Kaycee Rice

Kaycee Caitlin Rice
Gender	Female
Age	17
Birthdate	October 21, 2002
Nationality	American
Hometown	Los Angeles, California
Height	5'3"
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Brown
School Grade	11th (19/20)
Professional Information
Profession	Student Dancer Choreographer Actress Model
Affiliations	Daniel Hoff Agency Bloc Talent Agency ImmaBEAST Co.
Dance Studios	Studio 13 Dance Studio (2009-2016) Candy Apple's Dance Center (guest)
Titles	see below
Friends and Family
Parents	Laura Rice (Mother) Brad Rice (Father) Janelle Ginestra-Adams (Mama Beast) William Adams (Papa Beast)
Siblings	Kylie Rice Devon Rice
Friends	Victoria Caban Haley Huelsman Eva Igo Ashtin Roth Chloe Smith Tessa Wilkinson Shengela Laquifa Wadley McKenzie Morales Bailey Sok Tahani Anderson Tatiana McQuay Sean Lew Charlize Glass Will Simmons Julian DeGuzman Josh Price Kenneth San Jose Vivien Lopez Bailey Holt Tricia Miranda Tessandra Chavez Matt Steffanina Taylor Hatala
Pets	owns a dog
Nicknames	Weirdo

Kaycee Caitlin Rice (born on October 21, 2002 in Woodland Hills, California, U.S.), is a young professional dancer, choreographer, actress, model and a philanthropist living in Los Angeles, California.

At the age of 10, Kaycee did a "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. 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, 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 Daily Mail. The singer of the performance song "Werqin Girl", Shengela Laquifa Wadley, visited her in Simi Valley at Studio 13 Dance, which her mom owned, 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 ImmaBEAST in 2014 , she is considered full professional, in the sense of child labor laws allowed it.

She got most 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 billions 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.

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 got a minor role in Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later - Season 1 episode "Dance". She played also Maggie on crowd founded TV series The Neighborhood Kiddos, but the series never launched successfully.

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 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 Bruce Lee's philosophy. She runs a small wearing enterprise first the slogan "Weirdo - Just be you.", managed by her mom, which became much more than a fan merchandiser.

Weirdo gets online home schooled since 6th grade and got A-s straight in first semester of 10th grade, showing she has much more to offer than just a high career IQ. Her favorite subject is math. She finds it quite challenging. She also started writing poems in 2018 and has a talent for drawing; especially cartoons.

Kaycee is literally famous for being humble and not to take off by success, start bragging or being cocky, even if false modesty seems sometimes ridiculous. Her parents and choreographers conventionalized her to keep ground-standing. If she wants to compare with someone else, she should trying the girl in the mirror or on video. But that was exactly what led to her popularity. Always smiling, in good mood and supportive. She is trying to keep a permanent positive outlook to the world. Her new dance partner Sean Lew said about her "Try bowling with her. She left a trail of glitter and unicorns!" Kindness is her number one must-have feature; for herself and others. This got public interest, because people were asking how a shy and innocent girl deals with the fact, that she was suddenly dragged into an huge spotlight of public eye by Katy Perry's tweet without asking. But she took it cool and ground-standing when "the microphones were pressed in her face" since she was ten. She had never hard feelings about that. On the contrary, she is very thankful that Katy launched her career, mined so many opportunities for her and to quote "being on a crazy ride" ever since.

Kaycee also dances many years as philanthropist, such as for http://www.idance4acure.org, and supporting to fight childhood cancer. Due her engagement and popularity, and those of many other dancers and choreographers, the funds rise very well, financing research and treatments for children with cancer and she personally has had spent some time with kids diagnosed cancer. Other engagements by her went public are http://www.mda.org and the http://lilysarahgrace.org/ .

Kaycee began dancing when she was four in a half years old and began competing when she was five years old. Her mother founded "Studio 13" in Simi Valley, where Kaycee grow up, when she was seven years old, to keep up with her basic training; and had to close it seven years later at August 31, 2016 for multiple reasons. Kaycee went daily strait after school (before homeschooling) to the studio for training. Sometimes until late into the evening when her mom was closing the studio.

She is trained in various styles of dancing - ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical, tumbling, acro and her strongest suits contemporary and hip-hop. Her favorite style was tap when she was younger, but It has changed to contemporary and hip-hop later. But she loves actually all styles of dancing and finds challenging to adapt on different styles. Her former partner Gabe De Guzman described: "She picks up choreography really quickly—and she can do any style of dance you throw at her." And DanceSpirit wrote: "Armed with limitless flexibility and a natural expressive quality, Kaycee carved out her place in the competition world as a versatile technical dancer." Her back flexibility combined with her without-first-sign spin and turn combinations with smooth transitions ending in accentuated fierce moves with not too much power became to a kind of trademark of her dance. Derek Hough, who was not used to watch Kaycee stated in The Duels round of World of Dance Season 2: "First of all, your back bend over there, the moment ... *showing move* ... the turn around, was sick, absolute stunning!" She made a stretching routine video, to show how she kept that flexibility. Gabe described her with "She's like Elastigirl from The Incredibles. She's that flexible." Her new partner Sean Lew stated: "She has no bones." But actually he should know better after experiencing Weirdo's martial arts unplugged - she has a Blue Belt in Tae Kwon Do - during rehearsals of World of Dance by getting it twice in the testicles and one time straight in his head with her leg, of course accidentally. Like most top professionals she has an incredible musicality. Everything is on time in a fraction of second with fierce accentuation, body language and face expression.

According Tricia Miranda's rule "Stop dancing! Start performing!" she is going into class with the attitude, she is on stage and never is holding back. Weirdo is watching the mirror to the minimum and gets full focus on the camera in front of her. That's why on hundreds of videos she is performing she looks like live-on-stage show casing and these videos got up to 60M+ views at the end of 2018. Soon people are realizing that headlining new videos by "ft. Kaycee Rice" could be always good for a couple millions of additional hits. - One million hits equals to at least $2,000 USD income as a YouTube Partner Program member. - Those have given Kaycee world fame by name, way before her NBC World of Dance performances with Sean Lew and makes her a permanent viral phenomenon beginning at the end of 2016 when her mother had to shut down the studio and she massively took filmed classes in LA. And since working together with Sean as duet, they both doubled their individual popularity. DanceSpirit wrote after an interview with her: "I don't feel like I'm a big star," she says. "I'm just a normal person, who loves what she does, and loves sharing it with the world." Humble to the last. But actually, especially in the hip-hop community, Kaycee is already a viral star. By quality of performing. By quantity and variety of dances. And by quality and quantity of getting attention. Kaycee and some other kid dancers are literally a big economical influence on many video editors by making compilation and reaction videos from other videos of or by her, and those increase her popularity again.

In 2017, she was nominated for the Industry Dance Awards for favorite dancer 17 & under, together with Mackenzie Ziegler, Kalani Hilliker, Tate McRae, Bailey Sok and the winner Nia Frazier. At the end of the year, statistically in 2017, she is shown on 6 of the top 50 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2017.

In 2018, she competed with Sean Lew in season two of NBC's World of Dance. Both were nominated for the Industry Dance Awards 2018 for most fierce dancer under 18, together with Charlize Glass, JT Church and the winner Eva Igo. As absolute surprise must be considered her nomination for a Streamys Award - The Oscars of Web - in the category Dance together with 1million Dance Studio, Dytto (Courtney Nicole Kelly), Kyle Hanagami and the winner Matt Steffanina with still sweet 15 years old. She also started teaching her first dance classes with her own choreography. All of her first three classes of about 80 dancers were sold out in advance. Two months later she was co-/assistant choreographer for Red Velvet's new music video "Really Bad Boy". At the end of the year, statistically in 2018, her fans were able to watch every fourth day a new taped dance by her (about 90 in total) and she is shown on 12 of the top 100 (12%) most viewed first release dance videos published on YouTube in 2018.

In 2019, she won a Shorty Award in the category "Best in Dance". She was nominated together with Auti Kamal, Brittany Cavaco, Chelsie Hill, Cynthia Irobunda, Dytto, Fik-Shun, Jade Chynoweth, Justin Peck, Omar Z. Robles, Shiggy and The Kinjaz in her category. On the same day she was performing the NBC World of Dance World Final intermezzo show on season three on air together with Sean Lew and Ian Eastwood while NE-YO was singing on stage. They got the honor to be in line with dance legends like Les Twins, Keone & Mari Madrid, Derek Hough, The Kinjaz, The Lab, Charity Anderson & Andres Peñate and Michael Dameski. While still 16 years old, in October, she had her first oversea class teaching - in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic! She was hanging out in the Caribbean for a convention weekend with her mom, Sean, her dance parents Will and Janelle, having a first class flight and of course, a meet & greet like every time. Call it a job and the world gets envious. So Kaycee had to promise that she is really been working hard - after she tried out Maui in Hawaii for a family and birthday week vacation after that. - Girl, go ahead! We are just trying to cover you.

