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|school grade = High School Class of 2021 <br> College Class of 2025 New York University (unconfirmed) | |school grade = High School Class of 2021 <br> College Class of 2025 New York University (unconfirmed) | ||
|profession = Choreographer <br> Dancer <br> Dance Teacher <br> Actress <br> Psychologist (unconfirmed) <br> Model <br> Singer | |profession = Choreographer <br> Dancer <br> Dance Teacher <br> Actress <br> Psychologist (unconfirmed) <br> Model <br> Singer | ||
|affiliations = Bloc Talent Agency (former) <br> Clear Talent Group <br> Unity Dance Ensemble <br>Paradigm Talent Agency | |affiliations = Bloc Talent Agency (former) <br> Clear Talent Group <br> Unity Dance Ensemble <br> Paradigm Talent Agency | ||
|dance studios = San Diego Dance Centre (2004-2013) <br> Abby Lee Dance Company (2013) <br> RT Dance Academy (2013-2014) <br> Danceology Performing Arts Campus (2014-2015) <br> Master Ballet Academy (2015-2016) <br> Rhythmic Gymnastics School (2016-present) <br> PAVE School of the Arts (2021-2022) <br> Dance Lab OC (2022-present) | |dance studios = San Diego Dance Centre (2004-2013) <br> Abby Lee Dance Company (2013) <br> RT Dance Academy (2013-2014) <br> Danceology Performing Arts Campus (2014-2015) <br> Master Ballet Academy (2015-2016) <br> Rhythmic Gymnastics School (2016-present) <br> PAVE School of the Arts (2021-2022) <br> Dance Lab OC (2022-present) | ||
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}}'''Sophia Maria Lucia''' (born on September 7, 2002 in San Diego, California), is an international, established, professional dance teacher, ballerina, industry dancer and a multi-talented, still national working choreographer, model<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgneqgSJsEk/ Sophie`s IG - Director of | }}'''Sophia Maria Lucia''' (born on September 7, 2002 in San Diego, California), is an international, established, professional dance teacher, ballerina, industry dancer and a multi-talented, still national working choreographer, model<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgneqgSJsEk/ Sophie`s IG - Director of Photography Claudio A. Robles 🇸🇻]</ref>, singer and actress<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4955321/ IMDb Sophia Lucia]</ref>, a diplomed psychologist (unconfirmed), and a philanthropist with Italian, Irish, German, French and Swedish roots living in Los Angeles, CA. | ||
She is holding the official Guinness Book world record by completing 55 consecutive 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> | She is holding the official Guinness Book world record by completing 55 consecutive 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> | ||
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In 2016, Sophia helped her dance partner [https://www.instagram.com/wmjack_beckham/ William Jackson Beckham], a promising young dancer for the Sylvia Company, Japan, 16 at that time, out of competition - because she was under age limits form 15 to 19 (reg 1.2, because under 15 she violates the Bulgarian (EU) child labor laws; it`s death serious pro in Varna) and competitors may participate also with a partner who is not a competitor at all, when they perform a pas-de-deux or contemporary choreography where more than one performer is required (reg 1.7) <ref>[https://varna-ibc.org/competition/regulations/ Varna IBC regulations]</ref> - at her age of 13 took him home the Gold Medal and the First Class Distinction Diploma in Junior Division <ref>[http://balletfederation.com/?p=912&lang=en IBFC - We are proud to announce the winners of the XXVII International Ballet Competition – Varna]</ref> ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZN0NU0HJ9M first dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVZgAzWiAQA second dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2MPOGcue8 third dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYAj5T7BDww fourth dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKJQ7DIYDk fifth dance]) at [https://varna-ibc.org/ XXVI. Varna IBC 2016] and were representing the USA. They had trained and rehearsed about 8 months fulltime for this event. 