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|school grade = Class of 2018 | |school grade = Class of 2018 | ||
|profession = Dancer <br> Choreographer <br> Model <br> Health & Fitness Trainer | |profession = Dancer <br> Choreographer <br> Actress <br> Model <br> Health & Fitness Trainer | ||
|affiliations = Daniel Hoff Agency <br> Bloc Talent Agency <br> ImmaBEAST Co. | |affiliations = Daniel Hoff Agency <br> Bloc Talent Agency <br> ImmaBEAST Co. | ||
|dance studios = Studio 13 Dance Studio (2009-2016) <br> Candy Apple's Dance Center (guest) | |dance studios = Studio 13 Dance Studio (2009-2016) <br> Candy Apple's Dance Center (guest) | ||
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|pets = owns a dog (Lulu) <br> 1 family dog (Kino) | |pets = owns a dog (Lulu) <br> 1 family dog (Kino) | ||
|nicknames = Weirdo, rarely Munch or The Queen | |nicknames = Weirdo, rarely Munch or The Queen | ||
}}'''Kaycee Caitlin Rice''' (born on October 21, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, U.S.), is a professional dancer, choreographer, model, personal health & fitness trainer (NASM certified), social media personality and a philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California. | }}'''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. | ||
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. | 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 | Kaycee danced for TV shows and series, music and concept videos, classes and conventions assistance, teaching, commercials and live stage performances. Since joining 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 seasonss as Pulse Elite Protégé under some of world's best in the dance industry business together with many other prodigies, who are still considered industry worldclass today as well and became her close friends. The graduated as Elite Alumnus in 2016. | ||
She got | 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. | ||
With the age of 15, Weirdo has had already a thumb thick productive and professional record, with a level of summarizing highlights that many professional dancers cannot match at the end of their careers, such as; performing on the TV broadcast with most watchers in American history, 120 millions plus 80,000 in the arena, the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, side-by-side with Katy Perry and Missy Elliott with the age of 12; she's also been on the Oscars (2014) and featured in the music video for "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor (2.2 billion hits in 2018) with the age of 11. Performing on the stage with Justin Bieber and Janet Jackson with the age of 13; and many more. In 2018, she announced trying to get more focus on an acting career in future, but dancing remains her main passion. She wants to be on a movie or getting a permanent role in a TV series and is working hard for it to get there. | With the age of 15, Weirdo has had already a thumb thick productive and professional record, with a level of summarizing highlights that many professional dancers cannot match at the end of their careers, such as; performing on the TV broadcast with most watchers in American history, 120 millions plus 80,000 in the arena, the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX halftime show, side-by-side with Katy Perry and Missy Elliott with the age of 12; she's also been on the Oscars (2014) and featured in the music video for "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor (2.2 billion hits in 2018) with the age of 11. Performing on the stage with Justin Bieber and Janet Jackson with the age of 13; and many more. In 2018, she announced trying to get more focus on an acting career in future, but dancing remains her main passion. She wants to be on a movie or getting a permanent role in a TV series and is working hard for it to get there. | ||
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Kaycee was a guest dancer on the fifth season of ''Dance Moms'' and Nickelodeon's ''School of Rock TV series'' and ''The Fuller House''. She got her first acting main role on Disney's short film ''How to catch a ghost and'' was playing regular Avery James in Brat TVs new series ''Sunnyside Up' on season 1.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5863524/ Kaycee Rice IMDb data]</ref> | Kaycee was a guest dancer on the fifth season of ''Dance Moms'' and Nickelodeon's ''School of Rock TV series'' and ''The Fuller House''. She got her first acting main role on Disney's short film ''How to catch a ghost and'' was playing regular Avery James in Brat TVs new series ''Sunnyside Up' on season 1.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5863524/ Kaycee Rice IMDb data]</ref> | ||
In 2021, she still doesn't consider herself an actress, but she wants to become one and meanwhile you could spent a whole day by watching HQ videos featuring Kaycee without repeating any content. 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 2021, she still doesn't consider herself an actress, but she wants to become one and meanwhile you could spent a whole day by watching HQ videos featuring Kaycee without repeating any content. 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, reguarding her own HP she is considering herself as an actress now, most likely due projects don't have gone public yet. | ||
She did commercials, for instance, for Walmart and Nike. She gets first dance kid ever sponsored by Nike, running her own campaign and had been allowed to design her own shoe for them - design Weirdo. | She did commercials, for instance, for Walmart and Nike. She gets first dance kid ever sponsored by Nike, running her own campaign and had been allowed to design her own shoe for them - design Weirdo. 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 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.". | 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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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> | 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"]. 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> | 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 traveled to Europe and visited London and Spain. | ||
==Dances== | ==Dances== | ||
===Solos=== | ===Solos=== | ||