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}}'''Sophia Maria Lucia''' (born on September 7, 2002 in San Diego, California), is a young dancer who most recently trained at Master Ballet Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has previously danced and trained with San Diego Dance Centre and Danceology Performing Arts Campus, both owned by her cousins, Kristen Hibbs and Nicole Lucia respectively. She is holding the Guinness Book world record for the most consecutive pirouettes by completing 55 pirouettes at the San Diego Dance Center in Poway, California, USA on 30 March 2013 at the age of 10.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/82089-most-consecutive-pirouettes-contemporary-dance#:~:text=The%20record%20for%20the%20most,USA%20on%2030%20March%202013. Guinness Book WR Lucia]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1JLuv5WVQ Sophia Lucia - Record Breaker]</ref> In 2022, Sophia is an established international, professional dance teacher, ballerina and industry dancer. | }}'''Sophia Maria Lucia''' (born on September 7, 2002 in San Diego, California), is a young dancer who most recently trained at Master Ballet Academy in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has previously danced and trained with San Diego Dance Centre and Danceology Performing Arts Campus, both owned by her cousins, Kristen Hibbs and Nicole Lucia respectively. She is holding the Guinness Book world record for the most consecutive pirouettes by completing 55 pirouettes at the San Diego Dance Center in Poway, California, USA on 30 March 2013 at the age of 10.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/82089-most-consecutive-pirouettes-contemporary-dance#:~:text=The%20record%20for%20the%20most,USA%20on%2030%20March%202013. Guinness Book WR Lucia]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b1JLuv5WVQ Sophia Lucia - Record Breaker]</ref> In 2022, Sophia is an established international, professional dance teacher, ballerina and industry dancer. | ||
She started at San Diego Dance Centre when she was 2 years old until she was 11 to be on Lifetime’s Dance Moms. She is trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Ballroom, and Contemporary. Sophia moved to Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of twelve to train with Master Ballet Academy and later danced with the Phoenix Ballet and Ballet Arizona. A year later, Sophia helped out of competition, at the age of 13, her dance partner Jack Beckham [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2MPOGcue8 took home the Gold Medal] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVZgAzWiAQA second dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZN0NU0HJ9M third dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZN0NU0HJ9M fourth dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKJQ7DIYDk fifth dance]) at [https://varna-ibc.org/ Varna IBC] representing the USA. But being the youngest performing at Varna IBC, she was awarded with a Special Bounty Partnership Award. Sophia and her partner went on and received a Silver and Gold Medal at [https://yagp.org/ YAGP nationals] in New York City. After then she made her acting debut in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR_Myn9U18w Hallmark’s “A Nutcracker Christmas],” portraying a young ballerina with aspirations to become a prima ballerina. During her time filming, she continued to train and dance with the National Ballet of Canada. Since her young success in the Ballet industry, she’s had the honor to perform worldwide representing the USA as a Gold Medalist. | She started at San Diego Dance Centre when she was 2 years old until she was 11 to be on Lifetime’s Dance Moms. She is trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Ballroom, and Contemporary. Sophia moved to Scottsdale, Arizona at the age of twelve to train with Master Ballet Academy and later danced with the Phoenix Ballet and Ballet Arizona. A year later, Sophia helped out of competition, at the age of 13, her dance partner Jack Beckham [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2MPOGcue8 took home the Gold Medal] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVZgAzWiAQA second dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZN0NU0HJ9M third dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZN0NU0HJ9M fourth dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKJQ7DIYDk fifth dance]) at [https://varna-ibc.org/ Varna IBC] representing the USA. But being the youngest performing at Varna IBC, she was awarded with a Special Bounty Partnership Award.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxz6fl1NYqE Awards to Sophia Lucia and William Jackson Beckham @VARNA IBC 2016]</ref> Sophia and her partner went on and received a Silver and Gold Medal at [https://yagp.org/ YAGP nationals] in New York City. After then she made her acting debut in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR_Myn9U18w Hallmark’s “A Nutcracker Christmas],” portraying a young ballerina with aspirations to become a prima ballerina. During her time filming, she continued to train and dance with the National Ballet of Canada. Since her young success in the Ballet industry, she’s had the honor to perform worldwide representing the USA as a Gold Medalist. | ||
She has earned several National Champion Dance Titles, such as The Dance Awards’s Junior Best Dancer. From a young age, she has been featured in numerous television shows such as ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ Disney’s hit show ‘Shake it Up,’ ‘X-Factor,’ Nickelodeon’s ‘Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn’ and ‘America’s Got Talent,’ plus several talk shows like ‘The Ellen Show’ and ‘The Ricki Lake Show,’ to name a few. She made her film debut in 2010 as child star icon, Shirley Temple in the Fox Legacy Movie “The Shirley Temple Story”. Sophia’s ability to not only captivate an audience with her artistry, but inspire others with her teaching style is truly profound. She has formed a passion for teaching over the last few years and has been all over the country teaching her technique method called RAFT. <ref>[https://www.joffreyballetschool.com/sophia-lucia/ Joffrey Ballet HP]</ref> <ref>[https://celebritydance.com/conventions/sophia-lucia/ Celebrity dance HP]</ref> | She has earned several National Champion Dance Titles, such as The Dance Awards’s Junior Best Dancer. From a young age, she has been featured in numerous television shows such as ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ Disney’s hit show ‘Shake it Up,’ ‘X-Factor,’ Nickelodeon’s ‘Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn’ and ‘America’s Got Talent,’ plus several talk shows like ‘The Ellen Show’ and ‘The Ricki Lake Show,’ to name a few. She made her film debut in 2010 as child star icon, Shirley Temple in the Fox Legacy Movie “The Shirley Temple Story”. Sophia’s ability to not only captivate an audience with her artistry, but inspire others with her teaching style is truly profound. She has formed a passion for teaching over the last few years and has been all over the country teaching her technique method called RAFT. <ref>[https://www.joffreyballetschool.com/sophia-lucia/ Joffrey Ballet HP]</ref> <ref>[https://celebritydance.com/conventions/sophia-lucia/ Celebrity dance HP]</ref> | ||