Frédérique began studying American Tribal Style Belly Dance in February of 1997. In December of 1999, Frédérique left her instructor’s troupe (Ultra Gypsy) to delve into creating something new, simultaneously helping to pioneer the dance style known today as Tribal Fusion Belly Dance.

After more than a decade long journey of experimentation and self-realization, Frédérique has become known for her avant garde performance style, detail-oriented instruction, as well as for her audio engineering and graphic design capabilities which have enabled her to achieve complete creative control.

To Frédérique, class is not just about learning new moves. Frequently, she will break away from a demonstrative format to give short lectures. Her reasoning: to ensure her students learn not only through emulation, but also through gaining an understanding of why certain moves are carried-out the way they are. Experience has shown her that through teaching “why” in addition to “how,” students become better dancers. Frédérique’s unique instruction materializes from her philosophy of teaching technique as well as the importance of developing one’s own style; she wants her students to learn how to apply technique whether to their own repertoire, or one they are developing, promoting them to sophisticate themselves in their own dance style.

When curtain calls, Frédérique approaches each performance as a conceptual narrative, which makes music essential for this to transpire. She pushes musical boundaries by editing, mixing, and arranging her performance sets. Because Frédérique’s music sets are uniquely hers, there is seamlessness between she and her music; a connection that can mislead an unseasoned spectator into believing the performance is completely choreographed. Rest assured: it is not; it is her close connection with the music that enables her to incorporate intricate nuances in her dance to create a story. Such intricacies not only demonstrate her technical skill and fluidity, but also give her performances their theatrical flair. Frédérique’s interpretive style is a compilation of life experience, passion, and diligence filtered through her vivid imagination. Although clearly discernable by her audience, her style seems to impart re-invention as a centrifugal aspect of who she is on and off stage. For this reason, Frédérique not only leaves her audience waiting in anticipation for more, but waiting to see where she will take them next.