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 travelled to Europe and visited London, rehearsed about a couple weeks, took a class from [https://www.instagram.com/lukas_mcfarlane/?hl=enLucas Lucas McFarlane] she worked with <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgc1Cw5IEBe/?hl=en LUcas IG@Base Studios]</ref>, visited Italy and hold a workshop in Sevilla Spain <ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJM4f-joOS/?hl=en KC's IG Sevilla Spain workshop]</ref>.
 ==Dances==
 ===Solos===