Dances

Solos

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Competition	Place Awards
2009	Goodie Goodie	Tap	unknown	Showstopper	unknown
	Hound Dog	Jazz	unknown	Showstopper	unknown
2010	ABC's of Love	Tap	unknown	Starbound (Long Beach I)	1st in Junior Petite Solos
				Starbound (Redondo Beach II)	1st in Junior Petite Solos
				Starbound (Anaheim II)	3rd in Mini Competitive Solos
	Cooties	Acrobatic Jazz	unknown	Starbound (Redondo Beach II)	3rd in Junior Petite Solos
				Starbound (Long Beach I)	4th in Junior Petite Solos
2011	All About Me	Jazz	unknown	Showstopper (Anaheim II)	4th in Mini Competitive Solos
	Somewhere	Lyrical	unknown	unknown	unknown
2012	Evil Gal	Jazz	unknown	KAR (Long Beach)	1st in Secondary 8 & Under Solos
				Thunderstruck (Las Vegas)	1st in Junior Solos
				Rainbow (Ontario I)	2nd in Elite Starz 9-11 Solos
	Favorite Things	Lyrical	Unknown	NexStar (Upland)	2nd Overall NexStar Junior Solo Junior Miss NexStar
	That's Tap	Tap	unknown	unknown	unknown
2013	Black Widow	Jazz	Kristin Abbadini	Starbound (Redondo Beach)	9th in Junior Solos
	Werk	Hip-Hop	Tricia Miranda	Nexstar	1st in Junior Solos
	DaCara	Jazz	Kristyn Abbadini	KAR (Long Beach)	1st - Top Intermediate Solo 9-11
	DaFace	Tap	Joy Mosman	Revolution (Upland)	Regional Junior Miss Revolution
	Gone	Open	unknown	Showstopper (Anaheim II)	5th in Junior Competitive Solos
				Starbound (Redondo Beach II)	3rd in Junior Solos
	OMG	Tap	unknown	KAR (Long Beach)	1st in Junior Solos
				Starbound (Redondo Beach)	2nd in Junior Solos
2014	Flawless	Hip-Hop	Tricia Miranda	Thunderstruck	1st in Junior Solos
				Revolution (Upland)	3rd in Blue 9-11 Solos
	Trapped	Open	unknown	unknown	unknown
	unknown	unknown	unknown	Revolution (Upland)	2nd in Junior Superstar Solos 1st Runner-Up for Regional Junior Miss Superstar
2015	Fine Objects	Open	Zoi Tatopoulos	Spotlight Dance Cup	1st in Teen Solos
	Hot Stuff	Jazz	unknown	unknown	unknown
	Misdemeanor	Hip-Hop	unknown	Nextstar	1st in Nextstar Teen Solos
	Talk	Open	Kristyn Abbadin	Showstopper (Anaheim II)	Diamond Winner
2016	Nerodia	Open	Zoi Tatopoulos	Rockstar	1st in Teen Solos
				Spotlight Dance Cup	Diamond Winner

Duets

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Other Dancer	Competition	Place Awards
2010	Car Wash Cuties	Jazz	unknown	Bailey Holt	Showstopper (Anaheim II)	4th in Mini Competitive Duet/Trio
2013	Monster	Hip-Hop	Tricia Miranda	Gabe De Guzman	The Pulse	Getting The Pulse Protégés
2014	This Is Us	Hip-Hop	unknown	Bailey Holt
2016	Control	Open	Zoi Tatopoulos	Gabe De Guzman
	Gumball	Contemporary	Zoi Tatopoulos	Bailey Holt	Spotlight Dance Cup	Diamond Winners

Groups

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Other Dancers	Competition	Place Awards
2013	Beat Thieves	Hip-Hop	Tricia Miranda	Breanna Falls Kioni Gallagher Parker Gibson Bailey Holt Kinsley Holt Abbigail Hoogveld Ryenne Jurgella Hayley Kassel Nick Messerly Annestoon Pisayavong Kylie Rice Smith Sydney Clarissa Velasquez	Nextstar	1st in Junior Groups
2014	Rough Riders	Hip-Hop	Tricia Miranda	Kioni Gallagher Parker Gibson Bailey Holt Kinsley Holt Abbigail Hoogveld Brandi Ingrassi Hayley Kassel Nick Messerly Anneston Pisayavong Kylie Rice Aubrie Shadday	Spotlight Dance Cup	1st in Junior Groups
2015	Pink Friday	Hip-Hop	Tricia Miranda	Hayley Kassel Abbigail Hoogveld Anneston Pisayavong Aubrie Shadday Bailey Holt Kinsley Holt Kioni Gallagher Kylie Rice Becca Perenchio Alexandra Markow	Starbound - National Talent Competition	1st Place - Teen Elite Group
					Showstopper	unknown
	Sassy Seven	Jazz	Kristyn Abbadini	Kinsley Holt Violet Osmanson Becca Perenchio Rayline Perez Anneston Pisayavong Marissa Temme	Spotlight Dance Cup	Ruby Winner - Junior Small Group
	Six	Jazz	Kristyn Abbadini	Bailey Holt Kinsley Holt Becca Perenchio Anneston Pisayavong Marissa Temme	Nextstar	1st in Junior Advanced Small Groups
	Ethreal	Contemporary	unknown	Haley Huelsman Tessa Wilkinson Chloe Smith Ashtin Roth	Energy	2nd in Teen Small Groups
2016	That's Right	Hip-Hop	Allison Buczowski	Kioni Gallagher Bailey Holt Kinsley Holt Becca Perenchio Kylie Rice	Spotlight Dance Cup	1st in Teen Groups

TV Competition Shows

America's Got Talent

In 2014, Kaycee competed on season 9 of AGT with her dance partner Gabe De Guzman as Kaycee & Gabe. NBC had invited them to take the audition, after their "Monster" video on The Pulse on Tour went viral. But they were eliminated during Judgment Week. Judge Howie Mandel voted "No", because he felt Gabe was much better than Kaycee. He did not know that she had a broken foot , because she did not tell. Otherwise she would not being allowed to perform on stage and had to let down Gabe.

tWitch & Allison's Kids Dance Challenge

In 2015, the duet with Gabe De Guzman was much more successful on The Ellen DeGeneres Show season 13, where they both won the prize to get a chance being on the Ellen show. At the beginning it was announced that just one kid was allowed on Ellen, but they danced together first round as duo, were been accepted, spitted up for next one and at the end met each other as finalists. However, tWitch & Allison were so amazed by their talent, that they had spoken with Ellen let them both on the show, but they didn't tell, until final duel was battled out. After then they had shown the kids a video of Ellen telling them the good news. On the show, they performed as a quartet with tWitch & Allison, after a short interview by Ellen. Due their success they made it on the Jan 2016 cover of the DanceSpirit magazine.

World of Dance

In 2018, on the NBC World of Dance show season 2 she performed with her new partner Sean Lew as Sean & Kaycee, getting second in Divisional Final and they became one of the most popular acts of the show with a lot of special clips and interviews by NBC. They got huge laudation during the show. Jennifer Lopez eulogized them as with "If anyone in this competition can be called prodigies, it's Sean and his partner Kaycee." ... "You have a real talent" ..."technically perfect" ... "You move me in a way I cannot explain sometimes." and actually broke out into tears after Sean & Kaycee had the nerves to perform half of their qualifiers routine blindfolded in front of 8.5 million watchers (air day + 7 days) on national television later (taped 4 months before), making an huge impact in the dance community. Jenna Dewan stated in an interview later: "I swear to you, they are the future of choreography and dance." After first airing the adorable couple was no longer treated as dance stars, but as common celebrities, who pointed out that they are just best friends and not dating (yet). Below are the scores of the rounds they participated in.

Qualifiers (Silence)
Ne-Yo	97
Jennifer Lopez	96
Derek Hough	95
AVERAGE	96

Duels Round (Grimey)
3 Xtreme	87
Sean & Kaycee	93.3

The Cut (Can I Be Him)
Ne-Yo	88
Jennifer Lopez	94
Derek Hough	94
AVERAGE	92

Divisional Final (The Way I Do)
Ne-Yo	91
Misty Copeland	92
Jennifer Lopez	95
Derek Hough	91
AVERAGE	92.3

Professional Stage Credits and Convention Assistance

Please note! This section is currently under construction, will never be up-to-date and does not mention events already described in other subsections. This is not a complete list and is not allowed mention every single event, but only those already went public and are of public interests.

