Payton Riss

Payton Riss
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Gender	Female
Age	19
Birthdate	April 5, 2006
Nationality	American
Hometown	Minnesota
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Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Blonde/Brown
School Grade	{{{school grade}}}
Professional Information
Profession	Dancer
Affiliations	{{{affiliations}}}
Dance Studios	The Dance Complex ; Kincade Dance Industries
Titles	see below
Friends and Family
Parents	{{{parents}}}
Siblings	{{{siblings}}}
Friends	Katelynn Cornwell ; Laura Siegel ; Charlie Weber ; Lynlie Ferrin
Pets	{{{pets}}}
Nicknames	{{{nicknames}}}

Payton Riss (born on April 5, 2006) is a teenage dancer from Minnesota, who trains at The Dance Complex in Maple Grove, Minnesota, formerly Kincade Dance Industries.

Dances

Solos

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Choreographer	Competition	Place Awards
2012	Fabulous			In10sity (Minneapolis)	10^th in Mini Solos
2013	When You Wish Upon a Star			KAR (Minneapolis)	4^th in Primary 8 & Under Solos
2014	Shimmy Like They Do In Paree			KAR (Minneapolis)	1^st in Primary 8 & Under Solos
2014	Shimmy Like They Do In Paree			In10sity (Minneapolis)	1^st in Mini Solos
2015	She's Like the Swallow	Open		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	3^rd in Future Hall of Famer Solos
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Petite Solos
				In10sity (Minneapolis)	1^st in Mini Solos
2016	In Joy	Contemporary		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	3^rd in Junior Solos
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	7^th in Junior Solos
				KAR (Minneapolis)	1^st in Secondary 9-11 Solos
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	7^th in Junior Solos
				In10sity (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Solos
				Masquerade (Minneapolis)	7^th in Junior Solos
				JUMP (Minneapolis)	8^th in Junior Solos Runner-Up Mini Female JUMP VIP
	Prison of Decision	Open		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				NYDCA	3^rd in Mini Solos Runner-Up for Mini Outstanding Dancer
2017	Wherever You Will Go	Lyrical		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	Stranger Things	Open	Gigi Zirbes	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	5^th in Junior Solos
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Junior Solos Junior Miss StarQuest
				Masquerade (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Solos
				NYDCA	2^nd in Junior Solos
				Radix (Minneapolis)	4^th in Mini Solos Mini Female Core Performer
				JUMP (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Mini Solos Runner-Up Mini Female JUMP VIP
2018	Human	Lyrical		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	Human	Lyrical		Masquerade (Minneapolis)	Junior Miss Masquerade
	Lullaby	Contemporary		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	5^th in Junior Solos
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	4^th in Junior Solos
				Radix (Rochester)	4^th in Junior Solos
				JUMP (Minneapolis)	5^th in Junior Solos
	The Humorist	Open		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	Grand Slam!
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Junior Solos Junior Miss StarQuest
				OnStage New York	2^nd in Junior Solos Junior Miss OnStage New York
				NYDCA (Minneapolis)	9^th in Junior Solos
				Masquerade (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Purple Solos
				LOC (Minneapolis)	4^th in Junior Solos
2019	Exit			NYDCA (Nashville)	2^nd in Junior Solos
				LOC (Minneapolis)	did not place
				KAR (Minneapolis)	did not place
	There's a Certain Slant of Light	Contemporary		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	One	Open	Gigi Zirbes	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	4^th in Teen Solos
				KAR (Minneapolis)	3^rd in Intermediate 12-14 Solos 2^nd Runner-Up for Intermediate Miss Teen Dance
				JUMP (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Solos
				Radix (Tampa)	4^th in Teen Solos
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Teen Solos Teen Miss StarQuest
				NYDCA (New York)	3^rd in Junior Solos
				LOC (Minneapolis)	1^st in Teen Solos
2020	Catharsis	Contemporary		Radix (Boston)	4^th in Teen Solos
	That's What I Want	Jazz		KAR (Minneapolis)
	Mastermind	Specialty	Gigi Zirbes	KAR (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Intermediate 12-14 Solos Intermediate Miss Teen Dance
				JUMP (Minneapolis)	7^th in Teen Solos Runner-Up Teen Female JUMP VIP
				NUVO (Minneapolis)	Teen Female BreakOut Artist
				Radix (Minneapolis)	1^st in Teen Solos
				NYDCA
2021	Do You	Jazz		LOC (Minneapolis)	8^th in Teen Solos
				Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	3^rd in Teen Solos Best in Subject
				Hall of Fame (Chicago)	1^st in Teen Solos
	Woman	Contemporary		LOC (Minneapolis)
				Hall of Fame (St. Paul)
				Hall of Fame (Chicago)
	Twisting & Untangling	Open	Gigi Zirbes	LOC (Minneapolis)
				Hall of Fame (St. Paul)
				Hall of Fame (Chicago)
				NUVO (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Teen Solos Teen Female BreakOut Artist
				Radix (Chicago)	1^st in Teen Solos
2022	Icon	Jazz	Andy Pellick	NYDCA
	Icon	Jazz	Andy Pellick	NUVO (Minneapolis)	5^th in Teen Solos Teen Female BreakOut Artist
	Caught in Spirals	Contemporary		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)
	Caught in Spirals	Contemporary		NYCDA Nationals (Orlando)
	Play Pretend	Specialty		Radix (Minneapolis)	3^rd in Teen Solos
	Play Pretend	Specialty		Hall of Fame (St. Paul)
2023	Escalate	Jazz		NYDCA (Orlando)	4^th in Senior Solos
2023	Escalate	Jazz		Radix (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Senior Solos Senior Protege

