"Your performance was truly amazing.
The music you used was magical.
I just enjoyed it so much."
Kirsten Trigger, Corporate Social Responsibility UK, Deutsche Bank
Solo Performance at Pyramid Awards Ceremony June 2007, Music Anne Lovett
Frederike started her training in 1995 by the age of 12 in juggling, followed by acrobatics and contemporary dance. She very early gained performing experience through working with the youth circus group Cirque du Temps in her hometown Bremen in Germany.
She performed in numerous productions in the Shakespeare Company theatre, took part in international youth circus festivals, spent all her time juggling, travelled to many juggling conventions and trained and performed in collaboration with Belgian circus school Circus in Beweging.By the age of 16 she worked semi-professionally performing in many shows.
She took part in an intensive training course in circus skills at the Hungarian State Circus School in Budapest and in workshops with Roger Schmitz, Cindy Marvell and Gunther Rebel.
She graduated from high school in 2002 and took part in master classes with Sean Gandini and Kati Yla-Hokkala, renowned for their work in the art of juggling, creation of juggling shows and founders of company Gandini Juggling. She was fascinated by their virtuosity and art of combining juggling with music, rhythm and dance.
The same year she decided to move to London and study juggling and circus skills at The Circus Space.
She graduated in 2006 with a BA(hons) Degree in Circus Arts and received the prestigious Pyramid Award in contemporary circus from Deutsche Bank UK.
Since summer 2006 Frederike is working professionally solo and in ensemble. She was part of Gandini Juggling's show 'Downfall' as part of the London International Mime Festival in the Royal Opera House and has been working for Gandini Juggling and company Feeding the Fish for shows in the UK, all over Europe and Egypt, Kuwait, Dubai, India, Georgia and Hong Kong. She put together her show 'Resonate' shown at Jacksons Lane Theatre in London/Highgate in April 2009.
Frederike is currently working on a new show to be premiered in Jacksons Lane Theatre in July 2011.