For more details and information please contact her agencies and companies or directly under info@kayceerice.com her family themselves.

There a more subsections upcoming soon:

• Dance Companies
• Choreography, teaching, students and mentors
• Modeling
• The Story of "Werk"
• Becoming are viral phenomenon, benefits and risks
• Dance education - costs, sacrifices, benefits and sidesteps

Shows, Tours and Gigs

Good Quality Videos Online (still)

Platform		Title	Show/Tour/Gig	Role	Notes
Name	Release Date
YT	2013.12.03	Gabe de Guzman & Kaycee Rice - Monster	The Pulse On Tour	Starring Duet	Other dancer: Gabe De Guzman Choreography: Tricia Miranda. NBC got attention after the video got viral and invited them to perform on America's Got Talent.
YT	2014.09.16	Macy's Passport - Hello Kitty Dancers	Macy's 3nd Annual Passport Presents Glamorama "Fashion Rocks"	Starring Group with Charlize Glass as lead.	Other dancers: Samantha Vivo Sophia Jahadmy Kylie Davies Sparkles Lund Olivia Salerno Zoe Phan. Even the dancers didn't get paid due philanthropy it counts as professional job .
YT	2015.10.02	Kaycee Rice Experience	Barbie Rock ‘n Royals Concert	Headlining with two backgrounds	Other dancers: Tahani Anderson Sparkles Lund Choreography: Janelle Ginestra Song: "Brand New Sound"
YT	2016.09.13	Katy Perry's FULL Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show! Feat. Missy Elliott & Lenny Kravitz NFL	Super Bowl XLIX halftime show	Background	see also TV dance performance.
			At the beginning Missy planned to have four kids on stage of the show and recalled from LA's Choreographer Carnival that Tricia Miranda was good with kids and gave her a call. Tricia quoted:"Missy called me personally and was like, 'Listen ... I need four kids in my show and I don't trust nobody else to work with children but you'," said Miranda, whom met Elliott through the rapper's protégé Sharaya J. For a choreographer it's like Bill Gates is calling: Hey, I have here a billion bucks. Do you want some? "Kaycee and Gabe were the first kids I booked, because I knew they would kill it," she said. And kill it they did, while basking in the enormity of the experience. "It was unreal to perform in front of such a big audience," Gabe said. "We danced our hearts out and made history." Although Kaycee, Gabe De Guzman, Charlize Glass and Will Simmons stayed just background dancers and public eye didn't know their names, in the dance community they turned into living legends at the moment they entered the stage at Febuary 1, 2015. The first kids ever who performed at the Super Bowl on THE halftime show. For Kaycee this event had a special meaning as well, because she finally met Katy Perry to thank her personally for tweeting her "Werk" solo. She got her selfie and Katy was kind enough to autograph a print-out of her tweet with Wadley's and RuPaul's forward tweets, which made her viral and famous for some time. Resuming, for Kaycee the full cycle closed and because those many flukes to her favor, she seems to be destined to do what she loves. After this show these kids were treated different on a professional level as well, because for a background dancer that can be topped just by the opening or closing ceremonies of the Olympics or Soccer World Cup and all their careers are sky-rocking afterwards, at least for kids.
			"Working with a fluke is smartness. Hoping on a fluke is foolishness!"
YT	2016.12.16	Kaycee Rice FrontRow	World of Dance Live OC 2016	Starring Solo

Regarding Other Sources

Year	Show	Role	Notes	Source
2015	Janet Jackson - Unbreakable World Tour	Background	She performed at least on one show.	Regarding two her agencies and a small spot on her reel.
2016	Justin Bieber - World Purpose Tour 2016	Kids Squad - Show Special with Justin	March 21, 2016 at Staples Center sold out 41,445 tickets show. Mega-star Justin gave 12 kids with professional dance training the chance to perform on stage with him on three shows (March 20-23) in LA. Kaycee (13) was in the second group together with her friends Will Simmons and Tahani Anderson as well as Lyric Jayde. Justin personally introduced the kids to the crowd. For them, of course, a lifetime memorable experience.	Kaycee's application video: Kaycees's IG Selfie and Announcement
	Charli XCX	Dancer	June 11, 2016 at LA Pride Festival on main stage.	and two of her agencies.

Convention Assistance

Good Quality Videos Online (still)

Platform		Title	Event	Role	Notes
Name	Release Date
YT	2013.05.13	SHARAYA J "BANJI"	LA Choreographer's Carnival 2013	Starring Line with SHARAYA J as lead singer and dancer	Other Kid Dancers: Gabe De Guzman Charlize Glass Jade Chynoweth Larsen Thompsen Soni Bringas Exclusive producer: Missy Elliot Co-Choreographing: SHARAYA J Tricia Miranda Editing: Tim Milgram Be Authentic Never Jeopardize Individuality. So her Weirdo concept has a history.
			This is properly one of Kaycee's most important shows in her career. It was such energizing, that the entire crowd joined dancing during the show. At the end, absolute surprising, Missy Elliot herself appeared on the balcony. She had flight strait from New Jersey to LA to watch her protégé Sharaya J. She pointed out in the mic over the crowd how much she appreciated dancers and liked the show. Later Tricia and the kids had the chance to meet the legendary rapper and hip-hopper in person. And what Missy kept in mind, how good Tricia is with kids and this had an unexpected sequel - the Super Bowl halftime show!
YT	2015.09.28	Why Stop Now?	Yuma Hip Hop Festival 2015	Starring Duet	Other Dancer: Gabe De Guzman Choreography: Tricia Miranda
YT	2017.08.22	Lost Files	Yuma Hip Hop Festival 2017	Starring Duet	Other Dancer: Gabe De Guzman Left the stage and finished the dance in the audience ranks.
YT	2017.10.24	No Concept			Other Dancer: Gabe De Guzman Choreography: Tricia Miranda William Adams Thenselves
YT	2018.07.06	Brother - Matt Corby	BuildaBeast 2018	Starring Duet	Other Dancer: Sean Lew Choreography: Sean Lew A mix of class, show case and concept video. BuildaBeast is a convention over five days in Los Angeles. Attending  about 15,000 people from over 33 countries. On last day the annual auditions for joining ImmaBeast took place.
			"I walked into this class feeling very unsure of this piece because I wasn't sure if people were going to be prepared to learn a duet piece. But I realized the main purpose of teaching this duet piece was to do something different for this event and give the students something that they generally don't experience. And that is making them understand that it's always easier to dance by yourself. But when you have to dance with someone else, you start to realize that you have to adapt your movements around others. You have to patient, you have to be understanding, you have to help each other, and you have to emotionally connect with each other. All those elements not only make you a better dancer, but a better person. And i'm so happy that everyone was able to come out and challenge themselves to a REALLY REALLY fun class. oh my gosh. it was so amazing to see the amount of growth within the hour and a half and see everyone rise from their failures instead of let it take over." (Sean's YT comment)
YT	2019.09.16	False Confidence - Noah Kahan	BuildaBeast 2019	Starring Duet	Other Dancer: Sean Lew Choreography: Sean Lew A mix of class, show case and concept video. 5M+ views in just one month.
			"don't take yourself so seriously. this class meant so much to me and i'm so grateful to be able to share something very special to such a great event. my greatest intention with this piece was creating an experience for two people that were pushed to act vulnerable and silly with each other. to find a way to create a story based off of their own relationship, either if they were close friends or strangers to each other. i started creating this piece in 2018 and kept changing ever since because it was mainly inspired by wanting to make people smile when they start dancing with each other. "false confidence" means to put on a mask that you've given yourself so that people can't tell that you're hurting inside. i wanted people to feel a certain way while watching this piece and understand that whenever you are trying to lift others up, always make sure that you take care of yourself as well and you never sacrifice your own emotions for the sake of other people. the right people will always come back to you and make you feel loved. " (Sean's YT comment)
			"You guys are the masters of, you know, the action/reaction. When you popped your shirt and it went through to her body without you looking, you know. It has a awareness to each other that is so fantastic. It is so settled up and so effective and that is a sign of a true and very artistic choreographer. What a fantastic beautiful piece. Well done!" (Derek Hough about Sean & Kaycee's The Cut NBC World of Dance performance)
			"This is beyond incredible. It is an absolute honor to have provided the soundtrack for such beautiful and masterful movement. This has made my entire year. An honor, thank you." (Noah Kahan himself commented on YT)

Dance Titles

• Pulse Elite Protégé 2013/2014 - 2015/2016
• Pulse Elite Alumnus since 2015/2016 (lifetime title)
• Miss Petite Starquest
• Miss Petite KAR 2010 & 2011
• Miss Petite Encore
• Regional Petite Miss KAR 2012
• Regional Junior Miss Revolution 2014
• Thunderstruck International Top Soloist Title Winner 2010, 2011, & 2012
• Starbound Miss Star of Hope 2012
• Rainbow Dancer of the Year 2012
• Miss Jr. Nexstar 2012
• Teen Miss Nexstar 2015
• Teen Miss Dance Icon as well as the grand title champion at Thunderstruck's 2015 International Finals.
• International Senior Champion Open 2015 Paris

