Lauren Rose Froderman is an American

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. She is most known for being the winner of

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, the 7th season.

Early life and education

She grew up in

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and graduated from

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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. 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

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in California in 2015 and is part of the California Nu chapter of

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there. Froderman has stated that she has been influenced by

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and

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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,

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Blake McGrath Blake James McGrath (born November 21, 1983) is a Canadian professional dancer, pop singer, actor, model, and choreographer. He was known for being on the first season of ''So You Think You Can Dance'' in 2005, and on the MTV reality dance sh ...

, 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

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in 2010. The show she gained recognition on was the seventh season of ''

''. 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 and made it onto the seventh season of the popular Fox show

. She is known for making it to the top 11 of the season. She auditioned for the show on a whim after having friends and family convince her. 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 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. She posts her work through her YouTube channel. She also experiments with daily

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ging to share with her fans. Knowing that she can not dance forever, she hopes to one day teach middle school English. Performances on So You Think You Can Dance

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* Solos:

References

External links

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