Lacey-Mae Schwimmer (born June 28, 1988) 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 and a Pro on Dancing with the Stars. Lacey 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. 

Lacey has been dancing competitively since age six. 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. Lacey went on to have annual top finishes at the U.S. Open Swing Dance Championships and has won numerous U.S. titles. In 2002 Lacey and her then partner Jamie Bayard won the US Open 2002 Young Adult Division. In January 2003, Lacey 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 then went on to compete in dozens of competitions together. 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 describes her dance style as West Coast Swing and International Latin. She auditioned with her brother Benji Schwimmer for season 3 of So You Think You Can Dance. After becoming a Top 20 Finalist , Lacey was paired 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 & Lacey was then partnered with Danny Tidwell.
She was also partnered with Neil Haskell & Pasha Kovalev before being named a
Top 4 Finalist on the show.  

During the past four seasons, Lacey, her brother Benji Schwimmer, Donyelle Jones, Katee Shean, and Joshua Allen were the only contestants to never be in the bottom
three couples or bottom four dancers.
After making it to the top 10 finalists, Lacey joined her fellow contestants in the So You Think You Can Dance's 2007 dance tour, starting in Albany, New York. While on tour, Lacey injured her left knee and on December 12, 2007, had surgery to repair the
torn meniscus she suffered during the tour. An update on Lacey's knee condition was posted on Shimmy in January of 2008.

The day before season 4 of So You Think You Can Dance premiered, Lacey made an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres show along with several former SYTYCD contestants to promote the new season. 

Over the past few years, Lacey has had numerous other television and video appearances. She was cast in Christina Aguilera's pop video clip Candyman as a jitterbugger. She made a cameo appearance in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Lacey is in the background of the scene during which a ballroom competition takes place. She and Jared are the couple that London and Lance bump into. Lacey also made an appearance in Jon Chu and Adam Sevani's Biggest On line Dance Battle against M&M and was credited as a member of ACDC with Hok, another So You Think You Can Dance competitor. She also made other appearances on the Ellen Degeneres Show, The Insider, Access Hollywood, and Entertainment Tonight. Lacey 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.  Lacey was cast in the music video of the song Rainbow, by Elisa with singer songwriter Vinnie Ferra. Lacey has also performed on Idol Gives Back, the American Idol Finale 2008 and at the MTV Movie Awards alongside Adam Sandler. Lacey was cast also to dance in Adam Shankman's film Bedtime Stories (in theaters now) starring Adam Sandler. Finally, after Dancing with the Stars ended in November, Lacey appeared on GMA and The View with her partner Lance Bass.

Lacey had her own signature line of dance apparel that she created through Sugar and Bruno. Lacey parted ways with Sugar & Bruno this past summer.
Lacey is a member of the Coastal Dance Rage  along with other noted choreographers: Brian Friedman, Francisco Gella, Cris Judd, Shannon Mather, Blake McGrath, Mia Michaels, Bobby Newberry, Shane Sparks, Benji Schwimmer and Kenny Wormald. Lacey continues to be a part of the iHollywood Dance faculty. Before joining the case of Dancing with the Stars, Lacey was teaching master classes in Norway.

On the morning of August 25, 2008 on Good Morning America Lacey was announced as one of the professional dancers on Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7). Lacey was one of the first former So You Think You Can Dance participants to perform as a regular on Dancing with the Stars. Partnered with Lance Bass, Lacey made her DWTS television debut on September 22, 2008. Lance and Lacey placed an impressive 3rd place overall in the competition. Lacey then went on the Dancing with the Stars tour along with her partner Lance Bass. The tour wrapped up on February 8, 2009. Lacey was then paired with former Jackass star Steve-O for the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. Lacey and Steve-O made their DWTS television debut on March 10, 2009. Steve-O and Lacey placed 8^th place overall in the competition.

Lacey was paired with Mark Dacascos
on the 9th Season of
Dancing with the Stars!  
The three night premiere began on
September 21, 2009. 
Lacey & Mark's first dance was the cha cha, performed to “Kung Fu Fighting.”  Unfortunately, Lacey & Mark were eliminated in week 7 & placed 6th overall in the competition.

Although Lacey did not compete on Season 10 Of  Dancing with the Stars she did  perform in several  of the Pro dances. Lacey was also a special correspondent on E! Daily 10 News covering all things related  to DWTS.
She also graced the cover of
Discount Dance Magazine  
that dropped over the summer. 

On July 27th, 2010 the single Lacey recoreded with Cash Cash & Spose titled "Red Cup"
was released to all Hot Topic stores across the country & online. The cd sold out online within only a few weeks!
Luckily it has now been restocked. 
Be sure to get your copy soon if you've
not already done so!     

On August 25th, 2010 Lacey announced via Twitter that she WILL be
returning to Dancing with the Stars
for Season 11! 
Lacey will be paired with Kyle Massey.  
Congrats Lacey! 
Dancing with the Stars premieres on September 20th, 2010. This is sure to be an amazing season with Laceys' return!  



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