Runner-Up Titles

• 1st runner up for Regional Junior Miss Rainbow Elite Starz DOY 2012

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Category	Nominated	Result	Refs
2017	Industry Dance Awards	Dancers Choice Award - Favorite dancer 17 & under	Kaycee Rice	Nominated
2018	Industry Dance Awards	Dancers Choice Award - Most fierce dancer under 18	Kaycee Rice	Nominated
	Streamy Awards	Subject Award - Dance	Kaycee Rice	Nominated
2019	Shorty Awards	Best in Dance	Kaycee Rice	Won

Filmography

Television

TV Acting Roles

Year	Series/Movie/Film	Role	Notes
2016	How to Catch a Ghost	Jase	Nominated for a World Choreography Award (Christopher Scott)
2017	The Neighborhood Kiddos	Maggie
	Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later	Popular Girl	Season 1 - Episode 7 "Dance"
2019	Sunnyside Up	Avery	first release October 30, 2019 on Brat TV. Nia Sioux aka Nia Frazier is starring. The show is described as a “real-life depiction of Rhyme’s (Annie LeBlanc) imagination.”Nia will star as Lily opposite Kaycee Rice as Avery, Chase Liefeld as Zane and Nina Lu as Mila. Also starring Samantha Partida as Pearl, Rita Angel Taylor as Opal, Connor Finnerty as Otis, Sami Rappoport as Layla, and Raquel Justice as Sienna.

TV Dance Performances

Year	Show	Celebrities	Role	Other Dancers	Notes
2012	Jerry Lewis' MDA Telethon	A Kid with MDA	Background Group	5 more	See philanthropy
2013	The Queen Latifah Show	Self	Starring Solo	None	Plus an interview by Queen Latifah. She was improvising on the show, because she couldn't decide what to dance. But she killed it by freestyle.
2014	The Oscars	Pharell Williams	Background	Many	Kaycee was hard to miss by her daring colors.-:)
2015	The XLIX Super Bowl Halftime Show	Katy Perry Missy Elliott	Background	Gabe De Guzman Charlize Glass Will Simmons many more	Co-choreography of Elliott's performance dance group by Tricia Miranda
	Dance Moms Season 5	Abby's Trash, Cathy's Treasure: Self	Starring Group	Haley Huelsman Tessa Wilkinson Chloe Smith Ashtin Roth	2nd in the Teen Small Group Division 3rd Overall
		Mackenzie's Time to Shine: Self	Starring Solo		did not place Song "Hot Stuff"
			Starring Group	Haley Huelsman Tessa Wilkinson Chloe Smith Ashtin Roth	1st in the Teen Division 1st Overall - 295.6 points
2015-8	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	2015: Stephen "tWitch" Boss & Allison Holker	Starring Quartet	Gabe De Guzman	Winner of Kids Dance Challenge
		2017: Portugal	Background	Sean Lew Charlize Glass Josh Price
		2017: Ellen DeGeneres	Starring Sextet	Stephen "tWitch" Boss 4 others	Ellen's Birthday
		2018: Self	Starring Duet	Sean Lew
2015-8	KTLA5 News	2015: Self	Starring Duet	Aiden Prince Xiong	plus interview about their FabKids commercial and why they are internet sensations.
		2018: Self	Starring Duet	Sean Lew	plus interview about background and World of Dance
2016	Lip Sync Battle Shorties	Kyndall Harris	Background	Tahani Anderson 3 more
	VH-1 HIP HOP HONORS “MISSY ELLIOT TRIBUTE”	Many	Lead		Choreography by Tricia Miranda and William "WillDaBeast" Adams.
2016-7	The Disney Music Awards	Flo Rida	Background & Hype Squad	2016: Aidan Prince Xiong Kyndall Harris Larsen Thompsen Will Simmons Gabe De Guzman and 4 more
		Many	Hype Squad	2016: Kyndall Harris Larsen Thompsen	Intermezzo shows
				2017: Tahani Anderson Gabe De Guzman Will Simmons Aidan Prince Xiong
2017	School of Rock
	Fuller House Season 3 Episode 12	Tanner Buchanan	Chad Brad Bradley's Dance Battle Group	Other Dancers (recognized): Taylor Hatala Kyndall Harris Trinity Inay 1 more
	The Teen Choice Awards	French Montana	Background Group
	MTV - Going Off (working title)	Tricia Miranda	Permanent Class Student	Many	(A source that the show actually aired would be nice.)
2019	NBC - World of Dance Season three	Ne-Yo Sean Lew Ian Eastwood Herself	Starring Dancers while Ne-Yo is singing on stage	see left	They got the honor to be in line with dance legends like Les Twins, Keone & Mari Madrid, Derek Hough, The Kinjaz, The Lab, Charity Anderson & Andres Peñate and Michael Dameski.
	Radio Disney - Jonas Brothers "Sucker" Dance Tutorial	Self	Dance Teacher and Choreographer	Other Dancers: DJ Lela B CamdogFX	For ARDYs: A Radio Disney Music Celebration Sunday, June 16 at 8/7c on Disney Channel!

More TV Appearances

Year	Broadcast	Hosts	Subjects	Other Guests	Notes
2013	Teens Wanna Know - Latin Flavah - Behind the Scenes	Michael Pena	Extra subsection (coming soon)	Jordyn Jones Malia Tinay Tatiana McQuay Lexee Smith Victoria Hernandez Julian Hott Kayla Kawasaki Marlee Hightower Zach Belandres Kida Burns Gabriel De Guzman Brian Pierce Josh Levi Melissa Ochoa DJ Kiss Bobby "Kato" Drake Brenda Russell-Baca Cassius Weathersby Shane Baca	Featuring the choreography and artistic direction of the award-winning Shane Sparks from So You Think You Can Dance? and America's Best Dance Crew
	CNN - The Showbiz Tonight	Carlos Diaz	Interview about "Werk" hip-hop solo and Katy Perry tweet	none
2014	WUCW - Glamorama Fashion Rocks	Jon Foss	Report about philanthropy tour "Macy's Glamorama" where acts perform to fight children cancer. Kaycee was a member of the dance group.	see stage credits	WUCW is a Minneapolis, Minnesota based local braodcaster. Kaycee is wearing glasses.
2016	ABC News - Tricia Miranda		Her classes, students, background, profession and goals. Why kid dancers like Kaycee Rice and Jade Chynoweth get in a compelation video 44M views. Or Aiden Prince "BAH" Xiong 11M by Hip-hop solos. Tricia got a new show on MTV "Going OFF" (working title) where these kids are permanent acts.	many
2018	NBC LA - Channel 4 Morning News		Interview about NBC World of Dance, their background etc.	Sean Lew
	LA TV - The Zoo		Interview about NBC World of Dance, their background etc.	Sean Lew
	Radio Disney	Self	Clip about "Being yourself"	None

