Lauren Froderman

Lauren Rose Froderman is an American contemporary dancer. She is most known for being the winner of So You Think You Can Dance, the 7th season.

Lauren Froderman
Other namesLoFro, Frodie, Lo
Alma materLoyola Marymount University
OccupationDancer
Known forSo You Think You Can Dance

Early life and Education

She grew up in Glendale, Arizona and graduated from Greenway High School in 2010. While in high school she was a part of both the cheer and dance team. She began dancing at the age of three.[1] She has trained in jazz, lyrical, contemporary, ballet, tap, and hip-hop. She trained under the direction of Donald Dadey, who now owns the Scottsdale School of Ballet. She graduated from Loyola Marymount University in California in 2015 and is part of the California Nu chapter of Pi Beta Phi there. Froderman has stated that she has been influenced by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Michael Jackson.

Career

Froderman began her professional career when she was 10 years old and performed with the Phoenix Rockettes. She has also danced for the Radio City Rockettes, Big Time Rush, Blake McGrath, and others. She has also performed in multiple television performances, music videos, and live shows. Some of the shows she has appeared on include AFTER Episode I: Lucy (VR Experience) (2017), How to Get the Girl (2019) and Collide in 1986 (2015). She also appeared on Live with Regis and Kelly in 2010. The show she gained recognition on was the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance. She is also the first dance athlete for Gatorade and being the female dance athlete for the G Series Fit line.

So You Think You Can Dance and life after the show

In 2011 Froderman who was 18 years old at the time, auditioned[2] and made it onto the seventh season of the popular Fox show So You Think You Can Dance. She is known for making it to the top 11[3] of the season. She auditioned for the show on a whim after having friends and family convince her.[3] After making it through each of the weeks, she made it to the top three with fellow dancers Robert Roldan who placed third, and Kent Boyd who placed as the runner-up. With winning[4] the show Froderman got to be featured in and on the cover of Dance Spirit Magazine, take home $250,000, get to be the first dancer to be a Gatorade Athlete, and go on tour with the some of the cast from season 7. After the show, she went and got her degree at Loyola Marymount University. She still continues to dance and produce her own choreography. Froderman is also a faculty member of the traveling dance convention Excel in Motion.[5] She post her work through her YouTube[6] channel. She also experiments with daily vlogging to share with her fans.[7] Knowing that she can not dance forever, she hopes to one day teach middle school English.

Performances on So You Think You Can Dance season 7

Week Dancers Style Music Choreographer(s) Results
1 Lauren Froderman & Ade Obayomi Pop-Jazz "Oh Yeah"—Yello Mandy Moore Safe
2 Lauren Froderman & Dominic Sandoval Lyrical hip-hop "If I Were a Boy"—Beyoncé Knowles Tessandra Chavez Safe
3 Lauren Froderman & Neil Haskell Broadway "Let Me Entertain You"—Debbie Gibson Joey Dowling Safe
4 Lauren Froderman & Pasha Kovalev Cha-cha-cha "Telephone"—Lady Gaga and Beyoncé Knowles Jean-Marc GénéreuxFrance Mousseau Safe
5 Lauren Froderman & Mark Kanemura Tahitian "Jungle"—Last Voices Tiana Liufau Safe
6 Lauren Froderman & Stephen "Twitch" Boss Hip-hop "My Chick Bad"—Ludacris ft. Nicki Minaj Napoleon andTabitha D'umo Safe
7 Lauren Froderman & Allison Holker Broadway "Who's Got the Pain?" from Damn Yankees Tyce Diorio Bottom 3
8 Lauren Froderman & Pasha Kovalev Argentine Tango "Oblivion"—Ástor Piazzolla Miriam Larici

Leonardo Barrionuevo

 Safe
9 Lauren Froderman & Stephen "Twitch" Boss Hip-hop "Power"—Kanye West Napoleon and Tabitha D'umo Safe


  • Solos:
Week Style Music Result
3 Contemporary "Unchained Melody"—Cyndi Lauper Safe
6 Contemporary "The Waves"—Elisa Safe
7 Contemporary "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"—Aretha Franklin Bottom 3
9(Top Three Solo) Contemporary "I'm Going Down"—Mary J. Blige Winner


References
  1. "LAUREN FRODERMAN |". Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. Lauren Froderman - audition, retrieved 2019-12-12
  3. McClellan, Jennifer. "Q&A with dancer Lauren Froderman, winner of 'SYTYCD'". archive.azcentral.com. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  4. "Lauren Froderman Biography".
  5. "Excel in Motion". excelinmotion.com. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  6. "L. Froderman". YouTube. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  7. "Future Plans". Lauren Froderman. Retrieved 2019-12-12.


Preceded by
Russell Ferguson		 Winner of So You Think You Can Dance
2010		 Succeeded by
Melanie Moore
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