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> Afterwards, Soph is considering herself a professional dancer. Jack won also the “Promising Young Dancer” award in Varna. As of 2018, he was promoted to main company at the Tusla Ballet in Oklahoma. <ref>[https://tulsaballet.org/company/dancers/william-jackson-beckham/ Tusla ballet JP Jack Beckham]</ref> Sadly he quited pro ballet dance later; maybe due injuries. To understand, the Varna IBC is considered as the "Olympics of Professional Ballet and Contemporary Dancing", it was the very first professional ballet competition, which is hold every two years since 1964 (2020 was an exception due Coronavirus and lack of sponsorship). About 40 countries send up 150 of their most promising young dancers to the Bulgarian city. The faculty of Varna IBC are members of the best experts around the globe and also known as the toughest judges you can ever get, and because Ballet is an academic field in many countries, a lot have a professorship as well. So the Junior Winners don`t just win a medal, they get strait a First and Second Class Distinction Diploma. It´s like ''`how to get a college degree summa cum laude within 15 days`''. The most prestigious Ballet companies and theaters on the world request the winners become a member in their ensembles, because many winners of the Varna IBC, such as, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, Sylvie Guillem, Vladimir Vasiliev, Natalia Bessmertnova, Patrick Dupont, Yassen Valchanov, Vladimir Derevyanko, Farukh Ruzimatov, Alla Mikhalchenko etc, became the world`s best and finest ballet dancers at their times. And to give outsiders a feeling how Ballet is rated. If you ask any pro dancers around the world about their open top 10 list of the best dancers of all time, the structure is always the same: Nine from Ballet plus Michael Jackson. | In 2016, Sophia helped her dance partner [https://www.instagram.com/wmjack_beckham/ William Jackson Beckham], a promising young dancer for the Sylvia Company, Japan, 16 at that time, out of competition - because she was under age limits form 15 to 19 (reg 1.2, because under 15 she violates the Bulgarian (EU) child labor laws; it`s death serious pro in Varna) and competitors may participate also with a partner who is not a competitor at all, when they perform a pas-de-deux or contemporary choreography where more than one performer is required (reg 1.7) <ref>[https://varna-ibc.org/competition/regulations/ Varna IBC regulations]</ref> - at her age of 13 took him home the Gold Medal and the First Class Distinction Diploma in Junior Division <ref>[http://balletfederation.com/?p=912&lang=en IBFC - We are proud to announce the winners of the XXVII International Ballet Competition – Varna]</ref> ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZN0NU0HJ9M first dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVZgAzWiAQA second dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW2MPOGcue8 third dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYAj5T7BDww fourth dance], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyKJQ7DIYDk fifth dance]) at [https://varna-ibc.org/ XXVI. Varna IBC 2016] and were representing the USA. They had trained and rehearsed about 8 months fulltime for this event. 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> Afterwards, Soph is considering herself a professional dancer. Jack won also the “Promising Young Dancer” award in Varna. As of 2018, he was promoted to main company at the Tusla Ballet in Oklahoma. <ref>[https://tulsaballet.org/company/dancers/william-jackson-beckham/ Tusla ballet JP Jack Beckham]</ref> Sadly he quited pro ballet dance later; maybe due injuries. To understand, the Varna IBC is considered as the "Olympics of Professional Ballet and Contemporary Dancing", it was the very first professional ballet competition, which is hold every two years since 1964 (2020 was an exception due Coronavirus and lack of sponsorship). About 40 countries send up 150 of their most promising young dancers to the Bulgarian city. The faculty of Varna IBC are members of the best experts around the globe and also known as the toughest judges you can ever get, and because Ballet is an academic field in many countries, a lot have a professorship as well. So the Junior Winners don`t just win a medal, they get strait a First and Second Class Distinction Diploma. It´s like ''`how to get a college degree summa cum laude within 15 days`''. The most prestigious Ballet companies and theaters on the world request the winners become a member in their ensembles, because many winners of the Varna IBC, such as, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova, Sylvie Guillem, Vladimir Vasiliev, Natalia Bessmertnova, Patrick Dupont, Yassen Valchanov, Vladimir Derevyanko, Farukh Ruzimatov, Alla Mikhalchenko etc, became the world`s best and finest ballet dancers at their times. And to give outsiders a feeling how Ballet is rated. If you ask any pro dancers around the world about their open top 10 list of the best dancers of all time, the structure is always the same: Nine from Ballet plus Michael Jackson. | ||
