Fredrika Keefer
Fredrika Keefer was born and raised in the Mission District of San Francisco, California. She is a hip-hop, ballet, contemporary and traditional Japanese Taiko drumming performer and instructor. She is currently the Grrrl Brigade director and studio manager at Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco. She has been an ongoing member of the Dance Brigade and Alayo Dance Company.
Keefer started her dance training at age 5 at the Pacific Ballet Theatre, Aliso Viejo, California. 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. She proceeded to dance for his company for six years. Her Taiko drumming training began when she was 11 years old with Bruce “Mui” Ghent and began teaching when she was 17 years old. In 2009, she graduated from Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts High School.
Since then, she has worked with choreographers such as Kim Epifano, Anne Bluethenthal, Christy Funch, Krissy Keefer and Ramon Ramos Alayo. Keefer’s broad experiences have brought her to travel to teach and perform nationally and internationally (Ukiah, California; Oregon; New York; Mexico; Cuba; Lebanon; Africa; Egypt; and St. Maarten). She also premiered on TV on Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist as a core dancer on NBC in 2019. From 2009 to 2017, Keefer traveled back and forth to Cuba to train and set work on Danza Caribe, the national dance company of Santiago, Cuba. From 2011 to 2016, she was a resident artist at Performing Arts Workshop, San FRancisco, where she taught dance and critical thinking to students ages 3 to 6 years old. Keefer continues to teach dance and critical thinking workshops both nationally and internationally.