Online Platforms

Music Videos

Platform		Title	Celebrities	Role	Notes
Name	Release Date
YT	2011.02.18	Time to Dance	Samuel Cristea	Background	Produced by Palm Scratching Productions. Lead opposite Samuel is Kaycee's sister Kylie Rice, also starring the Project 13 Dance Team from Studio 13 Dance, Simi Valley California.
YT-Vevo	2014.06.11	All About That Bass	Meghan Trainor	Background
YT	2014.11.12	Anything is Possible (Barbie Theme Song)	Fifth Harmony	Background	Five more dancers without Fifth Harmony
YT	2015.11.05	Make That Sh*t Work Official Dance Video	T-Pain ft. Juicy J	Starring Group	Dancers: ImmaBEAST and more plus T-Pain and. Juicy J Choreography: Willdabeast Adams & Janelle Ginestra Filmed: Brazil Editing: Kalyne Lionheart
YT	2017.06.30	The Man - Feel It Still	Portugal	Starring Sextet	Directed and Edited By: David Javier Concept/Creative Direction/Choreography: Brian Friedman Other Dancers "The Outlaws": Charlize Glass Maddie Ziegler Sean Lew Josh Price Gabe de Guzman
YT	2017.07.14	WORTH IT (PERFECT)	SUPERFRUIT	Starring Duet with 4 background duets	Other dancer: Sage Rosen Interesting concept about switched gender perception. Kaycee in taxedo and leading during dancing and Sage wearing a pink dress. Always the Tomboy :-). Directed by Colin H Duffy, Lindsey Blaufarb and Craig Hollamonnn
YT	2017.12.06	Missing You	Blake McGrath	Starring Group	Choreography by Tessandra Chavez. Directed & Filmed by Tim Milgram. 18 more dancers including Blake as lead.
YT-Vevo	2018.04.03	NO EXCUSES Official Dance Video	Meghan Trainor	Starring Group	11 more dancers
YT	2018.06.21	JUNE feat Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice	Sage Charmaine	Headlining Duet with Sage	Director: Brian Friedman DP: Brazil Editor: Kalyne Lionheart Choreography: Tessandra Chavez Assistant Choreographer: Kevin Frey
YT	2018.11.30	Really Bad Boy	Red Velvet	Co-Choreographer, along with Janelle Ginestra and Choi Sunhee.	Kaycee's Assistant Choreographers/Skeleton Crew: Bailey Sok Sean Lew and more Fan and group feedback on Twitter: Some South Koreans admire HER now -;)
YT-Vevo	2019.02.12	AFTER YOU (Directed by Charm La'Donna)	MEGHAN TRAINOR	Starring Duet	Other Dancer: Sean Lew Directed: Charm La'Donna Produced: MYTH Industries & Alex Clark Choreographed: Sean Lew!!
YT	2019.03.06	Kaycee Rice - Daddy Issues	Sophia Gonzon (Upcoming Singer)	Starring Solo and Choreography	Choreography: Kaycee Rice Produced & Co-written by: Sophia Gonzon @frostyeetheproducer @gabigalinsky @specialoccasion561 @hrtbrkfever @riopeterson Filmed: Sean Lew Mixed by: @specialoccasion561 @nandothemixplug
YT	2019.05.03	Fragile	Cooper & Gatlin	Starring Duet with Cooper & Gatlin	Other Dancer: Sean Lew Choreography: Sean Lew Directors: The Dunlop Sisters Producers: Roxanna Dunlop Arden Grier Rosslyn Luke Hannah Horton Director of Photography: Joel Marsh Production Company: Light Layer Productions + Jeenyus Entertainment 1st AC: Jeff McCoy 2nd AC: Rosslyn Luke Editor: Arden Grier and more
YT	2019.05.27	Out My Way	Sophia Gonzon (Upcoming Singer)	Starring Solo and Choreography	Filmed: @rudentertainment Produced: Frostyee Written: Sophia Gonzon Gabi Galinsky James The Third Frostyee Hrtbrkfever Mixed by: Edwin Estacio Fernando Vivanco