When the faculty of Varna IBC gave her the Special Bounty Partnership Award, they told her properly how talented she is and how she was | When the faculty of Varna IBC gave her the Special Bounty Partnership Award, they told her properly how talented she is and how she was unofficially rated, when she had been allowed officially to compete. So the 13 years old ambitious Sophia, who was dragged through the TV shows as World Record Holder when she was ten and had never school class mates in a regular school due homeschooling to keep her grounded, couldn't resist, started bragging and exaggerated the event a little bit and stick in it for years: "... when I won the Gold Medal in Varna ..."(Interview in 2019). And then it got a dynamic by its own, when people framed her words in her resume in Gold as well and distributed it around the world and then suddenly US Ballet Officials knocked on her door and asked her, if she minded to represent the US worldwide abroad as the "Gold Medal winner of Varna". And Sophie took event by event and kept silence about some small details.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdVxfsA-VM4 55 Questions With Sophia Lucia]</ref> But since her young success in the Ballet industry, she’s had the honor to perform worldwide representing the USA as a "Gold Medalist".<ref>[https://www.joffreyballetschool.com/sophia-lucia/ Joffrey Ballet HP]</ref> <ref>[https://celebritydance.com/conventions/sophia-lucia/ Celebrity dance HP]</ref> | ||
Sophia and her partner went on and received a Silver Medal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiZ5vdJJ-Dk with "Path"] pas-de-deux in contemporary dance at [https://yagp.org/ YAGP nationals] in New York City, shortly before Sophia won first place in contemporary dance category and Jackson the Grand Prix round in San Diego, CA.<ref>[https://yagp.org/yagp-2016-new-york-ny-winners/ YAGP 2016 NY]</ref> <ref>[https://yagp.org/yagp-2016-san-diego-ca-winners/ YAGP 2016 San Diego]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BBSpeiYmYbX/ Jack*s IG YAGP]</ref> <ref>[https://dance-teacher.com/pirouette-superstar-sophia-lucia-wows-at-yagp-finals/ DanceTeacher - Pirouette Superstar Sophia Lucia Wows at YAGP Finals]</ref> 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. [[Maddie Ziegler]] and [[JoJo Siwa]] were attending the premiere after Sophia invited them. | Sophia and her partner went on and received a Silver Medal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiZ5vdJJ-Dk with "Path"] pas-de-deux in contemporary dance at [https://yagp.org/ YAGP nationals] in New York City, shortly before Sophia won first place in contemporary dance category and Jackson the Grand Prix round in San Diego, CA.<ref>[https://yagp.org/yagp-2016-new-york-ny-winners/ YAGP 2016 NY]</ref> <ref>[https://yagp.org/yagp-2016-san-diego-ca-winners/ YAGP 2016 San Diego]</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BBSpeiYmYbX/ Jack*s IG YAGP]</ref> <ref>[https://dance-teacher.com/pirouette-superstar-sophia-lucia-wows-at-yagp-finals/ DanceTeacher - Pirouette Superstar Sophia Lucia Wows at YAGP Finals]</ref> 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. [[Maddie Ziegler]] and [[JoJo Siwa]] were attending the premiere after Sophia invited them. | ||
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==Fun Facts== | ==Fun Facts== | ||
*As of July 2022, Sophia has a boyfriend. They had their second anniversary at end of June.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZrUMLv8eS/ Sophia`s IG]</ref> He is a | *As of July 2022, Sophia has a boyfriend. They had their second anniversary at end of June.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZrUMLv8eS/ Sophia`s IG]</ref> He is a hip-hop dance instructor and Sophia's third one. | ||
*Before Sophie broke the offically world record, she had broken it unoffically by posting in 2012 a [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMbB6bmjBxA video on YouTube where she did 54 pirouettes in row]. The video went viral, so the idea came up to call Guiness Officials, financed by sponsorship of ''Kids Artistic Revue'' and ''California Kisses'', and the event was held at her home studio San Diego Dance Center in Poway in front of hundreds of observers. She broke the official one in her first attempt. She managed 47 pirouettes on the first attempt, 48 on the second and 55 on her third.<ref>[https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/arts/most_consecutive_pirouettes_Sophia_Lucia_smash_Guinness_world_record_213392.html Most consecutive pirouettes: Sophia Lucia smash Guinness world record (VIDEO)]</ref> The previous Guinness Book world record was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKWStmq7mM done by 36 pirouettes] on Dec 9, 2005 held by Miss Oklahoma 2012 [https://missoklahoma.org/about/history/miss-oklahoma-2012-alicia-clifton/ Alicia Clifton] at Applause Studio in Oklahoma at the age of 13 and she was the first female dancer to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in this category. At age 18, University College freshman Alicia Clifton had two world records under her belt. Alicia is still holding the most [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo250jmBl6I fouettés] in 30 seconds by done 50 at Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 19 December 2010.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-grandes-pirouettes-a-la-seconde-in-30-seconds-female-ballet Most grandes pirouettes a la seconde in 30 seconds (female)]</ref><ref>[https://www-oudaily-com/news/sooner-spins-her-way-into-world-record-book-for-dancing/article_9bb655e2-180e-5522-823b-86d0c3ce411c.html Sooner spins her way into world record book for dancing]</ref> Alicia got fame in many fields later.<ref>[https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2013/01/12/miss-oklahoma-is-second-runner-up-in-miss-america-pageant/61014636007/ Miss Oklahoma is second runner-up in Miss America pageant]</ref> | *Before Sophie broke the offically world record, she had broken it unoffically by posting in 2012 a [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMbB6bmjBxA video on YouTube where she did 54 pirouettes in row]. The video went viral, so the idea came up to call Guiness Officials, financed by sponsorship of ''Kids Artistic Revue'' and ''California Kisses'', and the event was held at her home studio San Diego Dance Center in Poway in front of hundreds of observers. She broke the official one in her first attempt. She managed 47 pirouettes on the first attempt, 48 on the second and 55 on her third.<ref>[https://www.worldrecordacademy.com/arts/most_consecutive_pirouettes_Sophia_Lucia_smash_Guinness_world_record_213392.html Most consecutive pirouettes: Sophia Lucia smash Guinness world record (VIDEO)]</ref> The previous Guinness Book world record was [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaKWStmq7mM done by 36 pirouettes] on Dec 9, 2005 held by Miss Oklahoma 2012 [https://missoklahoma.org/about/history/miss-oklahoma-2012-alicia-clifton/ Alicia Clifton] at Applause Studio in Oklahoma at the age of 13 and she was the first female dancer to enter the Guinness Book of World Records in this category. At age 18, University College freshman Alicia Clifton had two world records under her belt. Alicia is still holding the most [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo250jmBl6I fouettés] in 30 seconds by done 50 at Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 19 December 2010.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-grandes-pirouettes-a-la-seconde-in-30-seconds-female-ballet Most grandes pirouettes a la seconde in 30 seconds (female)]</ref><ref>[https://www-oudaily-com/news/sooner-spins-her-way-into-world-record-book-for-dancing/article_9bb655e2-180e-5522-823b-86d0c3ce411c.html Sooner spins her way into world record book for dancing]</ref> Alicia got fame in many fields later.<ref>[https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2013/01/12/miss-oklahoma-is-second-runner-up-in-miss-america-pageant/61014636007/ Miss Oklahoma is second runner-up in Miss America pageant]</ref> | ||
*Sophia completed her first pirouette when she was 4. Completed 4 in row when she was 5, and kept going on. In 2020, she got asked, if she can do world record again these days. She answered, she could, but it would hurt her. When she was training to break the world record she was turn so fast and so much on daily basis that she started to break blood vessels in her hands. Her hands would turn purple, swell and itch if she tried to turn that fast now. She said for pireouttes it`s all about physics and science - spot and momentum. Still these days she can do 8-9 pirouettes on call without moving a muscle in her face. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yntcoPCc_So Can Sophia Lucia still do her 55 turns?]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1M1OXI0i1k Sophia Lucia Interview at her Guinness World Record Celebration]</ref> | *Sophia completed her first pirouette when she was 4. Completed 4 in row when she was 5, and kept going on. In 2020, she got asked, if she can do world record again these days. She answered, she could, but it would hurt her. When she was training to break the world record she was turn so fast and so much on daily basis that she started to break blood vessels in her hands. Her hands would turn purple, swell and itch if she tried to turn that fast now. She said for pireouttes it`s all about physics and science - spot and momentum. Still these days she can do 8-9 pirouettes on call without moving a muscle in her face. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yntcoPCc_So Can Sophia Lucia still do her 55 turns?]</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1M1OXI0i1k Sophia Lucia Interview at her Guinness World Record Celebration]</ref> | ||