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Friederike Frost
Friederike Frost is a dance, sports and hip hop scholar. She works with the Cologne HipHop Institute at the University of Cologne, and is doing her doctorate on breaking at the Institute for Dance and Movement Culture at the German Sport University Cologne. A breaker herself, she is researching the transnational flows and cultural influences of breaking movements, published book chapters and articles about gender negotiations, belonging or call-and-response in breaking. Friederike Frost lives between Morocco and Germany and works as freelance dancer, choreographer and cultural manager. She is judging World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) Breaking for Gold competitions, creating dance theatre with her dance company Cie Chara, is invited as lecturer or implements art and dance projects. She is a founding member of the European HipHop Studies Network and created the @hiphopstudysunday, that provides access to hip hop studies and literature for dancers, students and scholars.
Contact: German Sport University Cologne, Institute of Dance and Movement Culture, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, 50933 Cologne, Germany.
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