Concept Videos

Platform		Title	Director/ Choreographer/ Producer	Role	Notes
Name	Release Date
YT	2013.12.13	YouTube Rewind: What Does 2013 Say?		Dance Group Plot: People doing crazy stuff. Part of a very long list of actors doing nonsense.	About 128M+ hits. But for what? ...
YT	2013.12.26	"Kidz"	Directed and Edited: Erik Saradpon Concept and Choreography: Tricia Miranda	Starring Group	Other Dancers: Alexus Armijo Soni Bringas Charlize Glass Gabe de Guzman Julian Hott Jordyn Jones Sierra Neudeck Songs: "Baby I" by Ariana Grande "Slow Down" by Selena Gomez "Best Song Ever" by One Direction Filmed at Studio 13 Dance in Simi Valley
YT	2015.10.15	Kaycee Rice - "Brand New Sound" 12 years old	Choreography: Janelle Ginestra	Headlining with two background dancers	Other dancers: Tahani Anderson Sparkles Lund Filmed at Studio 13 Dance in Simi Valley Film Credit-Brazil: Burn The Boats
YT	2015.10.31	Dawin ft. Silento - Dessert	Choreography: Tricia Miranda Filmed and Edited: @__typo	Headlining Duet	Other dancers: Gabe De Guzman Halloween Special
YT	2015.11.11	Kaycee Rice & Brooklyn Rice - "Klaus"	Choreography: Zoi Tatopoulos	Headlining Duet	Film and Edit: Raul Sanchez & Nico Tatopoulos
YT	2015.12.07	Kaycee & Gabe #HITTHEQUAN #iHEARTMEMPHIS	Concept: Kaycee Rice Gabe De Guzman	Starring Duet	They made the video for submission in Studio 13.
YT	2016.02.02	EPIC SPORTS DANCE BATTLE! - Chicken Wing	Director, editor and producer: Scott David Winn (aka ScottDW)	A sister who joins her brother for a dance battle. Plot: The chicken wing snacks running out during a sports evening with many friends. Two duos battle it out who is to blame.	Dancers: Gev Manoukian & Kaycee vs. Cyrus "Glitch" Spencer & Amymarie Gaertner and some more Music: ScottDW
YT	2016.02.23	MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE	Concept, Choreography and Direction by Janelle Ginestra Filmed, Edited, and Special Effects by Ricki Crouch	Headlining Duet	Other Dancer: Gabe De Guzman
YT	2016.04.13	Suicide Squad Part 2 of 3	Filmed and edited by Typo (@MyTypoLife) Script: Jabari Howard Music and Choreography: TJ Lewis Assisting choreographer: Deja Carter	Properly a supervillain called Dr. June Moone/Enchantress with super power go transcended. Plot: The second part of dance parody of the movie "Suicide Squad" with 7 supervillains.	Other dancers: Deja Carter Josh Price (Big) Will Simmons Bailey Sok Peyton Elizabeth Cortez Aidan Prince Xiong Tre De Rego Tiffany
YT	2016.05.21	Kaycee Rice & Bailey Holt - GUMBALL	Choreography: Zoi Tatopoulos	Headlining Duet	Film Credit by @_Typo. Music by Metome Song "GUMBALL".
YT	2016.06.04	Kaycee Rice & Gabe De Guzman "KONTROL"	Choreography: Zoi Tatopoulos	Headlining Duet	Film Credit by @_Typo.
YT	2016.07.02	#KAYHANATI	Choreography: Will "Willdabeast" Adams	Headlining Trio Plot: Planned pilot of a parody of Charlie's Angels where the 3 Bestis (in real life) played the angels, while Will is Charlie.	Other dancers: Tahani Anderson Tatiana McQuay Planned to use on BABE 2016. But sequels never went public.
YT	2017.06.02	Life Experiences: Wrong Words ft. Kaycee Rice	Choreography, directing and editing: Sean Lew	Headlining Duet	Other dancer: Sean Lew Camera: David Javier
YT	2017.06.11	Stranger Things Dance Parody	Filmed, Edited, Concept by Rickie "Typo" Crouch Music, Choreography by Tj "True Justice" Lewis Choreography by Tiffany Rojas and Deja Carter	Jane "El" Hopper, better known as Eleven	Other dancers: Will Simmons Myles Perez Tre De Rego Sheaden Gabriel
YT	2017.08.31	Look What You Made Me Do	Directed, filmed and edited by Ryan Parma Choreography by Alyson Stoner and Dolores Ninja	Headlining Duet	Other dancer: Alyson Stoner
YT	2018.05.26	FALL IN LINE - Christina Aguilera ft Demi Lovato	Concept and Choreography: Jojo Gomez Director of Photography: Tim Milgram Producer: Tim Milgram	Starring Duet	Other Dancer: Jojo Gomez 1st AC: Donovan Okimura Grip: Brandon Anastascio Production Assistant: Lexi Okimura
YT	2018.05.30	James TW - Say Love	Produced by: DanceOn Creative Director / Choreography: Tyce Diorio Cinematography / Co-Director / Art Director: Stew Yost Editor: Danny Reams Art Director Assistant: She Streeter Studio Teacher: Valerie Piltzlaff	Starring Group	Other Dancers: Willdabeast Janelle Ginestra Sean Lew Matthew Kazmierczac Daniel Bernardo Taylor Sieve Lex Ishimoto Mariano Gonzalez Easton Payne Evan Guinet Shelby Patterson Sloan-Taylor Rabinor Aahkilah Cornelius Zniquez
IG	2018.07.11	“you know what i want to do”	Choreography: Sean Lew	Starring Duet	Other Dancer: Sean Lew Filmed: Gerald Nonasdez Song: Troye Sivan Dance To This
YT	2018.07.19	Låpsley - Station	Directed, Shot, & Edited: Tim Milgram Choreography: Tessandra Chavez	Headlining Duet	Other dancer: Sean Lew
YT	2018.08.11	HIGH SCHOOL DANCE BATTLE V! FRESHMAN DANCE OFF!	Director, editor and producer: Scott David Winn (aka ScottDW)	A high school student who is going into senior years. Plot: She and her class mate met two senior dance teams who tried to recruit them and have a dance battle over it. Finally both freshmen joined the battle and impressed both teams.	Other dancers: Gabe De Guzman Angel Gibbs Jevohn Gentry and many more Music: ScottDW
YT	2018.10.10	Alessia Cara - Growing Pains	Concept and Choreography by Jojo Gomez Directed and Filmed by Donovan Okimura Produced by Jojo Gomez & Tim Milgram Production Assistant: Christopher Davis	Headliner with 5 backgrounds	Other dancers: Nick Pauley Daniel Camilleri Shea Saulino Lucas Parada Francisco Gonzalez Comment by A. Cara herself on YT: "Amazing amazing amazing"
YT	2018.12.06	Sean and Kaycee - Skyscraper	Concept and Choreography by Dominic "D-Trix" Sandoval	Headlining Duet	Other dancer: Sean Lew Camera: Jerel "Jmocak" Mascarines Dedicated to Camp Fire victims. https://pedrogtprelief.org
YT	2019.01.16	Game of Survival - RUELLE - FORTYONE	Co-Directed and Choreography by Janelle Ginestra-Adams Co-Directed & Filmed by Spaced Visuals Styled by Erica Mer Assisted by Jalen Preston	A candidate dancer who takes a audition with No. 59. Plot: A cutthroat audition to get a role on a movie. 59 gets second - or say better - zero points, because she cannot be true on herself.	Other dancers: 41 Andrey Lane-Partlow 77 Tahani Anderson 130 Jadyn Hernandez 3 Vivien Lopez 12 Jenna Alverez 127 Mollary Jul 76 Sparkles Lund The numbers 59 and 41 are in bigger letters in the credit. Kaycee's parents stated once that they wouldn't allow her to perform on Dance Moms again, because of the inaccurate over-dramatization of the cutthroat process in the show gives outsiders a bad eye on the dance industry.
			"It is all in your mind? Or, is it real? Regardless, what really matters is - do not let pressures that you feel externally or put on yourself allow you to crumble. The moment you stoop or crumble, there are people waiting to take your spotlight. Black out the noise; visualize a clear path; and take the spot that God designed for you. Sometimes you have to claw your way there, so do it with the integrity of who you are, and don't ever stoop down to a level that is inauthentic. Your opportunity awaits you. As an amazing person once quoted, 'Stay ready, so you don't have to get ready.' "- Epilogue "WillDaBeast" Adams
			"this story tells about how if you let the pressures you feel take over your mind, it can lead you down the wrong path. giving in to the negativity only makes you fall in the end. if you stoop down to the level of negativity, you become just like “society” wants you to but there will always be someone else who is there to take your shine because they didn’t listen and they just did them. don’t allow others to limit your growth. always stay humble, be willing to learn, and just be yourself.' "- Kaycee IG comment
			The Red Pill Powered By Friedrich Nietzsche 17.THE WAY OF THE CREATING ONE Helping Video - Nietzsche, Bowie, and the Way of the Creating One Bestseller Nutshell School Book Philosophy
			"So I went in not knowing anybody, and 1,000 girls were auditioning—and they were looking for one. Yeah. Because Carmit [Bachar] from the Pussycat Dolls was [Beyoncé’s] back-up dancer at the time, but they had just signed their record deal for the Pussycat Dolls so she couldn’t dance anymore. So they had to find a replacement for her and had all these auditions for the one girl. I remember going in, and I’m such a hip-hop girl that I remember going in dressed for, like, a Missy Elliot audition—seriously. I had the big hoops, I had booty shorts on, I had this bright, neon New York jacket and Air Force 1 stilettos. I just looked completely different. The other girls were really pretty, hair down, open-toe heels, spaghetti-strap dresses—just so Beyoncé, and I was so not. I remember going in and I was in the back, it was this huge cattle call, and I was like, ‘Why am I even here? This will never happen.’ And I remember having to leave the audition early, so I went up to the choreographer, Frank Gatson, and I gave him my headshot and I was like, ‘Hey, I have a show, I have to leave.’ And he was like, ‘Well, just go in the first group before you go.’ So he watched me the whole time, and then he asked me what my sign was. I told him I’m a Capricorn and he was like, ‘Okay.’ And then I got a call a few days later saying that there was only 13 girls left, and you’re one of them, and then when I showed up to the callback there was only four of us there. It wasn’t normal. It was the craziest thing. For me, I felt like, ‘I’m not gonna get it anyways,’ so I was just really comfortable, like I’m just gonna live my life. I completely stood out. I was like, ‘No one’s gonna hire this hip-hop girl.’ They’re looking for a Caucasian girl to replace Carmit. And I’m Latin, and just dressed completely different. But I ended up booking it." - Tricia Miranda about her Audition for Beyoncé
YT	2019.02.07	Electricity - Silk City & Dua Lipa	Choreography/Concept: Gene Tapia	Starring Solo	Styled: Kiara Hatcher-Ivan Directed, Filmed and Edited: Chris Koehl DanceOn described it as freestyle concept.
YT	2019.02.25	Giving Up - Mark Kovic	Concept and Choreography by Kaycee Rice	Starring Solo and Choreography	Editing & Camera: Sean Lew
			"This is about how some of society sees people through social media and how sometimes they expect everyone to be "perfect". But perfect doesn't mean anything except being truly 100% YOU. Don't try to change yourself to please anybody else. We are all different. We all have different paths. Give up on trying to be the "perfect" person but never give on trying to be the perfect you. Spread love, kindness, and positivity and just be you😇" - Kaycee's Epilogue
YT	2019.03.07	Sleep - Johnny Orlando	Choreography, Concept and Editing: Kaycee Rice Filmed: Sean Lew	Starring Solo, Editor and Choreography
YT	2019.03.28	Got It In You - Banners	Choreography and Concept: Kaycee Rice Filmed and Directed: Donovan "Rudeboy" Okimura	Starring Solo and Choreography
			"This piece to me was about self doubt. Sometimes our worst enemy is ourselves. Our minds can trick us into thinking we can't do something or we aren't good enough. We sometimes create these images or conversations of what people might say when in reality it's all our own deception. Don't doubt yourself because deep inside we have all got something special inside of us💛" - Kaycee's Epilogue
YT Pay-TV	2019.04.11	Broken Ballerina	Director, editor and producer: Scott David Winn (aka ScottDW) Choreographer:Jason Celaya	Starring Duet Plot: Kaycee made a model of her dancing in the wood in school. But the bone figure of her got broken by a rude guy. Sean appeared behind her back and ask her for room 224. Frustrated she tells him to ask the office without watching him. She gets into class at room 224. Topic was Victorian architecture, but Kaycee felt instantly asleep, dreamed her dancing in a Victorian mansion as mechanical ballerina, found a key to unlock a door to a wood where Sean is waiting. They danced in the wood and finally Kaycee waked up, because the guy she sent to the office entered class, the guy she just dreamed of, and Kaycee got big eyes.	Other dancer: Sean Lew Premier is in two parts on Dance Network. First part is for free, the second needs subscription for $6.99/mo. DN offers also a 30 min BTS video and interviews. One has to admit the production effort justifies some rate.
YT	2019.06.29	Blake McGrath - Let You Love Me	Choreography: Tessandra Chavez Directed, Editing & Filmed: Tim Milgram Producer: Blake McGrath	Headlining Duet	Other Dancer: Sean Lew More staff: First AC: Jon Hernandez Gaffer: Isaiah Shinn Grip: Simi McManus Production Company: T.Milly TV Producer: Production Coordinator: Charlotte Abrahams Choreographer's Assistants: Connor Gormley Steph Mincone First AC: Jon Hernandez Gaffer: Isaiah Shinn Grip: Simi McManus. Maybe one of Sean & Kaycee's best dance performances and Tessandra's choreos ever. Interesting how Kaycee suddenly appeared behind Sean's back without a cut.

Online Networks

Platform		Network	Hosts	Subjects	Other Guests	Notes
Name	Release Date
YT	2013.07.22	These Kids Have Talent		Kaycee Rice Interview - July 2013 Get to know 10-Year-Old YouTube Sensation, Kaycee Rice!	none
YT	2013.08.19	DancingWithYT		Get to Know: Kaycee Rice Interview of 10 year old Kaycee Rice from Studio 13 Dance in California.	none
YT	2018.07.24	Dance Network - To the Pointe	Kristyn Burtt	Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice - Their backgrounds, goals, World of Dance and relations to other choreographers.	Sean Lew
YT	2018.9.17	Dance Network		Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice - iDance4aCure.org Fundraiser Event NY Interview	Sean Lew
YT	2019.03.14	Hollywire		Kaycee Rice is in the Hollywire studio! They played Hollywords with Kaycee and discuss her Instagram following, when Katy Perry retweeted her, and when she met Katy and Missy Elliot! We also discuss her dance career, World of Dance Season 2 with Sean Lew. She tells us about her clothing line	none	Hollywood’s most popular celebrity interviews and trendiest source for lifestyle entertainment!
YT	2019.04.11	Dance Network		Broken Ballerina	Sean Lew	See concept video
2019.06.17	Popsugar	Brea Cubit		About her class video in IL.	none	POPSUGAR reaches 300M+ readers/mon across platforms (POPSUGAR, 2019)
YT	2019.10.07	Dance Network		Sean Lew and Kaycee Rice - iDance4aCure.org Fundraiser Event NY Interview	Sean Lew	About their teaching, schedules, plans and projects, balance between rest and jobs, injuries and fundraiser event.

