Lucinda Dickey

Lucinda Dickey (born Lucinda Marie Henninger; July 9th, 1960) is an American former dancer and actress.^[1] She is best known for her leading roles in the film Breakin' (1984) and its sequel Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984).

Lucinda Dickey
Born	Lucinda Marie Henninger (1960-07-09) July 9, 1960 (age 64) Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S.
Other names	Lucinda Piligian
Education	Kansas State University Roland Dupree Dance Academy
Occupation(s)	Dancer Actress
Years active	1982–2008
Spouses	Halley Dickey (divorced) Craig Piligian ​ (m. 1990)​
Children	2

Early life

Dickey was born and raised in Hutchinson, Kansas, where at the age of four, she began dancing in her mother's studio.^[2] While attending Kansas State University, she majored in dance and competed as Miss Manhattan/Kansas-State^[3] in the Miss Kansas pageant, where she won the talent division and finished third runner-up.^[4]

Career

In 1980, Dickey moved to Los Angeles and won a dance scholarship with the Roland DuPree Dance Academy.^[2] After 10 months, she became one of the lead dancers for the movie Grease 2. In fall 1982, she landed a stint as a dancer on Solid Gold.^[5]

Her first leading role was in Ninja III: The Domination, which premiered in 1984.^[6] In 1984, Dickey appeared in the role of jazz dancer turned breakdancer Kelly in Breakin' and its sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo.^[7] Next, Dickey played the mascot in the horror flick Cheerleader Camp, in 1988.^[8]

Dickey's last onscreen acting role was in the 1990 Perry Mason television movie, Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter.^[9]

She appeared as a dance judge on TLC's 2008 series Master of Dance.^[10]

Personal life

She retired from acting in 1990, and lives in California with her husband, Craig Piligian, a co-executive producer of, among others, the reality TV game show Survivor.^[10] They have two children.^[11]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Grease 2	Girl Greaser
1984	Breakin'	Kelly / Special K
1984	Ninja III: The Domination	Christie
1984	Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo	Kelly
1988	Cheerleader Camp	Cory Foster	Also choreographer
2014	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	Self	Documentary
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982-1983	Solid Gold	Self (Solid Gold Dancer)	7 episodes
1990	Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter	Employee	(TV movie) Uncredited
2008	Master of Dance	Self - Judge	6 episodes

See also

• List of dancers

References

1. "Lucinda Dickey Fact Page". Archived from the original on October 21, 2009.
2. Shequeta (August 21, 2008). "Interview with Lucinda Dickey". The Black Hollywood File.
3. "Henniger Named Beauty Queen", Kansas State Collegian (30 April 1979).
4. Manhattan Mercury (25 Feb. 1979), 8; and Hutchinson News (3 July 1982), 49 and 118.
5. Hutchinson News (9 Sept. 1982), 50; and Kim Fritzemeier, Hutchinson News (13 May 1984), 144.
6. "10 Underrated 1980s Horror Movies You Can Stream Today on Amazon Prime". ScreenRant. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
7. Vadukul, Alex (2021-01-13). "Adolfo Quiñones, an Early Star of Street Dance, Dies at 65". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
8. "10 Best Slashers You've Probably Never Heard Of". ScreenRant. 2019-06-30. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
9. "Perry Mason: The Case of the Defiant Daughter". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
10. Kilbourn, Clara. "Hutchinson native Lucinda Piligian is slated to appear Monday evening as one of the judges in the first of six "Master of Dance" competitions on the TLC television channel". The Hutchinson News. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
11. Dancing with Death – Interview with Lucinda Dickey. July 10, 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.

External links

• Lucinda Dickey at IMDb
• Lucinda Dickey Fact Page at the Wayback Machine (archived December 24, 2007)