Duets

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Other Dancer	Competition	Place Awards
2015	Never Walk Alone	Lyrical	Katelynn Cornwell	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Petite Duos/Trios
2017	Truth & Grace	Open	Katelynn Cornwell	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	5^th in Junior Duos/Trios
2018	A Reason to Pray	Contemporary	Laura Siegel	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	2^nd in Junior Duos/Trios
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	2^nd in Junior Duos/Trios
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Junior Duos/Trios
2019	Meet You in the Maze	Contemporary	Laura Siegel	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	3^rd in Junior Duos/Trios

Trios

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Other Dancers	Competition	Place Awards
2015	Time Files	Contemporary	Natalie Vazquez Charlie Weber	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Duos/Trios
2018	Wild is the Wind	Open	Ayla Pilrain Charlie Weber	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	3^rd in Junior Duos/Trios
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	2^nd in Junior Duos/Trios
				LOC (Minneapolis)	1^st in Junior Duos/Trios
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Duos/Trios
2019	Crumbling	Open	Ayla Pilrain Charlie Weber	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	2^nd in Junior Duos/Trios
				LOC (Minneapolis)	3^rd in Junior Duos/Trios
				Masquerade (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Teen Purple Duos/Trios
2020	Foggy		Ayla Pilrain Charlie Weber	KAR (Minneapolis)	1^st in Intermediate 12-14 Duos/Trios $100 Scholarship
2021	Mechanical	Open	Faith Cichocki Charlie Weber	LOC (Minneapolis)
				Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	2^nd in Teen Duets/Trios
				Hall of Fame (Chicago)