Print Media

Newspaper Articles

Date	Newspaper	Title	Subject	Notes	Refs
2019.10.24	Icon vs. Icon	Sage Charmaine keeps it real in the new video for "Around"	Sage's new video after "June" went viral and had on Spotify 200k turns. (see music videos)	Sean & Kaycee performed on it in a retro look of the 50-60's.
2019.10.24	The Strats Times	Dance influencers see social media as their calling card"	How dance stars such as Taylor Hatala, Kaycee, Delain Glazer or Kida the Great, James Derrick (BDash WoD season 2) use systematical social media for business, promotion and financing of their carriers.	"You have an entire generation around the world who identifies with her," Mr Shapiro says. "Kaycee is reaching 13-to 18-year-old kids and shaping what kind of entertainment they like. So when she grows up and produces bigger projects, she'll have fans whose values she's shaped."
2019.10.18	The Washington Post	Janet Jackson hired her as a backup dancer. Instagram made her a star.	How dance stars such as Taylor Hatala, Kaycee, Delain Glazer or Kida the Great, James Derrick (BDash WoD season 2) use systematical social media for business, promotion and financing of their carriers.	“The difference between Paula Abdul at her start and Kaycee Rice is that Kaycee analyzes the data behind her videos, like engagement and retention rate,” Shapiro says - chief executive of Ensemble Digital Studios, an artist management company, who has Kaycee as his client.

