College of Fine Arts Research Profiles

Dr. Frosch is a dance ethnographer focusing on contemporary global expression in performance. A Certified Laban Movement Analyst, filmmaker, choreographer, and author, she is director and co-founder of UF’s Center for World Arts, a living laboratory that explores the interface of global arts and contemporary culture which supports international curricula and research across disciplines. Recognized by the national Lilly Fellowship for innovative curriculum in Dance in World Cultures, the National Endowment for the Arts (Dance-Creativity), the Cologne Choreographers' Forum for her choreography, "China," her production "Nora" (2008) received the inaugural EMPAC (RPI) Dance MOVieS film commission. "Nora" is broadcast by PBS as part of AfroPop programming. www.movementrevolutionafrica.com/nora. Dr. Frosch is director and producer of the award-winning feature documentary "Movement (R)evolution Africa: a story of an art form in four acts" (2009) www.movementrevolutionafrica.com broadcast by ZDF.

Director, Center for World Arts
Affiliate Faculty, Center for African Studies, University of Florida
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Founding Member, The Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium (TACAC)
Inaugural Gwendolen M. Carter Fellow in African Studies, University of Florida
Advisor to the Smithsonian's Festival of American Folklife African Immigrant Project
President of the Florida Dance Association
Board of Directors, Congress on Research in Dance

“Nora,” Producer (2008) "Movement (R)evolution Africa: a story of an art form in four acts," Director/Producer (2007)

National Endowment for the Arts
Lilly Fellowship
EMPAC (RPI) Dance MOViES film commission

International Educator of the Year, College of Fine Arts
International Educator of the Year, University of Florida
University of Florida's Faculty Achievement Recognition
President's Humanitarian Award, University of Florida