Groups

Year	Dance Name	Dance Style	Other Dancers	Competition	Place Awards
2015	Castle on a Cloud	Lyrical	Morgan Anderson Lynlie Ferrin Carly Janicke Grace Lee Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	4^th in Petite Small Groups
	Wash that Man	Jazz	Lynlie Ferrin Carly Janicke Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez Isabel Vitense Charlie Weber	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	4^th in Classic Petite Small Groups
	Bom Bom	Jazz	Katelynn Cornwell Ihuoma Edwards Mika Garves Braeden Haider Payton Hernandez Ava Prigge Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Time After Time	Lyrical	Katelynn Cornwell Ihuoma Edwards Mika Garves Braeden Haider Payton Hernandez Ava Prigge Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Singing in the Rain	Tap	Katelynn Cornwell Ihuoma Edwards Mika Garves Braeden Haider Payton Hernandez Ava Prigge Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Fly Girls	Hip Hop	Many Dancers	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Teen Lines
	Heroes of Hope	Lyrical	Many Dancers	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	4^th in Teen Lines
2016	Enchanted Kingdom	Ballet	Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Charlie Weber	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	10^th in Junior Small Groups
	Barbie Girl	Jazz	Morgan Anderson Sophia Cornwell Lynlie Ferrin Carly Janicke Charlie Weber	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	5^th in Future Hall of Famer Small Groups
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	5^th in Future Hall of Famer Small Groups
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Experience	Open	Katelynn Cornwell Joy Lynn Erlandson Grace Lee Jadyn Mahaffey Karli Turner Skylar Wishcop	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	5^th in Junior Small Groups
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	10^th in Junior Small Groups
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	5^th in Junior Small Groups
	Seven Nation Army	Jazz	Katelynn Cornwell Payton Hernandez Grace Lee Jadyn Mahaffey Priscilia Maldonado Ava Prigge Lily Smail Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez Charlie Weber Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson Chloe Wolk Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	I Won't Give Up	Lyrical	Jaidyn Brager Katelynn Cornwell Payton Hernandez Grace Lee Jadyn Mahaffey Priscilia Maldonado Ava Prigge Lily Smail Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez Charlie Weber Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson Chloe Wolk Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Circle of Life	Lyrical	Jaidyn Brager Katelynn Cornwell Payton Hernandez Grace Lee Jadyn Mahaffey Priscilia Maldonado Ava Prigge Lily Smail Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez Charlie Weber Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson Chloe Wolk Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Turn Up Burn Up	Hip Hop	Many Dancers	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	1999	Production	Many Dancers	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Petite/Junior Mega Lines Junior Select Apogee Award
2017	Friday	Jazz	Ava Prigge Natalie Vazquez Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	Friday	Jazz	Ava Prigge Natalie Vazquez Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	To Dream Again	Contemporary	Grace Albrecht Katelynn Cornwell Jadyn Mahaffey Ava Prigge Kyla Thordson Karli Turner Natalie Vazquez Charlie Weber	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	7^th in Junior Small Groups MVP Award
	To Dream Again	Contemporary		StarQuest (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Small Groups
	Beautiful	Musical Theater	Katelynn Cornwell Ava Prigge Kyla Thordson Natalie Vazquez Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Teaghyn Wilson Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	Beautiful	Musical Theater		StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Troubled Waters	Lyrical	Morgan Anderson Katelynn Cornwell Grace Fleischhacker Ava Prigge Natalie Vazquez Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	Troubled Waters	Lyrical		StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Pure Imagination	Jazz	Morgan Anderson Katelynn Cornwell Grace Fleischhacker Ava Prigge Natalie Vazquez Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	4^th in Junior Large Groups
	Pure Imagination	Jazz		StarQuest (Minneapolis)	4^th in Junior Large Groups