Dance Magazine Articles

Date	Newspaper	Title	Subject	Notes	Refs
2019.08.26	DanceSpirit	Five Young Choreographers Using the Internet as Their Stage	How Bailey Sok, Josh Killacky, Julian DeGuzman, Taylor Hatala and Kaycee use social media as launch pads for their choreography.	When Rice shares her work on YouTube, she hopes fans will see that she's still learning. "Your imperfections are what draw people into your journey," she says. "They help viewers realize that you're human."	Commercials Online (still) Videos Platform Title Client Role Notes Name Release Date YT 2019.03.08 Kaycee Rice x NOKAOI x International Women's Day Rilievi Group Model and ambassador for International Women's Day She helps starting the online channel of NOKAOI. YT 2018.11.20 "BANG BANG BANG" Dance Ubisoft - Just Dance 2019 Headlining Trio and more Plot: Matt, Kaycee & Bailey will be shown at Just Dance 2019 release date Thanksgiving 2019. They show case the choreography and have demonstrated the game while Kaycee is always winning and Matt makes excuses. Other dancers: Matt Steffanina Bailey Sok Choreography & Editing: Matt Steffanina Filmed: Ryan Parma Location: DNCR Loft YT 2018.10.17 Kaycee Rice Q&A Famous Birthdays Interview guest Answering personal questions (s.below) Kaycee Rice - Guess Their Age Contestant Guessing Ages of Other Celebrities Got most right. (s.below) YT 2018.05.28 Banana Town (A Walmart Receipt) Walmart Main role - student & dancer Plot: A teacher tasks to find inspiration in unusual places, a student (Kaycee) read a Walmart receipt to get it and the classroom transformed into a dancing Wonderland by items. Nominated for a World Choreography Awards Commercials (Tricia Miranda) . Running during The Oscars 2018. Directed: Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg. YT 2018.05.25 Fun Socks Friday with Kaycee Rice Fun Socks Solo Dancing Model Kaycee helped a small start-up. YT 2018.05.23 #BestFriendDance Netflix Starring Duet Shown is best friend dance according #alexaandkatie, streaming was sponsored by Netflix. (s.below) YT 2018.01.20 I DESIGNED A SHOE FOR NIKE - Kaycee Rice Nike Starring Model and Dancer Filming and directing by Sean Lew. Maybe it was smarter to wait until the color on shoe benders dried. ;-) YT 2017.12.01 Follow Through Music Video Q Wunder Starring Dancer in Group Music Video for learning software QWunder App Other dancers: Tati McQuay Jayy Hancock Sebastian Reyes Choreography: Nika Kljun Assistent Choreographer: Valentino Vladimirov Directed: Ryan Parma YT 2017.08.17 Kaycee Rice - Dancing In The Streets of LA 💃🏻 Weirdo Apparel Inc. Solo Dancing in LA by Introducing Herself Small clip to push her own start-up. It all started by the cute "Weirdo Beanies" powered by mommy. YT 2017.01.12 The Coolest Tights w/ Nike Young Athletes Nike Starring Model and Dancer Worldwide broadcast. YT 2016.05.31 Teasers – Part Juice, Part Tea, Totally Amazing! Juicy Juice USA Acting herself as consumer National broadcast. YT 2016.04.12 Kaycee Rice and Gabe DeGuzman Electro-Kicks Video Gia-Mia - Electro Kicks Headlining Duet Within Dance Group Other dancers: Gabe De Guzman Desiree Gonzales Arnel Vasquez Mason Idler Dom Ruiz Tessa Bella Patrick Andrada Elizabeth Demuth Bailey Sok Sean Lew River Sadlon Sydney Kidd Isabella Farris Zach Molton Cedric Reboya Paula Andrada Samantha Vivo and Gabriel Tomada. Choreography by Erik Saradpon. Filmed and edited by Anthony Kin. YT 2015.09.09 A-B-C, Easy as 1-2-3!" (originally by The Jackson 5) ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy Background Student and Dancer Plot: New student at school is introduced by classmates. Many other dancers. Long clip by 4:37 min. YT 2015.05.10 Backstage Look: Dance Your Heart Out! FabKids Model and Dancer One of seven kid models. National broadcast. YT 2015.03.09 Backstage Look: Kaycee Rice FabKids Starring Model and Dancer Tap-Dancing. Short interview with Tricia Miranda Platform Hosting The benefit of 2.2M+ followers on her Instagram account: Year Product Client Type Role Notes 2019 MCM Backpacks MCM x BABE Youth fashion and utilities Playing consumer MCM x BABE offers colthing collection, backpacks and gifts, for men and women. 2019 High Strung Free Dance Dance Movie Being Consumer Promo Event:She visite a theater in NY 2019 Skateboards Nike Sports Clothing Brand ambassador & Host Promo Event: Nike Sport Court at Vidcon July 11th @ 12:15pm she will be learning how to skateboard! VidCon ticket holder for everyone join her. 2019 Vegan shoes Call It Spring Vegan youth fashion Model with Sean Lew for Generation Spring collection Call I Spring is a LGBTQ+ supporting company. Great shots with Sean, by the way. 2019 Metal Plated Shoes Under Armour Inc. Stress Resistant Sports Wear Model for UA shoes Under amour is founded 1996. Supports LGBTQ+ events. 2019 fabfitfun Wellness & Fitness Consumer 2019 NO KA’OI The Rilievi Group, a leading company in handmade tailoring and embroidery for the haute couture Haute couture Model during training Video Clip. Founded in 1991 in Bologna, Italy, 2019 The Williamsburg Hotel Hotels Customer Her top class hotel in NY when she taught in Brooklyn a class with best view on Manhattan. 2019 Brush Me Off Craftsmanship Hand Painted Custom Shoes Customer She let design her some shoes. 2018 BrighterWhite BrighterWhite Hygiene Product Demo Consumer Showing result frequently online 2018 PlayTex Sport Compact Edgewell Personal Care Brands, LLC. Hygiene Product Playing Consumer 2018 Match-Ems Candy Sweets Playing Consumer 2018 Fun Socks Isaac E. Ash, a Brooklyn-born, Manhattan-based entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience in the leg-wear. Clothing Company Ambassador Founded 2017 2017-9 Weirdo Apparel Inc. Rice Family Clothing Owner & Model Showing her collection. 2018 Step Up: High Water YouTube Pay-TV Consumer She praised application with Google VR360 2017 Weirdo Shoe Nike Sports Clothing Model & Brand Ambassador She mobilized all her fans on IG and YouTube to vote for her shoes and won. Available since Jan 2018. 2016-7 Nike young athletes (Later Kaycee Rice Collection) Nike Sports Clothing Model & Brand Ambassador She got invited to NY for a fotoshooting due her online presents and got Nike's brand girl by that. Regarding Other Sources TV Spots Year Title Client Role Notes Source 2015 unknown Sunny Delight Dancer Beverage industries National broadcast Regarding a small spot of Kaycee's 2016 Reel and two of her agents unknown unknown Wheels UP Dancer with Ciara Airline Regarding two of her agents Gallery Videos File:World of Dance 2018 - Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice Qualifiers (Full Performance) File:World of Dance 2018 - Sean Lew & Kaycee Rice Confessional (Digital Exclusive) File:World of Dance 2018 - Sean & Kaycee The Duels (Full Performance) Best Friend Dance File:BestFriendDance with Tahani Anderson File:BestFriendDance with Kaycee Rice Famous Birthdays File:Kaycee Rice Q&A File:Kaycee Rice - Guess Their Age Quotes About Kaycee "Kaycee is an alien!" (JoJo Gomez- behind-the-scenes documentary "Growing pains") "Keep on shining, my little rock star!" (Nika Kljun - when Kaycee was first time assisting Nika in her class) " ... the one and only 'Kaycee Rice'." (Brain Friedman, actually @kayceericeofficial, his birthday congratulations when she turned 16) "I saw Kaycee and thought, 'Oh, you're mine.' " (Tricia Miranda, when she first time entered Studio 13 in 2012) - And soon her Munchie initialized Tricia's mother instinct by putting out Kaycee's superpower 'cute, charming smile', turned the iron pro who had never taught kids into a pro dancers mommy, who tells the kids all the secrets to be successful in the dance industry, and suddenly the studios are exploding by tribbles . "She is fearless as well." (JoJo Gomez- behind-the-scenes documentary "Growing pains") -Yeah, messed up á Capella solo, Katy Perry's tweet, performing on The Oscars with Pharell Williams, SuperBowl Halftime Show with Katy and Missy, get introduced by Justin Bieber in full arena to about 42,000 people and blindfolded dancing on NBC prime time. - That has to be the hell of a gig Kaycee might be shocked. "She's too nice! Whenever we ask her opinion in rehearsal, she just shrugs her shoulders and giggles." (Gabe De Guzman) "She is the worst decision maker, too." (Sean Lew) "Not a great choreographer." (Sean Lew on air at To the Pointe) - and Kaycee instantly agreed and got some stress later. - Our master student is claiming on air not to be a great choreographer? An embarrassment for the entire dance industry! - And it to took reverence four months later, when Sean served under Kaycee co-choreographing Red Velvet's music video "Really Bad Boy" as member of her "skeleton crew". By Kaycee "When I dance I want always people feel inspired. Dance makes me feel alive and initialized by people you love and people who love you. The energy is nothing but contagious and it feels like family." "I'm Kaycee Rice and I encourage you to be bold, be brave and be inspired." "Dance is my life. I do it 24/7. And even I didn't want to dance for even one second, I would still be dancing." "Life without dance would be really boring. I properly would be one these people sitting on the couch, eating chips, playing video games. I'm homeschooled too. So I wouldn't get any physical activity. It would be boring for me, because dance is my life. - Yes!" "Make sure that you are thankful for everything you have, because in a second it could be gone" aka cape diem. "... people leave hate comments and stuff. I just don't let it effect me or bother me, because, you know, I live a life to the fullest and loving what I'm doing and I love the people around me and I'm thankful for that. So I don't listen to the hate comments. I just go on with my life and do what I love." "... just ignore it, ... Because there's always going to be haters no matter who you are or what you do." aka "Don't feed the trolls!" "One of my biggest fears is never being enough. Sometimes I doubt myself because I’m such a perfectionist so whenever I feel like I can do better, I get in my head. It’s also a tiny bit terrifying putting yourself out on social media because you don’t know how people may react. Sometimes I see comments saying that I’m “not good enough”, and other phrases like that. And this is what I see a lot online not only towards me, but to so many talented, hard working, kind human beings that inspire me. I try not to let what others may say about me affect me but words can cut deep and put negative thoughts into our minds that may be out of our control. Dance is the one thing that will always make me realize why I do what I do. I dance to inspire and feel inspired. I dance to portray a raw, true message that others can connect to. Dance helps me break out of my shell and let others see the vulnerable, human side to me. I use my fear of “never being enough” and use it as fuel to my fire. I know I’m not the “best” because there is no such thing. I am always a student and I’m constantly learning. Some days aren’t my days, but as long as I love what I’m doing and I’m making others happy, that’s all that matters [...] we were told to write one superpower. I chose to write “being unapologetically ME” because I feel like being myself not only helps me, but inspires others to embrace who they are. My message is that you shouldn’t worry about what others may think of you because we are all the same in a way. We all go through the same problems at least one time in our lives whether we realize it or not. Always just be yourself and never change just to get someone’s approval. We are all imperfectly perfect in every way and that’s so beautiful. Spread love, positivity, kindness, and just be you! also, in my lil improv, I did a throwback to 'wild things' because that moment was so special and always makes me feel free' (KC's IG Comment to JoJo Gomez's class 'Broken And Beautiful' Kelly Clarkson) "If you never built a pillow fort before, you have not completed your childhood." "Never give up, follow your dreams and take the critics from your teachers to become a better dancer!" (Interviews in 2013 by DancingWithYT and These Kids have Talent at the age of ten.) Fun Facts Kaycee's favorite color is blue, her favorite number is 13 and her favorite food is steak or shrimps with fried rice. She is a regular visitor at Disneyland LA and once in Disneyland Paris as prize of all-inclusive trip for being grand title champion and Miss Teen Dance Icon Thunderstruck International Finals 2015 for attending World Final and twice in Disneyworld Orlando. Regarding IMDb Weirdo used to be a stunt girl for Mackenzie Foy in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, but that seems to be an one-time event until now. She liked editing funny musical.ly videos when she was younger. Kaycee is good in playing cards; she has always a set in pocket. Regarding Sean Lew she is in general good at sport games; frustrating her friends and choreographers. But sometimes they strike back. Matt Steffanina challenged Kaycee three times to check out her limits and didn't find any. First time he made Kaycee together with Bailey Sok dance to his worst choreography he could think of, chosen by a random selection of subject and song. But they killed it by Ariana Grande's "Thank u, next!" for "Grocery shopping". Second trial was challeging Kaycee together with Sean Lew, after they performed blindfolded on NBC's World of Dance, if they can do it again when they have to learn the choreography blindfolded as well. But they killed it again. Just Sean got a little bit more beaten by Kaycee during rehearsals than usual. Last attempt, he tasked her to learn an entire masterclass routine and perform it flawless within 10 minutes, which normally took 1-1.5 hours to learn. And she killed it in her first attempt - after 6 min 27 sec! She likes to go swimming and waterboarding at "the lake". She described herself as a tomboy person. She was wearing in a sort of self-irony occasionally sweaters with a label "TOMBOY " or "Boy" on videos and is rarely wearing dresses, skirts, heels or make-up. Dancing in heels was more a kind of job that's evil for her. This was an occasional concept in past before she preferred wearing her own or Nike merchandise. Most famous her "BAD 1" team jersey. In 2019, lipstick gets to a kind of standard and she took her second heels class. Kaycee celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah. She danced on America's Got Talent with a broken foot and on a national dance competition with a broken arm. Last her dance group won. After a resurrection, the first person she would like to talk to would be Debbie Reynolds. She becomes a huge fan of the rock band Queen and would like to work with them. Good choice, but working with Beyoncé is properly more likely. She started practicing Tae Kwon Do before dancing, being certified Blue Belt. She is suffering on common west-coast "like" disease during unprepared speaking. The 10-years-old Kaycee was much more eloquent than the 15-years-old one. She is the worst at remembering names of people she knows. Her currently most embarrassing moment: When she was performing on a dance competition a á Capella solo (tapping without music). She thought in the middle it might be cool to repeat last steps and forgot the rest of the dance by that. After few repetitions of the last steps she finally stopped, shrugged the shoulders, said "I forgot" and went off stage, while the entire theater room was laughing. And she "really" appreciates, that her family taped the whole thing, so it can be watched over and over again. She is struggling to get into gears after waking up. She explicitly warned not to mess with her when she is still booting and kindness feature isn't online yet. After a long working day she likes to take a shower, got to bed and fall asleep during watching Netflix. She described herself as pretty lazy. "For safety purposes, only dancers with a ticket will be allowed to enter the building. Parents must drop off and pick up students at the main entrance, and may not bring them into the building. No observers will be allowed on the premises under any circumstances." (one of Kaycee's promoters for her masterclasses) - Either visitors risk to get tackled by Weirdo's bodyguards or her choreography went really wild.- But the dancers are always trustworthy and safe :-). References External Links Official Site Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube