Lacey Schwimmer
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| Lacey Schwimmer | |
| Born | June 28, 1988  U.S. |
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| Occupation | Ballroom dancer |
| Parents | Laurie Kauffman Buddy Schwimmer |
Lacey-Mae Schwimmer (born June 28, 1988) is an American competitive ballroom dancer, and the winner of multiple youth championship awards. She is most well known as one of the Top 4 Finalists on the 2007 season of So You Think You Can Dance. She is the daughter of noted dancer, Buddy Schwimmer, and sister of the winner of Season 2's show, Benji Schwimmer.
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[edit] Biography
Schwimmer was born into a family of championship dancers and grew up in a Mormon (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) household in Moreno Valley, California. Her parents are Laurie Kauffman and noted West Coast Swing dancer, Buddy Schwimmer. She is the younger sister of Benji Schwimmer, winner of the second season of So You Think You Can Dance.
Schwimmer has been dancing competitively since a young age. At age seven, she and partner Brian Cordoba danced in the 1995 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships. At age ten, she and partner Blace Thompson placed 1st in the Young America Division at the 1998 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships. Schwimmer went on to have annual top finishes at the U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships and has won numerous U.S. titles. In January 2003, Schwimmer was paired with Jared Murillo, and the two began competing at a junior level. They were upgraded to the youth level in August 2003 and have competed in dozens of competitions. They received the U.S. title in the Young Adult Division of the 2004 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships. They were also awarded the U.S. National Youth Latin Championship in 2006. Lacey also appeared in Christina Aguilera's pop video clip Candyman as a jitterbugger.
Schwimmer and Murillo also have a cameo appearance in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody in the episode, "Loosely Ballroom". She is in the background of the scene during which a ballroom competition takes place.[citation needed]
On December 12, 2007, Lacey received surgery on her left knee to repair a torn meniscus she received during the So You Think You Can Dance's 2007 dance tour. She made an appearance in Jon Chu and Adam Sevani's Biggest Online Dance Battle against M&M and was credited as a member of ACDC.
[edit] So You Think You Can Dance
Schwimmer describes her dance style as West Coast Swing and international Latin.[1]
After becoming a Top 20 Finalist on Season 3 of "So You Think You Can Dance", Schwimmer was paired up with contemporary/hip hop dancer, Kameron Bink. The two danced together for five weeks and had much success, with the judges praising their chemistry and ease with which they danced together. They were also the only couple to never get placed in the bottom three couples. At Week 6, the couples were assigned new partners and Schwimmer was then partnered with Danny Tidwell. She was also partnered with Neil Haskell and Pasha Kovalev before being named a Top 4 Finalist on the show.
Schwimmer, her brother Benji Schwimmer, and Donyelle Jones are the only contestants in all three seasons of the show to never be in the bottom three couples or bottom four dancers.
After making it to the top 10 finalists, Schwimmer joined her fellow contestants in the So You Think You Can Dance's 2007 dance tour, starting in Albany, New York.[2]
| Week | Partner | Dance | Song | Result |
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| 1 | Kameron Bink | Contemporary | "Dancing" by Elisa | Safe |
| 2 | Broadway | "Overture/All That Jazz" from Chicago | Safe | |
| 3 | Quickstep | "Big and Bad" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Safe | |
| 4 | Hustle | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Inner Life | Safe | |
| 5 | Hip-hop | "Here I Come" by Fergie | Safe | |
| 6 | Danny Tidwell | Samba | "Hip Hip Chin Chin" by Club Des Belugas | Safe |
| 7 | Neil Haskell | Latin jazz | "Acid" by Ray Barretto | Safe |
| Contemporary | "Time" by Billy Porter | |||
| 8 | Pasha Kovalev | Hip-hop | "In The Morning" by Junior Boys | Safe |
| Smooth waltz | "A Daisy In December" - Mick McAuley & Winifred Horan | |||
| 9 | Danny Tidwell | Viennese Waltz | "Keep Holding On"—Avril Lavigne | Final 4 |
| Sabra Johnson | Jazz | "Koyal (Songbird)"—Nitin Sawhney | ||
| Neil Haskell | Lindy hop | "Bill's Bounce"—Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra |
Note: Results highlighted in red indicate that contestants placed in the bottom dancers or couples, but may not have necessarily been eliminated.
[edit] Awards
- 2007 - 1st Place: World Swing Dance Championships, Classic Division; Partner: Benji Schwimmer
- 2007 - Top 4 Finalist: Season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance [3]
- 2006 - 1st Place: U.S. National Youth Latin Championships; Partner: Jared Murillo [4]
- 2005 - 3rd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo [5]
- 2004 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo [6]
- 2003 - 2nd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo [7]
- 2002 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard [8]
- 2001 - 2nd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard [9]
- 2000 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young America Division (6-14 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard [10]
- 1998 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young America Division (6-12 years); Partner: Blace Thompson [11]
[edit] References
- ^ Fox Broadcasting Company: So You Think You Can Dance
- ^ Fox Broadcasting Company: So You Think You Can Dance
- ^ Fox Broadcasting Company: So You Think You Can Dance
- ^ http://dancesportinfo.net/Event/10191/Results.aspx National Youth Latin Champions
- ^ 2005 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships Winners
- ^ 2004 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships - Results
- ^ 2003 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships - Results
- ^ 2002 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships - Results
- ^ 2001 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships - Results
- ^ 2000 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships - Results
- ^ 1998 U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships - Results
[edit] External links
- So You Think You Can Dance Biography on FOX
- Lacey Schwimmer's Myspace page
- Video of Lacey Schwimmer and Brian Cordoba at 1995 U.S. Open Dance Championship (age 7)
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