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Ciara is searching for the following dancing icon.
The “Stage Up” singer, 39, has launched “Dance Icon” — in partnership with Colossal — a web based, dancing fundraiser competitors the place individuals can vote to present an unknown dancer their massive break. The winner will get to seem in Ciara’s latest music video and take residence $20,000.
“I establish with the facility of dance and the way it conjures up others. I assumed ‘Dance Icon’ can be such a enjoyable solution to interact with the world of dancers on the market,” Ciara shared in an unique assertion to Us Weekly on Monday, December 9. “I do know firsthand that actually superb issues occur when the dance neighborhood unites, and I’m trying ahead to realizing the influence we’re able to after we come collectively.”
Ciara’s resume proves she’s the right alternative to steer the competitors. She launched her hit single “Goodies” and album of the identical in 2004, which turned her first No. 1 single and topped Billboard’s Scorching 100 for seven consecutive weeks. In 2006, she received a Grammy for Finest Brief Type Music Video for Missy Elliot‘s “Lose Management,” which she was featured on. Most not too long ago, Ciara launched “Wassup” with Busta Rhymes in September and a twentieth anniversary vinyl of the album Goodies.
Nevertheless, along with her accomplishments vocally, the “1,2 Step” singer can be identified for her killer dance strikes: she’s received three Soul Practice Awards within the Finest Dance Efficiency class in 2010, 2013 and 2018.
Ciara Courtesy of Ciara/Colossal
“Dancing permits me to specific my truest inventive self,” Ciara instructed Us on Monday. “I really like dancing to upbeat tempos, however finally it’s the music that conjures up how I transfer. Whether or not quick or sluggish — every time I begin to dance, I really feel one thing particular taking place and that one thing permits me to be totally free within the music.”
Dance Icon will profit the Why Not You Basis, Ciara and her husband, Russell Wilson’s nonprofit that helps pupil entry to equal training alternatives, youngsters’s well being and meals safety initiatives.
Voting begins on Monday, February 3, and ends on Friday, April 18, 2025. All voters earn one free vote each 24 hours; further votes will be bought and proceeds go to the Why Not You Basis. Dancers with probably the most votes are narrowed down weekly and the ultimate eight dancers will head to Scottsdale, Arizona, for a reside, dance-off competitors, and carry out in individual for Ciara and Jamaica Craft, her longtime choreographer.
Russell Wilson and Ciara have been going robust since they first began courting in 2015. Forward of their July 2016 nuptials, the couple spoke candidly about their determination to stay celibate till marriage. “We’re hanging in there. I’m not gonna lie. I’m human, so it isn’t simple,” Ciara, who was already the mom of son […]
“You by no means know what ‘your second’ might be, so please, all the time go for it!” she instructed Us. “I wish to discover the right spot in my music video to create a without end second for the dancer who wins. Belief that even when the tiniest door opens for you, that it could lead on you into your subsequent period.”
Registration for Dance Icon is now open for dancers nationwide aged 13+.