	You Can't Stop	Tap	Morgan Anderson Katelynn Cornwell Grace Fleischhacker Ava Prigge Natalie Vazquez Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	You Can't Stop	Tap		StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Enchanted Forest	Ballet	Morgan Anderson Katelynn Cornwell Grace Fleischhacker Ava Prigge Natalie Vazquez Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Jenna Wilmes Teaghyn Wilson Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	Enchanted Forest	Ballet		StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	I Love the 80s	Production	Many Dancers	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
	I Love the 80s	Production	Many Dancers	StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
2018	I Won't Dance	Tap	Grace Fleischhacker Carly Janicke Ava Nelson Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Emma Weicht	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	9^th in Junior Small Groups
	Jungle Book	Ballet	Morgan Anderson Sophia Anderson Lynlie Ferrin Carly Janicke Ayla Pilrain Julia Selken Charlie Weber	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	3^rd in Junior Small Groups
	Le Jazz Hot	Musical Theater	Morgan Anderson Emersen Belsaas Carly Janicke Ava Prigge Natalie Vazquez Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	I Am Broken	Contemporary	Joy Lynn Erlandson Halia Hauer Meredith Hughes Kylie Kasprick Jadyn Mahaffey Laura Siegel Skylar Wishcop Audrey Wrobel	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	7^th in Teen Large Groups
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	6^th in Teen Large Groups
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	3^rd in Teen Large Groups
	Unicorn Dreams	Open	Grace Albrecht Morgan Anderson Katelynn Cornwell Lynlie Ferrin Savannah Greiner Ayla Pilrain Natalie Vazquez Charlie Weber	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	5^th in Junior Small Groups MVP Award
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	4^th in Junior Small Groups
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Small Groups
	Supa Dupa Fly	Hip Hop	Sophia Anderson Emersen Belsaas Sophia Cornwell Josh Dykhoff Lynlie Ferrin Grace Fleischhacker Carly Janicke Ava Nelson Ayla Pilrain Natalie Vazquez Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Emma Weicht Teaghyn Wilson Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	8^th in Junior Large Groups
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	4^th in Junior Large Groups
	Song to the Siren	Lyrical	Morgan Anderson Sophia Anderson Emersen Belsaas Bryn Brager Sophia Cornwell Lynlie Ferrin Grace Fleischhacker Alexis Gould Carly Janicke Juliana Miller Ayla Pilrain Julia Selken Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	3^rd in Junior Large Groups
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	4^th in Junior Large Groups
	Shinma	Ballet	Morgan Anderson Sophia Anderson Emersen Belsaas Bryn Brager Sophia Cornwell Lynlie Ferrin Grace Fleischhacker Alexis Gould Carly Janicke Juliana Miller Ayla Pilrain Julia Selken Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Junior Large Groups
	Wannabe	Jazz	Morgan Anderson Sophia Anderson Emersen Belsaas Bryn Brager Sophia Cornwell Lynlie Ferrin Grace Fleischhacker Alexis Gould Carly Janicke Juliana Miller Ayla Pilrain Julia Selken Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	4^th in Junior Large Groups
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	6^th in Junior Large Groups
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	2^nd in Junior Large Groups
	Arabian Nights	Tap	Morgan Anderson Sophia Anderson Emersen Belsaas Bryn Brager Sophia Cornwell Lynlie Ferrin Grace Fleischhacker Alexis Gould Carly Janicke Juliana Miller Ayla Pilrain Julia Selken Isabel Vitense Livia Wambach Charlie Weber Grace Wolk	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	did not place
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	did not place
	Circus	Jazz	Many Dancers	Hall of Fame (St. Paul)	did not place
				Hall of Fame (Orlando)	3^rd in Teen Production Lines
				StarQuest (Minneapolis)	1^st in Petite/Junior Mega Lines

Dance Titles

2018 Junior Miss Masquerade
2018 Junior Miss Onstage New York
2020 KAR Intermediate Miss Teen Dance

StarQuest

2017 Junior Miss StarQuest
2018 Junior Miss StarQuest
2019 Teen Miss StarQuest

Additional Page

Payton Riss/Gallery

External Link

Instagram

Payton Riss

Gender	Female
Age	19
Birthdate	April 5, 2006
Nationality	American
Hometown	Minnesota
Height	{{{height}}}
Eye Color	Blue
Hair Color	Blonde/Brown
School Grade	{{{school grade}}}
Professional Information
Profession	Dancer
Affiliations	{{{affiliations}}}
Dance Studios	The Dance Complex Kincade Dance Industries
Titles	see below
Friends and Family
Parents	{{{parents}}}
Siblings	{{{siblings}}}
Friends	Katelynn Cornwell Laura Siegel Charlie Weber Lynlie Ferrin
Pets	{{{pets}}}
Nicknames	{{{nicknames}}}