Fredrika Keefer

Fredrika Keefer

Fredrika Keefer is a Hip Hop, Ballet, Contemporary and Traditional Japanese Taiko drumming teacher. Born and raised in San Francisco's Mission district, Fredrika started her dance training at age 5. She is Dance Mission's Grrrl Brigade Director and studio manager.  When she was 14 years old, she started her hip-hop dance training with the well-renowned choreographer and Mind Over Matter’s director, Allan Frias.  Since then, she has worked with choreographers such as Kim Epifano, Anne Bluethenthal, Christy Funch, Krissy Keefer, Ramon Ramos Alayo, just to name a few.

After earning her diploma from San Francisco School of the Arts, she immediately pursued a career in dance education and started, at age 17, to teach, in the youth program, at Dance Mission Theater. She has been a guest teaching artist at SPACE (School of Performing Arts and Cultural Education), in Ukiah and Destiny Arts Center, in Oakland. She also has been a trained teaching artist at Performing Arts Workshop, in San Francisco, where she specializes in critical thinking through dance with preschoolers. Fredrika’s experiences have taken her to teach and perform nationally and internationally in Lebanon, Egypt, St. Maarteen and Mexico.