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She grew up in a relatively protected environment and - that was very important for her development - she didn’t need make big risks and investments to find friends, because the other kids came to her into the studio as an institution, the daughter of the owner. The parents described her as very shy at these days. | She grew up in a relatively protected environment and - that was very important for her development - she didn’t need make big risks and investments to find friends, because the other kids came to her into the studio as an institution, the daughter of the owner. The parents described her as very shy at these days. | ||
Her training in Studio 13 was not well documented for outsiders. It seems she got more versatile in ballet and lyrical when she was 8 years old.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8utSV6b5tc Kaycee Rice - "All about Me" - Best 8 year old Jazz Dance Ever!]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyGZtJTsVJI Kaycee Rice - "Somewhere" Lyrical Age 8]</ref> Gene Tapia was her first teacher and regarding Kaycee Kristyn Abbadini and Joy Mosman choreographed many of her solos in the early days. But her competition results speak for themselves. She was without shadow of a doubt a very talented young lady, but considering [https://www.dancecompetitionhub.com/competition the currently about 350 north-American dancing organizations and companies], who are crowning their regional, national and international champions and supporting thousands of very talented young dancers out there, not that much special. But Kaycee properly didn’t care. She was just looking forward to next competition season to rush out with her friends and sweep the board of trophies. Kaycee said the other dancers hated the Studio 13 dancers, because they occupied most of the parking places at the location for their camping lounge. Her biggest ambitions beyond competitions were becoming a teacher at Studio 13 when she will be grown up and maybe one day take over the studio from her mom. | Her training in Studio 13 was not well documented for outsiders. It seems she got more versatile in ballet and lyrical when she was 8 years old.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8utSV6b5tc Kaycee Rice - "All about Me" - Best 8 year old Jazz Dance Ever!]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyGZtJTsVJI Kaycee Rice - "Somewhere" Lyrical Age 8]</ref> Gene Tapia was her first teacher and regarding Kaycee Kristyn Abbadini and Joy Mosman choreographed many of her solos in the early days. But her competition results speak for themselves. She was without shadow of a doubt a very talented young lady, but considering [https://www.dancecompetitionhub.com/competition the currently about 350 north-American dancing organizations and companies], who are crowning their regional, national and international champions and supporting thousands of very talented young dancers out there, not that much special. But Kaycee properly didn’t care. She was just looking forward to next competition season to rush out with her friends and [https://www.simivalleyacorn.com/articles/dancers-sweep-up-the-competition/ sweep the board of trophies]. Kaycee said the other dancers hated the Studio 13 dancers, because they occupied most of the parking places at the location for their camping lounge. Her biggest ambitions beyond competitions were becoming a teacher at Studio 13 when she will be grown up and maybe one day take over the studio from her mom. | ||
But then something happened set her more apart … | But then something happened set her more apart … | ||