Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Lacey-Mae Schwimmer

Born on June 28, 1988
Lacey-Mae Schwimmer is an American competitive ballroom dancer, and the winner of multiple youth championship awards. She is best known as one of the Top 4 Finalists on the 2007 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 On December 12, 2007, Lacey had surgery on her left knee to repair a torn meniscus she suffered 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 with Hok, another So You Think You Can Dance competitor. She made an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show.

Dancing with the Stars

On the morning of August 25, 2008 on Good Morning America Schwimmer was announced as one of the professional dancers on Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7) partnered with Lance Bass. At that point, she was the only So You Think You Can Dance former participant who has performed as a regular on Dancing with the Stars. On November 25, 2008 Schwimmer and her celebrity partner, Lance Bass, finished in 3rd place.

Lacey was on the Dancing with the Stars tour this winter along with her partner Lance Bass. The tour ended on February 8, 2009. Schwimmer will return for season 8 of Dancing with the stars, and is partnered with reality television star Steve-O.

Lacey danced at the MTV Movie Awards 2008 alongside Adam Sandler.
Lacey was cast to dance in Adam Shankman's upcoming film Bedtime Stories starring Adam Sandler.
She is currently part of the iHollywood Dance faculty. She is also teaching master classes in Norway.
Lacey has her own line of tube socks in the Sugar and Bruno Dancewear collection.
Lacey is a cousin to David Schwimmer.
She also appeared in season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance to assist her brother, Benji Schwimmer, to choreograph a West Coast Swing routine for Katee Shean and Joshua Allen.
She appeared in the video of the song Rainbow, by Elisa with singer songwriter Vinnie Ferra.

Lacey recently starred on Dancing With The Stars as Lance Bass' partner. On October 30, 2008, TV Guide reported that Schwimmer has endometriosis but will still be able to continue on the show as her condition will not require surgery


Filmography

1. "Dancing with the Stars" .... Herself (26 episodes, 2008-2009)
- Round Two (2009) TV episode .... Herself
- Round One: Part 2 (2009) TV episode .... Herself
- Round 1: Part 1 (2009) TV episode .... Herself
- Round 10: Results (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Round 10 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
(21 more)
2. "Entertainment Tonight" .... Herself (5 episodes, 2008-2009)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 4 March 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 25 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 18 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 21 October 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 20 October 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
3. "The Bonnie Hunt Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 24 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
4. "Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 29 September 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
5. "So You Think You Can Dance" .... Herself / ... (20 episodes, 2007-2008)
- Results Show: Winner Announced (2008) TV episode .... Herself - Alumni
- Season Finale: Part 2 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode #3.22 (2007) TV episode .... Herself
- Season Finale - Part 1 (2007) TV episode
- Episode #3.20 (2007) TV episode
(15 more)

Awards

2008 - 3rd Place: Dancing With The Stars Season 7; Partner: Lance Bass
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
2006 - 1st Place: U.S. National Youth Latin Championships; Partner: Jared Murillo
2005 - 3rd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo 2004 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo
2003 - 2nd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jared Murillo
2002 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard
2001 - 2nd Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young Adult Division (14-17 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard
2000 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young America Division (6-14 years); Partner: Jamie Bayard
1998 - 1st Place: U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships; Young America Division (6-12 years); Partner: Blace Thompson


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